COMMERCIAL.
T/.-j U'aibilo TinifS 'Iff"'', Monday
AUCKLAND PRODUCE REI-'ORlh. Mr Ai.ks. AitkknV Makkkt Rkpoiit for the. we.k emiii'g .Lmuaiy 111 :-l>unng th- week three sales have been held. I'or ■,|| the upply li'- been large, and good , imt ; t j,, „f mo.t kinds weie sold. Pointers of indillero.it sample are in supply lar beyond demand, and dillicult : v'rk'olf at Is lid to 3s per cwt. There is le.it a small demand for local consumption L pre-ont, while prune ripe samples of Keeping quality are short of demand for .hipping orders at, t.'l 10s. Onions are plentiful, not a brisk demand at yd to Id 1,., ,-uJ kinds; potato onions unsaleable. Wheat i- very scarce; last season's lots hud quick sale at 3s (I t f"i' milling; ne'v ■•■■ lid to as '.Id for fowl feed. Mai/.e in Rood demand at 3s lid for smull lots and Us I'd lor whole-sain parcels ; bran and sharps, £3 'lUs. Vegetables of all kinds plentiful at fnir prices. Bacon of primu quality short of demand at lid to 7d : medium, ly'd to :,t ( ] . ,Sd to Id ; hauls, local, ">d to 7d ; eliec'se plentiful, (,'ood <iuantities quitted at :.M to-Id ; honey, tin, old to li.Ul; section, ■I'.d. Hotter: Fresh has been scarcer, and has made pood prices. First-class dairies, fi'.d to 7d ; 'poor, •J.UI to ;',d ; kef; butter glutted, demand dull at od to (id : poor, 3d ; eggs guaranteed Jits, lid to Is 2d; others, lid to (id. 'In tho poultry dcpaitment there has been a full supply at about list week's prices, First-class' table fowls from Is 7d to :N 3d ; medium, Is -Id to Is :> I ; poor, old, and ■ii ill Is to Is 3d ; roo-lois in condition, Is M l.,'j< lid ; duck.-, 10,1 to l!- : s f, Is 101 i,, :;. :!d : turkey-', -1.- toli<; pi-eons, 10.1 to I 3d ; canaries, :N I, M-. I'igs c one to hand in buy. number-, and met with good ,!,.,„,,, |. | ,|si.. : la.-.< lols from lis to (Is; niedinm, 7< lo Ss ; poor, L's to I-. In fruit I lie supply has been large ; pi lees generally have been somewhat oii-ior. Apples : lied A.-trakan, l'.d lo'-'d ; .kip's S-.upnso, Id to 1■• 1 ; other choice dissert sals, l|d lo I'd; |~-.m cooking soils, ,'d to ljd; medium I, t,s. 'd to ,d ; sr.iall, 'd. Plums : I '.reen gage, L'yd to .'id ; purples, •_'.'■ d lo F.d ; other varieties. _a>l to ijd : Pond's Seedling-, .">]il to lid. Peaches, L".d to Id per dozen, .mil I|d to 3'.-| pt* II": choice largo _-nrl>. li.'.d to Is per dozen. Unions, I'd to I - i'.d per d,, en; pears, :M lo 3.M ; .laigoiiclle, all to hind rcali-cd Id; nectarines, Id to 0,1 pea do" n and 'd to 1.1 per lb : tomatoes, yd to •J'd ; crapes, ,„,.,,-, lid ; good lot-,, Md to Hid ; p-aiuiis. -d lo ".1; coeo.imits, Xs : pines (Fiji), Is (id pei do /en ; bananas, 3s lo 3s >k\ P r bimi'h. \il.--lt.i Iv.A.'l AM' AKI'HLII'.S WKKIvXY I:urouT. -liiisiuess ill most departments h.; been fairly good, in produce inquires for poKito.'s liavo not been so as the |nv\io-i.. wick, rnc.es are no better, but have a downward tendency. Kidneys are about finished. Hobarts .are worth Kl to Cl.'h for good (pialitv, but small and inferior are difficult to sell. Cheese : We le,ve placed several lines at iid to ofM. The demand is improvin?, lincon : (Jood inquit cs for Canterbury in cloth ; mfeiior heal in'clected. Tim amount of piime 10;.. d reii'me 1" ■i".v:ii-'l is limited. in ,;,„,.i .leinand at H.'.d to 10.|,d. Onions : S'ioiii; demand, f.-r shippin" principally. W■• f|U"ti! tc> to t7 per ton tor keeping qi .lit.-.-. Fruit : The supply at Fii.lay's .-. ,v was lai-eo, and competition for plums poticularly keen. 'Prices, :M to ;:,'d. Appl-s of dill'erent vaiioties iiyi.li-,,1 from Id Lo I'd; peaches, lyl to ;!yd per lb, and ■I'.d t,. (H per dozen ; crape--, liy'd to y'd -, tomatoes, Id to 1 kl ; Cape (,'oo.seberries, od to ."iy'd, A shipiiient of cooiauuts, ex T.i'ipo, per sack. The foHowiuo are the details of Friday's auction :—Kidneys, US lUs to P..", ; llob'arts, \:-> JOs to ill 10s ; sjicphords. co to.ojj ; Circular Heads, i' 3 ; silverskio onions, li'l; potatoes, .',d to J-.1, cabbaoes, Is Id to JsIM per dozen, and Is Js'd |ier sack ; rhubarb, lis to lis ; peas, lid to Nd ; French bonis, •_' 1 to Id ; cnc.imbnrs, 2d to Mil ; oats, 2s PI ; bran, iis (id ; b:irley, 2s Id ; chaff, 2< ; sharps, 3s lid ; cheese, 3d to :i,d ; bacon and hams, in cloth, (j.yd to Td ; fresh butter, 5d to dyd ; salt butter, to ljd ; biscuits, -Id ; box tea, 15s lid ; codec, Is ; honey, 10!o tins, 3d ; flour, €9 to I'll ; lime/juico, 3s (id to (is ; o«rs, 9.W to Hl.'.d ; apples, Id to l.yd ; inferi ,r, Id to 5-1"; plums, S.'.d t> l.jd ; peaches, Iyd to 3yd per lb, ami 3'i.l to !l I per dozen ; Cape K..0.-seb.iiric-.. "'I :o VA ; I 'toes, £J to ljd : cocoanuts, l'n to 'is dl per sack.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2895, 3 February 1891, Page 2
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