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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3009, 27 October 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

V .''in,is Monday. AUCKLAND PKOIK7CE MARKETS. M*E!3.HI;S Kh\M AND AlMfil'RS Wl-KKLV ]»Er<>KT. — There l»-is t"" n» f iir LiQin'iut <> c busmen trarHuVeil duntu' thi l week in all d>'rni tmr'nts. In pnidtvjf l the dime's in values ;iri' unimportant. The export demand has b<en good. Old potatoes in prime c«•nd11 i• <u redivl £2 10*s thedemand only m-<denit»*. Wo h.ive over 20 tons of Shepherd'* during the week at; £5 10s t<> £<) 10s, Kin »ll l"t* \ \ to (jd, kidnevi in more limited supply at jd to IJI. Miize, transactions havincrbenii contined to strull l*it« «x at 2 s Id to 2d 3d, ex wh trf, the price is Is 10J to Is lid, other cereals are alow of side. Onion* continue very scarce and sell readily mt 2d to 3'l. Prime fresh butter was a stoade tinner on Friday, prize quality reached 7d, ordinary first-class, 6d to 6Jd ; seconds, sci to are dacidedly acarcer, and all entered were bought up at 7Jd. Bacon and hams, we had Bomo Hrst-class for aucrion which brought sJjd and G£d respectively ; other aorts Hold according to ralue. Chee-«n is very scarce and in preit request. Fruit: A shipment of Tasrnaman fetched 6s to 13s per case, the condition owing to the prolonged delay of the steamer's ariival, was not so Rood as usual: gooseberries are commg in Btoadily. Poultry : The demand continues very good and unsatisfied, prices are remunerative. Wo qu >te price* current as follow Old potatoes, £25s to £2 10s ;oew kidney, Jd to l.Jd Shepherds, t's 10 sto £6 10s ; small lots, .Id to Jd ; onions, 2d to 3d ; maize, 2-? 3d ; oat-*, 2s 1 VI to 2s 3d ; dun oats, local, la 6d ; bran, Is 3d ; sharps 3d ; rhubarb, 3s tid to 5s ; peas, Is lid ; Cauliflowers 2s 8d to (Is ; cabbasros, Is 2d to 2s ; cheese, new 4d to 4.UJ, old 2d to 2*d: bicon, -Id to ; harns, :>d to 7d ; fresh butter, No. 1 tkl to 7d, N<>. 2 5d to 5Ad ; eg*' 4. 7id ; salt butter, 1)1 to (Ud ; green guoseberrie*. lUcl to4d: lemons, !Ud to 10A1; otanges, 4.s VI ; fowls, Is fid to 2s (d ; ducks, Is lid to 2s; pigs, tis fij. The stock of groceries brought Rood pricey.

