AUCKLAND PRODUCE REPORT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15275, 24 July 1920, Page 9

AUCKLAND PRODUCE REPORT.

Tlii- week's Auckland produce report slates-. Prices of local products aie mostly on the up grade, recent advances having been recorded m bread, buttei\ iinillc and i gas, while the doubling of the price of I sugar has put up a dozen or two of other lines that depend on sujrar- The only noticeable . fall is Jn eggs, wh\ch nave come down nearly a shilling per 'dozen lit a week. A s this has happened durin- the. veiy week when pollard and bran have advanced m price, and when wheat has been unobtainable, it again demonstrates the fact that is well known m commercial circles that the price of any article does not necessarily depend on he cost of of production. Eggs- have fallen because the supply has been greater-. in proportion to the demajid than it was a fortnight ago, and all producers know that the price wojuld have fallen exactly the same if the cost of food had doubled, instead of rising. only 10 pep cent. The fall m the prie'e has brought m a greater demand for bacon, and full quantities are now obtainable at reasonable raies. The high price of fresh meat naturally assists this movement. Potatoes: Local stocks are working down, but , there is no material changein the position. Fair sales are reported at Bs. 6d .ex store, and expectations of better prices are based on hopes that the embargo on importation., into Australia will eventually be removed. Seed Potatoes: Demand has again increaped «inre the wfatliej", improved. The principal demand is still taking the early varieties, the main crop not 3-et. being put m- •-.■-■••'■ Onions: Gelling very scarce, and to. picked arc selling. up to 19s. A few will soon be coming, from Melbourne, but they will cost about twice as much. Oats: Market decidedly weaker, nnu Souyvern merchants aTe showing move inclination to quit their stocks. Local demand has improved a little since the price came down, and fair quantities are. moving off -at 0s 4d ex wharf and Gs 8(1 ex store. > 'Seed Oats: Demand is increasing, and Algerian seed is selling well at us f<d for Southern, ios to io.s 6d for Australian. ; iVl.aize: Very little old is arriving, and small lots ex stove are selling at lls 6d. Supplies of new grain are gradually increasing, but the. quality is no better. Most consignments realise os 6d on tho wharf. . -...■-. Flour: The authorities -evidently fenr a shortage, as severe, reariijations restricting export to the Islands have come m Bran and Pollard: Both were Advanced ir»s per ton last week. . Chaff: Very firm at £17 10s ex store, with supplies restricted through jnsuillcient shipping fr<Tm the south. Fertilisers: Boncdust is. very scarce, And some . of the local manufacturers are hampered for want of super. As this is obtainable m: Australia, there has been general comment, '.on- a ■.shipment of salt being allowed to come ove.v last wrcU' on a spccialJy-charterod vessel, as super is. much' niore 1 urgent.! nn<| 'Important.