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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2973, 4 August 1891, Page 2

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The Waikato Times OjHce, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mit Ar.K.\. Aukkn's Maiikki 1 Rki'okiv— A sati>faetory amount of bu-ines- lias been doiiH in produce generally during Ihn week. In firm products thero is no material chain?'', m values, excepting potatoes which am lower. Thn market micht bo reported as in ;i bad statu, and with little chance of improvement. Tilt; quantities coming furward friiin Napier and Southern ports are far m ex cuss of market leqniroinonts. barge quantities have been put through at thn following rates: —Napier, £2 to £2 fls; small lots up to £2 10s ; Waikato table, £2"ntu k!2 10s. Waikato and Hobartseed is plentiful, hut the season is tint yet on for this line ; a fair rpiantity was sold on Friday at £3, for which price all lots are held. Kidneys, prime samples, 114 ; ordinary, £3 10s; Shepherd's, £3 to £3 10s; magnum bonuni, £1 to £5; oarly rose, Gs to 8s per sack. Onions: Heavy supplies have been all cleared, the quality of which has been only second class ; prices have ranged from id to Jtl por lb, and 2s to 8s 6d per cwt. New kidney potatoes, Jd. Wheat: Hrnkon, 3s 8d ; good whole, 4s to 4s 2d. Barley is very cpuet at 2s ltd ; this is dus to the drop in maize, which is in good demand. I have oleared several small consignments of new at 2s Id ; old, 2s 4d to 2s Bd. Bran, £4 to £4 10-i; sharps, £5 10s. Local oats of poor qii dity are held in quantities; fair quality quitted at Is 7d to Is !).l ; short foed, 2s ; Southern seed sorts, 2s 3d to 2s 6.1. Mangolds met with speedy sale at 20- to 30s per ton. Carrots have also gone off freely at from Is 3d to Is Gd for white, and Is 6:1 to 2s for red. Vegetables of all kinds were staged in good quantities and sold well. In dairy produce a good business has been done, and prices have been very satisfactory. Fresh butter ; A quantity from Taranaki realised fraiii Is 3d to Is 4d ; local dairies, from Monday to Thursday, 1s 2d to Is 3d ; Friday's sale. Is 4sd to Is (id. Keg butter: Abnut 80 kegs from various makers quitted on arrival; prime lines, lOrl to Is ; one lino prime quality sold right out at Is; other good ordinary lots, 8d to OJd ; good pastry, (5,1 to ; interior, I.M to 3d. Choe.se: All prima lots sold on arrival at 3:Jd to 4d ; four, difficult to move at 2d to2.|d. Lard : n kegs, all oleared at 2\'d to 3d"; bladders, 3fnl to 4Jd. Honey: All consignments cleared ; section, 4s lid to 5s ; small tins, 3d to 3.\d ; bulk, 2.W to2Jd ; bees wax, OJd to lid. Bacon and hams have gone off freely, but prices are not high ; bacon, very prime, fid to Gd; other lots, 4d to 4.W ; hams, extra prime, (id to 7d ; others, 4.fd to fi.W. Eggs to hand in good quantities, and met with brisk demand at 8d to !)d, Fruit came to hand in good quantities ; Friday's prices were: Stone Pippins, to 3d ; Shoclcley, 3d to lfd ; Nonpareil, 3id ; Winter Peach, 3,iki; other lots, 2?d to 3id ; poor lots, to 2fd ; lemons, good, Sid to II.(id; small, od to 6 : ( ! d ; local oranges, 4d to (id; Cape gooseberries, !McJ; walnuts, 10|d; cocoanuts, 7s per sack. Poultry penned in the usual large quantities ; firstclass table fowls, Is 7d to 2s 2.1 ; ordinary, Is 4d to Is lid ; poor, Is to Is 3d ; roosters, Is 7d to 2s Gd ; ducks, 2s to 2s lid ; geese, 2s lid to 3s lid ; turkeys, hens and small gobblers, 2s lid to 3s Dd ; heavy gobblers, 4s t» Hs ; pigeons, Is to Is 3d ; canaries, 2s to B<. Pigs penned in largo numbers, many of poor quality; best breeds, Us to 15s 3d; .medium, Gs to 8s ; rough umPinferior lots, 3s 3.1 to "is Gd; dressed pork, a quantity of lii'diuin to hand sold at 2Jjd. Dead rabbits, Is lid to Is Sd per pair ; rabbit skins, orders on hand unfilled at Is per lb. Boiled Jollies, Id ; others, 4.M to 7d ; biscuits, 3.\d l„.VI.

