COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9380, 1 June 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Friday evening. The Customs duties to-day amounted to £4-26 lis.

MESS AllTlll'K ami Huddle's WEKKI.V RePORT.a busy weak in all departments. Good demand for produce of all kinds : much more could have been sold of some kinds. Fresh butter moved oft" freely—an unsatisfied demand ; the same may he .said of good fresh eggs. Well-cured local bacon is wanted. EleTon sales by auction hare been held. On Monday a large sale of unredeemed pledges ww held at the mart consisting; of sold ami silver watches. jewellery, tools, clothing, etc., from Mr. J. Neumegen. pawnbroker, Wellesley-street. There was a very force attendance ; good competition for many lines ; prices were satisfactory. There was also a sale of household furniture, horse, buggy, harness, etc., at Mr. J. Thompson's. Broughton Lodge, Mount .Albert. There was a good attendance, and all sold at fair prices. On Tuesday, at the mart, a little homestead of '31 acres, with house and outbuilding on the Ureal South Road, about li miles from Pokeno station, was sold by auction for £215 cash. On Tuesday and Wednesday a clearingout sale of stock of drapery was held at the shop lately occupied by Mr. Hemmingway. There was a good attendance, and fair prices were obtained. The sale will be continued on Saturday and Tuesday next. On Wednesday a sale was held at the mart of household furniture and effects. A fair amount of business was done. There was ilso a sale of new Wertheim treadle sewing machines; several were sold at ild each. On Thursday there was a sale of household furniture and effects at the residence of Mr. F. li. Wood ham, Hose Road, a fair number were present, and upon the whole prices were satisfactory. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday sales were held at the Mart of poultry, produce, groceries, etc. ; all were well attended, and good prices were obtained. On account of its being so wet to-.lay the sale has not been near so large as it would hsve been if fine, yet a large business has been done. There was a fair show of poultry, and prices have been better. Several lots of pigs were entered, and brought fair prices. Fruit has also sold at a better price to-day. A shipment of Hobart have come to hand this week, and they sold at a very low price, because the sample was inferior. The following are the highest and lowest prices obtained —Fowls, 9d to is 4d ; chicks. 4d to 9d ; grey Dorking chicks, S>d ; game chicks, lOd ; white Dorkings, 'ii 2d ; grey Dorkings, is lid : black Hamburgs, Is Od ; silver llamburgs. Is 7d ; Andalusians, 2s to '2s 4.1 ; dark Braluiias, 2s to 2s 7d : young light Brahmas, Is : d ; black Spanish, Is 2d to is Od ; white Leghorns, young, Is to Is Id ; Langshaus, 2s tid ; turkeys, 3s to 3s 9d ; Muscovy ducks. Is 7<l; ducks, is to '2s id ; geese, 2s 3d ; pigs, os 3d to As f»ii ; small rough Barrier pigs, is 2d to is 9d ; pigeons, 7d to 9d : dead rabbits, fid each : potatoes, local, 3s (id to 4s 3d : special line, 5s 3d, sacks extra ; inferior, 2s 3d to is ad ; Southern, -is to "is, sacks iii ; onions, IJd to IJd ; picklers, Id ; pumpkins, 2s Cd to 3s 4d ; parsnips. 3s (id ; carrots is 7d to 2s 2d : piemelons, Is yd to Is lOd ; new potatoes, Id lb, 3s 3d cwt ; kumaras, jd to Id ; marrows, Is 7d to is 7d ; cabbage, Is Id to is 4d sack ; red cabbage.. Is 3d dozen ; cauliflower. 