COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1887, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, this clay. Messes Arthur and Buddle's Refort.The holidays have somewhat interfered with business this week. Fruit of all kinds has brought good prices ; nono from other parts. Potatoes remain just as they have been for somo weeks past. Bacon has met with better demand; no good local entered. Butter has gono off more frooly; no firstclass entered. Cheese : A large quantity oi second-class and inferior to hand. Onions and carrots in fair demand. Poultry and pio-a still at very low prices. furniture has been quiefc. Tho auction sales have been well attended. Saturday: Salo of stock of groceries and sundries at Mount Roskil. Thero was a fair attendance ; the groceries upon tho whole brought good prices. Wednesday; Salo of produce, fruit, <fee, at mart. It wub fairly woli attended ; tho following prices were realised : Potatoos, 2s 6d to 3s Gd ; mangolds, Is Id ; pumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s ; onions 44d to Id ; maise, 3s 9d; bacon, Canterbury, 4Jcl to s|d ; biscuits, 4^d ; cheese, 1J to 3d ; pears, ljd to 3d ; medlars, ljcl; fowls, 9d to Is 3d, Friday : Markot. day salo. A largo attendance good competition for many lines. Fruit of all kinds sold well. A good quantity of butter changed hands. Bacon moved ofl fairly well. Bub litblo done with cheese. Poultry and pigs still very dull, a fair supi)ly, bub most of them nob n'rst-class quality, fowls, Od to Is Sd ; chicks, 7(1 to Sri ; white Cochins, 2s 8d to 2s lid; Langshans, 2s; spangled Hamburgs, 3s-6cl; Wyandotfces, 2s 7(1: ducks, Is to 23 7d ; turkeys, 2s 8d to 2s lid ; geese, 2s 2d ; pigs, Small, Is M to 3a 6d; pigs, large, 4s to 7s ; pigeons, 7d to Is Id. Produce : Pumpkins, 2s 3d to 2s Gd ; piomclons, la 3d to Is (id ; mangolds, Is Id; potatoes, 2s 7d to 3s 6d; onions, id to Id ; bacon, 3d to 6d ; hams, 4Jd to 6Jjd ; cheoso, 2d to 2Jd ; butter, keg, Id to 6d ; Apples, ljd to 3fd ; pears, 2i|d to 3^l ; tomatoes, {d ; lemons, Bel to 1b 2d ; honoy, tin, 3d per lb.

Messrs lV'ob and Ralston's last Friday's salo was well-attended, and their report of prices which follows shows good business done. Poultry : A largo number to hand, and prices consequently lower than last week. Fowls: Commons, lOd to Is 7d each • half-brod Spanish, Is 9d ; half-bred game, Is Sd. Ducks.ils Id to Is 3d ; turkeys, 3s to 3s 9d ; geese, 3s sd; small Berkshire pio-s 8b Cd ; canaries, 3s to 6s. Produco : Potatoos (Southern) L 3ls 8d per ton, do. local grown) L 2 to L 2 15s; pumpkins, L 2 10s to L 3 ; onions Id per lb ; cheese, 2A to 4d ; bacon, 3d to Gd : salt butter, 4d ; oats 2s 4d per bushel; maize, 3s Od to 3h 9d ; bran, L 5 per ton ; oatmeal, 12s per lOOlbs ; flour (Southorn), Lll por ton ; cornod beef, Id por lb ; vestas (damaged), Is 6d per gross ; figs (damaged), 3s Id per doz. ; tea, Is Gd to la 9d ; biscuits, 2Jd to 4^ ; sugar, 8s 3d por 251b bag jkorosone, 13s por cask.