COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3214, 31 January 1893, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The IFaikto Tim Office, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mrssbs Esam and Arthur Rkpori.Alteratious in values of produce and fruit are unimportant. Potatoes are in supply tin to demand; cereals are quiet; fresh butter i« arriving in almost liquid condition; eggs are scarce and advanced in price; Fruit has been in heavy supply, whilst good prices have been maintained; demand lor poultry very Rood at Iriday« auction, We quote rates as follows! Potatoes: Hobart*, £3 7s Gd to C11.1.m, sacks extra; kidney*, £3loa tn_K4; Sliep; lieriv and inferior, £2 »a to £2 j*. Onion*, • £l 15* to £7; garlic, Mto lid; wheat, 2s • 9:1 to 3a 2d j oat", 2a Mto2s U ! nw»Ml , - 3J10357d; bran, £3lss; sharps, £3 loss fr.iah butter. No, 1, Gjd to7Jd: No. 2, 4id . ti 5Jd; salt butter, No. 1, Md to 61d; "am, Is OJd to Is Old; bacon, local, 4fdl to 5Jd; towns, local, CM to„7id; cheese, aid to 4*d and 2d to 2{i\; grapes, 6d to7Jd: t>luiM, l* 10d to lis 4d (cliuiav dessert), and lj<i to 2gd i peaches, lsi to 2Jd per lb, and 2s 3d to (is 3d per case: lemons, 5s 9d to lis 3d; tomatoes, jjd to 1^1; appla., cooking, Is to 3s Id; dessert, Is 7d to 5s 2d; peanuts, • lid to ljd, 1 Sydney fruit: Passion fruit, 4s 4d to 4s 6d; pineapples, 4*; plums. 3t Gd to 4s ; Poultry : Ducks, la to la 4d; , fowls 8d to 1« 2d t turkeys, 3* to 3a Bd. Mn' AIM. Alms's WKMLT Ksfort. —Business ha? been active since my last. Potatoes put through in quantity. Very few uf the lots qoming in are ip keeping condition, and require immediate sale at ■ any price. Shipping parcels, 34 to £4los; other parwls, Is fidto 3s per cwt. 04s: ' Feed. 2s 4d to 2s ®d. Maize; Small lots, ei stora, 3s fid. Wheat in good demand at 2» 9d to 2s 104; bran and sharps, £3lss to £4. Onion», in heavy supply witlrlimited depiand at Jd to J(| per lb. JH'Jro has sold freely for export, Vegetables All kinds without change; Butter: iresh has .been scarce at aid .to IOJd, according to condition, Corned' butter, full supply with limited demand; prime, 7d to H, , ™? r lots 'Bd to Gd. - Eggs: Fresh, Is OJd to Is i 4Jd per dozen. Bacon: Canterbury, 7d;i tome, ,10jd. Cheese: Lisited demand; dairy, 2Jd to 4jd; factory loaves extra gwid, fid to 6Jd per, lb. Honey: bjction, 3jd per lb ; bulb, 2d to 2|d per lb. hint: / A wry heavy supply of local apples; t«ry dull, Choice cooking, 2s to 3s 3d per , case; choice dessert, 3s to fla Gd; ordinaty, Is 3d to 28 per caso; lemons, 8s to 12s per case, and lOld to Is per down; grapes, Gd to IOJd. Peaches: Plentiful, Choice, 9(1 ' to Is per dozen; ordinary, 4d to 6d; small, 2d to 3d, and 2s Gd to Gs Id per case, • Tomatoes, 2s to 4s 3d per case; apriCflfs. 3s : 3d to 9s per c,ve; plums, 3s to 8s Gd per •malt easel and 8s to 12s per 501b case, Poultry: Heavy supply; demand easier,. Young table roosters, 2s to 2s 3d; others, Is to Is 8d; table fowl*. Is 3d to Is lOd; pour and old, fid to la 2d; ducks, Is 4d to 2s; ' j . young ducks, 10d to Is 3d, Turkeys: *' - Gobblers, Gs to Gs Gd|;,hens, 3s to 3s!M. Picons, 5d to 2tt; canaries, Is 3d to Os, - Pigs: Small supply; strong demand. ■ Young and large, 12s Gd to 17s Gd; others, 10s to lis 9d. '

MARKET REPORTS. ' . Ttio FnrnW Union (Limited); . M«>rt tinder date:— Hawera, January 2G.-\Ve hid a fair numb* of stock entered Inr onr sale at Stratford nn Friday, the 13th iiist., which, "c msiderioK the wet day it tnrnod out to he, was. well attended, so that must of the ■c»ttie were sold at or immediately ' the. Ml#.' We quote : EighteeniHiintlw to two-year-old, £3Oslid to£3los; twelve tf| einhteen-months mixed cattle, 53 14s (ill to £2l7a 01; springers, £1 tit to 2s (i,|, Our tnrt,nightly stock sale at Hawera •' was held on Wednesday, the 25th in«t., . * though owing to the Revere weather prevailing tha attendance was sms'ler than it would otherwise have been. .Tils yards were well tilled with cattle, most ot which V were sold before leaving the yards. We quote: Pat and forward bullocks, £5 to £o; two to two and a-half-year-old steers, £3lßs to U 2s; twelve to eighteen-month.; steers, £2 10i to £3 7a 6d; weaners, £1 lf}a to £1 17s! store cows, £3 to £3 lis Cd; eighteenmonths heifer.-'. £2 18b fiH tn Sit 2s