COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 149, 24 June 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

FRUIT A2CD PBODTTCE fITARTCTTPS. Business in the fruit market during: tie week has been only moderate. Potatoes.—Tie market is well 6npplied with shipments from the South, and no alteration in -value is reported; the quality and condition is excellent. There is sow a little inquiry for seed varieties.

Onions.—Prime samples are difficult to procure, and "Victorians arriving are not as good in condition as last week's lines; values for both. Southern and Victoriangrown are firm, at previous rates. Pumpkins, swedes, and carrots are meeting with ready sales, at payable prices to growers.

Vegetables.—Greenstnfe is still well competed fox at satisfactory values. Dairy Produce.—Factory butter is still flr» at last week's quotation, and all lines of farmers' butter forward meet with a ready sale at payable values. Fresh eggs are more plentiful, and prices ruling still continue satisfactory, although, at reduced rates on last week's prices. •Poultry.—The usual quantity came to hand, and was disposed of at values a trifle under last week's quotations, owing, no doubt, to the holiday intervening. Wellfinished birds sold at satisfactory rates Fruit.—Business in this line has been slightly dislocated, owing to the cold and wet weather prevailing, buyers exercising great caution in operating. in the early part of the week Sydney fruit Bold at a slight advance on last week's sales, and competition for local fruit was good. The Fiji boat arrived during the week with a cargo of cases and bunches of bananas in excess of requirements at this time of the year, and a decline in values in consequence had to be accepted. Field Produce.—Potatoes: Prime Southern, £5 10/ to £5 15/ per ton. Onions: Local, prime, 6/ to 6/6 cwt; Victorian, £5 15/ to £6 ton.

Dairy Produce.—Butter: Farmers' in prints, lid to 1/ lb. Fresh eggs, 1/3 to 1/7 dozen.

Fruit.—Apples: Local, coloured, extra 9/ to I©/ case; choice. 8/ to 8/6; £ood, 7/ to 7/6: prime cooking, 7/6 to 8/6; medium, second grade, 4/ to 5/ box. Grapes: Local, 1/6 to 1/8 lb. Pears: Dessert, 10/ to 11/ case; cooking, 7/ to 7/6. Lemons: Local, 6/ to 7/ case; Sydney. 8/ to 8/9. Oranges: Island, 5/ to 7/6 case; Poor man, 5/ to 6/. Mandarins: Best, 7/ to 9/ gin; good, 6/ to 6/6. Passion fruit: Sydney, 10/ gins, 4/6 nalfffins. Pines, 8/6 crate. Tree tomatoes, 4/ box. Guavas, 3/6 to 4/ bos. Tomatoes: Hothouse, lid to 1/ lb. Poultry.—Hens, 1/7 to 2/3 each. Table roosters: Extra heavy, 4/ each; good, 2/6 to 3/6; light, 2/ to 2/3. Ducks, 3/ to 3/6 each. Turkey gobblers: Extra neavy, up to 10/ each; light, 6/ to 7/6. Turkey hens, 5/ to 7/ each. The -wholesale quotations for butter and epga for the week ending July 1 are as follows:—Butter, factory, 1/2} per lb; eggs, 1/4 per dozen.

MESSRS. DALGETY AND CO.'S REPORT.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report having held their usual weeirly sale Of bides, skins, tallow, etc., on Tuesday the 20th iast. Hides.—Market firm, with upward tendency. We quote:—Ox: Extra stout to 7Jd, stout RJtl to 7il. medium eid to 6|jd, light s}d to 61(1. Cow: Best lines to 6}d, good 53d to 6id, seconds 3d to s<d. Stags, 44d to 4Jd. Kips, s}d to 6*d. Calf: Best to Bid, good 7d to 7Jd. Cut and damaged hides. 33d to sd. Sheepskins.—Market firm. Best butchers' skins 4/6 to 5/, pood 3/9 to 4/6: dry skins, large to 7/6, medium 4/6 to 5/6, small 2/ to 2/s. Tallow.—Market firm. Best mixed In shipment casks 28/. good 26/6, medium 23/6. Rough fat. l}d to l?d per lb. Cow tails, 1/S per dozen. Horsehair, 1/4 to 1/6 per lb. Good drr bones, £4 17/6 per ton. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, Auckland, are In receipt of the following cable from their London office, under aate ot June 20;—Bntter: The total imports Into the TTnlted Kingdom for the weelt ending Saturday last -were 76,000cwt, as compared with oo,ooocwt for the corresponding period of last year. We quote:—Danish, 117/; finest Australian, salted 104/, unsaltefl 108/; other descriptions, 90/ to 100/. Cheese: Steady, irom 50/ to 60/. Murket rather quieter at the advance. Good rains have fallen in Denmark. The weather is very dry in Siberia. Australian market has advanced owins to cold weather. Tallow. Mutton, prime, unchanged. Low and inferior descriptions. 3d higner: other descriptions, 6d to 9d higher. Next public sales will he ne\d on .Tune 29. Rabbitskms: Unchanged; practically all sold.

GOLDSBROUGH, 3IORT AXD CO.

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 10.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. At the annual meeting ol Goldebrough, iMort and Co., the report stated that seasonable rains ussurred a good season, and lambing prospects were encouraged. The boaird's proposals included a further addition to shore capital, 'bringing the total increase to over £700,000, placing £75,000 additional to the reserve tfund, and devoting £10,000 to c£he employees' .provident fund.

PROPERTY SALES.

For the fortnight ending June 6 Messrs. Smith and Halcombe, auctioneers, Queen and Swanson-etreets, report the following sales: —3418 acres at Otoroire for £18,300, to a Southern buyer; block In Durham-et., city, £2175; residence Burgoyne-rd., Epsom, \£ffJO; residence, King Edward-street, •Epsom, £1925; two sections, Cleghorn Estate, Epsom, £550; residence, Wapitiavenue, Epsom, £840; bungalow residence on leasehold section, Gillies'-aveuue. Epsom, '£1550; 7-roomed residencevFairfax-road, £1250; also cottage in. Eden vale-road, ait. Eden, £450.