COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10972, 28 January 1899, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Doing the week the markets have been partly cleared or the glut of potatoes, and low prices, combined with tlio wet weather prevailing, have caused prices to firm a shado. Onions found a better outlet at about £6 pel ton. Vegetables all round continue hardly salable. Fresh butter and eggs were firmor, but cheese was still difficult to sell. There was little bacon brought forward, and hams are still a drug. In fruit, the market has beon swamped with plums, the supply being far beyond expectations, and it ivac with great difficulty that all were sold under the hammer. As there are many tons yot to :ome in it is difficult to say what future values will be. The jam factories operated this week, but only on a moderate scale, and tit the present time id lb 16 the market valuo, and fruit requires to be good to even command that price. Peaches came to hand in large quantities, but wore only of a medium class. Apples, whoro clean and large, found better sale, but poor and medium were hardly salable. Bon Chretien pears were to hand and sold well. Thoro were no hothouse grapes offered by auction. Poultry was in short supply, and those sent in wore generally of a poor class. There was a strong demand for young pits. The following is a summary of the results obtained at the auction sales

yesterday: — Field Produce: Wheat, fowl, 2s 9d to 3s bushel: oats, feed, 2s 6d; maize, 5s to 3s 3d. Potatoes—Kidney, 2s to 3s 6d cwt; Dcrwent, 2s to 3s.

Garden Produce: Onions, local, 3.(1 lb; £6 to £7 ton: cabbages, 3d to 7d dozen; carrots, red, 6d to 8d; parsnips. 8d; rhubarb, Is to Is 6d: beet, table, 3d to 8d; green peas, 7d to BJd peck: French beans, 4d to 6d; cucumbers, 2Jd to 6d dozen; kumarae, 3s cwt.

Fruit: Apples— table, 2s to 48 case; | cnokin». 2s to 4s. Pears—Table. 2s to 3sfid case: table, Id to 2Jd lb: cooking, Id. Poacho=—Superior, 5(1 to 10H dozen; good. 3d to fid; others. Id to 2iH. Anricots, lid to 3id lb: grapes, indoor, 4Ad to 9d; lemons, 5s 3d to 8s esse; 4ld lo 7Jd dozen. 'Plums —Ordinary, 3d to 15(1 lb: .lapaneso, Jd to lid: Orleans Id to ljd. Tomatoes. Jd to Ud: coeoannts. 6s sack; passion fruit, 2s to 3s case; walnuts, 4d to 5d lb; Cape gooseberries. 4d to SH.

Poultry: Fowls. 9d to Is 4d each; roostor>, tabic. Is 6d to 2s 6d: ducks. Is to 2s 2d; turkeys, gobblers, 3s to ss; hens, 2s 6d to 3s fid: geese, 2s to 2s 8d; hen eggs, 9(1 to 10V1 doEen, T)»irv: Butter— 4Jd to 6Jd lb; Taranalfi 5d to 6d; Taranaki factory, lOd; keg, 2Jd to sd. Cheese— dairy, 2d to lk\ lb: factory. 4d to W. Paeon— 4d to sid lb: Southern, Bd. Ham?— Local, 5d to 6j-d: Southern, BJd.

DONALD AND EDENBOHOTJGH'S REPORT. Weeklv report for week ending January 23. 1399, from Donald and Edonborough, Fruit and Produce Brokers. Auctioneers, and Island Traders.—Potatoes have passed off much freer this week, Wo are pleased to Bay wo have cleared out all lines, with the exception of one, although prices have shown very slight Improvement. We anticipate a slight rise in value next week. Onions have come in freely. Fruit of all descriptions: Extra heavy shipments havo arrived to us, and we are pleased to say we have cleared each line as thev have come along, with the exception of lemons; few held over. Tomatoes have shown a decided drop In value. We have had over 200 cases in for to-day's sale alone, besides heavy arrivals each day in the week. Our store will he open on Mondav, but no auction will be held on account of holiday. Auction Tuesday as usual. On Monday last we received extra heavy shipment of Queensland melons and nines, Sydnev passion fruit and oranges, and three large lines of oranges from Itnly, being the only lots arriving in Auckland These have been all cleared out at satisfactory prices. Below ie our highest and lowest prices for the past week:—Apples: Good cooking, large cases, 2s 3d to 4s; eating apnles. large cases, 2s to 4s; half cases, Is 2d to Is 6(1. Oranges: Sydney, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Italian. Es 3d to 12s. Lemons: Cases. 5s 6d to 7s 31; half cases, 3s to 4s. Mandarins. 4s to 10«. according to quality bananas, by ton. lid to 13d lb. Pines: 53 6d to 69; Queensland, 10s to 10s 6d. Bamoan plume. Id to l|d lb, with the excention of about 20 cases during the week of damaged stock, at 3d. Peaches: We have made with a fow choice lots, good colour and large fruit, Is 4d to Is 6d per dozen: small fruit. 3d and upwards per dozen; lid to 2id lb in large lines. Apricots, nearly over, Id to 2Jd lb. Nectarines Choice, 2Jd lb; medium. 2d; poor samples, Id lb. Tomatoes: Early part of week we cleared all line 3 at lid to 2d lb; to-day's price is id to Id lb. Grapes, 6d to Bld lb. Queensland melons, 7s to 15s dozon. according to site. Peanuts, 2jd lb; walnuts, 61 lb; ccconnnts. 7s sack Potatoes. £2 to £2 15s ton. according to sample. We anticipate a rise of from 5s to 10s ton for good samples next week, as boat leaving for Islands. Onions, £4 10s to £7 per ton.-DONALD AND EDENBOROUGH, Commerce-street. E. Turner, Auctioneer.