COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 95, 25 April 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Akthur and Bubble's Weejkly Rβtoft— A fair avorago business has been done in produce, bublittlo alteration to report in'values. supply, both Southornand nrices for crime remaining at lasc wees s PStion.." Onion, mto ™JSfi££ 7?d respectively. Fresh butter of good J&7Cb£ abort of |e-and; ful i^o^r^pou^s pets have been well filled at both Tuesday » Ind Friday's market sales. Average prices a shade lower than last week. Iho three fruit sales during the week have been well 'nttpnded and large quantities quitted at good pdee" Ou/ueual sale of furniture was held at the Mart on Vv odnesday. Good attendance and a fair business naalted. : Friday's market sale was a very full day in all departments. The attendance of buyers unusually large, and bidding brisk Iho followinparepricesatwhichwehavesolddming the week, namely : Ordinary fowl, in condition, Is 6d to 2s ; poor and old 9d to Is 3d • roosters in condition, Is 9d to Za 10d ; small and poor, Is to Iβ 5d ; chicks, ,a .0 lid; turkeys, gobblers, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; small hene, Is lid to 3s 3d ; ducks, Is 5d to Iβ 8d- light Brahmas. 2s 9d; Cochins, 2s 2d • ses"o, 2s 3d to 2s 7d ; pigeons, 2a 6dto 3s 3d per pair; canaries, 2s 4d to 2. 9d , younc pips, 4s to 8s; pumpkins, Is 3d to 2s; mangolds. 2d to Is; marrows, 6d to Is : piemelons, Is 9d ; kumoros, 4s to 4a 6d • rhubarb, Is 6d to Is 7d ; citron melons, Is '3d to Is 6d ; cabbages, Is 5d per sack, 6d to la por dozen ; carrots, 1« 6d per cwt, 3d to 4d per dozen ; parsnips, 7d to 8d ; cauliflowers, 4d ; fresh butter, 7.\d to 9d ; onions, gd to |d ; inferior, id to U ; potatoes, prime, 03 to os 6d • inferior.'ls 9d to 2s 6d ; cheese, id to 4d; inferior, Jd to 2.U1; honey in tins, 3d ■to Ad : section, 2s 7d ; local bacon, 5d to 6d; hams, 52d to 7<d ; Southern sides, 7d to 7M ; chaff, £2 12s 6d to £4 ; oats, Is 6d to 2s 2d ■ bran, 3s to 3s 6d ; sharps, 3s 9d ; n'heat, 3s 4d to 3a 6d ; maize, 2s lid to 3s 2(1; barley, 2s 3d ; apples, des?ert, ha to lkl; cooking, Jd to lgd ; pears, lid to 2.\d : quinces, id to ljd ; Capo gooseberries, 6U ; tomatoes" Jd told; lemons, 6Jd to lid; v.-atermelons, la 3d to 3s ; grapes, 7hd ; almonds, 2d ; medlars, |d ; figs, I'id.

Messrs Esam and Arthur's Weekly Report.— Business in all departments hae been very good during the week. The sale of Pastor Birch's furniture was largely attondod, and high prices ruled—the piuno realised £52; extension phajton, £45; baggy, £32. In the produce department business is restricted to supplying local requirements, the demand for export being supplied. Potatoes are slow of sale, at £3 to £3 10s ; quality to hand during the week shows no improvement;. Maize is in demand at 3s, and may bo considered scarce. Towl wheat is also wanted—buyers will purchase at about 3s 3d. Oats continue difficult of sale, the quality only being third grade. Cheese has moved off freely, at 2fd to 3Jd. Onions : Tho demand is easier, owing to export orders being filled. We quote about £5 10s aa present value for best. Butter is advancing, the best dairy brought 9Jd ; other brands, from 7d to Bd. Eggs are worth from Is 6kl to Is Sd per dozen. Bacon : No alteration to report since our last. Fruit was nob so plentiful yesterday as usual. Prices of previous weeka are fullj maintained. Auction values are as under :—Best potatoes, £3 to £3 10s; others, £2 to £2 10s ; onions, Jd to 3d, and £3 to £5 10s ; pumpkins, Is 3d to 2a 3d; piemelons, Is 6d to 2s 3d; carrots, red, 2a to 2s 6d; white ditto, 2s ; oats, Is 8d to 2s 2d ; maize, 3s ; wheat, 3s; to 3s 3d : inferior, 23 6d; sharps, 4s 3d ; bran, 3s 9d ; chaff', Is 7d to Is 9d ; turnips, Is 4d ; mangolde, Is ; cabbages, 9d to Is 4d, and 8d por Back; rhubarb, la 6d to 2s; carrots, 4d to 7d; parsnips, Sd ; honey, 3id ; cheese, to ; fresh butter, 8d to 9.jd ; salt do., 2fd to 5Jd ; eggs, Iβ 6£d to Is Sd ; bacon and hams, in cloth, 6Jd to 7d ; bacon,' 3Jd to 6d ; biscuits, 4d ; coffee, Is Id ; box tea, 15s ; cordials, 5s ; rye-grass, 5s 3d; apples, to ljd ; pears (cooking), l^d; grapes, 6d to 6Jd; quincos, lc 1 to lid ; tomatoes, gd to lgd ; peanuts, 2d ; figs, ; raw oil, 2s 8d per gallon ; white lead, 7s per tin ; aquol paint, 6s 3d per tin.

