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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2666, 13 August 1889, Page 2

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The WaiJtato Times Office, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCTS MARKETS. Mu Alkx. Aitken's Market Report for the week ending August 10.—Business has boon brisk during the week. Monday's sale of pure-bred poultry was largely attended ; for all good birds, there was keen competition. In potatoes, there is a brisk business doing in Wakatos, but Southern are difficult to move at prices asked. The demand for seed varieties has greatly improved, values all round aie unchanged. Onions: There has been a fair supply, which sold at higher prices. Carrots have moved off freely at late values. Grain generally is unchanged. Bacon and hams have also moved freely at previous values. Cheese of good quality is scarce, and higher in value, poor lots lower. Corned butter is almost unsaleable, unless very prime, the market being glutted; fresh butter supply, greatly increased, values lower ; eggs in fair supply, good values obtained ; apples have been in good supply, values higher; poultry in good supply, values higher ; pigs, short supply, values much higher. The following are the quotations :—Fowls : Poor and old, lid to 1* Id; good ordinary, la 4d to 2s ; roosters, Is 7d to 2s lid ; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 4d ; geese, 3s Od to -Is 3d ; turkeys, small 2s 2d to 3s, heavy 4s 2d to 5s Gd. Pigs, small failbreeds, 9s to lis Gd each. Potatoes ; Waikatos, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Canterbury, £-1 12s Gd to £5 ; local seed, £4 to £4 5s ; kidney sorts, £4 to £6. Onions, 4j|d to fijd ; new potatoes, to lid. Maize, 2s fid ; oats, 2s 2d ; bran, 6s ; wheat, 3s 3d to 3s Gd. Bacon, local, 5.-} dto Gd ; hams, Gd to 8d ; cheese 2d to 4id, loaf sj'd to fid ; eggs, lUd to Is Id ; pickled do., G.'.d ; butter, prime fresh !>d to lOd, other lots 4d to GA, corned 2v,d to Gd. Apples : Stone Pippins, 2','d to 4\d ; Sinimoiis's Winter, 3.} d to 4Jd : Nickcijacks, 3jd to 4.W ; Sturmers, 2l to 3;} d ; Ohinemuri, 2{d to 3.', d ; Northern Spy, 3id to 3Jd ; Kentucky, 2?d to 3:s ; Rymer, 3d to 3jd ; Adams' Fearmain, 4kl ; Home Beauty, 4d to 4[d ; other kinds,~2Ad to 4d ; damaged, lj'd to 2d.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCK MARKETS. Messrs Kaye and Carter's Report for week ending Aug. sth :—Milling Wheat : Tuscan, 3s 9d : pearl, 3s 7d; Hunter's, 3s lid. Fowl wheat : Good whole, 3s 3d ; broken, 3s. Oats : Milling, 3s; bright short feed, 2s lOd; Danish, 2s (Id ; dnns, 2s lOd to 3s; Nubians, 3s 3d. Barley: Prime malting, scarce, Is to Is 2d ; medium, 3s lid to 3s 8d; feed, 2s lOd ; pearl, £21. Ryecorn, good clean samples, 3s lid ; medium, 3s Id. Flour : Best Roller (Backs), £!) 10s ; stone, £9 10s to £0 15s. Bran, 755. Pollard, 80s. Oatsheaf chad': Good heavy, t)ss. Oat straw chaff and wheat-straw chaff, 555. Oatmeal, 25's, £14 10s ; 7's, £H> 10s. Peas: Blue boiling, very scarce, Is 3d to Is Od ; feed sorts, 3s Gd. Beans: Good whole, 2a fid; medium, 3s Id. Linseed, £15 (scarce). Ryegrass : Machine dressed, Is Id to 4s lid ; farmers' parcels, 4s to 4s 2d. Cocksfoot : Prime seed, 3ifd ; medium, 3{d to 3.U1. Butter, Bd. Choeso, to s.\d. Hams, !Ud ; hams and bacon, 8d ; bacon, 7.Vd. Lard : In kegs, 4d ; bladders, 4.W. Dor.vent Potatoes, 00s, sacks included (firm). Kidneys and Early Potatoes in stock : Early Bath Kidneys, 85s ; Fluke Kidneys, !)2s lid ; Lapstono Kidneys, 05s; Magnum Boniims, 100s ; Walnut-leaved Silvurskins, £f> 10s ; Ayrshire Heroes, Sutton's Flonrballs, Patterson's Victoria, Early Snowflakes, Beauty of Hebron, and Early Ashieaf, £0 15s. The above prices current are all f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks and packages extra, except when otherwise specified. Minimum, two tons.