COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 32, 7 February 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Arthur and Buddle's Weekly Report.— Business for the week has been fairly brisk in all departments. Produce has come forward in large quantity and has mot with a better demand. Potatoes remain at, about last week's rates, with a steady sale. Onions of best quality are in demand at -6 10s to £7 for shipment; wo have orders on hand for several tons. Cheese of the small Joaf size is wanted for tho Islands, local demand continues slow. Bacon and hams of good cure are also in demand for Island orders; we have cleared out considerable quantities of second-class during the week at fair values. Fresh butter has advanced in price, but. the bulk of that entered during the week has been very soft and in bad condition. Fresh eggs are short of demand at an advance on last week's prices. Poultry has been penned in larger numbers, average prices a shade lower than last week. Very. large consignments of fruit; have comeforward, necessitating four sales since last report; prices throughout have kept up well. During the week we have held seven auction sales. Monday—Household furniture at the residence. Richmond Road, and on Wednesday at the mart. A good attendance at both, and good prices realised. Tuesday, Wedneday. Thursday, and Friday, fruit and produce sales at the mart, all largely attended, aud brisk competition at each. A sale of drapery on Thursday was fairly attended and a good business resulted. The following are our week's quotations for both auction and private sales: — Ordinary fowls. Is to 2s; cockerels. Is 2d to Is 8d; roosters. Is lOd to 2s 6d; ducks. Is 2d to 2s; turkeys, 2s 6d to 6s 6d; chicks. 7d to Is; geese, 2s to 2s 7d ; hens and chickens, 2s to 2s 6d; pigs, ss6d to 12s; cucumbers, lid to 3Jd per dozen; marrows, 5d to Is per dozen and 3d to Id per bag; peas. 3d to 3id; rhubarb, id to 2id; cabbages. 6d per dozen and lOd to Is 8d per sack : beans, ljd to 3d; beetroot, 3d per dozen; carrots, 2Jd per dozen; potatoes. Hobarts, 3s 6d to Is 3d and Is 4tl to 2s Id for small and table; Shepherds. Is 6d to 2s ; Port Fairies, Is 6d to Is 8d ; kidneys, 2s 2d to 3s 7d ; oniens, Id to ljd; pieklers, Sd to Jd; cheese, 2d to 3|d; broken and old, Jd to Id; fresh buttes 2Jd to 6d; corned, 4d to od : bacon, inferior, lid to 4Jd ; hams, inferior. 3d to 3Jd; smoked mullet. Is 3d tola 4d per dozen ; bran, 3s 6d : oats, 2s Id to 2s 2d ; chaff 4s ; barley, 2s 4d: maize 3s 6d ; wheat, 4s; apples various, id to Id; cooking. h& to Id ; dessert, 3d to lid: plums, Eages, l£dto3ld; Diamond, 3d to 3Sd; Victoria, 2d to 3id; Orleans, 2id to 2?d : Mitchelson, 23d to 3d ; various, 2d to 31d; damsons, lid to 2Sd; peaches, lid to lOd per dozen and 1-jd to 3Jd per lb; tomatoes, Id to led ; pears. Id to 4d ; grapes, 5Jd to Is; blackberries, 3id: bananas, 6d to 2s 4d per bunch : lemons," 7Jd to Is 2d: Cape gooseberries, 4d to 6d ; oranges, 2s to 7s 6d per case ; pines. Is 3d to 2s; passion fruit, Is 3d to 2s per case, and 3}d per lb; nectarines 4Jd per dozen; crab apples, lid; rockmelous. Is 4d per doz_. I_am and Arthur's Weekly Report.— Produce: The demand for .local.consumption has not been large, but. for outside orders have been good, values of Hobarts for prime samples are £4 to £4 ss, inferior, £2 10s and upwards ; quality as a rule is not really good. Butter has increased in value, supplies having fallen off, late price reached 9d, low prrades from 5d ; salt butter 4Jd. Bacon is slow of sale, except for standard qualities, average price at auction, 4d to 6d ■ hams, 5d to 7d. Ksrgs realised from Is id, tho demand being unsatisfied. Fruit was in heavy supply, and prices were lower. Apples difficult to quit except at low rates. Plums fetched 2Jd to 23d, lower than Tuesday's auction prices, which were Jd to 3d better. Vegetables were staged plentifully, and prices were in favour of the buyers. We quote yesterday's auction rates'.