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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2717, 10 December 1889, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The l>~"ihn!o /'intcs fjilica, Monday. AUCKLAND rfiODT/CE MARKETS. Mn Alex. AtrKK:«V; Mahkec Report f«r the weok on liny December 'Ah. —Produce E<mei\il!y h •.< moved t.l? in largo quantities, at voi'v" satisfactory prices, auction sales lieing largely attended, with minted compel! "ion," Potatoes : New have come forward in large quantities, and have met with good demand ; Shophurd'a ha\o realised fiom £3 to £-1 10s, ; kidneys have been short of demand at from £•> to £7 ; old potatoes aro cleared out at from "Is (id to U-< per Hack. Wheat supply short, of demand at from 3s ".1 to Jit Id; barley sold at lis 3d; maize wautud at from 3s to 3s 3d. In vegetables, peas have been plentiful at from Hd to ltd nor peck ; broad beans, 5d to lid ; French, Id to (id per lb; turnips, 8d to Is per dozen ; carrots, la to Is 3d ; parsnips, Is to Is Id; cauliflowers, 2s to 2 s fid; cabbies, Is Od to 2s tid ; kumaras, fia lid to (is Od; beet, 2s per do/.on. Bacon and bams : Several linns of local and .Southern have been quitted, tho former for local consumption, the latter for export; local bacon has realised from -Id to 0.1-d ; hams, 5.|.d to 7.1(1 ; Canterbury bacon, Sd : hams, 10d ; equal numbers, S.'d. Choose: Now, very plentiful and slow of sale at from 3d to -Ud ; factory, fid ; loaves, 5.U1. Honey : A parcel of new section realised 3d ; tin honey, slow of sale at from 2d to 3d. Fresh butter has been scarce, and much short of demand; prime fiom o:£d to G.'d ; inferior, 4d to ; prime new keg, Od to (id ; crown, 7.V1 to Ud ; eggs have been short of requirements, hen's realised from 5d to Od; duck eggs, 9d to lu : [d ; confectionery lias found quick side at, lata values. Flour, oats, bran, clwff, and sharps slow of sale at low prices, l'in-meal, £3 10s. In the fruit department there has been a croud_ supply of gooseberries and cherries, the prices obtained at Friday's sale being fully 10 per cent, in advance of those obtained in the early part of the week. Gooseberries, small sorts, have realised from I.VI to ; Farmer's Glory, 2.U1 to 3J;d ; ditto, ripe, to 4^il; cherries realised on Tuesday Is 3d ; on Friday, choice black heart, Is 9d to Is lid ; white heart, Is Sd to l.s lOd ; mixed, :is lid; Sydney cherry plums, 4: ( 'd ; no local to hand ; lemons have been scarce at from Is lOd to 2s 2dj cocoanuts, 0s to lis Gd; bananas, ; peanuts, 2.W to 3d ; pines, sound 5s 3d. In the poultry department there was a vory largo supply of fowls and ducks, which sold lower ; poor and old fowls, Is 3d to Is -Id; medium, Is 54 to Is Od ; heavy table fowls, Is Gd to Is lOd ; roosters young, in condition, Is 7d to Is j Id ; old, Is 3d to Is 8d ; ducks and ducklings, Is 4d to 2s; gee*e, fair supply, 3s Id to OS ; goslings, 2s 3I to 3s. There were .several buyers for turkeys at high prices for shipment, but only a few came to hand, and the-e were very poor ; liens realised from 3s ltd to 48 3d ; gobblers, 4s to 5s 3d. Pigs were entered in good numbers ; weltbred young sold at from 12s Gd to 20s ; poor lots, '4s 'Jd to 9s; largo rong\ L'o.s ; pen fowls, 5s to 7s; parrots, 8s to 10s ; canaries, .'>> to 12s ; pigeons, fid to Is. CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Misshks Have and Carter's Rbiwt for week ending' Dee. 2nd :— .Milling Wheat : Tuscan, 3s Id to 3s 5d : pearl, 3s to 3 < Id ; Hunter's, 2s lid to 3s (steady). Fowl Wheat : Good whole, 2s Sd ; broken, 2s Id. (I,ls ; Milling, 2s 4d ; bright short feed, 2s 2d ; duns, 2s -Id; Black Nubians, 3s. Barley ; Medium malting, 3s to 3s 3d; feed, 2-; lid; pearl, £18. livecorn : Prime samples, 3s 4d. Flour: Best Roller (.sacks), £i): stone. £8 ss. Bran. KO.->. Pollard, tiOs. Oat-heaf chaff, 87s Gd. Oatmeal, 25's, £13; 7's, £b>. Peas: llluo boiling, 4s (scarce) ; teed, 0.-: (id. I'lt'Lins : 1 tot id whole, ."s Id. Ryegrass, Machine dressed, Is; farmers' parcels, 3s lid. Cocksfoot: Prime scud, 3.'.d ; medium, 3d to "> jd ; light, 2'.d. butter, G.'.d. Cheese, 7.'.d. llams, !Jd ; hams and bacon, 7Ad ; bacon, 7jd. Lard : In kegs, 4d ; bladders, I.VI, Der.vont Potatoes, £3 Tho above prices current are all f.0.b., Lytteltou, sacks and packages extra, except when otherwise specilied. Minimum, two (.Oil::.