COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2779, 6 May 1890, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

■ ♦ ■ The Waikato Times O.ficc, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mh Alex. Aitken's Market .Report for the week ending May 3:—A satisfactory amount of general business has been dine, supplies of all kinds feeing particularly he;ivy. Potatoes have coino to hand in quantities far in excess of requirements, and the market is temporarily glutted. But few salos of importance have been effected, a* lower values are offering. Waikatos, £3 5s to £-1; others, £1 to £3 10s. Maizo is rather dull at 3s to 3s 3d; wheat, prime, 3s to 3s 3d ; oats, local, Is Sci to 2m ; bran, £-1; .sharps, £5 ; pumpkins, good, 2s Gd to 3s Bd, poor, Is 7d ; kumeras, white 4h, red 7s fid ; piemclons, 2s (id to 3a ; citrons, 'Is to -Is Gd ; watermelons, 3s to 'Is per sack ; cow potatoes, 20.5; carrots 2s 3d to 3d; mangolds, 25s to 30s; onions, full supply, at Ad -gd, picklers, £d. Bacon and hams are in good demand. A few parcels to hand sold freely at Gd to 7d for bacon, and fld to 8d for hams-. Cheese lias moved more freely at 3d to 3£d, factory 3d to 4&d. Butter, fresh, is a glut at present, and only K:\leabl3 at very poor prices ; prime 4d to 7d, other kinds 2d to 3d; tons of inferior kinds are at present on the market. Eggs were in better supply, but short of requirements, at Is 8d to 2s per dozen. Prime keg butter finds fair demand at Gid to 7d, other kinds unsaleable. Honev : A few tons to hand, but no sales of importance have been effected. Values are 2Ad for bulk, and 3d for 101b. tins ; section, 3d to 3Ad. In the poultry department the supply was large; the demand was not good, there being no shipping requirements. Prices ruled much lower than they have for many m:mths; good table lots realised from Is 3d to Is 7d ; others, 9d to Is 2d ; roosters, 0d to Is <Jd ; ducks, Is Gd to 2s (id each ; pure fowls, Is 9d to 3.9 each; turkeys, none; Reese, 2s 3d to 2s 8d each. Pigs were entered in good numbers; pi ices ruled satisfactory, and tho demand somewhat improved ; first-class lots, 7s 3d to 10s; others, 3s to Gs i)d. Local fruits have been in large supply, and quality in most instances first-class; values all round unchanged. Good cooking apples, Id to l : }d ; Tteinette du Canada, Id to l.Jd ; Ohineniuri, lj,d to Ud ; Stone Pippin, Ud to l£d ; Takapuna Russet, 2.Ui to 3d ; other sorts, id to 2d ; a few poor"lots, ; ( 'd to gd ; pears, Napoleons, l',d to li/d ; Buerre Diel, to 3d; Winter Nelis, '6\d to 'lj'd ; lemons, largo supply, at 8d to Is ; very small, 4d to (3d; inferior, 3d; tomatoes, M to ljd; medlars, id to ijd per lb; passion fruit, 2Ad to 3d. Oranges are a glut at present, four cargoes havitig arrived during the week, and sales are rather slow, at 4d to 5d per dozen ; mandarins, Gs Grl per case; limes, •Js per casa of GOO. Three sales of produce and fruit have been hold; Friday's sale lasted seven and a-half hours.

MARKKT REPORTS.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report, as under date : — CiiiusTCHuncH, April 23,—Wheat.—The ■views of buyers and sellers being now more in accord, business has being done more extensively during the past week. Shipping is alsobeing vigorously proceeded with, both on buyers' and growers' account, so that it is to be hoped that tho firm tone of the Home market now ruling may be maintained. To-day's values are: Hunter's 2s Sd to 2s Sid, Pearl 2s 9d to 2s !Md, Tuscan 2s 10d to 2s lid f.0.b., sacks extra. Oats.— The market is entirely without animation, and some growers are venturing consignments to the Old Country rather than accept prices offering here. We quote values at—For prime milling Is Sd, stunt feed Is Gd to Is 7d, ordinary feed Is -Id to Is sd, ex store, sacks extra. Barley.— There is hardly any demand even for prime lota, as many ot the maltsters have supplied their requirements. Medium and inferior sorts are quite a drug. We quote prime malting 3s, medium 2s 4d to 2s (id, feed and inferior from lsOrl, sacks oxtra.—Dairy produce continues dull. Cheese is worth 3id to <ld ; butter (id to u'i;d per lb.—Urain sale.—At our monthly sale, yesterday, we submitted a fair catalogue of second-quality wheat, barley, oats, ryecorn, and cocksfoot. Wβ were favoured with a good attendance of the trade, and had a satisfactory sale. Wheat of above description made from 2s to 2s Od pev bushel, ex store; stout feed oats to Is 7d. I!.u-ley and cocksfoot were not in demand, and did not realise ownersi' reserves.

Melbourne April 23rd. — Throughout the past week a good demand was experienced for prime wheat, and some good parcels changed hands to meet millers' wants. Prices firmer again ; and should the London market harden it will doubtless influence quotations both here and in Adelaide. So far the present rise in Europe has not been sufficient to induce shipments hence, and therefore the demand has been of a purely local character. The weather is hardly so favourable to farming pursuits, the want of rain still being felt in some districts ; and this prevents that progress in field work which is necessary at this period of the year.—Wheat : A good brisk demand for prime new, whilst for old extreme rates offering. At our usual weekly sale to-day we placed medium milling at 3h (J.I, and we quote prime at 3s 8d tii 3s S.'.d.— Flour : More demand experienced and some fair export business reported. We quote country stone-made from ;t'S to £8 10a, and bakers' lots of townmade roller at £',) os.—pats : The heavy supply of inferior qualities h.u materially affected values of cumin- u fVeil .sort*. Today's markf-t very dull. Wo quote:— Calcutta, Is 7(1 tn Is lid ; thin T.ut uiati, ?<!!■! 1:1 ; sfcniit, l< 7.Vi| to 2s 10 1 : and sewi, 2s 10_d to 3s. LOXDOX MARKETS. (.!V KLKLTItIC TELKIJItAI'H—COPYRIGHT). L'J.viKiN, M:iy 4.—The quantity of wool (!:il.alogn-'il up to date is 231,fi00 bales, of which 200,-100 havo been sold. Tallow: Mutton, medium, is quoted at 24s ; beef, nt 2os (id; best Scotch pig iron f.o.b. Clyde, 4(is, firmer ; sugar, Germany, best, 12s (Id, firm; Java, ditto, los; New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex Wharehouse, 37s to 383.