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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 30 April 1898, Page 2

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Messrs Arthur and Gorrie's Weekly Report.—Southern Derwent Potatoes ±fl" 15, £5, kidneys £4 5/, £l 15/, local potatoes £4 to £4 10/, onions £6 10/, £7, Rum- . aras £6 5/, £6 10/, pumpkins £3-to £3 " 10/, , piemelons £3 to £3 10/, southern . V bacon 6id, 6:jd, local 4d, oid, hams sd, Gidi' = cheese 3d, 3id, fresh butter 9d, lid, salt I butter, good (i.ld to" 7d, eggs 1/9, l/lljcl/ ~.;v . " honey 2id. . Fruit—Dessert pears 'lid, 3sd, 1; cooking- lid, 2Jd, dessert .aples clean "3/ to 5/, cooking 3/ to 4/6, hothouse " sgrapes; > : 9d to 1/2A, passion fruit lid to 2^d, toma--toes 1/ to 2/, tree tomatoes I^l, water melons-3/ to 8/; ex s.s. Hauroto—oranges ' 3/3 to 4/> bananas 1/6, 2/6, persimons lOci doz, lemons 4/, 5/; fowls—table 1/6 to 1/11, others 9d to 1 A, ducks 1/3, .1/7, rabbits 1/6, 1/10 .pair. _, • ■■/ ~.' '■ •. ; Mr E.. Arthur reports sales at the^fdl- '■': lowing rates—Best dairy butter lOd to 'if, medium do id to Sd,'prime keg (5d to 7d, medium do 4Jd to sd, eggs.l/lj to 2/doz, cheese 3d to 4cl lb, southern bac«n tijd v to 7d, hams Sid to 9d, local bacon -4d 'to '•- ' 5Jd, hams t 5Ad to bid, potatoes £5 to. £5 v' IU/ person, white Queensland, kumaras ■ 6/ to 7/ cwt, red do 6/ to 7/6, pumpkins 2/6 to 3/6, onion* to |d lb, barley 3/1 H ex' store, maize 3/3; fruit—dessert ap- ; 1 pies 2/6 to 4/6, cooking do 1/9 to 3/6, ','.'!, others 1/ to 2/, dessert pears 2d to 3d ■'■ lb, cooking do Id to Hd, tomatoes 1/ to : 2/ case, indoorgrapes 1/ to 1/1 lb, quincfis j liid to 2id lb, lemons 2/ to 3/6 case,. Cape^ ; gooseberries 3i|d to i.d lb; poultry—turkey gobblers 3/ to 6/, hens 1/9 to 3/, ducks aid to 1/7, geese 2/ to 2/9, cockerels 1/6 to 2/, ordinary fowl lOd to 1/6, young- pigs ; j 6>6 to .11. .. . - . ; Alex. Aitken reports:—Prices again improved to-day, and all through the month brisk business has been done. Potatoes still rising, likewise bacon, cheese, oats, etc. Factory butter jumped up to Is lb, 300 boxes ordered at that price being unprocurable. All kinds of butter ana eggs ' scarce. Apples still rising, and pears sold ; ; up to 4d lb. Prices: Canterbury > Hobarts, ' > ; £5 to £5 10s; local lots, 3s 6d to 4s" Sd; \ onions—globes. 7s 6d; local. 7s; kumaras, 6s to 7s; chaffs £3 15s to £4 10s; factory butter, rolls, Is to Is Id; best dairy* Wd to lid; best keg, 9d;- pastry, 6d to Sd; eggs, Is 6d to Is 9d; pickled, Is; bacon,. :; 7d; even numbers. 7|d; honey, in ;great,-■■ demand, bulk 3d; section, 3s 9d; apples, :: 2s1 6d to 3s 3d; desserts, 3s 6d to 7s 6d: i pears, Kuff ers; 4d lb; Beurre D,iel,-l'id ■ to 2id; Napoleons, green', Id to Id; ripe, ljd; other sorts, Id to 3d lb; lemons, ..•■ 3s 6d to 5s case; melons, 2s 6d to ; 5s 6d '''-'". -. doz; persimmons, Sd to lOd; quincesr l*d; passions, 2id; grapes, hothouse, 9d In Is 6d lb; outdoor. 