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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3116, 5 July 1892, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Officr, Monday. AUCKLAND rUOIUJCK MARKETS. Mks.sks Hsa.m and Authuh's Wkkkly Rkcokt.— Wn liiivo to report it lure;e vuliiine of bnsmees. Monday : A sale nf fruits, Tuesday ind Wednesday : One nf tlio l:irce.H sales nf furnitnni over hold in t.lie city, Hid uUtntduncu each day being vo.rv jjnod, mid priutss nil the average satis ; factory. Tim vondors, Messrs Kulyday Brothers, will have the balance disposed of as Hnuii as the stocks can bo sorted and arranged, Thursday : Sale of 200 cases ildbart fruit, pnition nf shipment arrived in bad order ; prices will result in loss to shippers. Friday's produce aalo was well Httcndc'J, and an average volume of trade passed under the ham,ner. Potatoes were in supply corresponding to the demand, and pi-ices wero firm at last week's rates. Kowl whea>. is slow of sale, so silso are oats. Miii/.i) has br>on cleared at Is lid ex wharf ; 2s to 2s 2d ex sturo. Onions are plentiful ; demand restricted. Dairy produce : Fresh butter, uxcept for special brands, was a shade easier in price. Two boxes realised Is (kl per lb, but the nvorage was Is 3d to Is ; keg butter was in better supply, and sold at 10d to Is, according to quality. Cheese is still in limited supply. Eggs brought Is tu Is Id. Honey is in demand, owing tu the high price of butter. Poultry was in very fair supply ; turkeys particularly plentiful ; prices remain at about previous quotations. Ouranctton rates on Friday were as follows :—Good Waikato potatoes, £2 10s to £2 10i ; other lots, £2 to £2 fi.s ; Southern, £2 10s t> £2 15? ; *seed, Magnum B'juum, £4 ; onions, £2 53 to £4 Jis : carrot*, .">O-! ; mangolds, 20s ; pumpkins, .t'2 f)i to £3 ; pin and citron melons, 20s ; maize, 2s 2d ; oats, 2s 3d ; sharps, 4s lid ; kumoras, (is Hd ; bucon, 4d to 5.Jd ; ham, fid tu Old ; fresh butter, Is Id to Is 6;1; salt butter, 10d to Is ; eggs, Is to Is Id ; honey, 3d to 'Shd ; section honey, Id ; lemon peel, fld ; cheese, to sijtl; apples, l*d to j gnavas, Id "to 2d ;"cheetnnts, fi.yd ; tomatoes, l.^'d; peanuts, ljd to 2d ; lemons, 10d to Is Id ; fowls, Is to Is srl ; turkeys, hens, 2s to 2s Gd ; gobblers, 3s 3d t> 4s ; geese, 2s 2d ; rabbits, dead, Is 10d puir ; ducks, 23 to 2s fid.

Mit Alexander Aitkkn's Market Retout for tlio weok ending July 2. —Business has boon highly satisfactory, the quantity of general buiines done has been large, both at miction and privately. Potatoes have ; been in moderate supply, and more"TffinTd" have been sold. Waikato, first-class, £2 10s to £2 lfis ; Canterbury, £2 Ms to £3 ; Na pier. £2 10s ; Tarauaki, £2 lO.s to £3. Seed varieties have been in good demand, and a good quantity sold. Prime southern kidney, seed, £1; poor, £2 10s; magnum Bonuin, locnl, £3 to £310s; Shepherd's, £2 10s to £3; Early Rose, £7 ; Beauty of Hepburn, £4 10*. Fowl wheat remains quiet at 2s 0d to 3s 3d. Maize has sold freely at Is lid on the wharf, and 2s Id ex store : bran and sharps remain firm at £5 ; oats, short feed, 2s 3d to 2a 4d; horse carrots dull at 20s tn 30s per ton ; mangolds have sold freely at 20s to 30s per ton; cow potatoes are much needed by dairyn»en. Pumpkins, Is 10d to 3s ; new potatoes, \\ to Id per lb ; kurueras, 5s Sd to Ss per ewt; assorted vegetables have been in good supply, and sold at pood values. Butter : Fresh coming forward in fair quantity. Large boxes realised from Is 3d to la -Id ; email dairies, prime, Is 5d to Is 6'Ad. Curned butter : Several lnrge lines to hand cleared on arrival at Iβ lcl to Is 2d, with uns.'itisticd demand, and possibly an advance on this price will be obtained next weak. Tarnnaki fresh potted, Is 4d to Is 4ld, Begs: A large supply of piekleil and doubtful lot? have lowered values; new.lnitl, l<3 to Is2d; pood pickled, 9d to 10d ; badly cured, 4d to 6d. Cheese : A large lot of prime mild factory made h;is beon placed at ojjd ; dairy makes, 4id t jsd ; factory loaves, Gd. Honey, tinned, 3.sd; section, 3Jd to -Id. Bacon and hams in good supply, with fair demand; prime bacon, 5d to Gd ; poor, 3d to 4d; hams, prime 6d to 7d, poor and medium 4Ad to Hd ; lard, in kegs, iki. Fruit supplies continue good. Good local apoles, Iklto2-}d ; poor and damaged, ljd ; Hobart upples, 6s 4d to i)s lid per case ; pears, 8s to lls per case; local pears, over ripo, ljd; lemons, fair mipply with strong domand, at BJd to Is 2d ; Cape goosebnrriesi, 4d. Oranges; A consigument of 184 crates, ex s.a. Upolu, in wry poor condition, realised from 7s 3d to fe per case after buing unpacked. Cocoanuts, Ih to 7s ~>d per sack ; peanuts, 2'.]; (■haddocks, local, Is per dozen. Poultry has been in heavy supply; prices throughout ruled lower. Firsfc-oiuss table, Is 8d to 2i Id ; good, Is 2d to Is (jd ; mudium, 10d to Is Id ; poor, etc., 8d to 10d; roosters, heavy, Is 10d to 2-t 6J ; others, Is to Is 8d j ducks, U 7d to 2s 4d ; geese, 'Z* 2d to 3s 4d. Turkeys : Gobblers, 2s 3d to os (id ; hens, 2s 3d to 3s u'd. Pigoons, Gd to Is ; canaries, 2s 3d to 10s Gd. Pigs were penned in large numbers, with better demand. Best lots, !)i to 14s; good medium, 7s (id to 10*; other*, :u to ',/, (id. Rabbits, Is 81 to 2s Id pf!v ''pair; drossed pork, i>l tolii'l. A private s.ilu of a oakery business at iSTapier, as ii suing concern, was effected for the sum of £1500.