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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3098, 24 May 1892, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Offitt, Monday. HAMILTON MARKETS. Mil John'Knox's Wkkkly Rktout.—There was a largo attendance at Saturday's auction sale, and bidding spirited. The freehold situated nenr No. 1 Bridge, Nos. 404 and 405 containing 3 roods and 10 porches fetched £15. The Hamilton ton East property was withdrawn and is now for private sulo. Produce : Potatoes good eating, fiOs por ton ; pies, 2s to 2s Gd per sack; cabbages, 2s per dozen; table carrots, Is per bunch ; pie melons, Is to Is (i:l each ; onions, Id per lb; rabbits, enquired for. Ironmongery good prices, also furniture. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mk Alkx. Aitkkn's Market Reroivr.—Business in all departments has been somewhat brisk, but values have shown but littio change. Potatoes: The market not being so heavily stocked has ciused prices to harden a trifle. Prime Waikiitos, £2 fw to £2 10s ; Napier, £2 7s Od to £2 12s lid ; Canterbury, .t'2 10.s to £2 15.-); all consignments to liund have sold on arrival. Onions have beon quitted in large quantities; prime quality have realised from £4 to £4 5s per ton, and j<l to gd per lb. Pumpkins, Is (id to 2s !)d ; melons, Cd to Is 3d ; maize has been somewhat scarce at 2s 3d ; bran, Is fid ; sharps, very scarce at f>s ; barley, 2s 0d to 3s 3d ; feed oats, 2s to 2s 'Id ; good fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 3d, broken 2s 0d to 2s <Jd, damaged 2t od. ■Vegetables were staged in large quantities, and realised fair values. Butter, both fresh and corned is very scarce, and the demand is far from being satisfied ; ordinary and good fresh, 0d to IO.Jd ; prime ditto. Is to Is Id ; corned, prime spring made, 0d to 10d; poor 7(1 to 8d ; good ordinary, S£d; Taranaki prime new potted, lOd to Is Id. Eggs still continue very scarce at Is GJd to Is IO.Jd. Bacon, prime local, Gd to GJd; hams, GJd to 7|d ; Canterbury bacon, 6d to G.W; hams, old season, 4d to 7d; ditto, guaranteed, 10d. The supply of cheese is far short of the demand. Prime dairy, 4d to 4id ; poor, 3d to 3£d ; factory,44d. Fruit has been in ample supply, and realised fair prices for really good lines. Stone pippins, lfd to 2Jd; Olnnemuri, ljd to 2d; Simmons' Winter, ljd to 2Jd ; Nickerjack, 2d to ; Stunners, lyd to 2d ; Five-crown, to 2d; Adam's Pearmain, 2d to 2£d ; Northern Spy, 2d, Peara: Cooking, Id to lfd ; Napoleon,2d ; dessert kinds, to 3|d. drupes, lefld to 2s; lemons, 3d to 10d ; tomatoes, |d to ljd ; walnuts, Gd to 8d ; Cape gooseberries, Od to Gd ; guavas, 2d to 3d. Poultry was penned in large numbers. The following prices were realised : — First-class table towls, Is Gd to 2s Id ; medium, Is 3d to Is Gd ; poor and old, 7d to Is 2d; roosters, heavy, Is Sd to 2s 0d ; others, Is to Is 7d ; ducks, Is Gd to 2s 8a ; turkeys, heavy gobblers, 3s to Gs Gd ; hens, poor sample, Is 0d to 3s: geese. 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; pigeons, 8d to Is. Pigs were penned in great numbers. First-class heavy lot, 7s to 10s ; medium, 3s 9d to Gs; poor, 4s to 4s Gd. Rabbits, Is Gd per pair; dead pork, 2.{d. j

Messrs Esam and Arthur's Weekly Report.—Very little change in produce. Good potatoes remain firm, owing to laland orders, the best being wjrth £2 5s to £2 15s; inferior, 25s to 355. No improvement in onions, £3 10s to £4. Maize has advanced slightly, selling freely at Is lid to 2s Id. Fowl wheat is slow of sale, bringing from 2s 7d to 3s. O:ito, bran, and sharps remain at last week's quotations. The supply of local bacon has been pretty heavy, but has moved off well at good prices. Fresh butter shows no change. No. 1, ]o.