COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11986, 7 June 1902, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

, AUCKLAND FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. The local produce markets have been fairly brisk during the past week,, and the auction sales good. All lines remain firm, and the fruit market is steadier, and prices a little better. • Butter and eggs tire both, scarce, and realised higher prices, whilst poultry was in heavy supply, but with a good demand. The Auckland Fruit and Produce Auctioneers' Association quote :—, .. . Field Produce.—: Local. £4 to £4 10s ton; Southern, £5 10s; seed kinds. £7 to £8. Kumaras. 5s cwt. Onions: Local, seed. 2d to Id lb; Southern, .7s to 8s cwt. Wheat, fowl. 4s to 4s 6d bushel. Chaff. £5 103 to £6 tori. - - .. Vegetables.—Cabbages, 9a to 7s sack; cauliflowers,. 3s 6d to 7s 6d dozen. . ... , Dairy Produce.—Dairy butter, in prints or rolls, lCd to Is lb; separator, lOd to Is; pastry. 8d to 9d; farmers' keg, first. 8d; milled, in bulk, 10d; factory rolls, lid to Is. Eggs: Fresh, 2s to 2s Id doz.; pickled, Is 4d. Cheese: Farmers'. 3|U to 4d lb; factory, 4Jd; loaf, 5Jd. Bacoxs: Farmers, 5d to 6d ; factory, 5d to 6d. • Quotations for standard cases , and boxes only : Apples, local dessert. 2s 6d to 7s case; cooking. 3s to 4s 6d. Pears: Dessert, 10s to 123: cdOkihg. 5s to 7d; grapes, hothouse, 6d to 9jd lb tomatoes, hothouse, 6>.d ; Cape Gooseberries, 3d to Sid; passion fruit, 103 to 12s.case; Walnuts, 6d to 6Jd lb; peanuts, lid to 2d bananas, 2s 6d to 3s 6d bunch, 13d lb. Poultry.—Hens, Is to Is 9d each; table roosters," Is 6d to 3s ; ducks, Is 9d to 35.; geese. 3s to 43; chicks. 4d to IS ; turkeys, gobbler?, 5s to 9s, hens 4s to 55. Miscellaneous.— pigs, 23 to 5s each : porkers. 10s to 15s; pork, 4d lb; hares. Is Sri each; rabbits, Is 6d. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DOT^fe.—Knrahtii, sd: May Queen Hauraki, Monowai, 2s sdj Komata Beets, Is sd. BUYERS— National Bank. 795; New Zealand Insurance, 77s 6d; National Insurance, 20s 6d; South British Insurance. 80s 6d; Standard Insurance, 17s 9d; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 24s 6d; New Zealand and River Plate, old, 21s 9d; New Zealand and River Plate, new, 22a 6d; TaUpiri Coal Mines, Limited, 185.4 d; Auckland Gas, old, £13 183 6d; Gisborne Gas, 325; Northern Steamship, contributing, 7s 3d; DevonpoH Steam Ferry, 40s; Kauri Timber, contributing, Is 9d; D.S.C., Limited, 9s 8d; Milne and Chovce, Limited, preferential, 23s 6d; Union Oil, 20s 3d; Broken Hill, 3d; Kuranui, 4£d; Monowai, 2s 3d; Welcome Jack, contributing. 2*d; Crown, 12s 9d; Komata Reefs. la 4d; Tairua Broken Hills, 9s 3d; Waihi Beach United, 2Jd; Waihi Consolidated, sd. - SELLERS.— of New Zealand. 633: New Zealand Insurance. 795; South British Insurance, 82s 6d; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 255; New Zealand and River Plate, old, 22s 6d; New Zealand and River Plate, new, 233 6d; HikUrangi Coal, 8s 6d; Taupiri Coal Mines, Limited, 18s -..West-port Coal, 97s 6d; Auckland Gas, old, £14 2s 6d; Auckland Gas, new (£4 10S). £13; Thames Gas, 325; Gisborne Gas, 355; Northern Steamship, contributing, 7s 8d; Mitchelson Timbei Co., 17s; Avondale Brick and Pottery, 22s 6d; D.S.C., Limited, 10s: New Zealand Drug (£2), 503; Union Oil, 21s 3d; Broken Hill, 3Jd; Kuranui, aid; KurahUi-Caledohian, 8d; May Queen Hauraki, sd; May Queen Extended, 6id; Monowai, 23 9d; Waiotahi, 245: Welcome .Jack, contributing-. 4(1: Chelmsford. Is 8d; Ci-or.ii, 13s 3d; Komata Reefs, Is 6d: Maratoto, M; Rising Sun. 4Jd; Tairua Broken Hills, 9* 9d: "Waihi. £6; Waihi Beach United. 3>,rt-, Waihi Consolidated, 7?, d; Waihi Consols, 3d; Waihi Extended, 2s lid: Waihi South, 6d; Wattekauri, 3s 3d; New Fonr-in-Hand, Is 6d. G. A. Buttle, Chairman. W. H. O. JOHNSTON. Secretary. 3.15 p.m., June 6, 1902. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST, , Calls made. £ s d. Date. Big Beetle, May 26 0 0 1 June 11 Kapowai. Juno 2 0 0 1 June 11 Maratotd, June 6 C 0 1 June 20 Kuranui, June 4 0 0 1 June 25 Queen of the North, June 6 ... C 0 0£ July 9 New Gloucester, June 5 ... 0 0 1 July 9 Dividends: Due. Mount Lyell M. and R. Co. ... 0 1 0 July 1