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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2985, 1 September 1891, Page 2

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Tli', Waikito I'ioie.i Oflire, Monday. aUOKLWI) PRODUCT. MAKKKTS. MK.SKTH IOsAM AND AItTHUK'S WbEKI.T Repoi'.t. —During the week wo have held ten Hales by auction, which have been Very well attended. Mr Mason's nursery stock u".i';»clnil imuiy buyors from tlm cmntry,th« Hile being very satisfactory. KicrVity-fivn ca-es currant* realised from 2d to 54 par lb. A lurge amount of drapery has been disposed (if. In produce, the volume of trade has b-m cmsi.lwrable. but prices as a rule are without much change. Supplies of potatops not being so heavy, stocks are oerag reduced to a inore manageable quantity. Prices are H'oiidy at lnte 'quotations, and unless the Sydney market advances we do not anticipate much alteration. 0 its have advanced fully Id, and a further rise is probable, Maize is rather scarce, growers preferring to wail before accepting present rates. Fowl wheat is not eagerly asked for,and business is restricted to small lines. Onions are only qtiotahle according to conditio)], which, as a rule, is very inferior. Cheese moves off in jronil quantities, but prices continue low D;,iry produce : There was a good demand at, auction for really prime, of which we had a food supply. The average rate was ft shade higher than last week ; second and lower qualities are difficult to quit, inquiries being limited. Keg butter : Supplies of local almost nil, and export orders have to be filled from other districts. Eggs miiatained last week's rates, supply and demand about balancing. Bacon and hams : A fair quantity quitted ; prices continue too low to bo profitable to the cirers. Fruit : We had several good consignment of apples,which realised from 2.M to Hid. Lemons are low, and so are other species of the citrus family. Poultry : Prices are payable ; competition is brisk for good of birds. Young Berkshire pigs meot with ready sale. Subjoined aro current valnui:—Waikato table potatoes, £2 5s to £2 10s; seed, £2 to £2 10s; Napior, £2 to £2 "is ; pumpkins, 2"h to 40s ; carrots, 27s to 30s ; onions, .\d, and 4d to 7d per bag (inferior) wheat, 3s tid to 3s lOd ; oats, 2s to 2s 2d ; sharps, £5 5s : bran, £45s ; fl.-mr, £11 to £11 10s ; barley, 2s 8d ; new kidney potatoes, ;?d to l£d ; Shepherds do., ; V 1 ; piemelons, ad per cwt ; butter,fresh lOd to Is lAd ; second, lid to ; salt, 5-Jd to ; eggs, 7d to 8d ; local bacon, 4Jd to r n !d ; hams, 4d to 7d ; cheese, 3Ad to 4d ; second, 2d to 2.W ; poultry—fowls, Is 3d to Is (id : fancy do., Is 8d to 3s Id ; ducks, Is 8d to 2s -1(1 ; turkeys, 3s 2d to 3h lid ; pigs, 8s to 10s (id ; apples, good, 2-Jd to 3Jd : inferior do., Id to 2d ; lemons, 3Jd to ; Cape gooseberries, 8d per lb; oranges, local, Pd per dozen.