COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2958, 30 June 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Time.- Ofi-e, Monday. AUCKLAND PttODUCK MARKETS. Mil AI.KXANDBU AITKKN'S MaKKKT RkMltr. fi>r tho wcok Hiulinu June 27 : — TlmptiKt week has been » busy one, and tno nil intity ofgeneral produce quitted Ins been considerably larger tliiin usual, and satisfactory value* have been obtained. I , riday s mirket salo was held in tho City Market and Agricultural H«". » ml t,IB x l« ! cial arraiitffiHßnts for blowing goods allowed iirgi'r f)u;mtitios to be put through. Tho attendance was largo and competition keen. I'. Utoes lirvm boon disposed of in lartr_ cpuntitic.-. Napior's, £2 ." to _2 10s; WaiKuco'is £2 10- , ; Canterbury, £2 10= ; Hawern kidneys, _3 10s to ft ; Shepherd's, 2s Gd to 3s Gd ; Bro.vn Rivers in quantities, J£_ 2s G.J f.0.b., at Waitara ; ex store, ...'iTi.-. Maize ha.-) gone "IF freely—ex store, old. 2s Kd to 2s 9d ; new, 2s 3d to 2s tld; bran Is; sharps, . r n fid ; carrr.ts more plentiful, white, 25s u> 30s : red, 80s to 355; niniifclds, 18s to 22s ; pmnpkinH, Sd to 2s ; cabbages, Gd to l.s !»d per sack. Onions nmtted in Urgo quantity for shipping, but lew of the local grown are now tit for this purpose.. Prime lots, fis to 7s ; poor to in,.ilium, .'.d ; inferior, 1* to 1« lid per bag ; potito onions, ljd ; garlic, Id ; wheat broken, 3s <>d ; good whole, 3d ltd. Barley has sold freflly at 2s 9d to 3s ; chat!, inferior, 7d to Is per wick. Bacon and hams are plentiful, good quantities quitted—very prime, f»d to Gd ; poor to medium, 4d to 4jd; lie.'vy, 3id to4.Jd ; hams, very prime, Gd to 7d ; others, 4d to 5d ; honey, hulk. 2.Jd to 3d; 101b tins, 3Jjd ; section, lid to sd. linUer, fresh, supply far short of demand — pr'me, Is to Is Id ; poor, 10d ; inferior u-ade up 4d to f>d. Kogbutterhasbutiiiinbri.sk duinand, and fully l<so kegs have been quitted ; ordinary Rood, Gd to (ltd ; mediuin, od ; pantry, -Id, very inferior 2d to .'id; "ne line of Hcwt very priuiii quality froin Ararimu sold on arrival at 8d ; eggs, Is to Is 2d ; beeswax, y._d to 10W ; larj, bladder, 4d t'> l.'.d ; kegs, 3d to iUd ; cheese in pood supply, "priniudiiiry, 'SUI ; poor 2d to _j|d; factory louvoh for export, 5d ; tinned butter, Iμ 2d to Iβ 4d. A line of gfocericH and fancy confectionery sold ttmlor keen competition at good prices. F mltry penned in largo numbers, making a sulendid display in the now mart ; bidding WV brisk, and all «old remarkably well. First class table fowls, Ik 7d to 2s 3d ; layin/ hens, up to 3h lid each ; medium fowls, I* 3d to Issd ; poor, lid to 1h 3d ; roosters iu condition, Is 7d to 2s 3d ; small, la to Is 40 ; ducku, In 8d to 2s 0d ; Mnscovys, up to .Jβ Gd ; turkeys, sjnbblers, U to 6s 9d : huns, 2s 3d to 3«od ; fjeesc, 2s 3d to Is i!d ; pigeons, 8d to Is ; canaries, Us to 5b ; pitfi penned in good numbers at Rood prices, best lots 8s to 13a Gd : medium, Gs 3d to 7a 9d ; extra, 12s tid to 1 Is 'Jd ; small, }js to 6s 3d ; dead rabbits, Is Gd per pair. Fruit of local and islaud growth hue: been received in quantities, apples being fully as plentiful as they wero a. month au», and owinß to a drop in the Southern markets preventing apoeululioii locally, prices have lowered ulightly, but the fall must be only temporary. Stone Pippins, ljd to2d;Ohinemuria, li'd to 2d ; Simmon's Winter, ljd to 'M ; Adams, 2d and over ; one line realised "id ; ordinary lots, l.