3?. d" to 41d lb; tomatoes, Jd to Id; figs, Id to 2d fb; Cape gooses •"-,; berries,'Sid to 6d lb; poultry slightly im- \i"■% proving; pigs rising; pork in great re- J quest. -. ■' ■■■■ ■■:--'" ',-;;-■•. ' ■-"-.■■■•..: ..•,■ '.fM Messrs A. Tooman and Co. report: -.'"i An extensive business during the past i j week with heavy sales at: the.'following. . ] rates—Prime southern potatoes £5 : ton, • local do £3 15/ to £4 5/, prime, onions i £5 10/ to £7, prime do £5 to £5 -10/, >. \ fowl- wheat 4/ bushel, oats 2/7,; maize, ■ • 3/, chaff £4 ton, pumpkins £2"15/ to £3 *;' 10/, piemelons £3, chaff £3,- kumaras ;, 6/ v.o 7/6 cwt. carrots 2A to .3/, fresh, :,,,; : dairy butter 10-Vd to 113 d lb, factory do 102 dto 1/, prime keg Sd to Sid; lb, new do 9d, medium do 6d to 7d,:eggs. 2/ doz, dairy cheese Ud to -2i'd lb, factory 4d. to 4id lb, local bacon 6d to 6Jd,. Canterburydo, 6id to 63d, local hams 6d to id ; ?, lb. Canterbury do Sid to 9d,.section honey 3/6 to 3/9 ;fruit—prime cooking apples 3/6 to 4/9 case, dessert .d 0.4/ to ; 6/6, ordinary lots 2/6 to 2/9;-lemons .i/i to 4/, cooking pears 'i& ■to lid. dessert do 2d to 2id, indoor grapes 1/ to 1/3 id, outdoor do 4d to 10d, tomatoes 1/ to: l/b .. box, Cape gooseberries 4W to sd, guavas ( ljd to 2Jd, quinces 2d, mushrooms ; x>a, ( persimmons s£d to 1/ doz, bananas Hto ■, 2/C bunch, oranges 2/ to 3/ case, pou'try—ordinary fowl 9d to 1/3," good'taWe. 1/4 to 1/7, fat roosters 1/6 to V, cjS "■ 1/9 to 2/, turkey hens 1/11 .to 3/, gobblers 2/9 to 5/6, pigs 4/6 to 7/6. Hall and. Perkins report: Large amount of business done during the week-in.au departments. Nearly all lines in "U'L and produce show an advance in; pnet-s; _. Eggs are very scarce, and sell reaaiiy at 2s per doz, with actual sales up >va 2s 4d. Butter in good demand f-\,lf™:-~ nerative prices. We quote asyfoliows.Apples, best dessert, clean, fvom 4s oci i" 6s 6d; extra prime/.7s;ordinary,2sjd_to 4s; oooking, 2s 6d to*3s 9d; pears scarce, best dessert. 3d lb up to 4d; cootonft «£■ to 2d: lemons, 3s 5d to 6s case; ngs,^ & w ■ . 5d doz; quinces, 2d to 21d, very, scarce, wanted; grapes,, hothouse, Is to;is;«a. iv. , mushrooms, 3d lb: medlars. ls : to is quarter-case; water melons, 4s to &s«» doz; pie melons, 2s Sd to 35.6 d cwt^pas-. sion fruit, 2d to 2id doz; tomatoes,4a, 10 lid lb; potatoes, local, 4s to 5s Wo" 1?"!: ■ U to Id lb; picklers, Ud to «d. wanted. pumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s -6d; marrows, «i 2s 6d; turnips, 25s to 30s ton;- cm ■?,&■ ■ toes wanted, 35s ton; chaff, ' 4s tojswi ~,, cwt; maize, 3s 3d ex store;" kuma^ 6s 6d to 7s cwt; charcoal, 3s 3d to • wark; butter in kegs, wanted, to. . to .■>* ■■■:.■.-., for prime quality: dairy, in P^ s' 9 f m- I 10id: eggs, to-day's sale, 2s to f *: 9 pickled begs; is 3d to Is Gd; VoritfYf°s{. I ing in freely, young roosters, 101 to is ' ( 1 table ditto. Is 3d to 2s M; P" 1Ie I t^.' X f l ii- ■ ■ J1 Is 3d and is 6d; hens, Is to Is ioa.^. I keys, 3s 6d to 6s Sd: pigs. 3s od to « - ] 1 for young ones, up to 10s M e «J b p PorK I porkers, up to 20s and 255; fresn I dressed, & s d to 3id: geese, 2s 6d to fe._ I