COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

-FRrriT AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Business In the fruit an* produce marketstill there' Is a very, noticeable shrinkage of loent stpneirnlts. v . Plpms and peaches are .short, iaridthe_market Is now full of apples. .'Pears,: W.8.C.. are almost over" and selling at much-improved prices. OOier, varieties of dessert pears are coniimr forward. Tomatoes ore a drug on the market. Choice weseert and cooking apples -are sellißg rairly well, but other grades are neglected. Choice grapes are inquired for, : hnt poor qualities-meet with only-a -moderate demand. Cape gooseberries are selling well. Pflsslons are on the increase. The Talnne landed n'fatrrr large-cargo: of bananas, and- oranges in the early part 5 i-. tb J* -Yeek, and these met'with only a fair demand. - •',.; "' .?: i v~7 * Potatoes are-firmer for locate, and until iT£,^ nth^ m ??'Pn»entg: _». lepelvea: no alteration in valnes is expected". renKpHe'es* 1 ' 6 ****** -* ott^n "WPly••«*;curfaat^eroW^es?"**"¥>■*** '*«* M J*** l ' Prune, Dairy Prpduce.-^Burter::-, .Fanner*' in i..„ .'•—fSJ™- ' B< * n Chrrtlen;:best.7/ to-8/6 ease, good 6/; others, dessert, best'4^; to «' 3 /? "to "*/: -cooking- 4/.Plums: Enelish varieties. 3/ to 4/ case. Penohesr Coloured, best" 5/ to 5/8 ease, 'good .2/6 to ,?3 ,I°. -V. Grirpes.- Hothome,' :_mf}ya? tb 10d lb; outdoor, 2/8 to 3/6 bo*' Tomatoes; Outdoor, 1/ to 2/ box. Mandarins: Sydney,. 7/ to 8/ case: Lenrons:--L.pcal, prime 10/ case, roach and'coarse 3/B -to 4/; Messina, 12/ halves* -Cape goose•beMjesV 4}d 'to- M lb: Qndnees l i -i3ji« -wtsev Passion fruit. 2/tt to S/S :case. Melons: Bock' 6/ fd> 8/« case. &.:•*,-. ■■-->,•.:--- --, . ...Poultry, and .PjCT 2/lto 2/8 :*aeh; special pure-bred -Mrds, rnn--to 5/8: poor ordinary, 1/g. to" 2/. Table roosterer :Gopd, 3/3 to 4/6 each; medium. 2/3-to 3/.poor 1/ to 1/2. , Ducks, IJR to "1/10 eachgood, 2/2 to 3/4. Geese, 3/6 to 4/6 eacfl: : 4d, t0'164" each;" "Y r ','.„ ; Young pigs,; slow .of sale, 8/ to 12/ each. ioyAybik: M_tKi£r ''Step-osi.'! h (Bjr AssoetttlonV—Copyright' ' - — LONDON,-March T. ■-' Money sMarket.—Bant Tate, 5 -per cent; f^ rt 'M' per cent; tbree months' bills,, per ceht;,Jttr*i rate;.-3i per cent; Berlin-rate,- 5p percent;-,s »• " *k' - Colon l a L-" Stoeks>-Carisbls {quotes offTehruary 28""aT"£74"1276),; £75 15/. New; Zealand. 4 .per cents (quoted l 'at £99 10/'las£ week),* £100; 3, per cents, £90;. 3 per, 1 cents,. £78. Victorian; 31 pec ..csn.tsV..(rep.lyable;from .1929''tp";1949')",, £91. [."New South Wales 3 per cents, £80. Other .stocks'are unchangea;'; r'.,l'" '■■•'''' •- j Metals.—Copper: On VBpot,.r £65 18/9;' at I three months, £68 3/9; electrolytic ■ £69 2/6. Tin: Qn^spoi;. £2i7 10/^:■'; M 'three •mouths* £214, .-Pig iron, 68/4. Lead;.--£ls 15/. Silver, 2/3 5-1& ...V. ";> >.-, < ~" " Butter, and Cheese.r-Buttef Is. diili, owing, .to'thfe .warm.>eather:7 I>anlsb J is iinchangrf. 'ChotcfeßtVAuetralian,'' 108/"to"''110/,' a few lots reaching "112/;' unsalted; 114/ to .116/;, secondaries, .100/ , to,, 106/. .Chr.tcest; 'NewZealand, 114/ to 110/; unsalted, : 116> to 118/; secondaries, 106/ to-IIOA • ,-t-- v ...Wheit and/Flour.—Wheat -1b iri little demand Cargoes' : are-"fairly steady Liverpool fn'tnres:—March, 90id; May;"B74d; jijiy; 86^d; 'September, '86Jd; October^ : BsJd: per cental,'. There n are'"no''offerings "for: trallan and .'New ..Zealand' spot. -Flour Is quiet and -unchanged: J " ...:.'"•■'-.'J',-- "•-- ---'"-'-Oate;—OritsSareiin.. poor, demand. ' La 'Plata March-April shipment-, .15/4J.-. 1 Beans and Peas.—Beans and ..peas are dull and unchanged. ._... " Wool.—Bradford, wool*is yery' firing especially for crossbred*." Siity-foiirs, 3Qid; super, 2S|fl;.common sixties, 28td; "24jd; 'nttlesi' 22^; T torty-Bixes>lßarrortlesi'l6id. JFollowihg- are', the' prices realised-'for the fleece portions of the clips named: —Plako, top":!/,' average 118U; Tnlnirongd; 12Jd and Hid; Haka,. 13Jd. and llid. \ ■' ' Messrs. Dslgety and : -Company,- 'Limited,' have received the following cablegram from thelrl-London "office,, under; date, March 6,- There is rather -more inquiry, but' .last,.prices are" 'barely 'maintained. 75,000cwt'equals 'the total Imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the week ending Satm-day,..as...compared, with 89,000 ffft fbr the- corresponding' period of lastyear: :'Cheese.ie-firmer;'.white. 61/,.eploured ,60/6:-- -..-.--..- _ ~ ~£ . ... <i- -- ~Lcniler,jriate:March v is a fair ' demand for furriers' 'cutters,- secondary qualities. ..Rabbitsklns are firm iwith-? out, ,ahy change' In 'prices as compared wltfj; i"asf' sales. At present the demand : f<Jf, mutton tallow is limited, .other descriptions being firm- at last quotations ':