COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3092, 10 May 1892, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waihato Times Ofliee, Monday. AUCKLAND I'ROUUCK MARKETS. Mkssks Ksam ,ixi) Airmen's Wkkki.y Report .—ln produce there have been several flncUtions in pricoa, but of no cmaiclevabln moment. Pntatnes ara difficult to soil except in small lot-" ; prime Wμkatos comand :ib<mt Siime rates as Southern but tho quality from the former district in very varied. We incline to the opinion

that tho market is easier, but if Sydney draws on Napier and the South nt all largely for supplies values will at once firm ; quotations at present are 32s (id to 35<t, f.u.b., Lyttolton sacks in. Maize moves off at la 10d in lines. 2a email qnautitie?. Oats and barley dull of sale. Fowl wheat is in slow demand and difficult to sell at 3s. Vegetables were staffed in large quantity, and brought good prices. Onions have been more inquired for. Supplies of fresh batter were increased this week, values remaining about the Haine. The wet day had a somewhat depressing effect on Friday's salo. lOg butter has been easier in demand this. Egffs, remarkably scarce ; demand quite unsatisfied at advanced rates. Cheese is in more limited supply; is cleared onnrrival. Poultry continues fairly plentiful at recent rates. Fruit : The bulk of the apples submitted to auction were of good quality and free from moth. Trices, however, continue too low for this time of year. Other fruit in fair supply. Auction rates are as follow :—Bust, Waikato potatoes £2 to £2 10s ; inferior lota, 25s to 30.5; Southern, £2 2s 6d to £2 10s; red carrots, £2 ; white, 25s to 30s ; kuineras, 7s ; onions, 3s Gd to 5s ; pie and citron melons, ls to ls Gd ; pumpkins, £2 to £2 10*; brau, -Is ; oats, ls 8d to 2s ; maize, ls 10d to 2s ; sharps, 4s ; chense, 3d to 4d ; bacon, 5d to Gd ; hams, 5d to G.UI. Butter : No. 1, 9}d to ls Ojd ; No. 2. Sd to BJd ; salt butter, 7d to BJd. Laid, ojd to 4d. Apples : Ohinemuri, Ijd to l.'id ; Golden Jiussntta, Id to l*d ; Northern Spy, Rein, du Canada, £d to ljd ; French Crabs, to 1-Ad ; Stone Pippins, Jd to lid ; other lots, Id to l|d. Lemons, 7-1 to Is Id ; figs, l;}d to lkl ; tomatoes, gd to Jd ; fjuavas, 2.'.d to 3d ; peas, up to 3gd ; fowls, ls to ls 8d ; chicks, 8d to 10d ; turkeys, ls lid to 2s Gd ; large, 3s to 4s 2i ; geese, 2s 4d to 2s Bd. Mm Alex. Aitken's Market Refoht.—■ During the week a steady business has been done, and a. good amount of general produce has been quitted. At Friday's sale there was a very large attendance and fair amount of competition, although values show but little change. Potatoes have been put through in considerable quantities, and stocks are now small. Prime Napier and Canterbury's have beon sold in parcels a-t from 40s to 455, ship's side, and 45s to 50s ex store ; Waikatos, prime lots, 403 to 50s ex store, all sacks included ; cow and rough potatoes, 20s to 355. Wheat has receded in value, owing, to a plentiful supply from South and East Coast. Broken, 2s Gd to 3s 8d ; good whole, 3s 3d to 33 (i>l wholesale line*, 3s ; prime milling lines, 3s !)d to 3s 10.'; d ; barley, feed, 2s Gd to 2s !)d ; malting. 3s 3d to 3s 4Ad ; beans, 3s ; oats, local teed kinds, Is 9(1 to ls 10M; Southern short feed, 2s Id to 2s 3d ; maixo has been somewhat short of demand, at 2s to 2s Id tor small lots, ex stove ; bran and sharps, £4 to £410.