PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 293, 15 December 1892, Page 2

PRODUCE MARKET.

Mr Alex. Aitken reports active business and the outside damand for produce of all kinds ha 3 been more than equal to the supplies, leaving local markets rather short. There has been good inquiry for potatoes. Prime kidney realised £5 to £5 10s per ton ; medium lots, £4 to £5; Shepherds, £3 10s to £4 ; Port Fairoy, £4 15s to £5 ss. Onions sold freely at Id to l^d. Grain -. wheab, whole, 3s per bushel; broken, 2s 6d ; short,feed oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; maize, 3s 6d, ex store; bran and sharps, 3s 9d. Fresh butter still arrives in poor condition, and selling ab from 6d to 7d, according to quality. A large shipment is being made for the English market afc an average value of 7d for good quality in new packages. Egga sold as high as Is 2M and Is 3d per dozen. Bacon : Good quality ia remarkably scarce and selling at 6Jd. Prime hams (Canterbury), 9d per lb. Cheese is quieter at 3d and 4d per lb for dairy, and 6^d for loaves for the Island trade. Honey in bulk 2^d, in section Zhd to 4d per dozen, and 3d per lb for small tins. Green peas sell well at Is to la od per peck, and down to 6d for poorer lots. French beana, 13 to Is 4d ; broad, ditto, 4d to 7d ; rhubarb, 2s 3d to 3s 9d per doz. bunches. Fruit: Heavy supplies with ■strong demand, gooseberries sold at 2s 9d to 4a per case of 251b ; local plums, 10s per case of 201b; lemons, 9s to 15s 9d per case; and one hoavy case realised 25a 9d. Hothouße tomatoes fetched from 7d to 8d ; others, 5d to 6d ; grnpes, Is 6d to Is B.{d per lb; large cooking apples, new crop, realised from 7s 6d to 10s 9d per case; Irish .peach, 7s to 9s 6d per case. Sydney fruit ex Tarawera Bold well. Apples fetched 6s lOd to 7s per case ; plums, 5s 6d to 6s; oranges, lla to Us 3d; cherries, 8s 9d per case of 181b ; local pears sold at from 4d to 61d per pound. Mr R. Arthur, auctioneer, reports business has been first-class during the week. All new potatoes to hand were clenred ab from £5 to £6 per ton. Good onions were also in demand. Bacon and hams were all cleared, with an unsatisfied inquiry. Keg butter found ready purchasers, and produce generally realised satisfactory prices. New kidney and Magnum Bonum potatoes sold at £5 to £5 10s per ton ; Hobart potatoes, £5 fco £6 ; Shepherds, £4 103 ; onions, Id to ]id per lb; kumeras, 5s to 5b 6d per cwt; cabbage, Is to Is 9d per dozen; cauliflower, 2s to 4s ; carrots and turnips, 6d to 8d per dozen bunches ; peas, lOd to Is Id per peck ; beans, 5d to 9d ; rhubarb, 2s 6d to 4a per dozen bunches. Grain : Maize, 3s 6d ; oats, 2s 5d ; wheab, 2a 9d ; barley, 2a 8d; bran and sharps, 3a 9d ; chaff, £3 10s. Butter, 5d to 9d per lb for fresh ;6d to 7d for keg; choese, 4^d to 4-M for best, and 3-Jd to 4d for medium. Bacon, 6d to 6sd for prime quality ; hams, 7d fco 8d; medium lots of hams, 6d per lb ; shoulders, sd. Honey, 2id to 3d per lb. Fruit: Gooseberries," £d to 2^ per lb; lemons, 9s to 11s per case and la per dozen. Poultry: Ducks, la 5d to 2s each ; table fowls, Is 4d to Is 9d ; cockerels, la 3d to 2s 9d ; turkey hens, 23 6d to 33 6d; gobblers, 6s to 7s.