-Potatoes: Hobarts, best sample, 4s 3d to 4s 6d: others, 2s 6d to 3s 6d : kidneys, 4s to 4s 6d ; Shepherd's, 2s to 3s. Onions, 3d to Id • pieklers, 3d to lid; peas, 4id to 6}d; beans, 2id to 3id ; cabbages. Is 3d to Is 9d per dozen ; cucumbers, 2d to 4d per dozen; rhubarb. Is 3d to 3s per dozen; carrots. 5d to 8d ; oats. 2s 2d to 2s 4d • bran. 3s 6d; sharps, 3s 6d; barley, 2s 4d; flour, £8 10s to £11; cheese, 3d to3jd; bacon, 4d to 6d; hams, 5d to 7d; bacon and hams, in cloth 63d to 7d; fresh butter. 5d to 9d; salt butter 4id ; eges. Is id; biscuits, 4d; box tea, 15s Cd ; white paints. 26s per cwt., black paints, 24s- apples, id to lid; plums. 2id to 33d; peaches, 7d to Bdper dozen; lemons. Is id per dozen: damsons. 2d to 2id ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 5Jd: tomatoes, id to Id; grapes, 4Jd to s',d; cocoanuts, 6s per sack. "AIEXANDER AITKEN'S MARKET REPORT.— Business in all lines has been very active, and very large quantities of ail kinds quitted, including fulfilment, of many large Tsland orders ncr -s. Taupo. Three sales by auction of produce' poultry, fruit, etc., at which there has been "heavy supplies of all kinds, and all have been very largely attended. Tuesday's and Friday's sales were unusually heavy, that of Friday lasting nine hours without a break. On Wednesday consignments of Island fruit per s.s. Wainui were sold. The shipment was a particularly large ono, and being far in excess of market requirements, prices ruled low: 3,194 bunches bananas realised from Is to 3s 3d per bunch • oranges. 4s 3d to 5s 9d per case; cocoanuts 8s ■ pines. Is to 4s 3d per case; peanuts. 2d to 2!d In the poultry department there was a full supply. Prices all round showed a great improvement on those of previous week. Firstclass table fowls from lsßd to 2s; medium. Is 4d to Is 6d: young birds. Is to Is 8d; roosters in condition. Is 8d to 2s 9d and 3s 6d ; ducks. Is 5d to 2s • geese. 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; turkeys, 3s 9d to 5s 9d* pigeons, lid to Is 2d: canaries, 2s 6d to 4s 3d' Pigs in large supply and good demand: First-class lots, 10s 6d to 15s; pork, dairy-fed, 2d to 3d Potatoes have been in supply beyond demand at £2 to £4 10s. but the market has an upward tendency. Onions :, Plentiful, at id to Id Offers of £6 are made for largo lines 'of good quality. Vegetables: Plentiful at fair prices. Peas. 7d to 10} d per peck Wheat, very scarce, at 3s 6d to 4s- maize 3s 6d : bran and sharps, £4. Bacon and ham in fair supply. Prime new bacon. 6d to 7d- hams, 7d to 8d: other lots. 3d to-6d, Cheese plentiful. The demand has been moderate at 2d to 4d. Butter, fresh, has been in unlimited demand. First-class dairies making 9d to lid per lb at auction; inferior, 4d to 6d Sterling brand has also been in active demand at lOd ; tinned. Is to Is id. Eggs, in early part of the week. 10_d to is. At Friday s sale prices ruled from Is 2id to Is 7d per dozen; honey, 3 _ to 4d; keg butter, no demand; prime roll, in pickle, 7d to 8d ; lard, no demand. In fruit the suply for the week has been over 1 COO cases. Apples particularly plentiful, at id to lid and l}d for special lots—average value, fd •" plums, all kinds. 2d to 5d ; damsons, lid to 3d • pears. Bon Chretien. 3id to 4d; others lid to 3d; peaches, 2d to 9d per dozen 'and ljd to 3d per lb: tomatoes, id to lid ; lemons, 9d to Is 8d per dozen; grapes, good lots bid to 9d: poor. 4id to 6d : nectarine. 2d to 4d per lb, and 3d to 9d per dozen ; rock melons, 5s per dozen ; Cape gooseberries, 5d to 7id per lb, in good request; passion fruit, 4d per dozen.