COMMERCIAL

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 53, 2 March 1907, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

FRUIT AJKD PRODUCE MARKETS. *£ J : k , i( > eke<J - and sates were hard to very firm at late rates. About the usual quantities of dairy produce eamo to hand ana prices for butter were unaltered The I same remark applies to fresh eggs. Hams Dacon, and cheese were in full supply at fi c ™ lues - "Vegetables were fairly plentiful and realised good prices. Ponltrv were penned in large, numbers, but the quality generally was inferior compared with last ween. Prices were, nevertheless, satisfactory. The fruit market was heavily overstocked, and, although Bon Chretien pears showed a marked advance in vaJues from day to day. all other lines were dull of sale at lower rates. The .NnTna's cargo of bananas from Tonga arrived in an unsatisfactory condition, causing low prices to rule although the market was bare. The Moura js due from Fiji ou Monday with 6750 bunches. The following were the ruling prices at the auction sales yesterday:— Field Produce.—Potatoes: Local, prime, •£< to £7 10/ ton: blighted lots, £2 to £4 Onions, £4 to £5. Chaff: Local, old, £3 10/ to £6: new, £3 10/ to £5. Dairy Produce.—Farmers' and separator butter, first grade. 8d to 10d lb; second grade, 7d; milled, in bulk, for export, Old: farmers' keg, 6d: pastry, 6d to 7d. Eg»sFresh, 1/1 to 1/2 dozen; pickled, 1/. Cheese": Farmers', 5d lb; factory, 6*d. Bacon: Factory, 7*d. Hams: 8d to Bld. Fruit.—Apples: Local dessert, 4/ to 5/ case; cooking, 2/6 to 4/. Pears: Bon Chretien. 6/ to 9/: others, dessert, 3/ to 5/; cooking, 2/6 to 4/. Plums, 2/ to 5/. Peaches, 2/6 to 6/. Nectarines, 5/ to 11. Grapes: Choice, coloured, lod to 1/ lb; poor, 2d to 6d; outdoor, 2*d to 4d. Tomatoes, 6d •to 1/6 box. Oranges: Island, 3/ to 5/ case. Lemons: Local, pflme, 5/ to 6/; rough and coarse, 2/ to 4/. Cape gooseberries, 3id to 4Jd lb. Quinces, 2/ to 2/6 case. Passionfruit, 2/ to 3/ box. Watermelons, 4/ to 12/. Rockmelons, 5/ to 18/. Peanuts, 2id lb. Bananas, 1/ to 3/ bunch; repacked. 13d lb. Pines: Queensland, 4/ to 5/ case. Cocoanuts, 10/ to 12/ sack. Poultry.—-Hens, 1/3 to 1/8 each; table roosters, 2/6 to -4/; ducks, 1/ to 1/9; chicks, 4d to 1/. Sir. J. Jones reports sales yesterdays as follow:—Potatoes and onions came forward in very large supplies to .a falling market. Poultry also were penned in very large supplies. 'Wo quote: Prime potatoes, 5/ to 6/ ; Inferior, unsaleable ; onions, £4 5/ to £4 15/ ; pumpkins, £5 15/ to £6 10/; poultry, roosters. 2/3 to 3/1 : cock. 1/ to 1/7 : hens. 1/3 to 1/8; duck*. 1/1 to 1/7: geese, 2/6 to 3/6 ; pigs, 12/ to 15/ ; cheese, 5d to 6d ; factory, 6V4d to 6%d: bacon, 6V&d to 7d; hams. 7d to ~Ms6: honey, 3/6 to 3/9: eggs, 1/ to 1/Hfc : butter, keg and box, 7Vid to Sd; patts, Sd to 0d: Fruit: Quotations tor half-bushel cases only: Choice dessert apples. 2/ to 2/3 : others. 1/3 to 1/6; cookers. 1/1 to 1/9 ; plums, 2/ to 3/; pears, B. Cretians, 2/0 to 4/0 ; cookers, 2/6 to 3/G ; tomatoes, 9d to 1/4 ; passion fruit, 2/9 to 4/: lemons, 5/ to 5/6; oranges, 4/9 to 7/0: bananas. 2/3 to 3/6 bunch; maize, 3/7; wheat. 3/10; oats, 3/4; sharps, £5 15/; bran, £5 ; chaff, £4 17/6 to £5, at station. BUTTER AXD EGGS. . The following are the wholesale quotations for bntter and eggs for the week ending March o:—Fsctoiy butter Is per lb, farmers' butter (best) 7d per lb; eggs Is per dozen. LONDON CABLEGRAM. (Press Association.) (Received 11.5 a.m.) LONDON. March 1. The coin and bullion in the Bank of England totals Lib, 323,000; reserve, £27,2\)%Outi; proportion of reserve to liabilities, O.W.Z.L ; in circulation, ; public deposits, £14.U«0,000; otner deposits, Goveruintut securities, £15,404I 000 ; other securities, £33,232,000. . 1 Tnrec mouths' bills, 4i. Consols, 87. New South 'SVales fours, 108: three and ahalis, 90; threes, 89%. Victorian fours, 103 ; three and a-hairs, 100 y 2 : turees, SSMiSouth Australian ttiree and a-halfs, 100 Ms ; threes, S7. Queensland fours, 100 ; three and a-hail's, 98% ; threes. S7. New Zealand fours, 107 : three and a-halfs, 100 & ; threes, SO , *;. Tasmanlan three and a-haifs, 0!); threes, SB. Westraliau three and a-halfs, UT ; threes, 57%. I The wheat mamets have slightly hardened owing to a good Continental demand and ■ higher American prices, and reported injury to German and iTeiich crops. Cargoes are urm at 30/G to 31/t>. Australian spot, small compass, unchaiiifcd; New Zieaiand, esbaubied. The flour market is slightly easier. The America>"viiiiblc wheal is 771,048,000 I bushels. I Copper: Spot, 10S5 : three months, 109 J. ;Tin: Spot, IUO% ; three months, 189 V-. I Lead. ioy 2 . Iron, £54 11/. Sugar: German, 9/2; Urn marks, 10/7. The Bradford, wool market is animated, and prices have an upward tendency all round. Prices are unchanged. Owing to a temporary shortage of Danish butter, prices have advanced 1/, but Colonial is weak in view of the expected arrival of 120,000 boxes nest week, and a total of 373,000 boxes in March. The Siberian supplyis likely to be greatly in excess of last year's, and prices have fallen from 91/ to 4S/. There is moderate inquiry for choicest i Co'onial at 96/, and occasionally 99/ Is obtained. New Zealand, 98/ to 99/. Wool arrivals to date total 397.500 bales; I sent forward, 2.263,000 : available for the I ensuing sales, 167,000 bales.