MARKET REPORT.
Messrs Thos. Patersou and Co., auc-j tioneers, fruit, and general produce agents, report for the week ending August 29: — Apples.—Tasmanian Spm., 6s 6d to 9s; etnrmer, 6s to J7s 9d; N. Y. P. and russets, 6s 9d to 7s; French crabs, 7s 6d to 8a 6d; Canterbury Lord "Wolseley, Bs. Oranges plentiful: New South Wales, 33 6d to' 6s; islands, 7s 6d to 10s; Mandarins, 3s to ss; Seville, 3s to 4s 6d. Lemons: Sydney,-4s to ss; Mildara, 7s 6d to 8s 6d. Pineapples, 12s per case. Bananas, scarce. Ehuba*b, AA perlb. Produce.—Eggs, fresh, 9d. Butter: Fresh dairy, Sd to 9d } separator, lOd to lid, wanted; creamery, lO^d to lid. Poultry in good demand for local consumption. Roosters, 3s Gd to 4s; hens, 2s 3d to 3s; ducks, ,3s 9d to -4s 6d; turkey gobblers, 8d to 9d per 1b; hens, 5d to 6d-; we advise consignments. • .Potatoes.—Best Derwents, £11 to £i&; seed kidneys wanted,' .£lO to Jll 10s. Onions : Californian, 235" 'to 24s (firm); cabbages, la 6d to 2s per sack; cauliflowers, 3s to 5s 63.; swedes, Is 3d to Is 6d (sacks extra); horsehair. Is 4d io Is 6d per lb; honey, 3id to 4d, 101b tins .wanted; .beeswax, Is 4d.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 37
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205MARKET REPORT. Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 37
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