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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9184, 13 October 1888, Page 4

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New Zealand Herald Oilice. Friday evening. THE Customs receipts to-day were L'Hllo Is. MESSRS. ARTHUR AND liUHDt.n'S WFKKI.Y Uγ.pout. — Business for the week has been quieter. Produce oi all descriptions has been in short suppiy, the week closing with an unsatistied deniiinil. An •■ tion sates have been tlvo in nn:nbor. Mondiy: Drapery at the mart drew a good attendance i>f buyers." and a large number of lines were cleared at satisfactory prices. On the s.ir.x- day the .-lock. machinery) etc., of Mr. Tait. blacksmith, was sold by order "of the Official Assignee. The trade was fully represented, and pood values were obtained. Wednesday's furniture sale at the mart was an iui provement on past weeks: the attendance won very large, and good business requited. O:i Thur>d"y a sale of house-hold furniture and effects i:\ Ul.iHstono Road: bidding fairly brisk, and full values ohtained. Friday'* niarkeo day sale was, as usual, largely attended, and a fair amount of business was done. Entries in the poultry department were few in number, but high price* ruled, competition Whig very keen. Wo quote prices as follow: —"omuioii fowls, Is 0d to is -.d; rooster.--, is iid to _■ '.'1; ducks. Is 10d to -J.s Hi; no turkeys or ■_(•. -l-, hnili wanted : pics, suckers, >s 0d ;o v-. Oil: lieid ranbi Sd to 10d per pair ; Pekin duck e.'u's, Is |ier dozen ; canaries, 3s 9d to 7s (id ; cabbage, Is 0d to iis ;>d per .sack ; parsnips, Us 0d per cwt : rhubarb, -ijd to i.-d ; green peas, 2s per pock ; carrots, -Ud per dozen and is 7<i per cwt; new potatoes, kidney*, lid ; shepherds, id to Id ; old potatoes, local, os 9d to 4s Id. sacks extra ; Southern, picked, ss, kicks in ; cheese, 3§d to id; inferior, 2d ; mai'e, -i Kid; bran, .'m ; baenn, sides, 3jd to sid ; ham, 3d to C-d ; roll b icon, 3jd to 4Jd ; fresh butter, 4Jd to 5Jd ; tlnur, £<; 10s to £9 10a ; honey, 3}d; oats, 2s lid ; sharps, is -M ; chaff Is tkl, sacks extra ; tea, boxes, 16a to -2.:s : halCchests, Is 4d to Is 6d ; lollies, London mixed, issd to Sid ; biscuits. 4d to 4jd ; llobart apples, 2d to 3Jd per lb; oranges, Sydney. 8s «d ; local, 2id to fijti; lemons. Sd ; sweet lemons, 3d ; Cape gooseberries, 7d to fed. Mr. Alex. Aitken's Weekly Market Report for the week ending October 13 There has been a good business done. .Supplies of all kinds far short of requirements. Potatoes remain firm at last week's quotations : market bare. Onions very scarce, local being all done. Poultry, although in large supply, was far short of demand ; there is a considerable rise in price, and an unlimited demand exists. Pigs .still command high prices. Vegetables are in good supply, and the demand is goon. New potatoes sold well. The butter and e»z department proves to bean entire success, and is rapidly grow. ing. Dutter : About one ton of fresh was entered, and the average price was better. There was a fair supply of keg butter, which was all sold. Kfjgs : A iarge supply, with a considerable rise in price, and a good demand exists. Bacon and hams : All entered sold at advanced prices, and but little left on hand. Cheese: Fair supply, and quality far behind. Farmers must discontinue making skim milk cheese, or prices will certainly suffer. Really good quality will always sell at a high price, and is much \yanu- 1 at present. Fruit: But little local of any kind received. Honey: Good supply ; saiesslow. Friday's sain was largely attended, with spirited competition throughout, all offered meeting ready sale. The following were the prices obtained : — Fowls, inferior, Is 5d to Is 6d ; ordinary table fowls, Is 7d to 2a 2d ; roosters, 2s to 2s 3d ; ducks, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; turkeys, none ; geese, 3s 3d to 3 ; 0d ; pure bred fowls" at about late prices ; pigs, inferior, (is to Us ; fair average lots, 11s Cd to Ms 3d each ; pork, heavy, IJd to id ; pea fowls, 33 9d to llis ; lmros, 2:< each. Potatoes : Waikato, £4 as to £4 10s ; Napier, £4 lf)s ; Canterbury, £4 6s to £4 10s; Oamaru, £4 Iris. C'alifornian onions, S2d; cabbages, 0d to 'it per .sack ; parsnips, 2s 3d to 4s ; maize, 2s 10d ; wheat, Ks (id ; oats, 2s 7d ; bran, 5s ; sharps, ss ; chaff, Is to Is 3d ; new potatoes, Shepherd's, Id; kidney, Id toHil; carrots, Is to Is 3d ; butter, prime fresh, 6*d to ; inferior, 4d to 5d ; salt butter, prime in new kegs, fid to Sd ; inferior, and in old kegs, 4d to 5d ; egg.i, hen, 7d to Sd ; duck eggs, 7kl to sjd ; honey, 2Jd to 4d ; bacon, dairy fed choice, Ojd ; hams, 8d ; secondclass lote, to scl ; hams, 5d to C{d ; ttaglan bacon, 4d; hams, 5d ; rolls, 3d to 4d ; Canterbury bacon, 0d to 6<d ; hams, 8d ; new cheese, prime, 4d to 4{d ; skim milk cheese, 3d to 3jd ; Manaia factory, 4Jd ; Canterbury, Gd; local lemons, 8(1 to Is ; oranges, .' sed to Bs*6d per case; Capo gooseberries, 10d per lb ; sundries passed off at lair prices.