{d to ; damaged, td to ljd ; lemons, 8d to Is 2d ; passion fruit, G_d per dozer. ; 300 bunches bananas ox Wainui Bold on wharf at 2s 3d In _s Gd per bunch. Oranges 23G cases ox same oteamur realised from Is Gd to 5s 4d per caso ; pinee, Is : coconnuts, 7s Gd to Sd ; peanuts, 2Jd. Messrs Esam avd Artodr s Weekly ReT . oltT ,_-i , arm produce : Wβ have to report Rood husiness in all lines, but without any material idtoration in values. Potatoes continue plentiful, and prices are low; lame Riipplioa came to hand from the Waikuto dnrinp; the week. We quote; Waikatos, _L' 10s to £2 15s ; Napiers, .£2 5s ; OaniariiM, E2 7.s Gd to £2 15s; Kaiapoi, £2 15s tu 1% ; Magnum Bonums ((irst-class seed) i',i r,.i to £1 ; Shepherds, £3 to _-l; kidneyn, £3 oil to J'3 17s Gd ; new kidneys, gd to jVI. Mai_o, in small lots, 2s 10d to 3s ; oats, Is 10.1 to t':i 2d ; for bricht short, la Gd to Is H'\ for local " off colour " : fowl wheat in pond demand at 33 !>d to 3s 10d : chaff, £3 to tlo 7s lid ; mangolds, 10s to lo.s (limited demand); white carrots 255; red carrots, 30s ; pumpkins. 20s to 3"«. Dairy prodncß : Gutter, prime fresh is about same price as last week ; for best dairies, Is to Is Ud ; siccond grades, 7d to lid : supplies good, but dem.md unsatisfied. Kes: butter is in rlnmand ; for mime, at ">d to 0d ; pastry Knrts dull of sain at 3d to -Id. Lard, 4d per In. Cheese : Shipments am cleared withf.ntrlolay ; prices do not advance as might be anticipated ; we quote 3d to3£d for good dairy and factory, in fair sized parcels. I'_KS are moro plentiful, price lower from Is to Is _d. Hnrns and bacon : Rood supplios of lncal; priuio euro commands ready buyers at "id to Gd for bacon, and Gd to 7d for hams; indifferont quality is difficult to place; Canterbury (wholesale only) hucon, SJiI to G'l ; equal numbers, to OJd ; Ilium, 7:, : dto Sd. Poultry: Prices at auction showed an improvement. Large table fowls, Is -Id to 2s; roosters, Is Gd to !"!-. oil; poor quality. !)J to Is; turkeys Cobblers (small), 3s GJ to ">s; hens, 2s Gd V) 3s oi; r.ieeonti, .'id ; canaries, 2s Gd to 5s ; fiirrotH, 12= (id pair. Pigs (small only i utered), 6s 3J to 3s. Fruit: The market v. as docidodly weaker on Friday, preaumably owing to tho expectancy of arrivals imm Hobart and tho Wands. Apples we consider fully ,}d per lb cheaper all round ; we thinkthedropquito temporary. Adams, iiiimnnn", Uturinerii and Ohinemuris, lj?'l to lfd ; Sinus Pippins, l.\d to ! -d ; Golden Ku.:sef, ljd to ljd ; Amend) IJorn (a very rood iipple, not well known) IJd; other vane Men, Id to Ud. ],"!tv>n.-, "'.d t.n 10d ; Kinall, 3.W to 4. 1 .rl ; C.ioe iroosebenies, 3d ; A\ T !i:*ir"Xnlis pt"in, ii.t'l ; |.'invii:-., 3.{d ; j'Ui-.'uiilolVS l< ''■ I ; "nii'«\ 7 ; in"- dozen.