3s dozen ; ohatf, Is 3d sack ; maize, 3s 7d ; wheat, os twl; flour, ill ; cheese, 3d to 4jd ; inferior, Id to 2}d ; bacon, new local cure, Bd ; hams, 7d ; shoulders and inferior, lid to 4}d ; fresh butter, pats, 7d to Is ; eggs, Is Id" to Is 2d ; honey, in sections, 3s id, 3s 3d ; jujubes, Sd ; confectionery, tid ; coffee, Is 2d ; biscuits, Id ; apples, Id to IJd ; inferior, Ad to Jil ; Hobart-s, is tid to 4s case ; pears, IJd to 2}d ; inferior, id ; walnuts, 5Jd ; medlars, jjd to Id ; tomatoes, l|d ; tomatoes, small green, id ; lemons, OJd to If 3d. Mr. Alexander Aitkkn's Market Report for the week ending June I.—A very good business has been done during the week. Produce of all kinds has found ready sale. Potatoes of better quality have come to hand from iikato districts, and better prices have been obtained. Onions have been quitted in large quantities at high prices, and the demand is yet unsatisfied. Vegetables of all kinds in large supply; prices low. Maize is scarce. Oats are also wanted at improved values. Wheat has a slightly downward tendency ; several parcels have been quit lat late quotations. Fowls were in good supply, and sold at slightly better average. Ducks in good numbers ; prices really good. Turkeys and geese also sold at higher prices. Pigs were entered in large numbers, but owing to the rain preventing many farmers attending the sale, prices were lower. " Rabbits have been quitted readily at satisfactory prices; there is a demand for a larger quantity. Hams and bacon : Supply of local lots increasing; values unchanged. Cheese has moved readily, but little left on hand. Honey, quiet. Fresh butter in good supply ; values unchanged ; the same applies to eggs. Corned biuter, quiet. Fruit shows no signs of falling off. At Tuesday's sale prices were higher; but on Friday, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the demand was more limited. The following are the quotations Fowls, poor and old, Is to Is 2d ; medium, Is 3d to Is 5(1 : good table fowls, Is tid to Is 9d ; roosters in condition, is to is 2d ; small, is to Is 4d ; ducks, Is 7d to is 9d ; geese, 2s tid to 3s 4d ; turkeys, poor, Is 9d to 2s; medium, is 6d to 3s ; heavy, up to 7s each ; canaries, Is lOd to 3s 6d ; pigs, poor and small, lis Cd to 4s ; others, 7s tit! to 13s 3d; rabbits, ltxl to Is Id per pair. Potatoes : Best Waikato, 4s to 4s Hid ; interior. is yd to 3s tid ; Southern kidneys, i'tn; local, £3 10s to £'). Onions, local, £14 lus to ilti, and lid to 2d per lb ; Southern, £13 to £11 ; pumpkins, 2s 3d to 3s ; cabbages, Is 7d to is Sd ; swedes. Is Od ; new potatoes, id to 3<:1: oats, is 9d to 3s t>d ; maize, 3s (id ; fowl wheat, best local, 3s Hd ; poor. 3s Id ; Southern, broken, 2* tid to 3s ; carrots, Is 9d to 2s 4d ; butter, fresh, IOJd to Is ; poor, 5d to 9d ; eggs, Is 3J(I to Is 4d ; honey, various, 2Jd to lid ; cheese, 3Jd to 4Jd ; baton, local, 4jd to Sd ; hams, Od to 3d ; Canterbury bacon, SUI to 7d ; hams, (id to 7d ; corned butter, tid to 8d ; pastry ditto, 2d to 4}d. Apple* : Ohinemuri, Id to lid; Stone Pippins, good, lid to i§d : (.'ox's Orange, IJd to Jd ; .Simmons' Winter, IJd to IJd; Reinette du Canada, Id to I 'd; others at similar values; poor lots, Jd to Id. Pears : Napoleon, IJd to IJd ; others, IJd to 2d. Walnuts, 9d to lid; Cape gooseberries, none ; lemons, small, lOd ; others, Is 3d to Is Sd ; Passion fruit, 3d to 3}d ; quinces, 2(1; tomatoes, ltd; trees and shrubs almost unsaleable.