COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9325, 30 March 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Hkrald Office, Friday evening. Tit*} Customs duties to-day amounted to £43-1 4s -2d. Mr. Alexander Aitkes's Market wort for the week ending March 30.—T!:0 past week had been a very busy ono. The new market lias been opened, mid ha* given the preatest satisfaction to both buyers and sellers- Produce of all kinds has been quitted in unusually largo quantities. Potatoes of good oualitj a.re scarcesecond class and inferior coining forward freely. Fully 500 sacks have boon sold during the week. Onions have further advanced in value, and a large demand exists. Grain of all kinds moves freely, and supply is short of requirements. S'egetA'dw commanding good prices. Fresh butter ha.;sold fairiv. Corne-i butter of prime quality v?rv diflicult to obtain. JATife supplies of secondclass inferior. Cheese in good supply; t hat of prime ouali'y finds speedy sale. Values unchanged. Kegs : fair supply, and are much wanted, High prices have ruled. Bacon and hams hate sokl freelv, and j supplies are wanted, lloney has moved more freely. Waik&to make is wanted. Poultry of all kinds in ' very large supply. Valuvss unchanged. Young pigs entered in good numbers. Demand has not been so good, and prices 'have been lower. Porkers are scarce, and commanding high prices. Fruit of ail kinds In large supply. Values unchanged for all except plains, which are lower. The demand for this line does not improve, although supplies are but small- their places being taken by pears. Good dessort applet and poftrs have fetched fair values. Grapes : Those to Irani in poor condition. It is a pity that more care is not takon by steamers carry, ing this and other soft fruits, which .ire handled as though they were valueless, and regardless of the interests of'the unfort grower. The attendance at. tlie s.'iles has been unusually large, particularly on Friday, fit the new mart, the building being fairly crowded throughout the day, and a large business was the result. The following ai'e the week's quotations:—Fowls, poor and old, 3d to 10(1 ; ordinary good, Is 2d U'J Is Sd ; heavy roost Is 5d U> is; chick.", 8d to lOd ; Cochins, Is Sd to 2s 3d ; ducks, is ,vi to '.Is 2d ; geese, 2s lid ; turkey;,, is Sd to is id ; pigs, 3s 6d to Ts ; v -.ry small, 2s d ; heavy, lis tkl ; canaries 3s 3d to us' Oil ; potatoes, really giv>d, f'S to &s 3d; poor lots, £3 ISs to £4 Is ; interior, £2 lbs to £3 3s; cow potatoes, 30s to 40s; kidneys. £6 ; mangolds, 25s ; pumpkins, 3s ad to 4s ; pie melons, S.s Gd to 3s 10il ; omoii-s, £10 to £12, and Id to 1-d per lb; water melons, 4s 3d to 4s Cd ; cheese, ■id to 5u : butter, fro->li, 7d to Sd ; eggs, Is lOd to 2s ; bacjn, Bid to S-Jd ; hams, Ojd to lOd ; honey, 2Jd to 3.1 ; VVaikaio clover, in bulk, 3J<l; Danish oate, 2s Gd ; maize, 3s 0d : fowl wheat, 3s 7d to 4s ; damaged, 3s ; cabbage, 2s Ski to 4s 3d ; apple.*, cooking, fd to Id ; small, ; dessert, id to Ijd ; Kibstonei«, lid to ljd ; pears, Marie Louise, 2|d to 3d ; 1' until, 1 iit to l|d : other dessert kinds, ljd to 2}d ; small and stewing kinds, {d told; peaches, 1 j-l to 3d per lb, and Is 2d per dozen ; small, iij-d to 4d ; lemons, Is (id to Is lOd ; grapes, damaaed, 2Jd to "m.l ; damsons, 3d to lid : bullaces, jd to Jd ; plums, all kinds, lid to 24d ; qttinc.es, Id to Ijd ; figs, 2d to 2W ; passion fruit, 2d to jd ; tomatoes, ljd to ljd ; green, Ad.

STOCK AMI) MINING ASSOCIATION.

oiuvn. " .tmijiiu Auckland. March 29, is?o.

C. Alexander, S. Vickers. J. F. Clarke R. Prater, .7. M. Lennox, D. 15. McDonald, D. O. MacDonnell, Aitkeu Carrick, R. Spratt, Francis Hull, James Reid, R. O. .M;vcky, Samuel Turtle, T. A. Menzies. Josret'H Newman, Chairman. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. CAI.LS. £ ». d. Gem G.M.Co 0 0 3 — April 3 Askliaui - Molloy Gold and •SilTer Extraction Co. .. 0 0 3J — April 3 I'ienia.n's Freehold G.M.Co.. 0 0 2 — April 10 Arch-hill Brick and 'Hie Co.. 0 1 0 — April 23 I) V I.DKN us. Rank of Australasia .. .. 2 10 0 — April 5 Paroquet G.M.Co .. ..0 03 — April 21

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