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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 250, 21 October 1893, Page 4

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Mr Richard Arthur's Weekly' Report.— Tho following prices were obtained :— Fowls, Is 6d to 2s 6d; young ones, Is 2d to la 6d ; bens with broods, 4s 3d to 5s ; hen and ducklings, 5s 9d; ducks, la 6d to 28; ducklings, la 4d; turkey hens, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; game bens, 7s 6d each; pigeon^ 9d; fresh laid eggs, 6d to 6|d; fresh butter 4Jd to 7£d ; corned butter, 4d to 6d ; bacon, 5d to 7; shoulders, 4|d to 5d ; bams, 6d to 7d; cheese, 4d to 6d, besb samples ; other lots, 3d to 3Jd. Potatoes : Old, 4s 6d to 6s per cwt; nevr kidneys, lfd per lb ; Shepherds, |d to l£d; green peas, Is 7d per peck; rhubarb, 5s 6d to 7s per dozen ; cabbages. Is to Is lld ; letbuce, Is 7d ; mdieh, 4_d to 6d ; parsley, 6d to 2a; aniona, 2a j celery, 2a to Sa; onions, I

l_d to Ifd per lb; loquats, 4d per lb ; lemons, 5d to 6d per dozen, and 5s 3d per case; Sydney oranges, 7s 6d per case; mandarins, 11b ; maize, 2s lld per bushel; wheat, 2s lid; oats, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; bran, 3s 3d; sharps, 3s 3d to 3a 6d.

MSSSRS ESAM AND ARTHUR'S WEEKLY Report.—Our auction values are as follow: New kidney, ljd to l|d ; Shepherds, Id to l£d j pumpkins, £7 5s to £7 15s ; green peas, 2s to 2s 6d per peck ; oats, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; maize, 2s 9d to 2s lld ; wheab, 2s lOd to 3s ; sharps, £3 10s ; bran, £3 5s ; bacon, 7d bo 7£d ; hams, 7_d to B|d; fresh butter, No. 1, 7£d to 9£d;No. 2, s_d to 6d; salb butter, 4d to bid ;|en eggs, 6d to 7d ; duck, B£d; cheese, old, S_d to sd. Fruib: Loquats, 4£d to s|d; green gooseberries, 5Jd; lemons, 6d bo 8d; mandarins, 9s 6d to lis ; dates, 4Jd. Fowls: Young roosters, 2s to 2s lld ; hens, Is 6d to Is lOd ; ducks, Is lld to 2s. Ms- Alexander Aitken's Weekly Re-poßt-Potatoee, £5 10s to £7 10s. Bran, £3 ss) sharps, £3 10a. Onions, If d to 2d for local and Melbourne, and 2-Jd for California. Vegetables: Rhubarb,ssto6s9d per dozen. Butter: Prime fresh, 7 \d to 9d; mediom, 4d to 7d ; prime keg, 6d ; pastry, 3d bfi4d ; Taranaki roll, lld ; bulk, lOd to 10_dV Effgs, 6d to 7d for hen ; duck, 7d bo Bd. Bacon .- Canterbury, 7_d ; local, 6d to 7d. Hams, 8d to lOd. Honey : Section, 4s to 4Bpd per dozen; bulk, 2|d to 3£d. Lard, 4Jd to sd. New potatoes: Shepherds, |d to lid per lb; kidneys, lid to lfd. Green peas/ls 9d to 2s per peck. Dead rabbits, Is 4d to 2s per pair; hares, 3s to 3s 3d eackj Fruib : Sydney oranges, 6s to 6s 6d per ;»8e ; local, 3s to 3s 9d; lemons, 5s to 7j 3d; loquats, 3^d to sd; gooseborrfe, 5d to b\d per lb. Poultry; Tabl? roosters, 2s to 2s 8d ; others, Is 6d to Is l|; table fowls, Is 9d to 2s 2d; others, Is 4d,to Is 8d; ducks, Is 6d to 2s; ducklings; 3d to Is 4d; geese, 3s 6d; turkeys (scarfe), gobblers, 6s 9d to 7s 3d ; hens and brooi 2s 6d to 7s ; canaries, Is 6d to 7s 6d eac_J Pigs: Besb breds, 12s 6d to 14s 9d ; mediim, 8a to 12s; poor and scrubbers, 3s 6d to7s.