COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3024, 1 December 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Times Offlet, Monday,

SPKCIATi HORSK SALE. Mn W. ,f. Hl-ntkr report :-At the special sale fif h.'iMHs held at Cambridge on Thursday, 'itith NiivftinbiT, over 200 horses were yarded. Thorn was a large attendance, ami spirited bidding throughout for all claws ; fully three-fourth* changed hands. Many nmre good active draughts could have bumi l>l iced. A fow fii>t-clana hacks did not reach t tie rwrvea, and wore held over. Prici'.i were as Mlows :—Horses suit iblo f»r packing, i' 2to .£0: pood hacks. £12 to €18; draught- gelding-*, Kll to €18; draught, mares, €14 to £21 ; unbroken draughts, €10 to t'l"); unbroken light horses, L's to £9 10s; woods, 5s to €1 10s each.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Mkssbh KrtAM and Aiithuk'h Weekly Rki'OßT.—Business has been very active all the week, the amount of fruit an 1 produce disposed of being large. The potato market is in a perfect condition of chaos, and we scarcely know what to writ" in a guide to growers, prices fluctuating daily. The supplies are out of all proportion to the requirements, and we do nut anticipate any improvement in value until all old sorts are out of consumption, We quete prices as nominal only : Shepherds, £2 to €3 ; kidneys, £3 to €4 10s ; magnum bnnnins, £'5. Wh have plnced one or two good lines of oUs, thu market, for which is at present firm at2s OJd to 2s lid c.i.f. Maize is restricted to Rnm.ll lots "at 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Barluy and jhalf dull of sale. Fowl wheat: Last weuk 's shipments desired, but little in the market. Onions: New crop realises tjd per lb. In dairy umducn prices remain unchanged. But.t-iir: Wo had large supplies ■ lbmitted ti auction both of fresh and Ooni'.'d, demand for which euntiiuiui* satisfactory. Cheese being more plentiful is slightly l.iwer. Bacon and hams received the last lew days considerable, ;but the quality is principally confined t i medium. The demand for Southern factory inactive, large orders for Christmas requirements having biißii booked. Eggs maintain recent values. Lard nulls freely, on arrival, at 4d bladders, Hd to 3Jd kegs. Fruit.: Supplies both of ioc-.ij, Sydney, and Island have been large. L ical lemons and loquats were in good supply on Friday, and met with brisk competition, the latter reaching as high sis Is 8d per dozen. The quantity of gooseberries coming forward is so great that prices are unusually low. Poultry : Values are without change, demand hLiII unlimited. Vegetables were staged in good supply, and realised fair prices. Our current quotattiou are as follow :—Kidneys, 3s to 4s ; Magnum Bonum, a* ', Shepherds, 2s to 3b ; new onions, ljd ; oats, Is 10d to 2s 3d ; tnaiz-i, 2s 3d ; bailey, 2s 4d ; 9harps,'£3 15s ; bran, £4 ; pea", 10d to Is 2d ; rhubarb, 4s ; bacon, No. 1, -lid to 5Jd ; No. 2, 3d to 3sd ; hams. Id to (Uα ; fresh butter, No. 1, 5Jd to (!id ; No. 2*d. 4.J to M ; salt butter, 5d to (id ; eggs, 7id fcheese, 3d to 4Jd ; gooseberrioi", lj\<l to 2jd ; loquats, (Jd ; cherries, Is lid ; marmalade oranges, 4.Jd to 5Jd ; Sydney orange*, f>s 10d to 8a ; lemons, (is 3d per case ; plums, 4jjil t.■> -lijd per lb ; pines, 2s to 2s (id per kit. 3s Gd to 4s per dozen picked ; peanuts. 2gd to 2|d per lb ; fowls, Is 3J to 2s Id ; turkeys, 3* 9d to 5s 6d ; ducks, Is 0d to 2s,

Mr Ai.kx. aitkkn's Market Report for tho week ending November 28.—The punt week has been a particularly busy one, lawn quantities of all kinds of produce and fruit having been quitted: Potatoes both old and new quitted in largo quantity, but at low prices. About 1000 sacks of old ones worked/>tf at from Is; to 2s per sack. New potatoes : Fully 40 tone entered : all cleared ; Shepherd's Is 6d to 3s Gd ; kidneys, 2s (id to ss. Of this quantity 15 tons were shipped to the islands. New onions have been in good Rupply, and realised from 2il to 3d per lb. There is a good demand for well-dried lots. Oats : Local, discoloured, Is 01 to Is 10 1 : Southern, short feed, 2s 4d to 2s fid. Wheat: Good fowl feed, la 3d to 4s -Id ; barley, 2s -Id to 2s OJ, Maizo. All lots to hand sold at auction at 2.s 3d per bushel. Vegetables staged in largo quantities. Green peas, GJd to lid ; broad beans, 5d to 8d ; French beans, Is 9d to 2s per peck ; rhubarb, 3s to 7s 0d per dozen. Butter: Fresh entered in large quantities; prime fresh, (id toGJd ; medium, Gd to 5Jd : corned butter, upwards of 100 kegs to hand during the week found immediate pale, and the demand is still unlimited at Gd to 7d according to quality, packing, and packases. Egg 3 have been in good supply, and sold at 7.W to 8d for hen eggs, and 8d to !)d for duck eggs. Honey, new, sect ion, 3s 3d to 4s per dozen. Bacon and hams iiiittod in heavy parcels ; prime bacou. Ti.Jjd to Gd ; poor, 3d to 5d ; hams, prime, 7d ; other?, Id to OJd. Lard : I haM) an order for onn ton: kegs, 3|d ; bladder, Id. Cheese : The supply for the week has been about one ton, most of which has boen sold at from to 4d ; factory loaves, 5.W. In local fruit the supplies have been'large ; fully 820 boxes of gooseberries were received weighing about 10 tons, of which not more than 5 cwt were brought by jam factories, they being able to import cheaper than auction rates. The wholo wore bought by shopkeepers and outni(lo public. Fanners' j?l"ry, to 2+/1 ; Binali kinds, to lgd ; lmiitms, about 50 casua came to hand, realised from Is to Is !I.W per dozen. There is a strong demand for this line. Choiry plums, a few canes of local grown realised (id to o'Jd per lb j graves, a few cjsbs to hand from Whangarei, reuli.-ied 3s per lb; tomatoes, Md to Ocl. In tho poultry department I here was a full supplv M good price*. For turkeys (he demand w;u unlimited J Robbers, 5s !)d to Ss 0J ; hens, :U f> 5s ; RoeNO, 3s to Is 3d : firstcliss t.uUle fowls, Is7d to 2i Id : uVm-i-a, l< 31 f. i Is (id; roosters in condit'on, Is !M lo'Js (id ; others, Is "«1 t> Is Sil; ducks, 1s 3 1 t > Is'.ld, aucording hi ectiditioti ; pigiioti", 10.i to Is 7d ; cauariiis, 2s to Is ii-1, l'igs were penned iu Rood quantities ; bust broods brought from 8s to 13s (j<! cich ; others from 2d 9d to 7s 9d r. -ii. Chi'rrjps, Is (id to Is9d tier lb.