COMMERCIAL.
♦ Kim ZeaIiAHD Hbeald Office. Friday evening. Thb duties to-day amounted to £800 19a 3d. Mr. G. W. Binney held a sale of hides and skins on Tuesday, and the hides realized 2§d to 3&d per lb.; and the sheepskins, 3s 44 to 3s 7d each. Me. B. Ahtiiur'b Weekt/r Bepoht.—A fairly busy week i-- till departments. Good cbeeso and bacon is in i;iir demand. Butter is still slow of sale, but little soot to liand.' Potatoes »ra very qulot. Frail F'umituro moves off frody. Wednesday: Sale c ; i machinery, stock, &c., at Messrs. Baldock ii& l iirttty'f. Cool;-street. A good number were preser.'.. a!! brought fair prices. Thursday: Sale of fruit, ji-.ui, £c. A good attendance. Prices rulod low. t'anr.nas sold at Id to ljd; lemons, 2d to 4d per dozen; Grey and Co.'s Tasmanian jam. at 4s 7d to 4s 8d; Murray and Son's, 4s to 4s hd; oranges. 5s Cd to 7s 8d p*r case; peanuts, from 2d per lb. The sale cf household furniture, piano, &c, at a private house, Union-Str.et. A large attendance. Fair prices were obtained. The piano sold at £25; suite, £13 IDs. Friday: ILirket-day sale at mart. The attendance was not so large as usual. Peltry was entered in fair quantity. All sold at very high prices. Produce generally was dull; many lines had to be passed, fowls 2a Id to 3s 4d; brahmas, 10? Od; spanish, 4s 3d ; turkeys, 4s 3d to 5i 3d ; ducks, 2.1 6d to 3s 8d; pigs, 8s to 16s; dressed pigs, 4dlb.; potatoes,ls 6d to 4s Cd; carrots 3s Id to 4s Idturnips, 2s Cd; mangolds, Is 3d • pumpkins, 4s 9d ; cabbages, 2s 3d to 9s per sack; onions, 2W; oats, 2s lOd; wheat. 4a; maize, 8s 6d ; chaff '_! 6d; bran, 5s 6d; eharps. Es 6d; bntter, 2d to Bid; bacon, 2}d to 8d ; cheese, 2d to ejd; boi tea. 16s 6d to SOs; Sjd to 4Jd; coffee, Is to Is 4d; cocoa and mOk,Bs per doz.; Wilson's jam?, 6s 6d; Murray's jams, 4s 6d to 4s 8d;. biscuits, 5d to CJd; mixed lollies, Od; confectionery, 8d; apples, 3g to 10s; oranges, 7s; white lead, 3#; honey, 3Jd to 6d; starch, &d; flow, Sa to £13; salt, 5«.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6811, 15 September 1883, Page 4
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