COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 143, 16 June 1894, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Mb R. Arthur reports quotations as follows :—Fowls sold at la Id to 2s each; turkeyß, gobblers, 4s to 4s 9d each; ducks, la Id to 2a; dead hares, 2a 3d ; rabbits. Is each ; fresh laid eggs, Is 2sd to Is 4d par dozen : fresh butter,~6d to 10£ d ; separator, 8d to 9d ; corned, 4d- to 6Jd ; cheese, 5d ; bacon, 5d to 7d ; hams, 4£d to 7£d ; potatoes, 'table, local and Southern, 2s to 2a 9d ; select kinds, 4a to 53; onions, ljd to l±d ; pumpkins, Is 6d to 2s ; red carrots, Is lOd to 2s ; white, Is 6d to 2s; kameras, 4s 6d to 4a 9d ; cabbages. 3d to Is 3d dozen ; cauliflowers, small, 2a 4d ; turnips, 7d; oats, 2b; wheat, 2a 4d; maize, 23 4d ; bran, 3s; Bharps, 4s 6d to 5s 3d; local apples, Id to 2£d lb; Hobart apples, 48 6d to 7s 7d case ; pears, lfd lb, and 78 3d to 8a lOd case; half cases, 4s to Sa 6d each ; mandarins, 3s to 3s 3d ; lemons, 3d to 5d dozen ;' guavas, 2|d ib; tree tomatoes, l|d lb : chestnuts, 6Jd lb. Mr J. Jones Report prices aa follows :— Potatoes : Southern, £2 12a 6d to £3 ton ; cow potatoes very scarce. Bacon, firstclass dairy, 6d to 6£d lb ; hams, green, 6|d to 7Jd lb; middles, 4jd to 6d lb ; other clasßeß, 3}dtos|d lb. Butter: First-does dairy, B|d to IOJd lb; keg, firat-clase, 6d to 7d lb; second-class keg butter, 4£d to s£d lb; pastry, 3d to 4d lb; egg 3, la lid to la 3d dozen ; celery, Is 2d to Is 3d dozen ; carrots, red, la Gd to Is 9d cwt; white, Is 3d tola 6d cwt; cabbage, 6d to la dozen, 8d to Is 4d sack ; citron melons, Is 9d to 2a cwt; cauliflowers, lOd dozan ; turnips, swede, la 4d to 2a Back; new potatoes, $d to Id lb; pumpkina, Is 6d to 23 3d cwt; mangolds, la 3d to Is bd sack; onions, gd to l£d lb in sacks, 103 to 10s 6d cwt; kidney, peed, Lapstone, 53 to 5a 6d; Magnum Bonum, 3b 6d to 4a 6d ; Shepherd, 6a to 78 cwt; fowls, young, la 3d to la 6d; roosters, Is 6d to la 8d ; geeae, young, 2s 3d each ; apples, 5a 9d case; pears, 3d lb ; lemons, s^d to 8d dozen ; maize, 2s 3d to 23 5d ; wheat, 28 4d to 2a 5d ; oats, feed^ la 9d to 2s 3d ; dun. Is lOd "to 2s 2d ; white tartar, 28 4d to 2s 6d ; bran, 3a, sharps, 5s 6d; good dairy cheese, 4d to 4£d ; old Canterbury, 2£d to 3Jd lb. Messrs Esam and Arthur quote prices aa follows :—Potatoes: Local, £2 to £2 10s ; Southern, £2 10a to £2 15s ; Magnum Bonum, seed, £4 to £410s. Kumoraa, £5 to £6; pumpkins. £2 to £2 53 : pie and citron melons, 21s to 25a ; carrots, 25s ; new potatoes-, f d to Id ; mangolds, 20a ; oats, la 9d to 2s ; sharps, £5 ; wheat, 2s od to 2s Sd ;! onions, IJd ; bacon, 5d to 7d : ham, 4M to 7£d; fresh butter—No. 1, BJd to ll£d % No. 2, 6fcd to 7d ; salt butter, 4id to 7£d : cheese, 3£d to 4d ; eggs, Is to Is Id ; pickled, 4Ad to Gd. Local apples, 2^d to 2^d ; guavae, 2^tl to 3d; lemons, 4d to6|d ; Hobart apples, 6s 9d to 7s 6d ; mandarins, 4a to ss; local oranges, 2s 6d to 3a 6d, Fowls, Is Id to Is lOd ; ducks, 1b 7d to Is 9d : geese, 2s to 2e 6d. Mr Alex. Aitkex reports prices as follows:—Potatoes, prime Southern and Waikato, £2 10b to £3; Early Rose, seed, £5 to £6; kidneys, £5; Shepherd.^, £5

10s; Magnum Eonum, £3 to £4; Bruce, £4 to £4 10a; onions, Id to ljd; pumpkins, £2 to £2 10s ; mangolds, 18s to 20s ; carrots. 25s to 30s; maize, old, 2s 4d to '23 6d ; oat?, feed, 2a to 2a 4d ; seed, 23 6d ; bran, £3 ; sharps, £4 108; butter, prime fresh, 9d to 10|d; medium, 8d to B£d ; Taranaki, dairy, roll, 8d; factory, lOd to lid; keg butter, prime, spring made, 8d; pastry, 4d to 6d; medium, box, 7£d ; eggs, Is to Is 4Jd; cheese, 4d to 4£d; bacon, prime, 6Jd to 7d; poor, 5d to 6d; honey. Coed, 3id to.4d; poor, 2d to 2id ; apple?, HcbcrC 63 6d to 8a 6d; leca!, 5s to 8s ; lemons, 4s to 4s 6d : Cape gooseberries, 4^d to ihd ; tomatoe?, Is to 2a 6d ; mandarine, 3« 6d to 5s ; orangos, local, 3s to 3s 6d j Inland, 6s 6d. Ab the tree sale shrubs and lemon trees sold at a fair valuo, but other fruit trees ruled very low. Poultry in heavy supply; young table roostere, Is 8d to 2s 4d ; others. Is 2d to Is 6d; table fowls, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; others, la to Is 4d ; ducks, Is 2d to 2s 3d; geese, 2s to 3s 3d : turkeys, gobblers, 3s 9d to os; hens, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; pigeons, 5d to Is 3d ; canaries, Is 6d to 3s: Bronzewing turkeys, gobblers, 8s 6d to 20s for best lofs, 4s 6d to 7s 3d for others : hens, 3s 3d to 7s 9d and 8s to 12a 6d ; pigs, best lots, 103 9d to 15s 3d ; others, including small and suckers, 5s to 10s 3d.