COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 67, 19 March 1910, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. • All markets have again been very busy. Potatoes have eased in value, ■ owing to full supplies of. prime Oamarus. Onions found steady sale at late values. Vegetables were In fair supply. Butter and egg supplies were limited, without alteration in .values. .Fruit supplies showed a slight falling off, and, generally, prices firmed, | Poultry sold well throughout. > The fol- j lowing were -the ruling , prices at the auc-1 tion sales yesterday:— ' ] Field Produce.-—Potatoes: Local, prime, £5 10/ to '£6 ton: poor, £4 to £4 10/; Southern,. £C to £6 10/. Onions: Local, 4/ to 4/6 cwt; Southern, 4/ to. 4/6. Dairy ~ Produce.—Butter: < Fanners', In prints, 9d to 10d Ib; inferior, 5d to 6d; farmers', in bulk, prime, 7d to 9d; prime milled, in bulk for export, IOJd. Eggs: Fresh, '1/6 to 1/8 dozen. Fruit.—Apples: Local, coloured, , extra superior, 7/ to 10/ case; good, 5/6 to 6/6 poor, 3/ to 4/dessert,.medium, 1/9 to 2/; choice, 3/ to 5/ •/ cooking, good, 4/ to 6/; poor, 3/ to 3/6. Grapes: Local, indoor, 3d to • lOidlb; outdoor, 1/6 to 5/ case. Pears: Bon Chretien, 9/ to 12/ case; others, dessert, '3/ to 7/0: cooking, 3/ to ' 6/. Plums: English varieties, 3/ to 5/ case. Peaches: .Coloured,. 4/6 to 7/ box; others, 3/6 .to 4/6.: Inferior, 2/ to 3/, , Tomatoes: Outdoor,'l/ to '3/6 box. Oranges: Island. 7/ to- 8/' case.' Lemons: Local, prime, ' 10/ to 13/ case; local, rough and coarse, 4/ to 7/; Messina, 20/. . Cape gooseberries, 4Jd to 5d lb. Quinces, 2/ to 3/ case. Passion fruit; 2/ to 3/ case. Figs. 1/6 to 2/6 box; .Melons,: Water, 1/6. to 10/ dozen:; rock, I 2/ to 3/. Bananas,-3/,to. . 5/.bunch, 13d lb. Pines, , 10/ crate: " Cocoanuts. 12/ -sack!"" £ Poultry.—Hens, 1/6 to 2/6 each; : table roosters, heavy 3/6 to 4/6, medium 2/ .to i 2/9," : small. 1/3 to 1/9 ; ducks,. 2/. to 2/B.'l geese, 3/ chicks,' 4d to 6d: turkey sobr' biers, 10/ to 18-/; turkey hens, 5/ to:7/. v ; -:.. '••-' LONDON CABLE. .' .... . ' (By Cable.—Press. Association.—Copyright) ■ ;■• ■' ■"";! j It;- 5 '(Received ,8.30 •' ;v.w.' : i - .- LONDON; -March , IS. Bank of ; England ■. returns: Gold, coini £23,112,000; reserve, £24,943,000 ; proportion ■of reserve ,to liabilities, 49.32; circulation, . £27,903,000 ;■ public deposits, £9,644,000; other deposits, £40,896,000-, Government" securities, £13,976,000; . other sedurites, £29,891,000: - ..» .-■.-.-; i«'--:l±_ Money market: Three -months' bills, 3 9-16; short loans, 35- ■ U'vi Consols: 81£. : • ' ■ . '.'''" i • Stocks: New' South' Wales fours, 1061; New Zealand three halts, OSi ; . Westralian three halfs, 955; Tasmanlan threes, .865; Rest unchanged. .'. v :':.-i Copper: Three months, £59 1/3. ~ss-: ; Tin: Spot, £143 15/; three months, £145 17/G: " ' ' .'. :..'.; ..." . ... ' ■ : .':?-' Sugar: German, 14/6; first marks, : 16/6. Wool: At the Bradford ■ wool market merinos are strong,- • and • crossbreds quieb 1 Common sixties, . 27$ ;. super, 2S. At the I London sales the Wairere clip ; brought up to 10i, average - 1OJ; ' Tukoranga to ■ 121, average, 11!. -, fi, .' • • :'S '■' Wheat: The markets are steady, but quiet demand for cargoes, and no speculation. Victorian March-April, 38/9 14,000qrs of South Australian Victorian February-March sold at. 39/; holders, are asking 38/3; for steamer parcels afloat, and 37/9 for March and April. There is little inquiry for Aus-' tralian'spot at about 42/9. Chicago wheat; May, 113. to llSi, Australian 31/. Considable business In Glasgow March-April, 27/9, d.f. ' '•' ■" •■ •■ -■• ■"■' '" ' ■"'" ■""'■■' l [I Oats: Quiet ..La Plata- April-May 14/1 to 14/ li. . ■ ... ■ :, ■ • ■ . •.- '• • Butter: The market is slow, high prices I checking business, the warmer weather also having effect, though Continental supplies are still Insignificant; Danish, 180/ to 134/; Australian choicest, 124/; secondary, 120/ New Zealand choicest, 126/; Argentina, 124/. " ■ ' ' • ; Cheese: Firm. New Zealand, 60/ to 62/. :