COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2831, 4 September 1890, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Timet Ofiei, Wednesday. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mu Alkxandkk Aitkkn's Maukkt RePOUT for the week ending August 30th :— Business for the week htm been unueualjy active, an excessive demand having set in for most kinds of produce. Potatoes : As the previous week's aales closed with upwards of 80 tons on hand, during the early part of the present week all lots were bought up by the trade at advanced values. In the early part of the week sales waro alfected at £3 10s to £4, but all lots at Friday's sale realised as follows:—Prime simples, £5 10s to £0 Oβ ; poor lots, £4 15s t>£s. Onions: Several parcels placed at i'll 10a to £14, demand still unsatisfied ; holders should quit as goon as possible, as American consignments aro due by next Hteamcr. Carrots have been quitted in quantity at 25s to 28s; poor, 20s; mangolds 20s; new kidnovs, prime samples, Id to lid ; poor, £d to £d ; chatf, oaten, £3; maize, all lots cleared at 3s (id to 3s !)d ; wheat continuo* very scarce at 3s 3d to 3s li i; bran £4 to £4 5s ; sharps, £4 5s to £4 10* : cabbages, Is to Is 4d per sack, and Is 3J per dozen. Bacon and hams : Supplies have been smaller, and demand better. Prime bacon, (id to β^d; hams, prime, 7d to 7Jd ; poor bacon and hruns, 3d to 4d; rolls, 4d to Gd ; lard. 2d to 2id; honey, supply light, demand keen; built, 2Ad to 3d ; email tins, 3d to 3Jd ; sections, 3Jd to 4d. Butter : There has been upwards o£ one ton of fresh entered, but there was a demand for mum. Prime, 8d to B^d; poor, OJd to 7Jd. Eggs; Increased quantities to hand, but also short of demand ; prices ruled from 6Jd to Bijd ; average, 7id. Keg butter is a drug, with no demand. In cheese, a largo business has been done. Two tous of factory has been placed to arrive at •Ud ; old cheese, difficult to quit, at Id to "d. Local apples have been in fair supply, ut3dto4d; Hobarts, lid to lid. Lemons very plentiful. Large, 5Ad to !ld per dozen; email, 3d to Id. On Monday, 350 cases oranges, per Wainui, were disposed of at from 5d to 8d per dozen; 590 bunches bananas, per Pukaki, in poor condition, realised trom Is to Is (id per bunch. Poultry has been entered in the usual large numbers, and although there was no shipping demand, all sold at high prices. Good table fowls realised Is 7d to 2i 3d ; poor to medium, Is 3d to Is (id ; r.iosters in condition, 2s to 2s 3d : others. Is tid tu Is 10d . pure varieties of fowls, 2s o'd t> 8a each ; ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 5d each ; jreese, 3a 9d to 4s Gd; turkeys, heavy gobblers, la to 5s ; medium, 3s lid to 3s !)d ; hens and small gobblers, 2s 3d to 4s 3d ; canaries, 2s 3d to 5s Gd; pigeons, Gd to lOd. J?igs in good numbers, demand improving ; best lots, 10s to 13s (id ; medium, 7s to 8s Hi; suckers and very small, 3s 3d to 4<; dressed pnrlc, 2}d to 3d. Friday's sale was largely attended, with brisk competition, and closed with unsatisfied demand for all lines of produced at advanced values.