|d to Is Okl; No. 2, Bid to 9;} d. Good salt butter is very scarce, finding ready salo on arrival at BJd to od. Cheese is also very scarce, the supply being far short of demand. Loaf, 4|d to f>d. The supply of fruit la diminishing; prices show an upward ten jenoy. Tho following prices were realised at auction :—Good table potatoes, £2 5s to £2 15s; inferior, 25s to 35a; Southern kidneys, £2 15s ; knmeras, Gs to 7s ; onions, £3 10s to £4 and Jd to gd per lb; maize, Is lid to 2s Id; local oats, Is OJd ti Is 10d ; bran, 43; sharps, 4s ; wheat, 2s 6d to 3s. Good local bacon, 5d to ; hams, 5J)d to 9d ; cheese (loaf), 4£d to 5d ; far.ners', 3Jd to 4d. No. 1 fresh butter, IOJd to Is; No. 2, S?jd to 9id ; salt ditto, best, to 9d ; inferior, 6id to 7id. Section honey, 4s per dozen ; eggs, Is 4d tn Iβ Sd. Apples: Ohineirmri, lj'd to 2Jd ; Boston Russet, l§d to 2d ; American Horn, lj'd; Stunner Pippin, Ud to l'|d; Romanite, lyd t} ljd : Simmons' Winter, 2d to 2|d ; Rhymers, lgii to 2^l; Cleopatra, lijd ; Stone Pippin, lid to 2Jd; ViveCrown Pippin, lfjfl to ; Northern Spy, lp to 2Jd, Dessert pears, 2d to 2sd; lemons, (id to lO.^d; oranges, (id per dozen ; Cape gnoseburies, ojjd ; tomatoes, JJd to ljd; guaviVJ, 3d ; peanuts, H-d to 2d. Fowls : Good, Is 4d to Is lid : inferior, Is Id to Is 2d ; ducks, Is Cd Is 10d ; turkeys, 23 7d to 4s. CHRISTCHUROH LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Tho Now Zoiland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date : — Christchukch May 13—Store Sheep: The small total of about 2300 stores were yarded. The attendance was good, including many buyers. Business was restricted to small lines, though in several instances exceptionally good lots changed hands. The prices obtained throughout the sale plainly indicate the keen demand that exists for sound young sheep everywhere. Two lota of young cross-bred ewes, to lamb in July and August, brought respectively 17s 9d and Ids 4d Cross-bred lambs brought 8s to lla Gd, two-tooth crossbreds to 14s 3d. —Fat Lambs : Business in this class, to some extant, appenrsd to regain life, a fair entry being penned and met good competition trnmtho different sources of the trade.—Fat Sheep: A rather larger supply than those of the last two weeks was penned. The quality was very mixed, ,i'id included several consignments of Chatham Island sheep. Merinos also formed a prominent feature of the market. Prime cross-breds were scarcer than usual, while ewes wero more plentiful. Competition appeared Ihss spirited than of late, and prices in crossbred ewes and merinos show a slight falling off as compared with last week. For prime quality little or no change is to be recorded.—Fat Cattle :An average supply of beef was offered, including two lines of prime heavy-weight bullocks. The rest of the entry was principally composed of hnifer and <jpw beef. The trade competed freely for everything, and prices ruled on a p&r with last week's. Heavyweight bullocks brought £8 to £9 sg, medium steers £(> to £7 10s, heifers and steers £4 10s to£G 10s, beef making ISs to 20s per 1001b.—Store Cattle : A similar entry to last week's was yarded, viz., a number of odd lots of dry cows and a few small pens of young cattle. Business in this department was as keen as over, and all lots changed hands at prices favourable to growers.—Wheat : There has been a fair amount of business passing the week, which, however, closes with a somewhat quieter feeling. Samples of good to fair quality, in dry shipping condition, have found a ready sale »t current values. Lots nut of condition and damaged are mo»t difficult to place, even at a considerable reduction, Stocks in ' stora are now accumliiting cm growers' account, and for second qualities the outlook is not encouraging for holders. Prime milling to-day is worth—Hunters 3s 3d, Pearl, 3s 4d to 3s sd, Tuscan 3d 0d to 3s 7d, f.0.b,, sacks extra ; damaged lots from 2s (id to 3s, f.0.b., —Outs : still continue dull and without much inquiry. Quotations are unalteredPrime milling Is 8d to Is 9tl, stunt feed Is Gd to Is7d, ordinary Is 4d to Is 5d per biuhel, f.0.b., sucks extri.—Dairy Produce: Butter in kegs 7d to 8d per lb, cheese 3Jd to 4d por lb.

