COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9178, 6 October 1888, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office. Friday evening. Mr. J. Aitkex Connell reports the sale of three allotments of land, fronting Wait-emata Harbour, and having a total frontage of 99 feet to London-street, by a depth of about 155 feet, with seven-roomed dwellinghouse thereon, the property of Mr. J. E. Calvert, for the sum of £tk>3. Messrs. Arthur ano Huddle's Weekly Report.—There has been a good demand for all kinds of produce during the week, and business done has been of si fairly satisfactory nature. Onions are enquired for, the* supply being far short of renuiremenus. Potatoes move off freely, nearly all to hand being cleared out ; prices a little easier. Prime corned butter is much wanted; none to hand. Fresh has been in fair supply, and meets with ready sale. Paeon and hams remain at about last week's quotations. Values for every description of grain are tirm, with a good demand. There is no change to report in the value of cheese; prime quality is easily disposed oS at satisfactory prices. Honey is slow of sale. Auction sales for "the week have been seven in number. On Monday a clearing sale of drapery, etc.. v.as held at the mart ; attendance moderate, with slow bidding. Tuesday, a sale of corrugated iron ; buyers numerous, very" brisk competition and high prices realised. Wednesday's turniture sale at the mart was not largely attended, but a fair amount of business was "done. On Thursday three sales were held : Town and country land by order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court—no sales effected, the mortgagee being the highest bidder for each lot ; following this, Hobart apples and Fiji bananas were o Id. The attendance of buyers was very large, and, considering the poor quality of the fruit, good prices were realised. A sale of household furniture in Kvbcr Pass Head was largely attended, and good prices were realised for all lots. Friday's market sale was well attended throughout. Produce was in good supply. Poultry was entered in fair numbers, for which high prices ruled. Pigs : Few in number, but sold well. A few cases of local apples from Mr. P. Heecroft, Port Albert, excited keen competition, and realised Md per lb. The following are the results of the day's sale, viz. : Fowls, ordinary, Is 3d to is (3d ; lieus in good condition, Is 7d to Is lid : roosters, 2s Id to is -Id ; chicks, Pd ; Plymouth Rocks, as 2d ; Spanish, Is 4d to 2s Id ; bantams. Is Id ; lien and dueJclings.Ts; turkeys, 3s to 4s 7d: ducks, 2s 2d; Pekin duck eggs, Is 4d per dozen ; dead rabbits, Od to 7*d per pair ; canaries. 2s I'd to 10s ; old potatoes", local. 3s tkl to 3s I'd, sacks extra ; Southern, 3s lid to 3s I'd, sacks in ; new potatoes, kidneys, lid to 1J<1; .Shepherds, Jd to Id; onions, lid to 2d; carrots, Is 5d per cwt, and lid per dozen : rhubarb, 7}-d ; green peas, 2s Sd per pock ; cabbage, 2s Id to 2s 4d ; parsnips. 4s od per cwt ; wheat, 3s ; maize, 2s fld ; oats. 2s lid ; sharps, 4s 3d ; bran, 5s ; flour, £0 10s to £9 10s : chaff. Is 3d to Is Gd : bacon, 2jil to ojd ; hams. 3}d to (no Mangapai); eggs, fid ; fresh butter, ftjd to tijd ; new cheese, 4d to 4Jd ; old, 2d to Sid; coffee. Is 2d; tea, ISs to 225; biscuits, 4d to 4jd ; local apples, s|d to Sid; Hobart (specked), ;>s 3d to 5s Od ; Cape gooseberries, lljd ; mandarins, tefkl to 12s On ; sweet lemons, 3Jd; Lisbon, tid to is ; Sydney lemons, 3d to Ssd.

