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41b Richard Arthur's Weekly Repom.--Potatoes. £3 10a to £3 15s, sacks included, i few inferior at 2s 6d to 3s Id per cwt; Jowls, young and old, brought lOd to Is 5d W ch; hen turkeys, small, 2s lj to 2a id sach : no gobblers; ducks, Is to Is 3d; -.otatoos 3s to 4s per cwt; pumpkins, I 9d : 'kumeras, 4s P 6d to ss; onions, 3 to 4s per cwt, and * 2 d per lb; cab Was, 6d to Is lOd per dozen ; carrots, 5d iarnips, 4d; parsnips, 5d ; beans 4d t 0 3Ad per peck; peas, Is 3d; fresh /utter, BJd to B|d; corned butter, 5d X, 7d'; pastry, 3d; fresh laid eggs, is 8d per- dozen; cheese, 3d to H* ?er lb, best samples; other lots Ud to Sid; local bacon (very scarce), 7jd to Bel aer lbjhame, 8d to B§d; ]owla, 3ftd; Canterbury shoulders, 4+d to 6d; oats, 3.s sd; wheat, 2s 6d ; maize, 4 0 , bran, 3. 9d; Bharps, 3s M ; honey Sd; rice, 14a per cwt; applou, Id to 2d per lb, and 2s to 4s per case ; pears, l s d lo 3d per lb ; lemons, 3£d to 9d per dozen and Is 6d to 5s per case ; tomatoes, Is Sd ft 2s per case ; quinces, 1M per lb ; togs, Hd to 13d per dozen ; passion fruit, -id ; Tulnuts, 6d per lb ; guavas, 2*d per lb. Messes Esam anu Arthurs WBam JIEPOKT.-Potatoes : Best samples, £6 10s 3o £4 • others, £3 to £3 ss; cow, 2os to {os. Kumeras, 5s 9d to os 6d. Pumpkins, £2 5s to £5. Citron and piemelons. £<5 os lo £2 15s ; onions, £4 10s to £5 ; carrots, >5s to 30s ; oats, 2s 6d ; wheat, 2s 6d; •inferior, 2s 3d; bran, £4; sharps, £3 iss to £4; cheese, 3Jd to 4d. Butter: 'Fresh, 7id to B|d ; keg in roll, B^d to BJd ; salt, 6?d to Sid. Guaranteed eggs, Is 9cl io 2s; bacon, 7d ; hams, 7d to BJd ; good dessert apples, 4a 6d to 6s 9d; other lots, 3s to 3s 9d; cooking, 3s 3a to 5s 2d; choice dessert pears, 3|d to 3M j medium, 2|d to 2|d; cooking, ljd to 2Jd ; quinces, lid; lemons, 3s to 4s 6d per case and 3d" to 6d per dozen ; grapes, 9yd to Is Id. Tomatoes ; Sound, Id to ljd ; others, Is 2d to 2s 9d per case ; passion fruit, 2d to 2|d. One thousand cases Island oranges sold at 2s 2d to 2s 9d per caee ; bananas, 2s 6d to 3s lid ; limes, 5s ; walnuts, 6Jd to 7|d ; fowls, lid to Is 5d ; roosters, Is 3d to Is 9d; ducks, 1b 3d to Is 10d; turkeys, 2s 6d to 5s Id. Me Alex. Aitken's Market Report.— Business very brisk. Potatoes: Prime, i' 3 .5a to £4; poor, £2 5a to £3. Onions, £4 to £5; garlic, 2d; pumpkins, £2 5s to £3 ; mangolds, 20s to "25s ;" carrots, white, 25s to 30s ; red, 30s to 40e ; wheat, fowl, 2s 6d to 2s 8(3 ; maize, 4<j to 4a 3d ; bran and sharps, £3 15s to £4 ; kumeras, 5s to 6s 3d ; other vegetables in good supply at fair prices. Butter: Prime fresh, lOd to lOfd; medium, 7d to 9d ; keg butter, prime," 8d ; pastry, 6d to 7d; ■Taranaki, 7d to 9d ; separator, 9d to lOd. Eggs, Is Gd to 2s 4id per doz; good pickled. Is 3d. Cheese, SJd to 4d for dairy, and 4|d to 6}d for factory. Bacon, new local, 7-id to 8d ; hams, 7d to lOd ; honey, tinned, 3d ; section, 4d. Fruit: Apples, choice cooking kinds, 4s to 5s 3d; others, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; choice desserb kinds, 5a to 63 3d ; extra heavy boxes up to 8s ; other lots, 3s to 4s 6d; pears, Napoleons, 9s to 11s 3d; pound pears, 5s to 9s. Grapes : Gro3 Colman, choice, Is 3d to Is 7d ; other lots, 4d to 13. Tomatoes, 2s to'saldper case; passion fruit, 6s to 7s 6d, and 3s to 4s per quarter case ; quinces, 4s to 5s 3d; lemons, dull, 5s 6rl to 5s per case; Cape gooseberries, 7d to BJd ; walnuts, 6d to 8d; persimmons, 7-Ad rfozen; guavas, 2£d to 3d; oranges sold at heavy loss to consignors, viz., Is 7d to 33 per case. Bananas : Choic9 line, ss, ship's side; others, os to 4s 3d; damaged, lOd to2s 9d. Cocoanuts, 7s per sack; peanuts, lid to l^d. Poultry: Table roosters, Is lOd to 2s 3d; othora, Is to Is 8d ; table fowls.. Is Cd ro Is 8d ; others, 9d to Is 4d ; ducks, Is 3d to 2s Id ; geese, 2s lOd to 3s 2d ; turkeys, gobblers, 3s 3d to 63 2d ; hene, best, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; others, Is 3d to 2a 2d ; pigeons, 4d to Is 3d ; canaries, Is to 5s 6d. Pigs, heavy and best breeds, 83 to 10s 9d; others, 23 6d to 7s 9d.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 94, 22 April 1893, Page 2
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