COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 13, 15 January 1916, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

— 1 a ' FRUIT- AND PRODUCE MARKET. • Auctioneers report that b«! n ?" ln e sl£ C fruit and produce market has &**}#** d feting 'the week, and prices for all lines t Have been' well maintained. Local fro" ■ J( being only in moderate supply, owing to j the-shortness In crops, prices are Ml 1 'i-here has not been; any Sydney ftWt y this week. The Karamu is due from Suva on Monday, and is .bringing a cargo or 0 bananas worn IsiiTa. If the condition on „ arrlTal is good there should be no reason > to sacrifice shipments, * f Potatoes are in good supply, and prices s are Jirni for best sample:- owing to a Uttie t export trade. . * Onions locally grown are coming in very t fast, and prices are likely to come down a to £4 5/ to £4 10/ per ton before long- c Butter ■ and fresh eggs were In lair j supply : at Quotations. Poultry--was. well penned at lower rates, a except-fbr heavy young cockerels. . ■ Potatoes: Local, prime £9. 10/, good £7 1 to £8 10/, medium 5/ cwt- Onions: Local, 1 £4 15/ to f5. ~ . 1/» « in prints, 1/ to l/-*- ' Eggs: Fresh. 1/4." Frolt Apples: Local, coloured, jptra .' superior, dessert, case, 7/ to S/: good. 4/ 1 to 6/; medium. 3/ to 3/6; cooking. 5/ to j 5/6, Pears: Bon Chretien. 9/6 to 10/, 1 others, dessert, 2/6 to 3/ balf-box. Hhnns: English varieties, best, 3/6 to 4/; Burbanks, < 2/ to ■?,/; Ogon, 2/. Pearlies: Coloured, best. 6/; good, 4/. to 5/; others. 2/6 to 3/. Apricots, 10/ to 12/. Grapes: Hothouse, 1/ per lb: Tomatoes: Hothouse, 1/ per 10. ' Orange?: American, 15/ per case. Lemons: 1 Local, prime. 7/ to 8/ pet case; local, rough and coarse. 3/6 per case. Cherries: Local, T2/0. Walnuts. 7}d per" lb. Peanuts, 2*d j per lb. Pines, 12/ per crate. . Poriltry,—Hens: Best, 2/6 to 3/ each; ordinary. 1/6 to 2/. Table roosters: Best J young, up to 6/ each; ordinary, 3/ to •i/b each. "Ducks: Best. 4/ each: good, _> to ?,/ each; light, 1/ to 1/6. Chicks, 6d to ( 1/ each. Ducklings, Bd.to 1/ each. , CHRiSTCHURCn GRAIN MARKET, , CHRISTCHTjBCH,. Friday. The wheat market is stili quiet, and its . tone is easier. A sale at u/i aud another at 6/0, at country stations, are reported. Offers of floiir have been received locally t from-Melbourne at £11 10/, f.0.b., equivalent 'to £13 10/ landed in New Zealand. Thiß price limits the va.ue of wheat to at least'---3/6 at country stations. >i 0 rates for new oats are reported, and growers' Ideas: Of value are much above the level of tilt?. market. It is reported that large quantities of Algerian oa-ts have been purchasedvto land at Auckland at a cost of 3/t Both in wheat and oats the Australian market is likely to play an important part in fixing-the value of New Zealand-grown grain this season. There Is tittle inquiry for. chaff, and as the North Island and Blcubelm will have large supplies the demand for shipment this year from Canterbury will be limited. Nominally the value of .old oatsheaff chaff is about';o 10/, new £s,?at cpuntry stations. The price of bran has advanced to £5, pollard tp £9. The price of flour remains at £13, f.o.b. . T . LONDOK MARKETS. 7 MONEY AND PRODUCE RATES. (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) I '7 ' « LONDON, January 13.' .Short loans are quoted at 4j per cent., the same rate as last week. I The rate of discount for three months' j bills. Is -5-J' per cent., against 5J last week. ' Consols are £59, against £58 17/6 last 1 week. . ■ War .Loans.—34's, £89 10/; 4J's, £97.5/. ; Colonial Stocks.—New South Wales 3j's, 1 £95 10/, Victorian 4's, £94. Other stocks 1 are unchanged." " ,- - — • Butter. Is firm. . Danish. 156/ to 160/. I Colonial Is .selling well. Australian: i Choicest salted. 144/ to 148/; unsalted. 150/ ito 158/. New Zealand: Salted; 150/ t0.154/; • unsalted. 160/ to.-162/. Argentine: Salted, ] 140/ to. 146/;.unsalted, .156/.-. The.export o£ rKrench "has..been..resumed.- r ..r'--t.-Cheese '■■'. is very - firm. 'Canadian, 96/ to 100/; New.Zealand, 95/-to 97/. - Wheat !s firm and is sparingly, ottered. Klour Is now steady. Oats are quiet. La Plata January-Feb-ruary shipments, 35/3. -Peas -are'llnn' and unchanged. -•Beans are - hardening. . . ■Metals.—Copper: Buyers. - £87; sellers, £87 13/. Tin: Buyers. £174; sellers, ±175 IIOA .Pig-iron: 78/2. Lead: Buyers. £38 15/; sellers, £29 5/. Sugar Is firm and unchanged. ' Wool.—The Bradford wool market is .very firm and-is' hardening. Tops: Sixty-fours. 43d; sixties, 42d; common sixties, 41d; flfty-siies, 4iSd: - fifties, 33d; forty-sixes, ,28»d; forties, 26d.- - . . ■