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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2943, 26 May 1891, Page 2

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TLo H'tikato Timet itjKre, Monday. AIVKLAM) PRODUCE MARKETS. Mit Ai.kxanhkk Aitkkns Maiikkt Ri; roui for the weok ending May 'JX — qu.mti'ies of all kinds of produce have boeu quitted at auction. Sales have been very largely attended, particularly that of Friday, which lasted sevon hours, with brisk competition from start to finish. The supplies for the weuk have been unusually large in all lines. With potatoes, the market i< considerably over-stocked at lower values, viz., Napier, £2 os to £3; Southern, £2 10-t to £3; Waikato, £2 10s to .£3 ; local lots, 35s t > 50s ; Taranaki, £3 to ,£:> 10s ; Taranaki Lapstono kidney seed, £3 10s to £1; Shepherd seed, £4; new potatoes, .Id to Id; cow potatoes, rtOs. Carrots. 28s to 30s per ton ; maize, os to l!s (id. Onions : Prime lots, 5s (id to 7s ; pour and inferior, 2s to 4s per cwt. Wheat continues in strong demand at 3s lid for whoieH'llc parcels. Oats : Local Danish, Is .Hd to Is !)d ; prime bright short feed, 2s Id to 2s fid. liran, 4s; sharps, 4s fill. Pumpkins, Is 3d to 3s; mangolds, Is 3d to Is (id; swedes, la 3d to 2s (id ; cabbages, 10d to Is (id per sack ; piemelons, Is to Is (id per cwt. ISacon and hams have coine to hand freely, and met with fair demand at 5d to Oil for bacon, and Gd to 7d for hams, off sorts 2d to lid. Cheeso in full supply and dull of salo at 2d to 3d per lb. Butter : Fresh in fair supply at 7Jd to 9ri; keg butter, stocks increasing, only small quantity moving off at 5d to iid for really prime lots, and 3d to Id for medium lots. Eggs have been more plentiful, and slightly easier in vnlue at Is 8d to Is lOd ; good pickled lots, lOd to Is 2d. Prime lard, in bladders, 4}d to otl ; keg, 3Jd to .Sid. Honoy : Bulk, 2sd to 3d ; 101b tins, to 3. 1 , d : 21b tins, -lid ; section, -Id ; beeswax, 8d to 'Jid. Apples have been received in larger quantities, and mot with good demand at lute values. Choice dessert varieties, l.Jd to 2d; medium, lfd ; cooking kinds, good keepers, ljd to l.jd ; ripe sorts, l]d to ; poor lots, Id to ljd. Pears: Napoleon, 2d tn 4d ; Winter Nelis, -Id to 4Jd ; cooking, 2d. Leirons, 3d to lOid ; tomatoes, ,}d to j'd ; persimmons, Is tj.Jd por dozen ; Cape gooseberries, lid to 6d ; passion fruit, 2/d to ; quinces, l. ; fd; uocuanuts, tia (id to 7s fld ; peanuts, 1 j'd to 2jd. In tho poultry department, the Kupply haR been heavy; over 1500 penned for Friday's sale, and notwithstanding the very large numbers to hand, all lots were disposed of under keen competition, and satisfactory pricos ruled throughout, Firstclass table fowls, from Is fld to Is 9d ; medium, Is 2d to la 4d ; poor lots, lOd to 1h ; roosters, young, in condition, Is 8d to 2s Jd ; pewr and small, Is to 1s sd; pure variety fowls, Is lOd to 5s 3d each ; geeso, 2s (id to 3s 6d ; turkeys, gobblers, 4s t,o 5s (id ; hens, Is (id to 3s (id ; pigeons, !)d to Is ; canaries, 2s to 5s each. I'igs were penned in largu numbers; demand was fair for good lots. Best bred, young, 8s to 10s lid ; medium lots, 5s 3d to (is Gd ; vory small, 3a to Is 3d ; inferior, rough lots, Is to 3.s (id. Dressed pork, 3}: rabbits, Is por pair; hares, 2s each. Tinned butter, sterling brand, Is 2d per lb.

