COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3119, 12 July 1892, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

The JPaikato Times Ofice, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Mkssiik Ksaji and AiiTiiuii's Wkkkly Rki'OßT.—Sales of a miscellaneous character have been hold daily. Changes in produces aro ho unimportant that we need not report at extended length. -Supplies of potatoes hrtvo been sufficient tj meot the demand, Trices ate the same as last week, There is improved inquiry for seed varieties, except Shepherd's, which are difficult to sell. This and next month should seo considerable activity in planting. Market for cereals quiet. Maize, Is lid, ex wharf. Oats have advanced in the South, and holders there are not anxious to sell largely at present. Onions ivre in plentiful supply, the demand Doing limited. Dairy produce in strong request. First-class butter has been in fair supply, also second and third grades, no alteration in price. Keg butter has been wanted for the Islands, and the demand next week will also be Rood. Cheese is coming in slowly and more is wanted. New cure local hams and bacon arrived in very fair quantity. Factory cure has been placed wholesale in large parcels. The prospects of an improvement in Southern hams may be anticipated at an early dute. Kggs are more abundant and have receded in value. Fruit : Shipments from Sydney ani Hobart arrived in splendid order, and commanded improved rates. Poultry : Supplies were smaller than usual. Our auction rates aro as follow : —Potatoes, Waikato, £2 10s to £2 15s; inferior, £2 ; Southern, £2 10s to £2 los ; magnum binum seed, £3 10s to £4 ; Shepherd's, £2 10s to £3 10a; kidneys, up to £4 ; pumpkins, £2 10a to £3 10a ; pie melons, £1 10s to £2 r>3 ; mangolds, 20s ; carrots, 30a ; wheat, 2s fld to 3s 3d : maize, 2s 2d ; sharps, 4s 0d ; local bacon, 4d to (Wd ; hams, 4Ad to 7d ; cheese, . r >d to fthd ; fresh butter, No. 1, Is 2i<l to Is T,d ; No. 2, 10d to Is ; salt, 10.U1 to Is ; eggs, 10d to lid ; honey, 3d to ii.fd ; onions, .62 to £4 ; local apples, to 2d; lemons, OAd to lid; Sydney and Is--1 and fruit: Orangej,o'3 2d to 7s; mandarins, l> s lid to 7s ; lemons, 5s Id to 6's; pines, 4s o'd per dozen ; cocoanuts, 0s ; apples, r<3 3d to (is ild ; fowls, Is 2d to Is 8d ; turkeys, 2s to 4s; ducks, Is lid to 2s ; geese, 2s to 2s 2d.

Mil Alkx. Aitken'h Makkbt Retort for Iho week ending July 9.—Business during the weak has been very brisk, and large quantities cf all kinds of produce have been quitted iit pood values. Dairy produce has baen in particularly good demand, and high prices have been obtained. Keg butter has been received in considerable quantity, most of which has sold on arrival; prime corned, Is Id to Is 3d ; inferior pastry, 9d ; roll in pickle. Is Id to Is 4d ; Taranaki dairy-made, Is id : separator, Is 3d to Is Gel; roll, Is Id; prime fresh, Is 4}d to Is od ; medium, Is 3d; inferior, Is. Eggs have already increased in quantity, and sold at lOd to Is. Lard in kegs, 4Jd; bladders, 3d. Honey : Tinned, 3s to 3Jd ; section, 3d to 3Jd. Cheese : A good quantity to hand. Taranaki factory, 5Jd to Gd; loaves, Gd to GJd ; local dairy, 4id to sd. Bacon and hams to hand in good quantity, with satisfactory demand. Bacon : Prime, 51 to G;',d ; medium, 4d to 4jd ; inferior, 2kl to 3Ad. Hams: Prime, Gd to 7d ; poor, 4d to od ; dead rabbits, Is 7d tn Is 9cl per pair ; dressed pork, dairy fed, 3d to Potatoes: Supply and demand have been about equal. Oamaru, £215s to £3; Canterbury, £2 12s Gd to £2 15s; Napier, ±12 5s to £2 iOs ; Waikato, prime, £2 10s to £2 153 ; puor, £2 to £2 ss; Taranaki, £2 11s to ±.'3 ; Canterbury kidney seed, a consignment per Wairarapa, cleaved at au average of , £4 per ton; local lots, £2 10s to £3 ; Magnum Bonum, local, £-J 10.1 to £3 103; Shepherd's are difficult to quit at 30s to GOs per ton ; Waikato Hobart seed, £2 53 to £2 103; Early Rose, £5; Beauty of Hepburn, £410s. Onions are very plentiful, and demand not equal to supply ; prime quality, Jd ; others, 3s to 3s Gd, and Is to Is Gd per bag. Carrots are dull of sale and low in price, viz., white, 20; to 253 per ton ; red, 25s to 30s. Mangolds in good demand at 20.3 to 25a ; oats, short feed, 2s 'id ; wheat, all lines cleared at 3s 3d ; bran and ahaxps, £5 ; pumpkins, good lots, 2s Gd to 3i 7d ; kumeras, 5s to 7s: vegetables of all kinds in good supply, and realised good values. Fruit: But little local of any kind to hand. Apples are without change in value, although thore is a stronger demand for dessert kinds ; local lot?, lfd to 2Jd ; extra choice, 2J_d ; Ilobart tipples, Gs 9d to 3s per caso ; Syduey mandarins), 10s per case; oranges, Ss ; local, 3s Gd to sd, and G|d to B£d per dozen. Lemons in strong demand, large Is to Is 2d, small 7M to 10d. Bannuas, 11G4 bunches ex s.s. Ovaiau realised as follows : Good lines, 2a 4d to 3s per bunch ; small and damaged, Is 3d to I°. 9d. Peanuts, ljd to 2i\ ; cocoanut3, 5s Gd to Gs Gd per sack. Poultry has been in heavy tupply, prices higher all round ; first-class table lots, Is !)d to 2s Id ; medium,ls 4d to Is Sd ; others, 10d to Is 3d ; roosters, in condition, Is 10d to 2s Gd ; others, Is to Is Sd ; ducks, Is Gd to 2s 4d ; geese, 2s 10d to 3s 3d ; turkeys,' heavy gobblers, 4s Gd to 5s 3d ; others, 2s Gd to 3s 9d ; hens, "3 Gd to 4s Gd ; pigeone, (id to !)d ; ciinnries, 2s to 9s each. Pigs penned in large numbers, demand was satisfactory ; best breeds, Ss Gd to 12s Gd ; superior Berkshire?, 25s to 40s; medium lots, Gs lo 7s ; poor, 2s to 4?, each.