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CIIRISTCHURCH. October I?..— Retail prices : Fresh butter, S<l to 10d ; eggs, bd ; che«se, id to (i<l; milk, 3d ; beef, lid to Sd ; mutton, 2d to fid ; pork, 5d to 7d ; ham, Gd to lOd ; bacon, Cd to od. Wholesale produce prices : Wheat, priino milling, 3s "d to 3s Bd, f.0.b., medium, 3s 5d to 3s Cd ; oats, milling, 2s 8d ; blight short feed, 'is to 2s 2d ; barley, prime malting, 4s Id to 4s 4d ; medium, 3s to 35 fid ; peas, blue Prussian, 2s 9d ; potatoes, IJerwent, 47s Cd at country stations ; onions, £4 to £5; butter, prime 9d, second quality 4Jd to Oil; cheese, small loaves 3J(I to 4d, other sizes ;'.Jd to 3jd ; hams and bacon, in cloth, (Hd to ~hd ; flour, tirsts, £9 to £10. Live stock prices :" rat cattle, prime 20s per loiilbs, medium to good 15s to 19s ; fat sheep, prime 3d per lb, medium to good 2(1 fat lambs, 6s Gd to 13s 'Jd ; store stock and pigs, no quotable changes; horses, farm geldings and mares to £10, useful hacks £10 to £14.

STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION Auckland, October 12, ISSB.

A. saunders, C. Alexander, S. Vickers, J. P. Clarke, Ft. Frater, J. M. Lenno.v, I). K. .McDonald, 1). G. -MaeOonnell, Aitken Carrick, K. Spruit, K'-ancis Hull, James Keid, K. U. Macky, Samuel Turtle. Joseph Newman, Chairman. CALL AND DIVIDKND LIST.

Company. J Business, i Closing Prices. ' Buyers. I Sellers. Banks : £ s (Is s d New Zealand .- — 8 17 (i; 9 0 0 Colonial .. .. — 2 2 6 — I.vsukance: New Zealand .. — —410 Union .. .. — 15 0 — Accident .. .. — 0 7 3 — Misck'.la.nf.ous: X.Z.I..& Mercantile — —400 Auckland Gaa .. — 10 15 010 17 0 Thames Gas .. — — 1 15 0 Taupiri Coal .. — —220 Mining : Cambria .. .. 3/10, 4/ 0 3 0 0 4 0 Saxon .. .. 4/6 — I 0 4 0 Union, Waihi .. — — | 0 6 0 Alburnia .... — — CO 2 0 Paroquet .. .. — — 0 a (I (Join — — 0 1 i) Crown .a »• — —040

CALLS. £ S. (I. Dlir. MsitaO.M. r< o o '1 — Oct. IT Old Olertoni;i» (i.M. Co. .. d 1 u — Oct. - J4 Arch-Hill Krickifc Tile Co. 0 10 — Oct. 31 Oeni U..)l. C« i) 0 4 — Oct. 2l) New JPriuee Imptarial U.M.Co. 9 1 0 — Nov. 1*