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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 253, 22 October 1892, Page 2

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Messi'.sEsam and Airnnm's Wekkly Report.—We have to chronicle good business. Potatoes, ex ship, have rcalisnd £2 sa ; ex store, £1 10a to £2 15s; YYalkdtOß, 30a to 40a; new Shepherds, Jd ; kidneys, ljd to IJd. Maize, 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; fowl wheat, ox ship, 2a 7d to.2s 8d ;ex store, 2s 9d to 33 j oats, 2a 7d to 2s Bd, ox store; chair, £5; cnions of indifferent quality, 2Jd to 2sd ; pumpkins; 6s 6d boat, medium, 4s 2d ; peus, Is lOd per peck. Butter, supplies of prime fresh largo, prices lower than last week, No. 1, Bid to 7^d ; No. 2, 5Jd to fijd ; keci butter, 6|d to Bd. Eggs, 6d to 6Jd; local bacon, 4d to 51d; hams, 5d to 7d; tho demand for Southern factory, has beon exceedingly good. Fruit: At yosterday'a ealo wo otlored 300 cases, principally Hobart and Sydney shipments; prices wore—Applof, Sturtuerpippin, 10s 9d porcaso; StonoPippin, bslid to 7s: French Crabs, 5s 3d to 7s lid; inferior condition, 3s I'd to 5s 3d ; oranges, 6a Id ; mandarins, 5s to 6a 3d. Local fruit-Loquats, 2Jd to 3d ; lemons, 6d to 9d ; passion fruit, 4Jd ; gooseberries, small, 4|d por quart, l'oultry : Fowlb, Is 3d to Is 7d ; roosters, Is 8d to 2a 2d ; ducks, Is 6d to Is lOd. Mv Alkx. Aitkkn's Weekly Rkport.— Business fairly active, both privately and by auction. Potatoes : 500 Baoks ex e.s. Talunesoldat42<j6dto4dsex wharf, and 50s to 55s ox store; Waikatoe, none to band ; new potatoes, lull supply; samples poor; kidneys, l±d to lid ; Bhopherds Jd to Jd per Ib. OnionH : 45 gunnies, ex e.B. Warrimoo, roalUod 3d; groen peas, lOd to 2s 3d per peck; pumpkins, 7s to 8s por cwt; kumoras, 6s to 6s; other vegetables staged in largo quantities, realised high prices; butter, fresh, In full supply, prime, 6Jd to 7Jd; other lots, o|d to fijd; kog buttor, numorous small lots coming in, no demand outside of English orders, which are for largo quantities of uniform quality, values aro as yet unsettled. Eggs in bettor demand ; hen, bid to 6jd; duok, 7d to BJd ; • cheese, acarco, values unchanged. Bacon and hams moro plentiful ; values firm. Bacon, prime, 6d to CJd ; good medium, Cd to s.jjd ; poor.-rougb; and fat, 3d to 4Ad. Hams, prime, 7d to OJd ; medium, 5d to 64. Lnrd, in bulk, 4Jd; bladder, 4?d. Honey, 21b tins, clover 9s to 0s Od ; lareer tins, 3Jd to 4d per Ib. Lollies, boiled,4d. Fruit.modoratosupply. LomoiiH, large, 6Jd to S^d, small, 4d to 3d ; oranpes, Sydnoy, 5s 6d to 8s per case. Tahiti, 9a ; mandarins, 8s 6d; apples, Hobart, 8s to 10s 6d ; loquats, 3d to 3|d ; tomatoes, 3d to sd; walnuts, Nelson, 8d; dried apples, plentiful and hard to quit. Poultry supply limited, prices high. First-class table fowls, Is 8d to 2s 7d each ; modium, Is 4d to Is6d ; roosters i.i condition, 2s 2d to3b 6d each ; othera, Is 4d to Is lid ; ducks, Is lOd to 2s 4d ; turkeys, poor, 2h lOd to 2s lid, no good ones to hand ; geeao, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; poolings, la 7d to 2s ; ducklings, 4d to Is Id ; canaries, Is 9d to 8s; pigeons, 6d to Is. Pigs: Best broods, well grow-n, 12s to 17s ; modium, 7a Gd to 11s 9d ; demand brisk.