Mksshs Esam and Auihuk's Wkbki.y Rst'OHT.—Produce : The present week has been one of great activity in this depart ment, particularly in potatoes, which have within the last two days advanced fully £2 per ton. Up to Wednesday the top price for prime was £4 to £4 10h, to-d.iy we have quitted inferior at £3 15s to £4 ss, whilst prime we have sold at £"> 10s to £0. The continuance of thesa rates is entirely contingent on the prospects of an early settlement of the differences between the Union S.S. Company and their employees. In sympathy with potatoes, other produce has advanced. Onions : We had no first-class quality for to-day's auction ; there is a good demand. The same remarks apply to cheese ; inferior is difficult to sell. Bacon and hams in good demand ; supply has been good ; prices are fully Id to ljd better than last week. Salt butter has moved off freely, but at low rates. Fresh butter is also low. Fowl wheat: Supply groatly below the demand ; we sell readily consignments as they arrive. Oats : We cannot report any advance in price ; values remain firm, however. Waikato table potatoes, £5 to £G: seed, £3 10s to £4]os; Southern table potatoes. £4 3s 4d to £G; kidneys, £2 10s to £4 ; new kidneys. Id ; Shepherds, Ad to gd ; pumpkins, 2s 10d to 3.4 6d; carrots, Is 2d to Is lid ; cabbagee, Is 2d to Iβ Gd per sack, lid to Iβ 4d per dozen; cauliflowors, Is 3d ; turnips, 7d to Hi ; carrots, 7d ; oats, 2s to 2s 3d ; wheat, 3s ; bran 3b 6d : flour, £9 to £9 10s ; oatmeal, £10 to £11; chaff, £2; bacon, 2d to 7d ; hams, 2+.d to 8d; Mangapai tmenn and hams, 7d to BJd ; fresh butter, 4\d to 7d ; salt, ljd to •ijd ; apples, 7s fid per case ; cocoanuts, 5s (Js ; lemons, Gld ; jam, Is 5d per dozen ; coffee, Is; teafls Gd ; boxes, 15s Gd ; biscuits, ISd ; lollies, Id.

MARKET REPORTS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report as under :— Duskdin , , August 21.—Whent: There i.H a fair inquiry experienced, and, doubtless owing to the favourable tnne of the London market, there is nn difficulty experienced in placing any lines of bout milliner white velvet and Tuscan offering. Prime red straw is also saleable, but there is very little demand for nwdiuin, except fur fowls' wheat, which is now getting exceedingly icarce. We quote primu milling velvet and Tuscan at 3s < r >d to 3s 7d ; extra prime, a shade more; medium to good, 3s 2d to 3s Id ; inferior to medium, .scarce, 2a 10d to 3s 2d (ex Ktore, sacks weighed in). Oats: During the past week a much better demind has been expeiienced, and considerable Hales have bean carried into effect. Nenrly all the oats thnt agents have (up to the present) been free to still have been placed at about. Rquil to lite quotations, perhaps slightlv over in one or two instances where the quality has been extra piime. Stocks are s' ; ll uretty full, u'though considerably reduced lately. The b'lik of those in store now are medium ti (fund f««d only, very few good milling loti beinsj left <-n hand, and although buyers are in a nuind to further increase their purchases, they are not disposed to exceed prices lately current. At tlib moment '.here is a fair opportunity of placing good line, and, considering the quantity nf.ill unsold, it is somewhat questionable if prices will to any appreciable extent improve during the uext few months. We now quote best feed and milling, Is 3.Jd to Is td; extra prime, slightly over ; medium to gooa, 1« 3d to Is If.Jd ; inferior and musty, Is to Is 2Jd (ex store, sacks extra). There is very little demand for long oatH, except well grown and clean, suitable for seed.—Potatoes : The market continues weak, owing to th« supply being in excess of requirements. There is no dc.mind for shipment, and the business done is confined to the supplying of local wnnts. 15est price at auction this week for Diriw-nt* was 55s per ton (wicks weighed in).— Dairy product!: Prime salt butter still .■■CHV-β, und would readily spII »t 7d toM per 'b; medium, difficult to place at from 'Jd to 4d per lb. There is uo improvement in the demand for cheese, only very small parcels being placed in lh« local market at 3d to -id for medium and i|(J to ■!£d per lb for loaf. Cuulstckukch," August 2a.— Wheat : Market firm, with an upward tendenoy. A fair I'lisin'f-n \v\n been done during the week, Iwildnrs biking advantage of the present f-nhuncod values in onl»r to realise. Tuscan 3s 3Ad to 3s 4.W, Pmirl 3s 2d to 3s 3d, Hunter s 3s Id to 3s 2d per bushel, f.0.b., sacks extra. —Oats : Nr. miiterial change to note. Prime milling lines are in demand at our quotations. Prime milling Is 7d, stout feed Is (id : ordinary feed Is 3d tola 5d per bushel, f.0.b., sacks extra.— Potatoes : The position of this market continues without alteration pending settlement of shipping difficulties, no business doing except with conditional clause in contract re possibility of transit inside a specified time, Nominal value of Blue Derwents ia 40s per ton at country stations. —Dairy produce : Butter Sd to B.Jd per lb, cheese 3d to 3td per lb.