Mr. Alexander Ait ken's Majikki Report for the week ending 6th October.—Business has been brisk. Farm produce in rather short supply ; dairy produce in heavy supply. Potatoes are much wanted, and remain tirm in price. Poultry in large supply, but not sufficient to satisfy demand, consequently prices have ruled high. Pigs in good supply ; prices continue to keep up, and an unsatisfied demand exists. Onions far short of requirements ; carrots a drug ; vegetables commanded high prices ; new potatoes keenly competed lor ; butter, fresh, in large supply ; eggs, good supply ; corned butter— a fair supply of prime quality, but this sells only for export purposes. Bacon and hams : Several lots received found speedy sale a: about late prices ; stocks of this line are particularly light. Cheese : Good supply of new, but buyers do not seem inclined to give late prices. Oil Thursdav a sale of Fiji fruit was held ; the attendance was large, and competition keen : 5(0 hunches bananas realised from *d to Ud per lb ; pines. 5s to lis9d per doz ; Sydney oranges. 5s bd totis tid per case ; mandarins, bs to 6s Oil ; lemons, 10s ; Hobart apples, 2d per lb. Friday's market sale was favoured with the usual large attendance, and competition keen throughout, and but few articles withdrawn, there being a good demand tor most offered. The following prices ruled : Fowls, poor. Is 3d to Is -Id ; ordinary table fowls is Oil to is : roosters, Is lOd to is 2d ; ducks, Is 4u to 2s 3d; turkeys, -is 6d to os yd; geese, 3s to 3s ltd ; fancy fowls, at about late quotations ; pea fowls, 12s each ; pigs, fair average lots. Ills tid to 15s ; inferior, ys tid ; pork, id ; rabbits, SJd to lid per pair ; potators, local, £4 ;>i to it 10s ; Napier, £4 10s ; Canterbury, £4 5s to £4 10s ; Oamarii, £4 lis ; new potatoes, round. Id to ijd ; kidneys, ljd to ljd ; onions, prime, lid to ljd ; oats, du!l, at 2s 7d ; maize, 2s SHI; wheat, us tid : mangolds, 10s to lbs, cariots, Sd to Is 3d; parsnips, 3s; c.mbase, Is to 3s Oil; inferior onion.-, Jd and 91 to 2s per bag ; butter, fresh, id to t'-jd ; egg;, ojd to 7jd ; bacon. Waikato dairy-fed, txl to bjd : hams. 7d to sd ; equal numbers, t5Jd to i»«d : rolls. id ; Raglan bacon, 4d : hams, 5d ; Canterbury hams, old : (won, ».!d : cheese, new, 4d to 4jil; other 1 vs. Hi to M ; choice local letmjns, lOjd to Is lid ; ( hp- u«'."seoenles, Is per 10. .Mi.ssV.o. a. iJIVKt..\M> it oO.VS' Weekly ItKI'OP.T. —a; lte...;;era. on Thursday, dairy cows were unsaleable. except as ordinary store cattle. storo ca'tl - o:.ill Linus in steady demand at full values, particularly fresh-conditioned grown cattle. Fat cattle, in vera;; siipulv, maintained their late valuesltis to lv. tin* 10i'!b. Averages for drafts of steer» rallied from £5 as to £7 lis. Fat sheep, in moderate number, were belter worth, and wethers rinsed from Ms tid to 17.- 0d ; dry ewes, 14s to l€s each. I'm lambs in good inquiry ; prices ranged from 10s to Us ea :h. Fat calves were also ill request ill full value,. Pigs scarcely represented. At the HaymarJtrt during the :««st week fodder has ruled low, small 'o-u.< fro'tl os to Ills ; large loads, Od to Is isu ; chad from 2s 0«l to 3s 3d the rwt; maize, 2s Tel to 2s 9u ; oat-, 2s Oil the nushel. On Friday horse, stock were in full numbers, heavy draught brought from £10 to £14 5s ; medium draught up to £s It's ; hacks and ponies trom £2 to £7 ; drays, £5 10s to £0 ss, and a light buggy £12. On Tuesday hides and -kins ivere at, late values, heavy ox, 4Jd ; light ox, 3Jd ; cows. 2J(I t.i '.'jd ; calf skins, 34d to 4£d the pound. Butcher.-*' sheep skins, 4s to 5s lud ; station skins, 2- to 5s Id each. nv TEL KG HAP II CEIHISTCHI'RCU. October s.—Retail prices: Fresh butter, Sd to lOd v «ggs, Sd ; cheese, 4d to Cd ; milk, 3d ; beef, 3d to Sri; mutton, 2d to ill. pork, Sri to7d; ham, (3d to 'Dii ; bacon, fid to od. Wholesale produce price. l *. Whest, prime milling, 3s Cd f.o.h. ; '.itUn. "s 3d to 3s 5d f.o.h. ; oats, milling, '2s 3d f.o.b. ; ongiit short feed, 2s to 2- 2d f.o.h. ; barley, prime malting, 4s 4d f.o.b. ; prime medium, 3a Cd to 3s lOri Lo.b. ; peas, blue Prussian, 2s Sd f.o.b. ; potatoes. Deiwents, 47s 0d at country stations. Onions, £vl lo £5 ; butter, prime, 9d; butter, second quality, ijii U> Od ; cheese, small loaves, BJd to 4(1 ; cheese, other sizes, ojii to 3^.1; hams and bacon, ia cloth, tijd to 7jd ; flour, am, £0 to £10 f.o.b. Live stock prices: Fat cattle, prime, IDs per lOOlbfi; medium to fair, 15s to las ; store and dairy stock, no quotaole changes ; fat. sheep, prime, 3d per lb ; medium to good, 2d to 2J<l ; fat lambs, 13s Od ; store sheep, crossbred hoggets. Ss to lis Id ; ewes, -pith lambs. 12s lud tolas; pigs, 3jd per lb; horses, iow in market, price« *ot quotable.

1 STOCK AM) MINING ASSOCIATION, j AtCKUtfu, October 5, isss.

A. Saunders, C. Alexander, S. Victors, J. F. Clarke, R. I'ratcr, J. >1. Lennox, I). 11. McDonald, D. G. MacDonnell, Aitken Can-irk, R. Sjcrait, F'ancis Hull, James Reid, ft. G. Macky, Samuel Turtle. Joseph Newman, chairman.

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