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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 220, 16 September 1893, Page 4

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Mr R. Arthur's Weekly Report.— Poultry : Fowls sold at ls 5d to 3s 4d each ; fancy fowls, 3s ld to 7s 6d each ; young turkey gobblers, 3a ld to 4s 6d; hens, 3s to 3s 6d ; hen and chicks, 4s 3d ; ducks, ls 8d to 2s 4d; small pigs, 5s 6d to 183 ; fresh laid eggs 6d to 7d per dozen; fresh butter, B|d to llfjd; corned, 4d to 6d ; bacon, sides, 6d to 7d ; shoulders, 4d to 4"id ; hams, 6d to 8d ; lard, in small tins, 4Jd to 5d ; cheese, 4d to 6d ; honey, 3d per lb; Picton herrings, 9s per case, 3s 3d per box. Potatoes : Local, 4s Gd to 6s ; Canterbury, 4s to 6s *, Hobart seed, 4s 6d to 5s ; early seed, 8s 6cl to 9s. Onions, Ad to ld ; red carrots, 2s 3d ; whito, 2s; mangolds, lOd ; cabbages, Is Gd por sack, and ls to 2s 3d perdozon ; carrots, 9d; turnips, lid; lettuces, 7d to ls 2d ; asparagus, 3s to 7s ; celery, 4s to 7s ; looks, 3s to 7s ; cauliflowers, 2s 4d; horse radish, 3s; wheat, 3s ; oats, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; barley, 2a 9d ; maize, 2s lOd ; bran, 3a 6d to 3s 9d ; shaips, 3s 6d ; lemons, 5d to 7d per dozen.

Messrs Esau and Arthur's Weekly Report.—Southern potatoosaverage£slss, ex store. Waikatos realise £0 to £5 ss; other varieties in too limited quantities to quote. Maize, 2s 8d ex wharf, wholesale ;3sto3s 3d ex storo. Oats: Prime short, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; medium, 2s 3J_d to 2s 4Jd. Fowl wheat, 2s lOd to 3s; bran, £3 10s; sharps, £3 10s; onions, lid to 1 Jd, and 2d to 2-id for Californians. Fresh buttor: Prime, 10|d to lljd ; No. 2, 6|d to 7^d ; keg sorts realise any prico from 3d to 7rl. Cheese; Factory made, 6d to6|d ; dairy, 4Jd toojd. Eggs : Hen, 6,*, d to7Jd ; duck, Sd to 9d. Bacon: Prime, 6d to 7Jd; medium, 4M to s£d. IJdms: 9d to lid "for No. 1; medium, 5Jd to 7d. Fruit market vary bare j supplies so small that prices need not be quoted. Poultry: Supplies also small, whilst tho demand was kee,t_.

Mr Alex. Aitken's Market Report.— Fresh butter, primo, IOJd to 11-^'d; medium, BJd to lOd ; keg butter, 4sd to 6kl for best samples, Eggs: Hen, 6id to 7d ; duck, 7_Jd to 8d ; turkey eggs, lOd. Cheese: Prime, 5Jd ; loaf, 6d ; medium, new, 4_,d to 5Jd. Bacon : Prime local, 7d ; poor, 4d to sd. Hams : Primo 7d ; poor 4d to 5d ; Canterbury bacon, bare, 7M ; hams, bare, 9Jd; clothed, lid. Honey : Bulk, 3d ; small tins, 3|d to 4d ; section, 3d to 4_,d, according to duality. Local oranges good quality, 7s' to 8s per case ; Poor Man.Os to 7s ; lemons, good, 4s 3d to ss; poor, 2s 6d to 3s; Hobart apples, 10s 3d to 12s Od per case ; cucumbers, 6s per dozen ; new kidney potatoes, choice quality, 3Jd per lb ; poor, l^d to 2d; Shepherds, poor samplo, Jd to l|d ; cauliflowers, 4s 2d to 4s lid per sack, and 5s to 83 per dozen; cabbages, ls Gd to 3s 9d per sack ; pumpkins 3s to 5s Id. Potatoes, market weak : Prime Waikato table, £5 10s; Southern, £5 10s to £6; early seed varieties, £7 to £8. Onions: Prime local, ljd to 2d; Californian, 2Jd. Mangolds, dull at 10s to 15a per ton. Carrots: Whito, 30s; red, 40s to 50s. Maize, small lots, 3s; wholesale parcels, 2s 9d ; bran, £3 to £3 5s ; sharps, £3 10s ; oats, feed, 2s 9d. Poultry ; First-class table fowls, ls 8d to 2s 5d ; poor, Li od to ls 6d ; medium, ls 7d to la 9d; roosters, in condition, ls lid to 2s 8d ; small and poor, Is 5d to ls 8d ; ducks, 2s to 2s 6d ; geese, 3s to 3s 9d ; turkeys, hens and small gobblers, 2s 3d to 4s 3d ; heavy gobblers, 4s to 5a 3d ; pigeons, 8d to la 3d ; canaries, 2s to 7s 6d. Young piga, 103 penned: Best lots, lis to 12s 9d ; small, 5s to 10s 9d each; dressed pork, largo supply, prime, 2Jd to 4Jd ; hares, ls 9d to 2s 83 each ; rabbits, ls 9d to 2s 6d per pair.

Mr Thornes, land agent, reporfca tho sale of 10 acres at Avondale and cottage, being allotment 15 of a sub-division of lots 9 and 10, on account of Mra Williams to Mr Wm. Gillard, lor £300; also tho cottage and allotment in Ga.rheld-streot, Parnell, 40 x 100 ft, boing lob A of a subdivision of lots 9 and 10 of lot 06, on behalf of Mr Buchanan to Mr Clms, Cowan for £180.