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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 37, 12 February 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

An the local teat and nrodn^ and supplies generally Potatoes were in falulup^ t *ear£ and there was no ImplovenSLT?*Pdci Local teiit ww to heavv^S. 1 ? iSa* changed valnes. Island IfcwSS* to onto a very bad mat^ an T^f° t » urlvrt fected at,*»tH« t^fc&*g;* was no change in butter oreKL.- 55 ** f SS! LS? ld at U Sher prices. *>>"• in moderate supply to a - *»» Following were ti n^^HL 4 ™"". auction sales yesterday-. * TOe * *' ti» Field Produce.—Potatoes£7 to £7 10/ ton, fair £4; Southern, £7 10A oilS. cwt. PmnpHns, 4/ to 5/ *■> 5/» 1W lb. Cabbages, l/^s/^S 8 2 2/ peck. Beaut l> to Wl%. Peaa » V 6 t» Fruit.—Pears: Bon Chretten. 7* . box; others, dessert, 3/ to S/^mLJ** 9 !* 4/. Plun!s: EngUsh varieties 8 ; 3/t » box; Burbank, V to 9d £ ,*» others, 2/ to 3/. Peaches, £$: 5/ to 6/. Grapes: HotWe 3id Tomatoes: Outdoor, 9d to 3/KTxTx r i? "*■ Local, prime, 8/ to 10/ crae-^iff"* to 6/6; local, rough andmLv?'' Cape gooseberries, 4d lb. Pasri„„ ,5? 1/6 to 2/6 case. Figs, 2/ to V taSfi* Water, 8/ to 16/ dozen; rockTv Bananas, V 6 to 3/ bunch, liS tn Pines, 6/ to 8/ crate. Cocoannto 8/iM 1 Poultry.-Hens, 1/6 to M*&-tsf' roosters, heavy 3/6 to 4/3, small ,'n,T,'! 1/3 to 2/6; ducks, 1/4 to 2/H£ s 5 B i°* 4/: chicks, 6d to V; turkeys, gobS-?/,!? 18/, hens 5/ to 8/. h ""erslO/t, TALLOW. The New Zealand Loan aid M«-.„«, Agency Co., Ltd., have received rfeffi? Ing cablegram from their I^ndonta,^! o .*" "Tallow.—We quote present spot vsh.'Z for the following descriptions :—Good[ iiS? ton, 34/6 per cwt.; good cwt, ; mixed, 32/ per cwt !&*«,s£ LONDON. (By Cable.—Press Associatlon.--Copjil g j lt » LONDON, February, v. Bank of England Returns.—PoUowlnr m the Bank of England returns far the' -Gold coin, £34,020,000; reserve, £27■»?<»► proportion of reserve to liabilities, sL6»'ns cent; notes in circulation, £27,796.000- nSv lie deposits, £7,891,000; £44,764,000; Government 013,000; other securities, «£! loans, If per cent. Three months' wS Dondon, 2i per cent; Paris, 2 3-8 per safe Berlin, 2i per cent. : ' - vV^"* Consols and Stocks.—Consols, £82 j». New South Wales 4 per cents, £107- S » ) cents, £98 7/6; 3 per cents, £88. TictaS' 4 per cents, £103 6/8. South Anstelijjia per cents, £98. New Zealand 3 per ceai £87 10/. Tasmanian 35 per cents, £37 mj Other stocks are unchanged. \^ Wheat and Flour.—The whesr-marketa art very dull. The. American market is wot. Argentina is offering freely, but bnren generally are 'Indisposed to operate. Then was rather better inquiry to-daj, aafl tw» Australian cargoes sold at 38/5 and 39/8 r*' spectively. holders asking 38/101 for strainer parcels, January February shipment. There is little business doing in floor. Best Am- ' traiian patents on passage are <jnoted al 2S/6 to 28/9 cLf. ■">■ Barley and Oats.—Bailey is neglected, ! Australian malting being quoted mt 25/ to ' 33/ In store. In oats there is a fair trade, j New Zealand Gaxtohs selling at 15ty3 to 22/» and sparrowbQls at 18/9 to StVB, I* Plan, being quiet. Butter. —The butter market i»-qalet ml ' easier, owing to the iihilimm of the north-1. em markets. Colonial has declined about' 2/ all round. Danish is unchanged. I Copper: On spot, £39 E* at Ones) months, £60 10/.. Tin: Oa spot, £14817/8; at three months, £190 10*. Lead, £13 8/a. ' Spelter, £23 5/. Iron, 51/n. Sugar.—German, 12/11; first maiks, 15/. s Wool.—On the Bradford wool mirke a , cheerful tone prevails.' FuiAlb sold at -Sfl;,' forty-sixes, 17id; common cdxtiea, 25} dii euper, 263 d; sixty-fours, 2Jf&. There:!; m quotation for futures. |