COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 293, 10 December 1910, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE .MAKEETTe. i Considerable activity 'has been prevalent at 'the auction marts durdng 'the week, and supplies have been coining in much more /freely. The demand has been good and •competition keen, several records 'having itoeen established as to prices. Fiji bananas, I lor example, 'brought as high as 22/11 per ■ case under the hammer ior prime green, 1 down 'to afoout 15/ for inferior, whilsi bunches ranged from 8/ to S/6. Gooseberries have been in hutivy supply, and prices are rather easier. Plume, cherries, peaches and apricots in good demand at I eatisiactory prices. Lemons are easier ! again, especially for 'the lower grades. Potatoes' have .been -marketed much more free:ly, and prices are down. Vegetables, in igood supply, at about last week's rates. Cabbages still almost unsaleable. Poultry supplies increased considerably, and though the demand has been good prices have been I easier. iDairy produce: Little change to be • noted. 'Farmers' hams inquired for, but ] very few offering. Eggs and butter in short supply. IE-ggs higher in price. j Field Produce.—Potatoes: Local, prime, £8 10/ to £9 ton; medium, £7 to £3. Onions: Imported, £12. Dairy Produce. —Butter: Farmers', in prints, 7}d to 0d lb; prime factory, in bulk for export, 1/01. Fresh eggs, Hi to 1/o*. Fruit—Apples: American, coloured, extra superior, 14/ case; Hobiirts, 12/. Plums, 3/4 to 6/. Peaches, 4/ to 0/0 box; special, 7/4. Apricots, 8/0 to !)/. Grapes: Uotibouse, 3/ lb. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 4d to ,M\l lb. Oranges: Local, 20/ <-ase; Island, i IT/ ito 19/ gin case, :>/ to 10/G packer. •Lemons: Local, prime, 5/ to 6/6 case; local, rough and coarse, 1/6 to 2/S; Sydney, 6/. ■Cherries: Ix>cal. 7Jd lb; Sydney, 6/ to '■>/ box. (Gooseberries, 2/9 to 3/9 oox. Red currants, 7}d lb. Melons: Water, Sydney, 25/ to 35/ dozen. Peanuts, 2Jd lb. Bananas, 6/ to 8/6 bunch, 3d to 3}d lb. Pines: Island. »/ to 5/ crate. C'ocoanuts, 9/ to 10/ sack. I Poultry.—Hens, 1/2 to 2/6 each. Table ■roosters. 1/8 to 3/6 each. Ducks, 1/7 to 2/7 each. Geese. 5/ to 6/ each. Chicks, 9d to 1/ each. iDw-k-HuKs, !M to lOd each. Turkey gobblers, !l/ to 12/ each. Turkey hens, 5/(i to 0/6 esK-h. Young pigs, 7/ to 10/ each. DALGETY AND COMPANY, LTD. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, Auckland, report having held their usual weekly SMle of bides, skins, tallow, etc., on Tuesday, (ith December, clearing a large catalogue.

stout ox. to Sj<l; stout, 6J<l to 7}d; medium, 6id to tRJd; light, 6d to 6 3-8 d; cow, best lines to Hid, good 6d to did, inferior 4«d to aid; stags', 4*d to sd; kips, 6d to 6}d; calf, best to Od, good "id to SJd; cut and damaged .bides, 3Jd to 3d. Sheepskins.—Market firm. — Butchere', best skins to 8/, good 6/3 to 7/, medium 4/9 to 5/; small 4/ to 4/G; dry skins, large to 6/6- lambs ajil pelts, 1/2 to 1/7. Tallow.—Market lirni. Best mixed, 29/6; good, 28/3; medium. 23/6 to 25/. Rough Fat, ljd to 1 7-Sd per lb. Cow Tails, 1/8 per dozen. Horse liair, 1/4 to 1/7* per lb. Bones.—Good dry, £4 15/ per ton. Messie D-algety and Co., Limited, Anckland, have received the following cable Irom tlielr London office, under date Bth lust.: — Frozen Meat.—Mutton: Limited demand, price weak. Lamb: Slow dernnnd, prices somewhat in buyers' favour. Beef: Very small demand, owing to low price chilled. Pork: Very poor demand, prices lower. Sheep Skins. —Sales closed firm and active, with brisk competition; as compared -with last sales' closing rates prices are unchanged. Butter.. —Market dull. Total Imports into the United Kingdom for the year ending Saturday last, 09,000 cwts, as compared with 84,000ewts for the corresponding period of last year. We quote: Finest New Zealand butter, salted, at 106/ per ctvt; Danish butter, at 116/ per owt; Queensland butter, at 102/ per c"*t; Finest Australian ealted, at 104/' finest Australian, uniialted at a premiiun, but inferior butter salted very dull. N.. LOAN. AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile AeeneyCo Ltd-, nave received the following cablegram from th<-lr London office, under date Sth December, 1910:—Sheepskins: Prices about par to id per lb lower. Competition by both Home and foreign buyers is fairly active. ,, SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. The Auckland Farmers' Union, Ltd., report- The Kumo yards, on the 6th inst. were | filled with good quality stock, and we had I a most satisfactory sale, only two small lots falling to find fresh owners. We quote:— Beef steers, £C 5/ to £8 2/6; cows, £4 10/ | to £6. Dairy stock: Only a limited number entered- young forward cows brought £4 to £7 2/6; others, £2 15/ to £3 10/. Stores: ; 3-year steers, £5 to £5 12/6; 2 to 2i year j steers. £3 15/ to £4 12/6; 12 to 18 month steers, £2 to £3; strong steer calves, £1 o/ I to £2. Fresh empty young cows, £3 10/ to I £4 5/; others, £2 5/ to £3; 2 to 2i year heif- | ers 3 5/ to £3 15/; 12 to IS month heifers, £1 15/ to £2 12/6; better calves, £1 to £1. 