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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 299, 16 December 1911, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

.AUCKLAND FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET. - Auctioneers report that during the past week business in the fruit aud prouuee market has beeu particularly brisk, aud prospects for full supplies of fruit, eta, tor Christmas demands are very bright. Old potatoes are now nnished, and new ones have taken their place. The nrarket price is disappointing to growers, but ah improvement is expected next week. Onions are still being imported in small quantities, toe demand is good, and . prices tirm, a few. locals are on the market. Local fruit is arriving very freely indeed, and large consignments of gooseberries, cherries, aud jiiimis ate aiready on "the market. 'The firslocal peaches aud apricots rame to haad thin week, and met with keen competition. Lemons have considerably improved in price. "Fairly large shipments of taiiiorniau apples add navel' oranges Were" landed ex • Alonowai. - The demand -is keen, and prompt saies will be made for the bulk of cargo. The Talune, from Rarotonga, reached port on Friday morning with 11,000 cases Of banana* and pines. On account of this shipment arriving so soon after the disposal of the Fijian consignments, prices are a little easier than was expected. Sydney fruit is almost done, very few- oranges aDd mandarins coming xA hand. There is a good demand tor noported cherries on account of the recent rains damaging local crops. Watermelons are selling well. Butter and fresh eggs met a good demand, and sold at satisiactory On account of the usual anticipated Christmas demand, poultry reached the market in exceptionally heavy suppJes. The condition and quality all through was not up to usual standard, and prices suffered In consequence. '

Potatoes: Old, prime, almost finished, 257 to 30/ ton; new, best, 5/, good i/. U'&, medium 2/6 to 3/. Onions, local, yd to lja per lb, imported 15/ to 16/ per cwt. Butter: Farmers", in prints, 103" to lid perib; prime farmers', bulk, lOd to IOJd per lb. Eggs, fresh, lid to 1/1 per dozen. Fruit.—Apples: American, coloured, extra superior, 18/: good, 13/6 to 14/6 case, riums: English; varieties, test imported, dessert, 8/ to a/; local, 3/6 to */; Xmas cherry nlurLis, 3/9 to 5/. Peaches, coloured. 6/ to 8/ per-box; apricots, best. 6/ to .7/6, good 4/6 to 5/6 small box; graphs, hothouse, 1/3 to 1/5 per lb; tomatoes, hothouse, best lOd, good Sd to 9d, medium 6d to 7id per rb. Oranges: 'Frisco, Navels, 15/6 to 17/ case; Sydney, gins 11/ to 13/, good 10/, 10/8; bushels, best 10/ to 12/6. Mandarins: Sydney, bushels 7/ to 8/. Lemons: Local, prime. No. 1 7/6' to 9/6, No. 2, 5/ to 6/ case; rough and coarse, 4/ to 4/6 case. Cherries: Local 7d, lid, and 1/3J per lb, according to quality; Sydney, beet 9/ to 12/6 per box. Gooseberries, 3/7 to 5/6 per box; watermelons, 30/ to 40/ per dozen; walnuts, .d per lb: peanuts, 2id per lb; bananas, repacked m Per lb; Ptoes, 6/ to 10/ crate. Poultry.—Sens." best 2/« to 8/, good 2/ to 2/3, poor 1/6 to 1/9 each; table roosters, extra heavy 4/ to 4/3, good 3/ to 8/3. ttfjM 2/ to 2/6 each; ducks, 1/3 to 3/ each; geese, 8/6 to 5/-each; chicks, 9d to 1/5' 1 ? h ,;. lings, 9d .to V each; Turkey J*bUKl, 10/ to- 16y« each', turkey hens,. 4/ to 5/ each, -young .pigs, 10/ to IV each.

LONDON REPORTS. (By Association- —Copyright.; LONDON, December 15. Money Market—Bank rate, 4 per cent; short loans; 3i per cent-three months Mils, 3S--per-cent; Paris rate, 34 per cent, Berlin rate. - 5 percent ■-- -- ' Consols are 7/6 higher" than, last iweek, at £T7 57. ;■ ■• jr. . . Sugar.T—German, first marts, mi. Wool.—-(The Bradford w?o<*; market is 6teady and unchanged. Wheats—"Ehe European market 'la firm, owtrtg to the unsettled weather in Argentina, although the .American and, Canadian market? are weak, under theJinftnenee of. the enormous Visible supply: S5/S te asked. for 1 Australian Off CoaeV 3W t<* steamer December-January shipment, 36/9 for- a September sailer shipment; 35/tt has been naid for a parcel of a December shipment. -Occasional sales of spot have been made at. about 37/. New Zealand best, 35/3 to 35/6; medium, 34/6 to 35/.Flour Is Inactive. Australian, on passage, Is offering at ci-f. i Oats are firm. There la a good trade In "B" grade Gartons March-April shipment. 20/6 cLt La Plata, December shipment, 16/71. ••■•--_ Beans are - firm and unchanged. Peas (on spot) are neglected. Butter is quiet. Danish is quoted about 138/: Australian and New ?ealand are unchanged, except unsarted, which is slight.? in'buyers' favour; owing to the" abundance, '{Specially wltihout. preservative, which- is offering iB London, through.the absence 01 a .Continental demand.. The cheese trade is good. Priced are miis very alow., Danish,- SO* to 52/; Australian {nominal), 46/. Sheepskins.—At the sheepsttn sales practically all "offerings were sold. Compared With the October sales, . merinos, crossbred'a, and clothings were U farthing higher, merlno : bombings Jd, fine crossbreds conxbInps. id, a'nf coarse ditto *d to *d >l~H»r. - Messrs -Ualgety and .Company, Xtatted. are in receipt of" the following, advice from their Domdon Office, under date the 13th '""■- "'.'■'- '. jj^pow.-'laow" and - inferior descriptions since our last wire 6d .to 94 higher, Otiier descriptions unchanged. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (By Cable.—Press SYDNEY, December 15. Wheat, 3A to Sfm. Floor: City £8 15/, country f7 17/6. Oats: Algerians, tfeedma 2/6 to 2/S. seeding 2/9 to 2/10.- SparrowMils, 2/11 to 3/; Giants, 2/9 to" 3/3. Barley: Cape 2/10 to 3/6, English maltins: 4/6 to o/.iMaize. 3/11 to 4/. Bran. 5/. Pollard, 6/. Potatoes, f6 to £B. Onions, £6 to £0 10/. Butter: Selected 120/, prime 108/ to 116/. Cheese,-6id to Td. Bacon. ssd to Tid. MELBOURNE, December 15. Hides: Moderate supplies and keen com■petition; prices very Ann. Wheat, 3/8. Flour £8 10/. Oats,.2/7 to 2/B. Maize. 3/5. Bran ' and pollard, £5 10/. Chaff, oaten, dumped, £4 to £4 5/; compressed £4 10/ to £4 15/, with a fair demand; deliveries rather •light. Potatoes, old £4, new to £7 10/. Onions, £6 to £S 10/. ADELAIDE, December 15. Wheat, - 3/7*. Flour. £7 15/. Bran and pollard, £l3. "Oats, 2/7.