COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2848, 14 October 1890, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

Tr.-- Wailiiio Time* Oilier., Monday

AUCK LAN 1 > M AIIKKTH. Mu ALKX. AITKBN'H Maiikkt lU;PORT for tho week ending Octobor 11: During the week ('induce generally lias been (putted in good quantities. 'The usual produce sales have been largely attended, that of Friday being one of the best sales I have yet hold, being well supplied, and closed iiftor (i.\ hours selling with an unsatisfied demand for must kinds. Poultry was entered in large number, and sold at high prices. First-class table fowls realised from 2s to 2s lid each ; others Is 9d to Is lid ; roosters in condition, 2s (id to 2s 8d ; others 2s to iis -Id ; well-bred fowls, 2s 9d to Hs 3d ; ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; ducklings, lid to Is 7d ; geese, 4s (id to iis; turkey hens, 4s to os, gobblers 5s to 7s 3d ; canaries, 2s to 4s lid. Pigs; 83 were entered; best lots fetched 10s to 15s 3d each, others Gs Cd to !)s Ud : veiy Rmall suckers nnd poor lots, 3s (id to 5s 9d ; dressed pork-, ljd to 2J,d. Rabbits, Is; hares, 2s (id to 2s lOd. Potatoes : Sound lots, £210s to to ; Oainaru seeds, £3 to £4 ; potatoes in bad order, 12s to lfis per ton ; new Shepherds, .VI to la ; kidneys, Id to Onions have been scarce and shoct of demand at 2d to 2|d ; carrots plentiful, at 15s to 2os per ton ; wheat is rather scarce at 3s Gd to 3s J)d ; maize, os ud; bran, £4: sharps £3 15s to £1; cabbages, Od to iis 9d per sack and Ud to Is 3d per dozen; table turnips, carrots, and parsnips scarce at Rood prices; cucumbers, 5s to 8s per dozen. Bacon and hains of good quality oould have been quitted in larger quantities, and all to hand sold readily. Prime bacon, (id to CM, poor 4d to 5d ; hams, prime, 7d, poor -kf to sd. Cheese has come to hand ig good quantities and mat with eimd domand. One ton of Akaroa loaf cheese realised 4d to 4,' id; Poverty Bay new loaf size, iUd ; Taranaki large, 4d ; local new make, Id to 4,' rd. Butter, fresh, has been plentiful, and quality, in many cases, _ very poor. Prices have ruled from 3d to sd, one lot Egg supplies still on the increase, but yet far short of demand. Hon eggs, 7d to S;' f d, avorage 7id ; duck eggs, SJd to 9]d, average 9d. Honey : A good quantity of now season's (section) fetched 3.W, tin honey 3d. Lard, 3d. In fruit there has been a good supply of lemons, although far short of demand, at lOd to Is 8d per dozen; oranges, owing to the scarcity of Island lots, local grown have made Is to Is Sd per dozen ; tomatoes, 7d ; Capo gooseberries, Is Id per lb ; loquats, 8d per lb ; local apples od tc (id ; walnuts, 9d per lb ; cocoannts, 7s per sack ; desiccated, 7kl por lb; beehives, 9s to 10s each ; new Taranaki machine-made butterkegs, 3s (3d each ; Hour, £9 to £11; lollies, boiled, 4d, others 5.W ; raisins, 4d. Messrs Esam and Aurnuit's Wkekly Rkpoiit.—Produce: Business in this department has not been so active during the week. Potatoes continue low in price ; wc quote £2 to £2 15s as riding rates ; for very prime quality 5s higher. New potatoes are coining in more freely; kidneys, ljd; Shepherds, gd to gd. Bacon : Tho supply has been short of demand ; active inquiry for first quality at 3Ail to Butter: Fresh is very plentiful; our rates at auction wei'O 3.'.d to G.'.d ;tlie quality is very varied. ('l'.eestf lias lieeu in better supply, and all quitted at -l.fd. Flour a shipment of 10 tons, sold on account of whom it may concern, realised an average) of £7 17s lid per ton. Oats iu small demand at 2s Id to 2s

31; bran and sharps, t'3 15s. We obtained tho following prices at auction yesterday

Potatoes, .£1 (Js to US; small 1 •*, ,C2ss to £3; new kidneys, Ijd ; Shopiiurds, ;4d to ;<(J ; onions, 2d ; inferior, .[d to ,\d : cabbages, 7.M to Is Id per dozen and Is C>d per sack ; rhubarb, "is (id to lis ; catililluwers, Is Id to os 3d ; turnips, !)d ; lettuce, 3d to lOd; carrots, 7s and Is to Is 3d per cwt; o:its, Us 2d to 2s 3d; wheat, 3s Id to 3s (id; sharps, 3s !M ; chatf, 2s; bran, 3s '.Id to 4s; oatmeal, £12 ; bacon, 3d to li.jd ; hams, Id to 7d ; fresh butter, 3d to (i',il; new cheese, •Ijd to -Ud ; egg carriers, 2s (id ; biscuits, -Id; box tea^los (id; half chests. Is (id; salt butter, 2d to 3d ; coll'ae, Is. MARKET REPORTS. Thu Now Zoaland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report under date :— Chkistchuuch, October 3.—Wheat: A quiet business lias been done during the week at about former values, though the tendeucy has been iri a downward direction. Wo quote Tuscan 3s 'Id to 3s (id, Pearl 3s 3d to 3s -Id, Hunter's 3s 2d to 3s 3d per bushel f.0.h., sacks extra.—Oats ; A few lots havo changed hands for local requirements at our quotations, but in the absence of any outside demand it is difficult to do business. To-day's values are—Prime milline Is 7d, heavy feed Is fid to Is lid, ordinary 1s 3d to Is -Id per bushel f.0.b., sacks extra. — Potatoes : There seems to bo very little hope of this market recovering tins season, there being an utter collapse in prices on the other side, consequently values here are only nominal. lilne I >er\veiits may be quoted at Jos per ton at country stations, minks extra.- -Dairy Produce.: Unaltered; butter Td to 7VI, cheese 3d to 3M per lb. LONDON MARKETS. (itv KLNCTKIO T BI.K'S UA I'K.—COI'V RIUI IT.) London, October 10. — Hemp : flood to medium quality is quoted at t'2o l-'is to .£2l. --The wool season closed with prices ranging higher than those realised at the ,luly series. Cood greasy lneriuo-i Id, good scoured l.'.d, inferior sorts from .jd to Id, and all crossbreds !d to Id higher than the prices in July. London, October I". — New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report: —Wool ; The side.; J lirmly. Creasy Iris adv;io':ed Id. seonivil lilt" l.jd, cooooi:; washeil ',d 1.0 M |>i-r Hi i-iuee the !;!•>»• of 1■ i > .>!••'. S: 11 x-.ii. ii- caubing \'.':i>11: 11 1 and e niiliinu w.i.-.hcd market uneiiaui,vd. 1"11te gri-i.--v, crossbred, has ad- * .iikvil 1. (in * w.i.-iied eros.ibreils Id, and line :'o'uyr-l ei .i-sliu'ds, Id per lb since last sal--. Coarse ei'o-.;Vneil has advanced Afl, !,iinii market unchanged. Total quantity sold dnring recent auctions 230,000 bales, of which 12!i,000 bales have b"en taken for the Continent, and -1000 bales for America, ft is estimated that 35,000 bales havo been held over for future disposal.