-) ; mangolds, lSeto 20s per ton ; pumpkins, good lots, 2s Gd to 3-i 3d ; puor, Is 3d to ls !Jd ; horse carrots, 35s to -"JOs tier ton ; onions, prime local, 4s to 4s 10d, and Jd per lb; inferior and sprouted lots, Is to ls Gd per bag ; Southern, £3 to £4 per ton ; garlic, a line of one ton sold at Id. Vegetiibles staged in large quantity, and realised fair prices. Butter, freah has been in limited supply ; prime, 10d to Is 0W ; medium, 9d to 9Ad ; in corned butter a good business has been done ; prime, in kegs, BJd toOd : medium, (Jid to 7jd ;Taranaki prime, 0d to il.jd ; pastry, 7d; eggs are very>carce, guaranteed lots realised ls (i<l to ls !),Jd ; good pickled lots, 8d to ls OH ; lard, 4d ; cheese continues to sell on arrival factory 4d t.i 4Jd ; prime dairy, 4d to4Jd ; poor, 3d to 3.W, Bacon and hams : A considerable quantity of new local euro to hand, although very soft ; bacon realised 0d to Gd ; ham?, to (Ud ; Canterbury farmers' cure, sd"to GJd ; ham?, Gd. Poultry was in full supply for Friday's sale, and prices were better. First-class table fowls realised ls Sd to 2s ;goorl ordinary, Is 3d to Is Gd ; poor, ls to ls 2d ; roosters in condition, ls 8d to 2s Gd ; other?, ls .'id to Is 7d ; clacks. Is (id to 2s; gesss, 2s 2d h> 3s Id ; turkeys, hens, 2s Gd to 3s 9d ; gobblers, 3* to sj, according to condition and size. Pies were penned in large numbers, with fair demand ; best lots realised 8s to 103 "d, others 5s to 7s Gd. Fruit; In this line supplies have been heavy,including Island shipments. 10U7 bunches bananas, ex s.s. Upoln, realised 2s 4d to 3s for medium bunchfcs, and ls to ls Gd for damaged and over-ripe lots. Or.inges : A large shipment per same sceamer arrived in good condition, and realised at auction 2i 7d to 3s for six-inch cases ; 3-> 3d to 3a Gd for seven-inch, and 4s Id to 5s for nine-inch ends. In local fruit, the supply continues much 1-irger than might be expected at the present season; the supply for Friday's s-alo was over 500 cases. Many lots are now coining forward in only poor condition, Choice, clean, and sound apples have realised from lit: 1 to l.id ; choice dessert, up to 2d ; medium lines, Id to 1.1(1 ; damaged and poor, M to ; ppnrs, per lb, lid t-> lAd ; Napoleons and others, l£d to 2&d ; passion fruit, 31 ; lemons, 7Jd to ls o.',d ; quinces, 1-Jd to 2d : grapes, ls 4d to Is 9d per lb ; enavas, 2d to 2kl ; tomatoes, hi h> It'l '» Cups gooseberries, 4A-J to Gd ; walnuts, >Sd t:> Sjd.

PROPERTY SALES. Mil Thokkks, hnrt nffmit-SHiVifeii-street Auckland report* the sain of south-east portion of lot -12 and lot 113, nnrisli of Pahni, country Rodnov, OS acres for 5s per acre, to Mr iTuhn Scholium ; allotment 27, Cam--Im-'i!ko Kii-t, "iibi'liiilf of MrLewis, to Mr .l.ilin Lrown for £23 ; lot Bof allotment 6;"), Murdock-street, Ponsonbv, on behalf of Margaret Williams to Eliza Tynan, fnr .EltiO; nnd biiildinß allotment, CoiuniPrciul Road, to Mr Jnnn J'Vanklin, on heli.il f of Mr Lens ; a,ls<i the palcnf part cf allotment 14 of lots 1 and others in Point-street, Mount Edmi, with cot'aeenf six rooms, on behalf of Mr J. Given Knprlan, to Mrs M. S. Lewis for £240 ; «l»o, a f.ruu of 641 ncres at Tuning n Or.ek, lots 2. 3, 4, and 5, Mnraeti Parish, to Mr John Grander, on behalf of Mr V. H. Hntchinson, for £500,