KAURI GUM MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 127, 30 May 1901, Page 3

KAURI GUM MARKET.

AUCKLAND, Thursday,

The kauri gum market continues pretty steady as far as re - scraped, black, and good ordinary grades are concerned. Poor quality is, however, hard to sell. It is now pretty certain that ii good proportion of the stocks held locally is not marketable gum, as ordinary standard qualities are in fair demand. At the same time, no

eag-erness is manifested by buyers, as the Charles Rice is now loaded, and there will be no other boat on the berth for New York direct until about the beginning of August. The state of the London market is not calculated to tempt shippers, as prices obtained at recent sales point io the fact that some, lines are selling there at about the rate asked by holders in Auckland. Supplies; for May to date total 540 tons. Poor ordinary £35 to Ji 42 Fair ordinary C-tr> to £50 Good ordinary £5^ to £02 Superior ordinary £70 to £SU East Coast £ 75 upwards AUCTION PRICKS. Sales are reported at the fallowing rates tins week by auction:—.Southern potatoes, X.'i 15/; Waikato do., £•_• 15/ I() £;j ; melons, 40/ to 50/; onions. l.Jd lb; plcklers, 1-Jd to Md: carrots, 20/ to 2.1/; pumpkins. :)()/ to -to/: kumaras, 5/ to t;/ <-\vt: prime dairy hultor, !)d to lOd; factory. lOd to lid; fanners' box and kc;:\ <;d to 7d: milled butter, !>id; separator and bulk, UJd; eggw, 1/7 to I/O do*;: cheese, -Id; factory do., aid; bacon, stl t:> OJd lb; bams. 7d to Bjd. Fruit: Market Is better, although then; are still heavy supplies of Inferior apples. Good samples, however, eomniaud satisfactory prices. I'riine dessert realised ;">/ to 7/ case: -superior do., 0/ to 'J/; ordinary do., 8/ to 4/; inferior, 1/ to 1/ti; lemons, 2/ to o/: pears. 12/ to 15/; passion fruit, 9/ to 11/: tree tomatoes, 8/; Cape gooseberries, 3d to «}d; walnuts, OJU lb; peanuts. Id to l|d; guavus, lid to 2d. Poultry hi good supply; roosturu selling up to 3/; hens, to I/O; ducks, to '■>:; geese, to 4/; turkeys, 2/3 to G/9, according to weight.