COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 156, 1 July 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Auctioneers report that business; in J** fruit and produce market during the week his been fairly good, and consignments 01 ftnlt to hand hive chiefly wnsisWd d locally grown. Prices for prime fruit been well maintained. A few Tasmania!, apples have arrived, and the condition been good. Imported oranges are scarce and selling -it high prices. Local oranges are slso selling well. , The potato market is very firm, and prices have again advanced. P«c> £ ■further upward tendency, onions are "ood supply, without alteration. Fresh eggs are more plentiful, and prices have receded. Farmers' butter te without change. FIELD PRODUCE. Potatoes.-Southern, £9 W: * efllum ' fL Onions.— Imported. fS to fS 10/. Kumariis.—9/ to 10/ cwt. Pumpkins.-4/ to 5/ cwt. Swedes.—3/ cwt. • DAIRY iPRODTJCE. Butter.—Farmers', in prints, 1/3; prime farmers', bulk. 1/1. Eggs.-rresh, 1/8 to 1/9. FRUIT. ; Apples: Local, coloured, extra superior, , dessert, up to 9/6 case; good, 8/ to 8/6, medium. B/ box; cooking, best, 8A I ears. Dessert, up to .0/. Grapes: Hot-house, -/b lb. Oranges: Local, case, Poorman's, best, 0/ to 10/': medium, C/ to 7/; Sydney. 17/. ' aLwdarins: Sydney, 20/ ew. Jf™ o ™,' Local, prime. 8/ to b>; good, 6/6 to T/i ocal, I rough and coarse, 4/. Passion Fruit: 11/ case Walnuts, Sd lb. Peanuts. i3d ib. Tines: Common, 9/; Queens, 14/ crate. POULTRY. Hens -A' to 4/0 each; small, 2/6 to 2/10; speciai' pure-bred st*, 3/ V't/STto table roosters, 3/6 to 5/8; small, 1/10 to 2/11. Ducks. 3/ to 4/4: small 2/b-to 2/11. tieese, 4/ to 5/. Turkeys: Gobblers. 8/ .o 15/ each; hens, 3/ to 8/. i'oung pigs, »/ t0 14/. ,__ LONDON MARKETS. MONEY AND PRODUCE RATES. LONDOX, June. 30. Short-dated loans are quoted at 4j per cent as against 4i per cent last week. The rate of discount for three mouths bills is 34 per cent, as compared with JjA per cent last week. CONSOLS AND COLONIAL STOCKS. The following are the latest London Stock Exchange quotations for Coneols and colonial iuscrilied stock, and a comparison with those reported a week ago:— Variation. t s. d. a. d. British. 3* p.c. war loai* vS\X-3i S9 12 6 12 6f British, -ii p.c. war loan. 19:H-4o 06 7 6 7 6t Consols per cent.. W 7 G 23 OT N.SS. 4 p. 0., 1020 S9 5 0 2 « N.Z M p.c. 1010 .... 75 7 6 7 <>* N.Z. 3 p.c.. 1045 63 2 6 26t ■' Lower. f Higher. Metals.—Copper: Spot, £103 15/; three moutbs, £XXi iv/; electrolytic, £132. Lead: Spot, J.-.21 10/; forward, ii-JS 5/. Spelter: Spot, ±t»; turward, £SS. Tin: Spot, £17:; li/ti; three niunlhf, £IJ4 2/6. Silver, 37 1-M. Wool.—The market for Bradford tops-.is quiet, but prices are strongly maintained. Forties are quoted at 26d. Prices of other '< qualities are unaltered. ' Cereak-.— Wheat Is steady and firm. Flour is stasnant and unchanged. oats ' arc not suttefiiig. Peas and beans are unchanged. Sugar is unchanged. Tailow.—At the tallow sales 353 casks were olfered. aud 303 were sold. Mutton, fine 48/, medium 45/: beef, tine 48/, medium 44/. N Dairy Produce.—Butter Is quiet and unchanged, cheese is and weaker owing to large supplies, especially of Canadian, New Zealand is quoted at 96/ to 'M/----•Canadian: is quoted-at 96/ to 07/. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London oflke, under datr; 2Sth ultimo:— Tallow. —We quote present spot ralues for tbe following descriptions :—tine mutton, 47/' per cwt; good beef, 46/6 per cwt; mixed, 4K/(i per cwt. Market firm.