COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9190, 20 October 1888, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

j New Zealand F< v.rald Otfice, Friday evening. ; The Customs receipts to-day were £540 10s | sd. ! Messrs. Arthur and Bundle's weekly Re- ■ PORT. —Business generally has been letter than : last w?ek. Produce was in short supply in the • early part of the week, hut entries for Friday's ! market sale were fairly full. a few lines of new ' cheese met with ready sale at 3jd to 4jd, old of • good quality scarce. New pom toes came forward i freely, but the majority were unripe. Bacon and hams in stood supply, and satisfactory sales were • made. Fresh butter plentiful, good corned very ! scarce. T.'.e following auc'.p ■: • ales have been held ; dr.rinjr «:•*• —On Mor. - at 11, sever.! prii-• •••'•''•red by or .• of the Revri- -.v •>:" it- - - art. ".A Las:-' attendan » •>'. Ib: ' „ -.t ' .•i-mp»tition, «»*•;•. lot p».<sin,: '• '.".rf ! umcajeef. s'-t". sequent to :.hs sale we so' ) an ■ .'■-'otihen'. fronting Reranera K->ad at £3 10s a foot. i «:»-.« th. same day .sales o; household furniture, Ac., ; w-i-e held at Newmarket and Kvber Pa>s Road, both , v-.;re well-attended, and satisfactory prices realised. ! Wednesday's furniture sale at the mart whs fairly ; a, tended, as was also a sale of drapery on Tiiurs- : (lay: at both pood business was done. Friday's ' market sale was a marked improvement on the pTe'i'rtis few week' ; buyers were very nnmeroiis. aiid I'-i.-'.-i on v hole "ruled h.' ( .h. Putlny and : "n- -'rre well fiH.'d, con petition brisk, and first-rase prices realised. We if note as follows:— fowl?, it: poor condition. Is to is id ; good table fowls, 3s fid to :'s; Dorking?, 3s fld : game. 2s 91; Hoadsc.", i? 6.1; ducks. Is Td -.o 2.-; Pckius, 3&; i turkeys, 3s 3d to 4s; geese, 3s 5d to 4s 4d; ben ' and ducklings, 3s Od to 5s : goslings, lOd ; piss, Ss fid !to lis 3d ; small and rough, 4s fid; canaries. 4s to 1 5s *1 ; sacks cabbages. Is 2d to 2s Id ; rhubarb, 2<d I to 5d ; pumpkins, Cs fid ; carrots, Is fid ; new potai toes, round and shepherds. 511<> ?d ; kidneys, id to ; ltd ; onions, 2d ; kumeras, l;d ; local potatoes, i old, 3s 6d to 4s fid. sacks extra ; Southern, ss. sacks ' in ; Southern seed. is fid ; fresh butter, in pats, 4td 1 to sjd ; salt, 4d : inferior, id to ljd : 7}d per | dozen ; turkey eirgs, SJd : bacon, f>d to fi(i; hams, fid ; cheese, 3;d to 4Jd : inferior, Id to ljd ; chaff. Is Cd ; sharps, is 4d ; bran, 5s ; maize, 2s lOd ; chick wheat, Is M ; biscuits, Jd to 4id : London mixtures, Sd ; honey, 3d : syrups. 7s 6d ; box tea, 15s to 22s ; lemons, 3d to i?Jd ; oranges, (is. Mr. Alexander Aitken's Market Report for the week ending October 2U Business on the whole has been satisfactory. Supplies in the early part of the week were short, but came forward freely at the latter end, but little of any kind left on hand. Old potatoes in fair supply, and an entire clearance effected. New potatoes show a temporary decline. Prices were rather low, partly owinc to growers having overstocked the town a fortnight too soon, as the demand has not yet crown sufficiently to meet heavy supplies, and the crops would benefit by being left in the ground another week or two. Growers should not be in too great a hurry to part with their crops. Satisfactory prices are expected to rule, with a good demand, throughout the season. Poultry was in good supply, but not up to demand ; prices were good. Pigs in good number ; prices unchanged. Vegetables: Good supply, and prices fair." Grain in good supply ; prices firm. Chart' still unsaleable. Butter: Fresh was in heavy supply ; prices further declined. Not much prime corned to hand, anil there were no sales of importance. Some farmers still persist in using coarse salt; such as this sells only at pastry prices. Prime quality in new kegs can lie placed at a good price. Ecirs :In large supply, and further advance in price. Farmers or storekeepers need not fear to consign in any quantity. Bacon : Good supply, no really c.'ioice. Cheese, small supply, all cleared. But little fruit. Friday's sale was very largely attended, and lasted five and a-half hours, with spirited competition. Fowls, ordinary. Is 7d to 2s; poor. Is Sd to Is fid ; roosters, Is Sd to -2s 2d ; ducks. Is 5d to 2s ; young ducks, fid to yd ; hens and chicks. 3s fid to 7s fid the brood ; Brahtnas, up to 5s 9d each; other varieties at similar rates ; pigs, poorly bred, fis to 7s fid ; well bred, 10s fid to 17s each; pork, none; old potatoes, Waikato anil Napier, £4 to £4 10s ; no Southern onions; Californian, Gjd; cabbages, 3d to S.s; green peas, Is fid per peck ; carrots, 2s per sack ; new potatoes (Shepherd's), ill to Id ; kidneys. Id to lid ; maize, 2s 'jd to is 1 fid : bran, 4s fid ; sharps, 4s Cd ; wheat, none ; oats, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; chaff, Is to Is 3d ; butter, prime fresh, 4d to sijd ; inferior, 3Jd to ;;jd ; prime keg butter, fid to 7d ; inferior, 21 d "to 4d ; eggs (hen), I 7Jd to .Sd ; average, 71d; duck eggs, s«l to 9d ; I honey, bush, 2}d ; Barrier, 3d Waikato, 3}d ; box ' tea«, "lis Od to 22s ; sauce. 3s Od to 5s ; jams, 3ld to j 4d ; damaged flour, Gs to 7s per sack ; damaged bops, j 3d ; bacon, as received, 5d to fid ; inferior, 3d to 4d ; I hams, prime, B<l ; inferior, -id to fid; Cape goose- , berries. Is per It, ; green gooseberries, inferior, f,d ; I pines, 3s; lemons, lOd ; shaddocks, is 4d per dozen ; ' cheese, new and very soft, 4d. A large quantity fit j household furniture and sundries sold at very fair prices.