Mhnaiw Ksam and Autiiuh'h Wkkki.y KuroKT.—-The volume of business transacted during tha wook has been very large. ICight sales have been held with good reunits. In farm produce " stagnation "is the wni'd to describe the condition of the potato market, In three days arrivals by sea have boon 5712, the arrivals by rail we have no facilities fur obtaining?, but we think stocks will aggregate 10,500 sacks. In the face of thoso figures, wo recommend the Waikato holders to defer shipping for a time. We sold by auction on Tuesday "on account of whom itmay concern,"2sl3saoks,ex Pendle llill (originally loaded for Sydney), to one buyer), at a figure that must ontail loss on the shippers. We quote—prices, nominal, at £2 to £2 os f!d ; Waikato £2 ss. Hnbart Heed ; Supplies plentiful inquiries few ; price .63. We have doubts as to this being maintained when tho demand is more active. Shuphords, £3 10s ; Magnum Ronums, £3 15s to t'l; Southorn kidneys, ,£}; local, none on hand ; now pitatnes Ad to jd. Maize: The market is weak and has a declining tendency. Jin lines web.vesold new maize at 2s Id to 2s 2d ; small lots 2s 4d. Oats : Uriglit short, 2s to 2s 2d ; Tartarian, 2s 5d to 2s 7d ; Southern dun, 2s 8d ; local dun, Is -Id to Is lOd. Chaff £3. slow of sale. Carrots, 30s to 35s ; pumpkins, 30s to 40s. Onions are of poor quality ; according to condition, .Jd to .[J ; a Southern consignment of third grade was difficult to soil at £3 to t'l. Dairy produce : There is a great scarcity at present of prime fresh butter, and our anticipations of a sharp udvnnco have been confirmed. We had supplies from 13 daiii"s mi Thursday, the prices ranging from Is 3d to Is fijd, tho demand being far from satisfied. Second quality is more plentiful at 9d to lOd ; corned, 01 to Bd. Keg butter, if Al sample, is also in strong request at an nvorageof 8d to lOd ; seconds, . r nJ to t!|d ; pastry, about 3d. Eggs aro very plentiful ; all lots at BJd, about 2d under last week's rates. Cheese is scarce of first grade.whioh sells readily at 4d ; seconds from 2.W to 3}d ; lard 2Jd to 4d. Fruit : Supplies aro now falling off, the quantity offered on Friday being uitidi under previous week : bidding was brisk, and the prices realised were ms follows :—Gem Pippins, Shnckley, Cleopatra, and American Horn, each 3d p a r pound ; Stone Pippin--, 2.W to 31 ; French Ciah, 2 : |d ; (ioldun Russets, 2 : fd ; mixed suits and inferior, 1 ( 'd to 2.J-1 ; eocoanuts, l!s '.hi to 7s ; lemons, largo .-iz,\ 10.J to Is ; medium, 5d to 7VI ; 7< ;',.i ; mandarins, 8s Oil. .Poultry : Supplies increasing satisfactorily ; h ■ ny table fowls realised la 7d to Is lid ; poor, Is t:> is 3d; ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 8d; Reese, 3s to 3s 3d ; no turkeys entered ; pigs arrived ton late for salo, and were disposed of privately.