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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3188, 29 November 1892, Page 2

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The Wuikato Times Office, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. MfciSßs Es.ui ANI) Ahthuk report 011 the produce and fruit market, with price* current as follows. Potatoes ■ Old, about cloarod ; new sorts in greater supply and lit lower prices than anticipated ; kidneys', £4 to £"> On (A'l pur lh) ; Magnum Bonum, £4 to t's ; Shepherds. £2 10s to £4 ; Snowflake, £-1 t'i £4 15s. Maize. 2s (Id to 2s 10(1; oats, 2s (id t» 2i 7d ; fowl wheat, dull, 2s 5a t.o 2a lOd, according to quality ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £4 ; onion", none bat Culifornian in market. Butter : Prune fresh in heavy supply, prices lower than lent week's, No 1, lid to Gk'd ; No. 2, 5d to SVJ ; keg butter, plentiful, inquiries limited, average, 7d to 8d for No. 1; 4d to Gd other other sorts. F.ggs far short of demand every line cleared at Sd to 9d. Local bacon and hams in reduced quantities at last rates. Demand for Southern active. Cheese in better supply and realises 4d to 4jd ; extra good, sd. Fruit: Supplies of local increasing largely, particularly gooseberries, prices of which were lower on Friday than Tuesday. Hothouse grapes, 2s 3d to 2s 4d per lb ; tomatoes, Sid to ojd ; cherries. Is 6d ; loquats, 2d to2gd •.lemony 1M to Is Id: small, od ; Rinall gooseberries, 2s to 3s per case ; Farmers Glory, 3s to 3? IH ; H.ihart apple*, French crabs, 4s Od to 5s j inferior, 3s to 3s Gd. Poultry. Supplios better, prices good ; table fowls, heavy. Is 9d to 2s 2d ; light. Is 3d to Is 0(1; young, lOd to la 2d ; ducks, Is 2d to Is 7d ; heavy gobblers, 6s 2d to 7s Id ; light, 4s 9d ; turkey hens. 3s 3d to 3s Od. Mb Alex. Aii'Khx'.s Wkkki.y Report.— Potatoes, 3s to 3s Od ; Shepherds, 3s Gd to 4s Od; kidneys, 4s 3d to 7s; kumeras, 4s 3d to 7s. Wheat: Whole, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; broken, 2s to 2s Od. Maize: Ex wharf, wholesale, 2s OJd to 2s 7d ; retail, ex store. 2s 8d to 2s <Jd. Bran and Bharpo, £4. Green peas, 7d to Is 2d per peck. Onions : Californian, 3gd to 3Jd; new,local,poor, Id to Irfcd. Butter: Prnno fresh, 7d to 7id ; keg butter, prime, 7d; poor, 6Jd ; roll, in pickle, Bd. Eggs, 7d to BJd. Cheese: Dairy-made, poor, new, 2W to od ; factory, new, sd; matured, 01. Bacon: Extri prime, ; other lots, 3d to sd, Hams : Prime, 8d ; poor, etc., to Gd ; Canterbury, bare, BJd ; clothed, 9d. Fruit Sydney lemons, 8s 6d to 8s 9d per case; local, Us 6d to 14s 3d per case; double cases ot about 20 to 30 dozen, 27s to 30s per case. Sydney oranges, fls Gd to 12s per case; cherry plums, 5d per lb; grapes, Whangarei, 2s per lb ; cherries, Is 2d to Is 5Jd per lb. Gooseberries, 3s Od to 4s 3d per box; heavy cases, up to Gs Gd per case; small, 121b to 181b boxes, down to 2s 4d per box; loquats 3d to 4d per lb ; apples, Hobart, 4s to 9s Gd per case. Poultry: First-class tiible fowls, Is gd to 2s Id; others, Is 3d to Is 7d ; roosters, in condition, 2s to 2s 7d others, Is 4d to Is 9d ; ducks, Is 3d to Is 10(1: geese, 2s 3d to 3s 2(1; turkeys, gobblers 5s 10d to 9s Od, hens 3s to 5s 3d ; pigeons, Od to Is 3d ; ducklings, 4d to Is 2d ; hens and broods, 3s 3d to 7s 9d. Pigs: Best breeds, 15s to 17s Gd ; others, (is Gd to 12s Gd. Bananas, 2s 5d to 2s 8d for small bunches,or equal to ljd per lb; pines,in bad order, 4s 9d to 12s per case; cocoanuts, Gd to 8s lOd per sack ; peanuts, ljd to 2d per lb. CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. ChMSTCHCRCH, Friday.—Thero was a good attendance of buyers at the opening series of the wool sales this afternoon,which were proceeded with despite the London sales being postponed, bb any alteration would have effected future sales. Keen competition took place up to a certain point. Bright clean half-bred wool sold at 7(1 to 9d ; cross-bred, 7d to BJd ; merino, 4Jd to (ijjd: dingy or bad-conditioned wool in proportion. The sales continued all the evening to enable buyers to catch the express to-morrow. MARKET REPORTS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date : — Adislaiok. November 10.—Wool: We held our fourth sale of the season on 7th inst., when we submitted a catalogue of 2,078 bales, and sold 1,874 bales. There was a large attendance ot buyers and a marked improvement in the tone of the market, the bidding being much more animated than was the case nt the sales held a fortnight ago. The Cjntinenla! buyers were the largest purchasers of Merino wool suited to their requirements, and Yorkshire secured the best lots of crosstreds; indeed tho demand for crossbred wools was the leading characteristic of the sale, and some very satisfactory prices were secured for wools of this description. '■