Mr Alex. Aitkkn's Market Rkpobt for tlio week ending October 21th. —During tha week businoss has been fairly active, and supplies in most lines have been large. Auction sales hnvo been fullv attonded, with brisk competition. Vnlues generally show no change. Potatoes are plentiful, snd crrmandintf satisfactory prices; old have been received in quantities from Waikato districts, and the quality on the whole lias been good. Most lines have been cleared at prices ranging from £2 to £2 10.i, and up to 8m for small lots; poor samples, £1 iris; Canterbury, £2. New potatoes aro now ge f tincr plentiful, and all entered sold at .',d to Jd for recognised brands, and 3s 3d to 4s per cwt. for small p.ircels. Onions :.Prime local, 2jd ; Californian, 2V.1; garlic, ,|d to Id ; carrots, Is odto2s4d; pumpkins, 4s. Fowl wheat is remarkably scarce, good camples, 4s; inferior, 2s 3d to 3s (id ; oats dull of sale at Is (id to Is 9d for local, anl 2s 2d to 2s 3d for southern. Chad": This lino is difficult to quit at any price, while the same may be naid of hay ; barley. 2s 4d to 2-i fld. Maize : A few small consignments from the coast quitted at 2s 2d to 2s 4d, ox' store ; vegetables were staged in unusual large quantities, and realised very satisfactory prices; rhubarb, 2s 9d to 4y per dozen; paas, lr 6(1 ro L's 7d por peck ; beans, 10d to Is 3d per peek ; cucumbers, 5s to 12s per dozen ; cabbages, 10J to Is 9d por dozen, and 2s to 4s per sack ; cauliflowers, 2s to 0s per dozen ; butter, freah, has been in good supply, and strong dfimand at a better average price ; prime, to ; avornge. Gd ; medium parcels, 5d to DJ'l; inferior, l.UI; kef» butter in full supply with small demand at t.'.d to 7d ; eggs have been in better supply at advanced value, lion eggs, 7M to S.jd; duck e»gs, 8d to 9d ; cheese, all lots to hand cleared, prime dairies, 4d to 4id ; iredium quality, 3fd to 3£d; honey, in bulk, 2.V1; section 3}d ; small tins, 3d to 3Jd ; b.icon anrl hams, heavily stocked with pour lots, which are difficult to move at 2d to Sjid for bacon, and 3d to 4d for hams; prime ivell-ftvl and finished parcoh of medium weight, bacon, 5d to (id ; hams, (id to 7d; lard, bladders, Id to 4.\.1; kogs', 3d to 3^l; fungus, 2Jd ; in fruit there has a fair supply, a few small lots of green gooseberries to hand from Waiknto were very small and realised from 3Jrl to 4Vd ; large farmers' glory, to fl.^i; walniitn, 0d to lid ; oranges, 3s 0d to fis per cise ; cocoannts, 4s 6d in 7s ; pemuts, none in the market; pmillry to hand in good numbers, for which high continue to rule, firstclass table-fowN, Is 8.1 to 2< 6.1 eiich ; mediuru lines, Is f>l to Is 7d ; poor and inferior Is 3d to l< 4'l; dunks. Is 01 to 2s Gd ; young, Is 6) to Is 9d ; dioklin?-, I* to Is Jid ; '.urkoys, hens, 3i (M to 4< ftl : gobblers, 5s 5d to 6< <M ; gees P , 2s 6.1 to 3s 01 ; pit."" penned in laree numbers best breeds, i)s (id to 13s 91 ; modiuin lines, 7s to 9s; pour lots, 6s to Hs ; slickers, 5s to 5,-s 3d,

MAIIKKT RKPORTS.

The New Js* duml Lmi -.nd Mercantile Agency Company report under date,

Christchukcii, October 9.—Wheat : Tim local market displuvs (n:irk<!(! Hniinesi.', and buyers are now lepliouis'iiiiir at figures demur) led by holders. Th» price* here are quite above tho equivilunt of Mirk L'uio v.iliiqs and <ev>.iril iruH ■ ctitms b;no hop.n put thn>:wli diirinir t!i.; v.-pok on tho basis of Is 6:1, ex -stum, f.ir in:xiM purees, and up to -I; SI and ■!<!)! f-.r ~rim.! Tn-c:ui, f.n.1)., Backs extra.-O.ils: This in ukut continues slmuhNli, and sal-s an.' difli-jnlt to edeot. QmI ..tiling llre uiialtori'd. — Dairy pnduca : U-.ltCor. in til t.. tl.\ 1 per lb ; cht-'esp, liiafsizo, Dd to :,\d pur lb, Willi a bave liiiirket. DfNßin.v, October 8. -I'irain : Wheat— We n'ltiuc thij innrl;i>". :i..■iimiiiie ;i .-.liehtly inijirnvod tiiiti linlii privjitely ai:d at auction diii'iu; lli.j wiM)k, pviiiiij mil'inir itacliin;':'is. No uly all available |..ts of urimn (luality in storn likvu buun t;>i:aii up, and doubting Kru ], inf r tin; Mini!! pircls of nißdinm boinrj s',ill held v/ill coirim.-inJ nmre nM'/iitinn. ln, r :rior quality *uitaMo for i>:::! pnrpo-i"s h:\.j hid (jooil inquiry all aloni!, and solh at a mu-l; higher price thun prims, quality compared. There ia very littlo ot any sort now in milnr*' hands, iiud present values arts likely to furtlier advance. —Oats: Tho market for these lucks animation, the busincru passing beintr only to h very modorate oxtulit, :n;d tho prices rulinit unriier in the season not now obtainable. Speculation in apparently laiipuishincf, buyers manifesting no keen de<iro tn Oir-rate except to tlu> extent of actual ret]iiiretni!nts. No doubt n fjood deal more bnxineHß could be duno if sollers were dia-p'.-ed to quit at prices that would enable shippers to operato for export. LONDON MARKETS. (r.V KI.EOTItIC TELEOKAPH. — RiIfVP.IOHT.) Loxdon', October 2"ith.—T,il!niv, m ■rt'iim mutton, is quoted at 2ui U.I. The wheat mnrkt'li i-t (inn;ir, and the American is steady whiln tho Continental show 3 a d'/lHning tendency.