COMMERCIAL

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 249, 17 October 1908, Page 7

COMMERCIAL

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. The local fruit and produce markets have been rather quiet during the past week. The supply of produce generally was equal to the demand, but there were no nlterat'ona In values. In dairy produce the usual supplies came to hand, and met with ready demand. Eggs sold under keen competition. •Bacon and hams were scarce and dear. Fruit was also scarce and sold at high prices. Poultry were penned in small numbers and realised high values. The following were the ruling prices at the auction snles yesterday:— Field Produce.—Potatoes: Southern, prime, £5 10/ to £5 10/ ton. Onions: Culifornlan, 20/ to 22/6 iwt. Chaff: Local, prime £5 10/ ton; Southern, prune, £ti. . Dairy Produce.—Butter:' Farmers", in ' prints, prime. IOJd to lid lb; farmers , , bulk, prime, IOd: inferior, 9d; milled, in bulk, for export, ild. Eggs: Fresn, 10* dto IOJd dozen. Fruit.—Apples: Hobart, dessert, 13"/e to IS/ case; Canterbury, 10/ to 14/. Oranges: Local, desert, firsts, 12/ to 14/ tiuusi seconds, 8/; Poor Man's 0/; Island, 20/; Sydney. 10/ to 14/. Tomatoes: Hothouse, M to HJd per lb. Mandarins: Sydney. 10/ to 14/6 case. Lemons: Local, prime, 3/ to B/ case; local, rough and coarse, 3/ to 4/; Sydney, 10/. Passion-fruit, 4/ to 0/ case. Bananas, 4/ to 6/ bunch, 2d lb. pines, 8/ to 12/ crate. Poultry.—Hens, 2/6 to 3/ each; table roosters, 3/1 to 4/9; ducks. 1/6 to 3/. Turkeys: Gobblers, 6/ to 14/ each; hens, 4/ to 8/. Miscellaneous—Young pigs. 9/ to 21/; each. Mr. J. Jones reports tlie following sale:— .Poultry, roosters, 2/6 to 3/9, cockerels 1/8 to 2/2; hens, 2/ to 2/8; ducks, 2/ to 3/; turkeys, gobblers, 8/ to 12/6, hens 3/6 to 4/9; pign, 10/0 to IS/0; potatoes, £5 5/ to £5 15/, BPetl potatoes £15 to £7 ; onions, £1 2/6; bacon, Bd. to Od.; hams, Sd. to 83d.; cheese, oi-d- to li*d.; eggs, 9Jd. to IOJd.: butter, bulk od. to ftjd., pats 9d. to 10J<l.; fruit, apples 11/ to 17/6; lemons, 4/ to 6/; maize, 4/9; wheat, 4/10; oats, 2/8; bran, £5 10/; sharps, £79 5/; Algerian seed oats, 4/6;- Southern chaff, £G 5/ to £6 15/. DALGETY AND CO. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. have received the f olowlng cable from London, under r date 15th inst:— Frozen Meat.—N.Z. primp ox beef: Fores are quoted at 3Jd per lb; hinds. 4jd- *- z - lamb: The demand is good. Prime heavy Canterbury lamb is quoted at 43d per lb; light, ojd per lb; North Island, heavy 4sd, light ."Sd per lb. The market is very firm. N.Z. mutton: The demand is limited. Canterbury, heavy 3Sd, light 4id per lb: North Island, henry 3|d per lb. light 33d per lb. Beef of good quality, other than Australasian, is offering at low prices. Australian average quality lamb (croßsbred), heavy 4Jd, light 5d per lb. Owing to small arrivals, business is limited. Wheat.—The market is weak, owing to free offerings of River Plate. BUTTER AND EGGS. The Dairy Produce Committee fixed the wholesale quotations for butter and eggs for the week ending 24th of October, as follows:—Factory buttery I/O*; farmers' butter, 8d per lb; eggs, 9d per dozen. WOOL FIttSI. (Received 12.55 p.m.) LONDON, October l<s. Wool is flrm and the price unchanged. A PROSPEROUS COMPANY. (Received 9.43 a.m.) LONDON, October Iβ. The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company's report shows a profit' of £171,079.' A dividend of 10 per cent and a bonus of 31 per cent are recommended, while £106,070 is to be carried forward. LONDON. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, October Iβ. BANK RETURNS. Bank of England Returns.—Gold coin, £35.04 C,000; reserve, -£23,025,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 51.03; circulation. £29,058,000: public deposits, £4.046,000; other deposits, £4(5.707,000; Government securities, £16,631,000; other securities, £20,908,000. MONEY MARKET. Three months bills, 1 7-8; short loans, J; bank rate, 2£. CONSOLS AND STOCKS. Consols, 84J. New South Wales threes, 871. Victorian three halfs have fallen one per cent. The decline is attributed to inquiries outside the usual channels in respect of placing a million stock on this market. .South Australian threes, SBj: Queensland fours, 1066; Tasuianlan three halfs, 93 J. WHEAT AND STRAW. The markets are drill, and buyers are scarce. Australian steamer parcels, September shipment, sold at 38/3; October, 38/. Cargoes by sailers In December and January are offering fit 33/0; strangers, 36/. Flour is unchauged, with a tendency downward. BUTTER. The market is Grm. Danish, 12S/; Aus tralian, 110/ to 118/: secondaries neglected.' METALS. Copper.—Spot, £59 12/G: three months, £60 10/; electrolytic, £01 10/. Tin.—Spot, £132 2/0; three months, £133 17/0. Lead £13 5/. Iron, 49/. SUGAR. German, 0/11; first marks, 11/9. WOOL, The Bradford wool market is quiet. For-ty-sixes are at ll}di forties. lOd. At the London sales the Parorangi clip brought BJd; Nfc-aliomii, Sid.