MARKET REPORT.

Northern Advocate, 5 December 1916, Page 4

MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Win, Bain and Co. report on their weekly transactions as follows: —Chaff (Southern), £8 15/; eha.t, local, £7 10/ oli trucks; oats, A grade, 4/1; oats B, 4/2; wheat, 7/; bran, £G 10/; maize, 5/10; butter 1/; bacon, llV 2 d; hams, H 3 / 2 d to 1/; new potatoes (plentiful), 16/; old, £15 15/ per ton; dozen cucumbers, 1/10; pigs, small weaners, 12/ to 15/6; fowls, from 2/10 to 4/j ducks 2/3 (in godd demand). Hides, skins and fat remain at high values, and we report good business. Mr J. Jones, auctioneer, Victoria Att.-i l/lrns streets, Auckiarid, repofts sales as follows - .— Poultry came forward in heavy supply and for good-conditioned birds good prices wero again rftalised; Tur. keys' alld geese iti s'trfthg dfiiiiahd: Potatoes are lower; we quote. Poultry: Hens, prime, 3/3 to 4/; good, 2/9 to 3/1, ordinary hens, 2/6 to 3/; small, 2/ to 2/3; ducks, 2/ to 4/5: roosttirs; primei up to 6/, good, 4/ to 4/6; small, 2/ to 3/; chickens, 4d to Sd each; ducklings, 10d to 1/2; turkey gobblers, 9/6 to 15/9; hens, C/ to S/; pigs, 14/ to 10/6. Farm produce: Potatoes, new prime, 12/ to 14/6; good, 11/ to 11/9, small, 5/ to 7/; onions, IS/6; pumpkins, 9/; kumeras, 8/ to 10/6; butter 1/ to 1/2; eggs, 1/;' to l/f>; cheese, 10V£d; hams, lOVsd to 1/-, sides, to llV 2 d. Fruit: Apples, 16/ to 18/6; plums, 5/ to 6/; tomatoes, 6d to lid lb; leindnsi S/ to 12/; gooseberries, 5/6 to .8/. Grain: Maize, 5/0; wheat, 6/9; bran, £5 10/■ sharps, £8; barley meal, £Q 15/; oats, 4/2; chaff, £7 10/.