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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1898, Page 2

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Messrs Alex. Aitken.and Co. reportHg ef 6/fl! k dneys, 8/6; pumpkins, 8/; kumaras 7/6- Swedes, 50/; carrots, 25/; chaff, I/ftot. maize, 3/; butter *^"g*£ tory 10d; kegs, 8d; eggs, 6Jd to 7d. cheese, See, sd; oacon, 6d; lemons 4dto 6d doz; local oranges, 10/; app es, 9/6: to 13/6 ?°n.apples,-10/ to 12/ case; loauats, g| te 5d lb; gooseberries, 4Jd to sd; tomatoes, & to 7d; hares, 1/6 to 2/; rabbits 1/' g 1/6 pair; poultry same as last; pigs rising 7/6 to 30/ each; dairy pork, 4d lb. Mr J. Jones reports 1/9 to 2/7; hens, 1/6 to 1/11; ducks, 1/6 to 1/8, creese 2/9 to 3/3; turkeys, 3/ to 8/6, pigs, 1/ to 15/4; butter, 8d to lOJd; eggs 63d to ?id; cheese, sd; onions ljd; potatoes 7/ to 7/6; carrots, 1/6 to 1/9; kunuu-as, 7/ to 9/- bacon. 5d to 6d; hams, 6d to 7d; pumpkins 6/ to If, oats, 2/7 to 2/9; maize, 2/10 to 2/11; bran, 4/ to 4/3; sharps, £5. Messrs Arthur and Gorrie's weekly report .-Southern table .potatoes, £7; seed Derwents, £5 10/, £6; kumaras £7; pumpkinsi £5 iOA £6 10/; carrots, 30/; new po&f lid, Ud: green peas, 3/6 i peck; Swedes, 3/6 sack; bran, £4, pats, 2/9, cheese, factory, 4|d; farmers, 4d 4id, fresh butter, lOd, 10Jd; Southern bacon, 6_d?6|d; harps, B_d; local bacon, 4d, 6d, hams sd, 7d; eggs, 6}d, 6_d; lemons, 2Jd to sd™o' Z 3/6 4/6 half cases 1/6, 2/; Cape gooseberries, sd; Poor Man's oranges, 8/ fo 9/6; dessert oranges, 8/6 to 10/ Poultry: Hens, 1/6, 1/10; table fowls, 2/ to 2/4; ducks, 1/8, 2/; rabbits, 1/3, 1/6 pair. Messrs A. Tpoman and Co. report fair business at the following rates .-Southern potatoes, £7 to £7 5/ ton; local, £6 10/; Derwent seed, £4 to £5; Swedes, 30/ to 40/; white carrots, 30/; table do., £4, pumpkins, 6/ to 7/6 cwt; kumaras, new kidney potatoes, 2d lb; Shepherd ao., Hd; green peas, 2/7 peck; maize, 3/; prune dairy butter, 9d to lOJd; medium, 8d to Pd: factory, lOd; keg, 9d to lOd; eggs, 61d to 71d doz, with unlimited demand; cheese, factory, sd; no dairy offering; prime local bacon, 6Jd to 7d; Canterbury, 7a. old? 4d; hams, Bd. Fruit: Local dessert oranges, 9/ to 12/; Island, 12/; Sydney, 10/6 to 12/; mandarins, 10/6 to 12/fi, passion fruit, 10/ to 12/: lemons, 5/6 to 7/6; pines, 10/ to 11/ crate; tomatoes, 6_d to ta; Cape gooseberries, S?d to sd; apples^ 7/4 to 12/3; cocoanuts, 5/.to 6/6 case. Ordinary fowls, 1/3 to 1/7; extra table, including roosters, 1/9 to 2/4; turkey hens, 3/ to 4/; gobblers, 4/ to 6/; ducks, 1/6 to 1/9; young pigs, 7/. to 13/3; dressed pork, 33d to 4d.

Mr R. Arthur report, sales at the following; rates:—Southern potatoes, £7 to £7 5/; new, 12d to 2d lb; carrots, 1/9 to 2/- white, 1/3; kumaras, 7/ to 8/ cwt; pumpkins, 4/6 to II; maize, 8/ bushel; oats, 2/8; fowl wheat, 8/6 to 4/; bran, 3/9 to 4/; sharps, 4/9 to 5/; fresh butter, 9d to lid; prime keg, 5d to 8d; eggs, 6d to 7d doz; cheese, 4d to sd; Canterbury bacon. 6?d to 7d; hams, 8d to 9d; local bacon, 5d to 6d; hams, 6id to 7id; honey in sections, 2/6 to 3/ doz; in bulk, 2Jd to 3d. Fruit: Marmalade oranges, 8/ to 9/ per case; ordinary dessert, 4/ to F./6; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4Jd; lemons, 2/ to 4/; dried apples, 5Jd to 6?. d. Poultry:

Turkey gobblers, 4/ to 6/6; hens, 2/'tb'\_/f' fat ducks, 1/8 to 2/; others, 1/3 to V.}: ■ geese, 3/; table roosters, 1/10 to 2/8; ordinary fowls, 1/ to 1/8; pigs, 5/ to 11/.