COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 153, 27 June 1908, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

FRfIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Bn/iuess on the local fruit and produce piyi weeii, but aQuut equal iv in, ~f >~., asAie date or loriuer yeurs7 and been uiaue on a bare wurg.n wer coal "up Plies 01 onions were very us at, beuit «eu3raiij. from canterbury, Out ousmeVs\vat onTy or a haua-to-iuouu, ««-!«, at uoouc landed cost. Vegetables were in lan-ly good supply, out prices were higuer tuai,d°n„" Uie past two weeks, in uairy produce the prices tor butler tinned considerably anu owing to heavy bjn-s for eipuxt uiKim: Place, the Irozeu stocks have been reoucUu the result being mat taciory urauoa are nrin at late quotations, wim an liuuroveu vaiue .or laiuiera uiaic. An ljuea submitted at tne auction sales yesteruuy soul under keen competition, fc'resu eu-s wenvery scarce, anu sold at about lasL week 3 values. .No raruiers ciieese or oacon was sent into the aucuou saies ana tactorv makes sold at late rates. Tne iruit iuarke\ was fainy well supplied, uieiuainj* sninu.eiiis or mauuai-ino, p,ues, passion-fruit and loquats How ayaucy uy the Moroni oil annua}-, but uituouyn competition was good, prices tor pines resulted in a loss to the shippers. i«immi, rroui South Australia by the same steamer sold at high values 'The Talune, from Fiji, which arrived ou Monday, brouaut an unusually small shipment 01 bananas, but. owing to the coid weather, aaya, to the large sinpment oy the Atua Irom Souga a few days previously prices ruled lower tliau was anticipated.' in apples the supply was uuualy tor this season ot tne year from l*ort Gilbert and other local districts, also from Canterbury. About t)OU cases were ottered at the auction sales yesterday and all were quitted at highly satisfactory values. Two loeai growers of grapes continue to supply tne market, but supplies were on the small side. Poultry were penned in fairly good numbers, the birds generally being in good condition. Competition was strong and high pi-Ices ruled. Tne following were the rnlins prices at the auction sales yesterday: — Field Produce—Potatoes: southern, prime, £G to £6 5/ ton; do., medium £6 10/ Kumaras, £8 to £9 (nominal).' Onions: Local superior. Id lb; do.. Southern, best. Id. Chaff: Local, prime, £6 to £6 10/ ton; do. Southern. £6 10/. Dairy Produce.—Farmers' and separator butter, in pats or rolls, lid to ma ib; do. farmers', bulk, Od to lOd; do., "milled, in bulk, for export, lid; do., pastry. Qri to lOd Eggs. Fresh, 1/10J to 2/ per dozen; do., pickled, 1/3. Cheese: Farmers', 4jd to 5d lb; do., factory, large, 6d; do., loaf. 6Jd to 73d. Bacon: Factory, 9d to 9Jd. Hams: Factory, 9Jd to lOd.

Fruit.—Apples: Local, dessert, extra superior, 11/ to 12/ case; do., good. 8/ to 9/; do. medium, 8/ to 9/; do., cooking, special, 10/6; do., ordinary to good. 8/ to 8/U. Grapes: Indoor. 1/9 to 2/6 lb. Tomatoes: Hothouse, lljd: tree, 4/ to 5/ box. Oranges: Poor Man's, 6/ to 7/ case; do., Island. 9/ to 12/6. Mandarins: Sydney, 8/ to 0/. Lemons: Local, special, 12/; do., prime. 0/ to 10/; do., rough, 4/ to 6/; do., Sydney. 10/: do., South Australian, 12/6. Passion-fruit: Local. 10/ to 12/; do., Sydney, good, S/ to 10/; do., inferior, 4/ to 5/. Bananas, 3/ to 5/ bunch; do. repacked, 2d lb. Pines: Queensland. 0/ to 8/ case. Poultry.—Hens, 1/6 to 2/2 each; table roosters, special, 4/ to 4/6; do., good. 2/9 to 3/; do., light, 1/9 to 2/3; ducks. 1/9 to 3/6; geese, 3/0 to 5/3. Turkeys: Gobblers, 6/6 to 15/9; do., hens, 3/3 to 8/9. Miscellaneous.— Young pigs. 6/6 to 14/6 each. ' LONDON MARKETS. • LONDON. June 26. Bank of England Returns: Gold coin, £37,852,000; reserve, £28,862,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 51.17; circulation, £28,893.000; public deposits, £10,170,----000; other deposits, £46,167,000; Government securities, £15,338,000; other securities, £30.023,000.

Three Months' Bills: Loudon, 1J; Paris, 1J; Berlin, 3i; short loans, g. Consols, 87g; Victorian three halfs, 99j; Westralian three halfs, 9SJ; three, 87 j; rest unchanged.

The market is Inactive, with a downward tendency, owing to briUiant weather. American advices are to the effect that cargoes are dull, and buyers disinclined to speculate; 36/6 is asked for New South Wales March shipments, but there is little inquiry for Australian at spot, 39/. The market is flat. Australian: London, 26/ to 26/6; Glasgow, 27/. The butter market is very firm and unchanged. In the absence of supplies colonial prices are nominal. A firm market exists. New Zealand coloured, 64/ to 65/; white, 59/. Copper: Spot, £57 2/6; three months, £57 17/6; electrolytic, £58 15/. Tin: Spot, £125 2/6; three months, £126 2/6. Iron: 51/. Sugar is quiet. German, 11/1; first marks, 12/8. The Bradford wool market is strong; and business •is small. Common sixties, 21}; super, 221; forty-sixes, 11*; forties, 10.