Mr Alex. Aitken's Market Refoet for thci week ending April 25 :—Produce of all kinds has found a good outlet during the week, and good 'quantities have been pub through both privately and by auction. In farm produce there is no change in values, and supplies all round continue large. In dairy produce values are good for most lines, with demand beyond supplies. Butter, fresh, has realised r.p to 10d per lb. In fruit I am pleased to quote an unsatisfied demand for all sound kinds at improved values. The glut of eofb kinds being now over, a good privata demand during the week has left smaller quantities for auction, although supplies have been heavy. Poultry of all kinds have been penned in unusual quantities, with fair demand at satisfactory rates. First-class table fowls from Is 8d to 2s ; medium, Is 3d to Is 6d,; poor small and old, from 9d to Is ; roosters, young, in condition, Is 8d to 3s ; others, la 3d to Iβ 8d ; ducks, la 9d to 2s ; geese, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; turkeys, very plentiful; gobblers, 3s 6d to 5s 9d ; pigeons, 2s 3d to 3s 6d; canaries, 2s to 4s. Pigs in full supply with fair demand; well grown young of good breed, from 8s to 103 6d; medium, 5s to 7s; small poor and largo roug-h lots, os 3d to 4s 6d. Potatoes continue plentiful with fair demand; prime Waikato, from £3 to £3 10s; Napier, £2 10a to £3; Oamaru, £3 to £3 3s; other local, £2 to £3 10s, all sacks includes. Onions of prime quality have taefc with a better de ; mand at |d to gd •. poor lots, £2 10s to £3 10s per ton. Whe»t: Several lines of fowl feed have been quitted in wholesale parcels at 3s 2id to 3s 3d," arid up to 3b 6d for small lots ; stockanil. Oats, local, Is 6d to Is 9d; Southern short feed, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; bran, scarce, at 4s to 4s 6d; sharps, very scarce, at £5; mangolds, Is 6d to 2s per sack; carrots, Is 6d to 2s per cwfc ; cabbages, la to 3s per sack ; pumpkins, very dull ab 20s to 40a per ton ; other vegetans plentiful at fair prices. Bacon and hatrij : a few small lots of new local cure to V&nd cleared ab 6Jd to 7d for bacon, and ~&a to 8d for hams ; a large quantity of Inleji o p entered Bold ab from Id to 3d. Cheeei plentiful; the demand has been fair at % to 4d for dairy makes, and 3Jd to 4d for factory lots ; export loaves of special quaiffcy, si<i. Butter: Fresh in good domand a* 9d to IOJd ; factory, 10d to Is ; keg bu%>r has also moved off freely; prime, 4d % 6d ; pastry, 3sd to 4d ; for the latter therdug a strong demand. Eggs : Fresh, Is 8d to~2s per dozen ; good pickled lots, la to le\d. Honey continues in active demand, bulk being moat asked for, ab 3|d to 3sd ; 101b tins, 3Jd to 4d ; one line of clover honey, in 2ib tins, quitted ab 8s per dozen ; beeswax also in strong demand ab a high price. Apples: Prime clean cooking varieties, ljd to ljd ; good ordinary, Iα; dessert varieties, Id to lfd. Pears, various kinds, lsd to 3|d. Lemons are plentiful ab lower values, namely, 8d to Is per dozen. Water melons, owing to the cool weather, are not bringing a very good .price, namely, 2s to 4s per sack. Cape gooseberries, s|d to 7d; tomatoes, £d to lid ; quinces, Id to ljd ; citrons, 3s to 3s bd per case; grapes, Is to Is s§d per lb i passion fruit, 2d ; figs, 2d to 2Jd ; medai's, |d j walnuts, 9d; cocoanute, 7a to Iβ

6d ; peanuts, l£d to 2d; pines, 8s to 10s 6d per case; bananas, 23 7d to 3s 6d por bunch ; oranges, 3s to 6s por caeo.