MAT4KKT KKI'ORTS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ajjency Company report under date :— Weluxuton, iVlny 13. -Oats : There is a fan , demand, and prices are linn, with an upward tendency, as in consequence of the unsettled weather in the South Island, threshinp operations the.ro nre considerably retarded. We repeat our last week's quotations. T'or good heavy feed, Is 10d to 1s 10.W, and fair feed la Sd to Is tic], sacks extra.—Wheit : No alteration to report. We quoto good whole wheat, 2s 10d tn :K — Frozen meat* : Wβ are pleased tu again report a continued firmness in the London market. Our manager there cables as folj mv3 : —Xho beef market is firmer. Fere .iml hinilqimlers are worth rospeetii-ely Jj.'.d and -l.}d per lb. Other quotations aru unchanged since last telegram. Adelaide, May 12—Wheat : There haibeen a stron? demand during tho past woek ami prices aro slightly firmer. Sales of con-'i'Senibln quantities have been carried

through on tho basis of 4s 3d to -Is on trucks Port Adelaide, and at 4s 3d at outport, gross weight, hags included. The innrlcpt closps firm at these prices, holders generally asking 4a 4d per bushel. The domiind in London for off-coast wheat is snmnwliat butter ; and the sale of the Centurion, from Melbourne, is reported at 37s lid per quarter. Under date 10th inst., our London olh'ce cabled us as follows :— " Victorian wheat c.i.f. off coast has an improved Continental demand, otherwise the market is depressed. Victorian whent ex warehouse is worth 38s per 400 lb, and to arrivo iron ship c i..f 35* Gd uer 488 lb March bill of lading ; while parcels are worth 3-!} Oil per 480 lb ; nominal value. "— Oats:(duty 2s. \>zr cental.)— There has been rather more enquiry for New Zealand feed oats which are worth from 2s 3d to 2s odper bushel in hond Port Adelaide, gross weight bags included. Dunedin, May 12.—Grain—Wheat: As in the preceding week, this market has shown but little animation, and as supplies still come forward freely, with no inducemont to shippers to operate, and millers are only purchasing sparingly, we see no immediate prospect of any improvement; even the small business passing is at reduced rates. Quotations : For best Tuscan and velvet, 3s Sd to 3s lOd.— Oats : The market for these is very steady and firm, am! all offering find a ready sale. Bright milling and heavy plump feed are in most Favour. Long Tartarian*, bright and true to name, also well-grown Danish, free from other sorts, are beginning to have some attention ; but discoloured and damp do not command much notice, except for local use, at very much reduced price.?. Shippers and dealers are purchasing more freely, it being now pretty well undeistood that the quantity to hand and yet to come forward will be a long way short compared with last season s supply. We quote prime milling at Is 0d to Is G'Ad; beet bright feed, Is 5d to Is SJcl. —Potatoes: The market continues oversupplied. Prices, in consequence, show no improvement. Best iJerwents are worth 32s 6d to 37s Gd ; inferior to medium, 2os to 30s per ton (sacks in).-Dairy Produce: A very fair demand exists for both butter and cheese. Prime salt butter is worth : dairymade • Sid to 9d ; factory, lid to lljd per lb. Cheese : dairy-inude, 3d to 4d ; factory (inquired tor), medium size 4jd; loaf shape, o\d per lb.

LONDON MARKETS. (by elkctbic tklegrafh.—copyright.) London. May 20.—Butter : There has been a heavy drop in «U descriptions of hotter, and the market closes weak. New Zealand, £4 to £4 lGs per cwt ; Australian, £4 4s to £o.—Cheese : The market is quiet. New Zealand, £2 2s to £2 14s per cwt.— New Zealand hemp : Market continues drooping. Medium ie worth £19 per ton.— Frozen meat : Beet market dull, and prices have declined Jd per lb since last report. Quotations nominal. Canterbury mutton is quoted at 4.', d per lb ; Canterbury lamb, 5Jd i New Zealand beef, hindquarters, 3Jd. —New Zealand long-berried wheat quiet at 38s. South Australian wheat is weaker— 38s 9d. Victorian wheat is flat at 38s 3d.— May 21: The Antwerp wool sales closed to-day. The market animated, and the rise in good qualities was fully maintained. Inferior sorts were rather neglected.—May 22 : Tidlow —Medium mutton is at 25s Gd ; beef, 24s.—The English wheat market is steady, the Continental generally declining, and the American firm. For Australian cargoes on passage sellers a3k 36s 3d, but bnyers are only willing to give 35s 9d. For off-coast cargoes sellers want 38s, and buyers offer 37s 6d. For New Zealand offcoast cargoes the selling price is 36s 9d, buyers sixpence less. Silver is at 3s 4gd.