COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2949, 9 June 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

7'/- ll'nikafo Times Monday. UVia.WD PKODirr.K MARKETS. jiV S HKS EsAJI AMI AltTllUtt'H NVKKKLY Kki-oki' — Farm produce : lhe market as a is about the same as la.t week, prices not underling any material eliango. r i itni-s 'in 1 s" plentiful that it is dilhcolt to'.lotermim" the value ; everyone is lilled, K „ ii,,, quantity in"viiif< ""...fT-;;: We quote: Waikato, t'2 •« t<; • , \ iiii,l- "'- 1 : O.iuiar'i, 10s t" t-I.'-. . vaiirtii's aie being better inquire 1 f"i'. £3 10. to ft .">s; Magnum li,.iiiiin-, £4 ; local kidney, £3 10s to t ; Canterbury, £3. Fowl wheat: None to hand during the week J 0 " 1 ! 1 ! 11 . 10 ":! 10 ,'! 11 „ f„l. Maize, sellingat2slod to 3, d, the nualitv is good. Oats are dull of sale, si is the colour of the cereal. Local, Is lid to Js KM ; blight .Southern, -s to „d. Hi. n and sharps is limited, demand at t,. ■ respectively. l'niiipkiiK, mangolds, carrots, turnips and chalf are plentiful, and prices fr l Onions arena of goml (l ua!,y.sho^ *»« f There nro'some changes in prices, notably butter, the demand for fresh being very good, and unsatisfied. Largo consignments were ottered at auction, and every line cleared. KcJ butter is plentiful, and neglected, oxcent for prime lots at ;>d to b}d ; lower «»de* from 3d to 4d. Buyers and sellers ideas of quality appear as wide as the pole . Eggs were not supplied to sate-fy the demand ; price per dozen, Is 3d to Is lOd. Bacon and hams : Good supplies of local new aro of very good quality. Wo obtained yesterday 4M to :>WI for bacon and 4d ♦7d for hams. Cheese : 1-air enquiry at 31 to 3'.d ; prices sh mid but will not move upward's. Poultry : We quote for po„r fowls, !)d to Is: table varieties Is 3d t» Is 7,1 • durks Is lid to 2s od ; turkeys, (id to 3s (id! "Fruit: Prices generally are decidedly firmer. At auction, prices ranged as follows —Adilins' Pe .rn.am, 2Jd ; Ky.ner, oi -\r M tlinrn SI)V. 2d ; Ohinemuri, lgd to 2d '• other varieties, tjd The : supp'y of all kinds of produce and f-uit at 1' "day s nu"tion was verv largo,the attedance being pnoallv cood. We subjoin auction prices : Pot vtims £2 to t3 ; kidneys, £3 to £3 10s ; Shepherds, J£3 10s to £4 10s ; onions, io to i.- 10d and \d to ijd por lb; maize, o, LOd to 3s Id ; oats, Is (id to 2s 2d ; bran, 4s • sharps, 5s 3d j chaff, £3 per b.n, and Is (!d to Is Od per sack : carrots, „os to -0s hX' parsnips, Gd to 8d ; carrots, 4d to 7 1-turnips, -Id to (id; celery, 8d to Is; new kidney and Shepherds, id per ; bacon, 4.Jd to ohd; hams, 4d to ,d, SsyaßWi,Ut fife i;.S SUV m t,,i. i«wpdiw 7d to !ld; cheese, 3d to 3.U1; inferior, l',d to 2d; honey. 3d to 3ijll; Ss lei; biscuits, 4d ; black balls, 3.W , tea, half chests Is Id; box, los 6d ; coffee, la to Is Id • apples, ljd to 2f,d : inferior, jd ; AVhanga'rci oranges, B}d; lemons, Ojdl to O.ld ; guavas, ; fowls, Is Id to Is 7d , email, 0d to Is; turkeys, 2s bd to 3s lid , ducks, la 9d to 2s Od. Mit \m:xaniikii Aitkkn s M.\nui:r Repokt for the weeek ending June 0.-Busi-ness during the week has been very brisk ■mA hichly satisfactory, unusually large quantities of all kinds being disposed of, and the auction sales have been largely attended with brisk competition. Supplies al round hcivv In fruit there has been fully <00 cises of apples received during tho weok, the Niipply for Friday's sale alone being 4/;> cases and although the supply was much beyond what might bo expected at this season of the. year prices kept up, and, under very keen competition, every case was disposed of For this lino the sain was the most satisfactory I have yet held. Stono Pippins m large lines realised fiomV.d to 2d, Adam . Pearniain 2d. Simmons Winter l£d to „d, five crowns Vfrt, to lirl. btnrmnr s IJ.I to ]vd, Northern Spy lsd to 1 i'd, Boston Russett lijd to lVd, Reinette do Canada T-il to ; other choice sorts to n(l, ~','ior lots 1 Jd. Lemor.s in fair supply — small, T.d to Sd ; Capo gooseberries, od to IM ■ pears, 3.'.d to Id : walnuts, 8d ; oranges, f»> id to Us uur cjiso. Poultry ikwiuiU m tlto usual largo numbers, lu this department the bidding was also M'.rv ,jontod. and K .j.)d prices were obtained. 1' irst-c.ass table fowls, Is til to-2;, medmni Is kl to Is l,d, purr lots Is to Is 3.1 ; roosters, m condition, 1* B'l to 2s lid, others is to Is lid ; ducks 2s ti,, 2s lid, poor IsSd; Pokin ducks, Is to os each ; geese, 3s lid to 3s ( .)d ; turkeys, gobblers 3s to 8s lid each, liens, 2s lid to 4s; pigeons, lid to Is : canaries, to os ; (tiiinea pigs, Is 3d. Pigs m good numbers, with cMTespotulintf cltnnauu 10s to 15s I'd ; Others, 7s to bd ; rough and small, Is (id to os lid. In farm l irodnco lurgo quantities of all tiorts quitted at full market rate>: Potatoa.', Napier, to 10s • Waikato, £2 10s to .L 2 los ; Laranaki, kidney seed, W3to £3 10s. Unions may be quoted dull, and market overstocked with indifferent lots : Prime lots, Sd to ; poor, 2s to 3s per cwt. New kidney potatoes, .Jd to Id ; kumeras, lis to lis lid ; imuCTi 3s ; wheat fowl, 3s !)d to 3s lOd ; milling, 4s to 4s 2d ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £5 ; carrots white 20s to 25s per ton ; red, 2.is to .JOs, fully_ 10 tons quitted ; mangolds, Is 2d to Is od ; pumpkins, Is to 2s lid ; piemelons, Is to oats, local, Is Ud to Is !ld ; cow jiotntoos, Is 3d to Is lid ; cheese, stock, litdit-prime, 3d to 3'.d ; poor and indifferent, lvi to Ld ; bacon, plentiful—prime, ">d_ro lid ; poor, 3d to Id ; iiams, prime, .V.d to ™d ; poor, 31 to etrtfs in good di'iii.nol, f,,ir, -upply fresh, Is lid to Is 101; pichlnd, Sd t , lr : honey, 2.', 1 t<> 41 ; section, 41 t. II ; lard. 3 I to -HI ; butler, piime fresh, 10 1 t ' lOy'inferior, 41 to li', 1 ; T.ir.maki, roll, !»A I ; mi keg butter a laru'e business done, and the tendmicy h n|*w«*r<!s —prini3 (jiuihty, od i (»V1; nvKlinui, 4-1 to 5d ; inferior, 2:(d Xo ." I : reallv piime quality is in demaud ; Jiang's (Sterling Brand) tinned butter, Is 2d fbulk, Is ; pats, Is.