Mi«shh Esa.u and Arthur's Wkkkly Kr.i'OHT. — Business during tho week has been exceedingly good. We have held sales uvory day, Poultry : Friday was the lirst regular sale of poultry we have held, and tlni consignments were quite satisfactory. Prices were very fair. Table fowls, Is Ud to Is lOd ; poor, 7d to Is; turkeys were very small, and averaged 2s lOd to Us 3d ; geesp, 2s -Id to 2s (id ; ducks, Is (id to Is Sd ; pigeons. Bd. Produce: Supplies have been unusually large, with a corresponding demand. Potatoes : Prices remam about the same, nominally at £2 10s to .VJ 15a ; £3 in small lines. We have sold IS tons of Waikatos for shipment by mail steamer, and we shall have pleasure in reporting tho keeping qualities on receipt of advico. Stocks are still very large, and market glutted. Wheat supplies have been small, whilst the demand is strong at about 3s (id ; maize has roalised 3s to 3s 4d, stocks light; oats move off slowly at Is Od to 2s 2d ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £1 3s. Bacon : Large quantities of new local cure to hand, of fair quality. We realised at auction 5d to 5Ad; jowls, -l.^d; hams, 5Ad to (id. Onions have been in request for the primest sorts for export at £5 10s to £6, but sup plies have been equal to requirements. Cheese is rather slower of sale this week at *ld to 4Jd, tho lattor figure for small prime lots "only. Eggs were catalogued in quantity and mot with ready sale at Is !>J to 2s. Those packed in the patent ecg - carriers arrived without a breakage. Butter: Tho supply has been by far the heaviest we have ever received for one sale, and every dairy cleared at prices averaging 7.jd, some at 7d, and one particularly prime samplo at Od. Fruit : Supplies of apples were large, competition was brisk prices ranged from Id to lijd ; quinces, ljd to Ijd ; tomatoes, i'd ; walnuts, (Id to 9'rd per lb; bananas, Is (id per bunch. Friday's p-oduce sale was vory largely attended from start to finish Subjoined are the detailed prices obtained at tho auction • Potatoes, £2 5s to £3 ; Shepherds, seed, £4 to £4 10s ; pumpkins, £1 to £1 15s ; citron and piemelons, 24s 3d to 2(is Sd; carrots, 25s to 30s j oats Is Gd to 2s (id ; bran, 4s ; sharps, 5s 3d ; chaff, Is Ud ; cabbages, Gd to Is Id per dozen, and Is to 2s per sack ; carrots, -id to 7d ; turnips, 5d to 7d ; parsnips, Gd to 8:1 ; cauliflowers, 7d to 2s lOd per dozen ; onions, V<l to d, and £5 10s to I'll 10s per ton; bacon, local, 5d to sd; jo,vls, 4.M ; haius, 5.-Jd to Gd ; fiesh butter, 7d to 3d ; inferior, 3 : | ! d to Id ; <muranteed eggs, Is 9tl to 2s per dozen ; sdt butter 3VI to fi.fd ; checso, 3 1 to ."yl : lumev, 3jd ; coffee, Is; hisenits, 4d : tea, lm\-, 15s, halfchests, Is Id ; apples, Id to I*. I ; quinces, ljr| tii l}t! ; iv.limits, 1> I to 'J.'.il ; tomatoes, ; bananas, Is li.l per bunch. Fowls, Is 2d to Is !)J; pour, 7s to Is ; turkeys, small, 2h lOd to .'is :til ; (luek-, Is (H t > Is 8d ; pigeons, fid ; geese, 2s 4d to 2s (Id.

MARKET RETORTS. '.i ho Naiv Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report under date: — Adelaide, May "lh.—Wheat : Wo have again experienced a quiet market and gradually receding prices. Since nnr last report wo havu sold several thousand bags ut from Is !)d to -Is lOd for prime wheat, and Is 3d to Js 8d for medium to inferior, but values to-day are not more than 4s "Jd to Is Mil for prime wheat delivered at Port Adelaide. Under dute sth inst. our London house cabled us as follows :—" The wheat market is disorganised, and continues drooping. Victorian wheat to arrive iron ship is worth c.i.f. 43s per iSOlbs ; May, June B/L, parcels 41s ; and ex warehouse 4 Is Gd per ■iflGlbs."—Flour : There is a considerable difficulty in maintaining prices, although values ltavo never risen in proportion to the rise in the price of wheat. Wo quote best patent roller Hour at £10 15s per ton f.o.b. I'ort Adelaide; country brands, £!!10s to £10.— Oats (duty '2s per cental) : Thoro is a steady demand, and prices are linn at 'Js .'id per bushel, gross weight, bags included, in bond, Port Adelaide.

Dcnedin, May 14. —Wheat: A steady demand in experienced for this cereal. Millers, however, do not appear to be anxious to operate to any great extent, but any suitable lota offering and for immediate sale are readily taken up at prices equal to lata rates, presumably in order to keep up their prosent stocks, which are not by any means heavy. A moderate amount of business has been dono during tho past week. Tho quantity still to come forward is undoubtedly limited, and owing to this fact a few growers prefer holding in tho meantime, in the hopo of boing able to secure higher prices further on, and at the present moment there is every indication of their anticipations being realised. We quote, for prime milling, Northern velvet, and Tuscan, 4s 7d to 4s 8:1, extra prime, Id more: Southern best, 4s (id to 4s 7d; medium, 4s 3d to 4s fid ; inferior to good whole fowl wheat, 8s (id to 4s (ex store, terms).—Oats: A moderately fair demand has continued to exist for these during the past week, more particu'mly for bright, wollvi'rown sorts, both feed and milling, which wo have placed at a slight advance on prices obtained prewous'.y ; but discoloured and medium sorts aro not in the same requost, and buyers less anxious to purchase theso at late quotations. Owing to the weather being more favourable, the quantity sent forward this week has shown a considerable incroaso; in consequence a much larger qor.nt ; ty is being pub on the market for in, .-"Katp sa!.\ and will have ft tendency t" weaken pries, unless the unexpected shou'd happen—that is to say, a much stronger demand than is now experienced—'.' hich is hardly looked for durjnf tho nox'. two or thro# months to come at'my I'i'te. -Ve quote : 15e»t bright stout nulling, i" to la 7U; medium, U fid to

NliVI; best bright ?h a t feed, 1 s n.,d to Is i; I '."medium, Is .VI to Is .".(.i ; infeiior to medium, Is 2d to I - 4W (n< stole, sacks Ultra), Potatoes: There being no outlet for export, this tnaik''t m getting weaker i.vHry wimk. Northern IVrwcnt--, Oil to 17s i; I ; Southern, difficult to place at over -40s |it■ r ton (.sacks weighed inl —Daily lircfltici;: I'rnii" salt buttor has been in lioltnr demand lately for shipment, and also for up-curtry requirements, at from HVI to 7',<i ; medium still difficult to place. Theie is no change to note in tin; dtin ind f.>r chees — Flax : A modeiate demand exists for this product, lint, the _ season W'ing rvw rather un-oitab!e for drying, the ipiantity offering is gradually decreasing. We quote: Inferior, L'lli 10s to £11; medium, I 10> to £l'i 10-; pood to superior, £17 to £18; extra piiine, a shade