COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8929, 19 December 1887, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Nsw Zealand HSRALD Office, Saturday afternoon. M«ass Arthur ft Booth's W*kc.y Rsport.Produce and fruit h»vn boot, in food demand, and a largo quantity has been »old. The supply at th« early part of the week mi not equal to the demand. Cheese: The larger portion of the larjre lot of old on hand baa been cleared off at extremely low prices, and U was difficult to get a bid of a few pence per cheese for them. It is to be hoped there are bat few more to canto in. New farmers' make has not Improved in price, and hare sold at 2Jd to SJd ; the demand is limited. Bacon: No local entered ; Southern brought a rood price. Butter : The supply was small; fair prices obtained for fresh, but little demand for the corned. Potatoes and vegetables more l off fairly well, and a large amount was sold on FridayFruit: There was a very large supply of gooseberries, and prices ruled about the same as last week. Cherries sold at high prices, but few were entered. The plums sent In were not ripe enough ; they should be fully grown and all least beginning to colour before picked. Lemons wore in small supply, and good prices were realised. Poultry: A very large number of all kinds wet# brought forward ; about a thousand he*d bare been sold. Fowls broach about last week's prices ; chickens and cockerels sold wall; the greater number were hens and old roosters. Ducks sold freely at fair prices. Geese were most of them young birds, and out of condition. Turkeys brought good price*. Ptis: A fair number were entered ; prices ruled high. Furniture has been quiet; only one outdoor sale. That was well attended, and fair prices were obtained, but bidding was languid. Monday : Sale of drapery, etc.. at mart. A fair number were present, and satisfactory prices obtained. The property in Kamngahape Road offered was not sold, bidding did not teach the owner's reserve ; it is now for sale privately at a low price. Tuesday: Sale of household furniture, etc., at mart. The attendance was not large, bidding Blow, prices ruled low ; no buyers for the larger lines, such as suites, etc. Wednesday : Sale of poultry, produce, fruit, etc., at mart. A fair attendance; the following prices wore obtained Geese, 2s 6d to Si Id; ducks, Is sd; fowls, Is to Is 6d ; cheese, ljd to 3d per lb ; old cheese, Id to 9d each ; butter, fresh, Sjd to 4d; salt, 2d to SJd: gooseberries, lid to 2jd; mixed biscuits, 4§d ; ginger nuts, 4jd; plain lunch, 211 to 2Jd: water crackers, 31d ; bams. 2d to 7d per 11,. Thursday: Sale of piano, furniture, horse and bngffy, etc., at the residence of Mr. J. fcifg. Mount Rosktll Road; a large cumber were present, but competition was not brisk ; upon the whole fair prices were obtained, the piano brought £16, horse and bugfy £14, etc. The tale of jewellery at the mart passed off as well as could be expected. Friday : Market day sale of poultry, produce, (rait, groceries, etc., at mart; a very large supply, full attendance 1 upwards of three hundred buyers — good competition for most lines a very large quantity of stuff changed hands at very satisfactory prices; the sale continued until six o'clock p.m. Fowls, Is to 2j Id ; ducks, Is Sd to Is W; torkeyi, 3s 31 to Ss Sd; geese, 23 to 8s Sd ; geese, small, Is Id; Silver Hamburg fowls, Ss 3d ; pigs, 6s to 16s; Muscovy ducks, 2s Sd to is Id ; hen and chicks, Ss 6d to 4s «d. Produce : Potatoes, 3j 6d to 6s; onions, §d to li i ; bacon, Sjd to 6jd ; hams, 5Jd to Sd; fresh batter, 4d to Sjii; gooseberries, lid to 3d ; lemons, lid to Is ; cherry plums, 4jd to sa; apricots, 7d to Sjd ; black cherries, ICJJ to Is 2d ; red Kentish ditto, lOd to laid; section honey, Sd per lb; Barcelona nuts, sa; mixed biscuits, 4Jd; rice biscuits, Ed ; cheese, 2Jd to 4d; damaged strawberry Jam, Ss to Ss 2d per dozen; cordials, Sd per dozen; tea, la ■'id ; tapioca, 2Jd to Sd ; oats, 2s 3d ; barley, 3a 3d ; bran, 4s 3d ; wheat, Ss lid ; maize, 4s 3d. Messrs. Piiasr and Ralston report of the past wssk's i nsineis :--Taken all through, the sales show a dfciJeJ improvement upon the previous week, and point ts a revival of trade generally. Wood suppli-s of all classes of goods have coma to hand, and the demand being in proportion, clearances la most lines were effected. At the Friday's sale there was a good attendance, and fair prices ruled throughout. Produce : A small line of South am potatoes realised from £5 10s to £6 per ton; new potatoes, kidneys. 4a per cwt, and id to fd per lb ; ditto, Shepherd'*, id to fd; onions, Id to Ijd per lb; cabbage, Is a sack ; spring onions, 4ji per bunch ; broad lieann, 9d a pecs ; green peas, lOd : goosetierries, 2d to Sjd per lb; honey, 3d per lb ; fresh butter. 5d ; ham.i, best Canterbury, 7d to ltd ; bacon, ditto ditto, 6i to 7d ; hams, local, very few of good quality in the market, inferior, brought 2d to 3Jd ; bacon, SJd to Sd ; chtese, prime, 3d to Sd: ditto, inferior. Id per lb to 6d to is each ; corned beef, Id to l}d pet lb ; maize, 4s per bushel; oats, 2s to 2s 4d ; barley, Ss id; wheat, Ss Sd ; bran, £4 10s per ton ; sharp*, £4 ISs ; chaff, £4 10s to £6 per ton, sacks included. Groceries: Sugar, £1 Ss per cwt.; tea, 10» to 14s per box ; flour, lis per lOOlbs ; soap, 7s to 14s 3d per box ; pieties, 6s per dozen ; oatmeal, lOd per 100 lb ; bi caits, 3d to 4id per lb ; jams, 4s 6d per dozen ; rice. IJd per lb. Poultry : There was an unusually large qu»n.ity to hand, and consequently prices ruled low. Fowls brought lid to Is 7d each ; ducks, Is 6d to Is 9d ; geese, Ss ; turkeys, 3a 61 to 6s ; Brain nil fowls. 2s 6d; young fowls, 7d to lid; small pigs.Ss 3d to 10s.

Me. Eow. Lsydon's Whkly Rstokt.—Business for the week baa been very brisk. Monday : Sale of Mr C. C. Brown's stock of furniture. The attendance was very large, and the prices obtained were very fair. Ihe following are a few of the prices obtained : —Leather suite, £15 10s ; Genevieve suite, £8 ; Andley saite, £12 10»; l anjtry suite, £11 10s ; walnut whatnots, Hi to 30s ; n.und tables, £2 to £3 ; writing tables, 30s to £2 ; cabinets, £3 to £8 ; commodes, 16s to 20s. Bentwood furniture of every description sold very welL Wednesday was a continuation of 'the same sale, bat the goods went somewhat cheaoer than before, sharsday: Sale of the late J. Frasei'a watchmaking plant. There was a large attendance of the trade, and fair average prices were obtained throughout. Friday: Sale of produce was well attended. Batter fetched 3Jd to ; fowls, Is lid to 2s id; hams, 6Jd to 7d ; bacon, 6d to 6Jd ; cheese, 2d to 3a per lb ; tei, Its to 16* per box : potatoes. Jd to Id per lb, ate. There viu Urge quantity of tucultUro sold at prices la favour of the purchaser.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. calls: £ a. d. Trenton G.M. Co 0 0 3 » Dec. 23 DIVIDENDS : Cambria G.M. Co. .. .. 0 0 0 .. Dec. 20