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COMMERCIAL.

Alex. Aitken, l_imitecl, report a good demand tor produce during past week. Our output was large, aud prices realised ■satisfactory tor vendors. Heavy consignments of potatoes arrived to a good market, prime samples sold at sight. We quote early in the week:—Lapstones., ~b 10/ to £9; AI. Bonums, £7 10/; early puritan, _. 10/ to £7. At Friday's sale kidneys sold in wholesale parcels, £7; in small lot's, £7 10/ to £8: green peas, 8d to lid; broad beans, 3d to sd; French beans, 2/_ peck; asparagus, 4/6; cucumbers, 3/6 to 6/ dozen; oats, 2/ to 2/4; maize, 2/9; bran, 3/9; sharps, 4/3; chaff, GO/ to 70/. Dairy produce: Factory rolls, lOd; prime dairy, 7^d to 8d; medium, 5Jd to 6d; prime keg, 6_d; fresh eggs, B_d; farmers' cheese, 4_d to sd; factory hams, Drakes', 9d; bacon, Gd; other brands, hams Bd, bacon sd. Fruit: Good supply; pines, 8/ to 10/9 case; bananas, 3/6 bunch; local cherry plums, 5d to 6d; oranges, 5/7 to If; lemons, 7/ to 8/; cherries, Gd to 7_d; red currants, 6_d peck; gooseberries, farmers' glory, 3d to 3_d; other sorts, 21d to 23d; tomatoes, 5d to 7d. Poultry: Table roosters in good condition, 2/6 to 3/3; cockerels, 1/5 to 1/8; fat hens, 1/5 to 1/7; others, 1/ to 1/3; geese, 2/9 to 3/6; ducks, 1/ to 1/9; ducklings. 1/; turkey gobblers, 4/9 to il; hens, 2/9 to 3/3; strong demand for these birds if ln condition; pigs good, wellbred lots, 6/6 to S/6.

Messrs Hall and Perkins report:—Butter, box and keg, Gd to 7_d; dairy, 6d, 8d; chaff, £3 5/ to £3 10/; cucumber., 3/0 to 0/ doz; cherries, Cd to lid; currants, red, 8d to 9d; eggs, Sd to lOd; gooseberries, _id to 3Jd; lemons, scarce, ,0/0 to 9/9; passions, 3d to srt; plums, 3d to 4d; peas, 7d to 1/4 peck; potatoes, prime kidneys, £8 5/ to £8 10/; others, 5/ lowest; rou-nd, 6/' to 0/0, scarce and wanted. Poultry: Our pens were filled to utmost capacity. Turkeys realised extreme prices, 0/6 to 10/0; good demand; geese, 2/0 to 4/0; roosters, fat, wanted, to 3/; hens and young Inferior lines lower. Pigs: 200 catalogued; inclined to be low today, but expect better prices. Tomatoes, 3d to Bd.

__.i_,_i.. J. Canill and Co. (Ltd.; beg t_ _c_.oii mat uieu' oy.-uiig sa_6 eict_Uea an exp-Oia.Uui-S. /ul iluud oiuoi.u wei. oiearea at satisfactory prices. j_adneyti, 1/ to »/; rounu soils, _/v 10 ti/; p0.a.0 onions, lid 10 zd; green peas, lUd 10 1/; oroau beans, 3d to ad; Frenen beans, __v per ID; rnuDarb, 0/ to 7/ per dozen; cuouage, 2/ to 3/6 per dozen; cauuilowerd, 1/6 10 4/ per dozen; cucumbers, ./. to 6/ per dozen; eggs, »_d per dozen; butter, pastry, (id; fresh dairy, 7_d to Sd; cheese, farmers', 4i£d; factory, large, s^d; loal', O^d; hams, farmers', 6_d to 7_d; factory, 8d to 9d; bacon, farmers', 5Jd; factory, 61d; wheat, 2/8; oats, 2/ to 2/4; bran, 4/; sharps, 4/3 per lOOlbs; maize, 2/8 to 2/9; gooseberries, 3d lb; lemons, 8/ to 9/; loqjiats, 2_d to 3d; 'Frisco apples, 12/ to 14/; tomatoes, 6_d. Poultry—Roosters, large, 2/6 to 3/; cockerels, 1/2 to 1/4; hens, fat, 1/2 to 1/6; ducks, small, 1/5; large, 2/; young geese, 2/ to 2/2; full grown, 3/6; turkeys, hens, 3/6; gobblers, 8/; ducklings, 6d to 1/. Pigs, 5/6 to 10/.

Mr J. Jones' Report.—Poultry penned in exceedingly largo numbers; maricet overstocked, with prices lower, except for rirst-ciass roosters. Rooscers, 1/8 to 3/; eoci-erels, 1/6 to 2/3; nens, 1/4 to 1/9; otners, 1/ to 1/3; geese, 2/9 to 3/3; turkey gobblers, 6/9 to 9/S; poor, 5/ to O/o; hcus, 3/ to 4/8. Pigs, U/9 to 14/. Potatoes, kidneys, 7/0 to 8/9; others, 6/ to 7/; Shepherds, 4/6 to 6/; onions, l_d to 2d; peas, B_d to 1/; beans, 4d to 8d; butter, Gd to 8d; keg, 6d to 7d; box, 7d to 7Jd; eggs, 7_d to 9&d; bacon, 5d to sid; hams, 7d to 7_d; cheese, 4d to 4:Jd; honey, 3}d to 4d. Fruit—Gooseberries, 2}d to 3d; lemons, 7/ to 9/; tomatoes, 5d to 6_d; W. nuts, 5d to 5Jd; apples, 14/ to 15/; maize, 2/6 to 2/8; wheat, 2/8 to 2/9; bran, £3 15/; sharps, £4 5/ to £4 10/; chaff, £3 to £3 5/.

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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 6

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COMMERCIAL. Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 6

COMMERCIAL. Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 6

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