12/6. Bulls: £3 to £12 12/ (the latter price being for a 2-year-old Jersey bull). At Whungarei on ihe 7th inst., we submitted the biggest yarding of cattle yet offered here; every yard and pen being taxed to their utmost capacity to accommodate the stock 'brought forward. Competition was keen from the start, everything being sold at prices in sympathy with thos« obtained at the other centres. The quality and coi>I dltlon of the cattle offered was really good, and. elicited favourable comment from the outside buyers present at the sale. SHEEPSKIN SA-LES. The Bank of New Zealand has received 'the following cable from Its London office: j "AJI kinds of sheepskins prices are pracj'tically unchanged. Crossbred pelts prices are part ito 5 per cent higher." PROPERTY SALES. Messrs. Whea-tley, Raven and Co. yesterday sold the residence of Mr. i. Hay, Nga-roma-road, Epsom, for £2200. LONDON. I Received 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, December 0. Bank of England Ketnras.—Gold coin, £34,338,000; reserve, £25,885,000; propor- ! tion of reserve to liabilities, 50.58; ] circulation. £28,203,000; public deposits, > £10,057,000; other deposits, £41,096,000; Government securities, £15,594,000; other securities, £27^404,000. Money Market. —Bank rate, 4J per cent ; short loans, 33; three months' bills—Lon- i don, 3-id; Paris, 2id ; Berlin, 4gd- I Butter.—The market is flat, owing to ■ heavy supplies of colonial for the rest of ; the month, muggy weather, and the elec- i tions. Choicest Australian salted, 104/ to 106/; unaalted, 106/ to 108/; secondary, 98/ to 100/ : choicest New Zealand, 10S/ to 110/; secondary, 100/ to 106/; Danish unchanged. Cheese. —Fljw. New Zealand, white 55/ to 56/. coloured 57/. Metals.—Copper: Spot, £57 2/6; three months, £57 .17/6. Tin: Spot and three months, £174 17/6. The advance Is due to a syndicate buying and bears covering. Lead : £13 3/9. Spelter: £24. Iron : 59/11. ; Sugar.—German, 9/; first marks, 11/1. | Wool. —The Bradford wool market is dull. Prices for 1911 delivery: Forties, 14d to Mid forty-sixes, 15£ dto 15Jd; fifties, lT>Jd to 193 d; fifty-sixes, 22d to 27id ; common sixties, 25d; nusr> 20d ; sixty-fours, 26Jd. Consols. —79." Colonial Stocks.—New South Wales: Fours, 104; three-half s, 98; threes, 85}. Victorian : Fours, 101 i; three-halfs, 96J; threes, 84. S>jth Australia: Three-halves, 983 ; threes, 83J. Queensland : Fours, 1011 ; three-halfs, 96; threes, 85. New Zealand : , Fours, 1031; three-halts, 95; threes, 85. Tasmania: Three-halfs, 97J ; threes, 85. WestraJian unchanged. Wheat. —Beerbohm's estimate of the world's wheat crop is 4f)9,100,000qi s. Chicago December wheat is quoted at 92Jc ; top 931 c The wheat markets are dull, favouring buyers. Little Inquiries for cargoes of Australian. Cargoes sold at 39/, holders asking ' I 36/9; South Australian off coast, 35/9 ; a ■ j January-February shipment sold at 357. Small trade in Australian spot at 37/6. Flour.—Flat. Australian patents, spot, 29/3. \ Sheepskins..—At the sales there was good demand, and practically all were sold. ; Combings Increased from par to a farthing i above October rates. i American stocks of copper, 130,357,000. ! The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile ' Agency Co., Ltd., have received the fol--1 lowing cablegram from their London House under date Bth December:—Wheat sold at 35/10J, ■ c.l.f. Australian cargo. Market ' j steady. Very little demand owing to lnI creased supplies. Outlook uncertain.

I NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At Stony. Biver on Monday there was a ■full yarding. Grown cattle sold well, but the demand for young stock was a 'trifle | easier. Yearling steers made fit i/B to fi_ 17/6; - yearling heifers, small, £2 14/; lomonihs- heifers, £3 10/ to >a g/\ 18■■*>20months' heifers, R.W.18., £3 19/b to £4 11/, store cows, £3 11/ to £4; forward, do., « 6/ to £4 15/; fat cows, £5 1/ to £6 1/; springing heifers, £3 15/ to £6; springing; cows, £4 2/6 to £5 2/6; .bulls, £3 13/ to £4 2/0; shorn hoggets, fat, 13/9. Ait Rahotu on Tuesday there wus a full yarding. Yearling heifers made £214/; lo to 18-months' do, £3 11/ TO £3 16/; store! cows, £2 10/ -to £3 11/; forward do £4 2/; to £4 15/; springing heifers, £o i/6 to £t> 2/6, ■buHs, £3 10/ to £4 14/. On the same day I held a clearing sale at Waitara-road, on account of Mr. Jus. Campbell. There was a good attendance ot touvers, and the cows were a nice lot and in good condition. Competition was keen and excellent prices were realised. Lows, springing and at profit, made £8 to £14 liy; later do, £4 10/ to £7 10/; bull. _B 10/; calves, 35/; disc harrows, £4; dray, £16 o/; store pigs, 18/6; sundries as naaaL