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Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3211, 24 January 1893, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Ojjite, Mon'lay. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS, Mr Am, Aitkkn's Weekly Repoiit. —A large business in fruit and produce. Fruit has been in extra heavy supply, and sold remarkably well. Bananas: Upwards of 4000 bunches ex Taviuni sold Choice quality, 3s to 3s 3d per bunch; medium, 2s to 2s 8d; poor, Is 3d to Is 9d ; damaged, down to 7Jd per bunch. Fines, 8s 6d to lis 3d per caeo; Queensland pines, 4s 9d to 6s; coeoanuts, 4a to lis; peanuts, ljd. Local plums, 4s 6d to 7s Cd per case; poor conditioned lots, 3s to 4s; 501b cases, 9s to lis; damsons, 3s 6d to 5s per 251b box, Peaches . heavy supply, ft fid to 5s fid por 251b box, and 5s to 7s 3d per 401b box; extra choice, lOd to Is 8d per dozen j Bmall, 2Jd to 6d per dozen. Lemons, soarce, 8s to 10s 6d per case; tomatoes, 2s Id to 3s 9d per 251b box and 2s 3d to 6s per 401b box ; grapes, 8d to Is OJd per lb. Apples: Choice cooking, 33 to 4s 3d; others, Is 9d to 2s 6d j choice dessert, 4s to BsGd per case; others, 2s to 3s fid. Apricots,ss 6d to 10s 6d per small case, Fears, dessert, 4s to 4s 6d per small box,and 5s to 8s per 401b; nectarines, 5s to' 8s 6d per 201b case; Cape gooseberries, 6d per lb. Potatoes, mostly of poor; keeping quality; auition values £2los to £4, private ■ales €3los to £57/ Onions, heavy supply, all cleared;'seed kinds jd to Md, potato onions jd: garlic, 2d to 3d. Maize, ex store, 4s 6d; wheat, 2s 9d,to 3s; bran and. sharps, £4; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; green peas, fijd to 9id; beans, 2d to 7d; other vegev tables, plentiful at good value, Butter, fresh,all in-bad condition, 4Jd to Bfd was obtained; keg butter plentiful, prime spring made 7d, extra prime box butter 7(1 to Bd, Cheese) dull at 3d to 4d;' factory loaves, 6d, Bacon, Canterbury 7d; hams, in cloth, lOd. Poultry: Good supply and demand. First-class table, Is lOd to 2s 4d; ordinary,! la 4d to Is 9d; poor, etc., Is to la 3d; roosters, 1 heavy ! table,' 2s to 2s 8d; poor, Is 3d to Is lOd; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 2d; small, Is 3d to Is fid; geese, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; turkeys, 'ss to 0i 6d; pigeons. 6d to 2a; canaries, Is 6d',to ss. Pigs: Moderate supply, strong demand; 12s 9d to 15s 6d. Mkssbb Esasi and Arthub report as follows'i-Potatoes have been in supply beyond demand; prices a shade lower than last week's. Onions have come forward so plentifully, values havn receded, the average being about £7 per ton. Cereals are quiet and without change, Supplies of fresh butter being restricted prices advanced lid at'auction yesterday. Demand for keg somewhat dull, Cheese catalogued in plenty..- Fruit: Consignment* by rail having been delayed in transit owing to the landslip, have arrived in more or less damaged condition, but considering the difficulties to be,overcome by the railway authorities, the fruit is much better than might have been expected. Poultry,in limited supply; demand good. Our prices are .'-Potatoes: Hobarts, £3 5s to £3lss; kidneys, £3lss to £4 ss; magnum bonura, . £3 5s to £4. Onions, £7, Wheat, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; maize, 3s 6d; oats, 2s sd; bran and sharps, £3 las. Cheese, 3ld to 41d; fresh butter, No/I,6Jd toBJd; No. 2,45 ito sd; bacon, 4sd to 6d; hams, 5Jd to 7d; eggs, IO.Jd to lid. Apples: Dessert. 3s 3d to 6< 2d; half cases, 2s to 3s Id; cooking, 2s Id to 4s 2d; half-cases,ls to 2s 6d. Tomatoes, l£d to 2|d; Cape gooseberries, sd: damsons, Ud to2Jd; greengage, 2Jd to 2jd, and 5s to 6s 6d per case; diamond, 3d to3j(d ;;Orleans, 2d to2Jd; others, 4s to 6a per case; grapes, 8d to.lOJd; peachea, dessert, to Is Id; cooking, 2d to 4Jd, , and 5s to 5s 6d per case: blackberries, 2Jd to 3d; lemons, lOd to Is 6d, and 8s to 8s fid per case. Fowls, Is 2d to Is 7d; roosters, ls9d to 2s: ducks, laSdtoMd,