COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3122, 19 July 1892, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

b'<n huo fitiicx Office, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. M&ssu* Ksani and Aiithtin's WEEKLY fvKi'Olir. —We li-rn: Imld five s.-ilhs during tile week—Monduy, jewellery ; Tumihiy, household fur iii(llri* ori account of Mr.). W. Knight : Wnlm-Mlay, a shipment. of condemned wire and a s;ihj of niii'scrv stuck ; Friday prod nee. Tli" principal change in the produce department is the fall in mice of butter, prime fresh, which brought Is (id last week, only realised Is 3d on Friday, and so in proportion. Tho quantity coming forward,both locally and from Taranalu, has been greater than anticipated. In tho early part of tho week demand was good on island account, but now thesa orders are filled buyers are not .so anxious tj operate. Potatoes are plentiful, prices reinaiuing about tho name ; iu seed varieties the output has been restricted by the bad weather. Maize has been scarcer, and about 2d better value. Oats ;ire firm, holders not being •anxious to sell. Onions are, as a rule, of poor quality, and can only be quoted according to condition. Cheese has been so scarce that outside orders could not be fully executed. Eggs more plentiful. Local hams and bacon are not in large supply yet all coming to hiind meeting with a ready sale. For Southern factory cure the demand has been excellent; we have placed 80 cases within the last, fortnight. Fruit has been in limited quantities, owing to no consignments arriving from Sydney and tho Islands. Poultry : Supplies better; good demand. Our auction rates have been as follow :— A Vaikato potatoes, £2 to £2 10s ; Southern, £2 10s to £2 los ; Sonthorn kidnevs, £2 10s to £3 10-5; Magnum Bonum, £3 10s ; Shepherds, £3 to £3 10s; mangoids, 20.^": pumpkins, £2 to £3 ; piemelons, £2 to £2 10, i ; carrots, 25s to 30s ; wheat, 3s to 3s 3d ; sharps, 4s Gd ; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; maize, 2s 2d ; onions, £2 to to £4 ss, and Is to Is (id per bag ; bacon, 4.1 dto ti.jd ; hatris, Gd to 7'd ; cheese, 5Ad to 6d ; butter, fresh, No. 1, lid to 1r 3,|d ; No. 2, Od to lOd ; salt, lOd to Is Id ; eggs, lid ; apples, l.jd to 2d ; lemons, 7d to 9Ad ; local oranges, to i>d ; Seville oranges, GJd to 7<l ; peauuts, ljd ; dates, 4d ; fowls, Is 2d to Is fld ; turkoys, 3s to 4s 2d ; ducks, Is 7d to 2s.

Mr Alexandkk Aitkk.v'k Mabkst Repout for the week ending July IG.—Business has been brisk daring the week, aud large quantities of general produce have been quitted at satisfactory values. Potatoes hare been in demand beyond supply at a better average value: Prime Southern, £2 los to ,83 ; Taranaki," £2 10s to £3 ; Wnikato, ,£2 10s to £2 15s ; poor lots, £2 to £2 5a ; kidney seed of good sample have sold froely ; Canterbury, £3 10s to £4; Taranaki; £3 10s; local, £2 10s to £5 ; Taranaki Circular seed, £3; Waikatn Hobart seed, dull of late at 40s to GOs ; Beauty of Hepburn, £4 10s to £5 ; Early Rose, £5 to £G, the latter in good demand ; Shepherd's seed have been unsaleable, except for cow feed ; 10 tons hava been sold at 20-; to 30s. Onions have been received and sold in considerable qnnnfcies, but prices continue low. Prime local, }/\ to Jd ; Southern, £3 15s to £4 10s ; (risborne, £3 to £4. Carrots have been in better demand, at 25s to 30s ; mangolds have also sold freely at 25s to 235. Pumpkins, 3s to os fid per cwt; new kidney potatoes, Ad to Id per ib ; new Shepherds, very choice, id ; others, Is to Is 9d per bag. Swede turnips, 30s ; cabbages, la t» 2s Gd per sack ; cauliflowers, 2s (id to 5s per sack ; kumeras, 5s to 5s Gd per cwt. j Butter has been received in considerable quantity during the week ; fully four tons received from Taranaki and 30cwt. of local. The market has been easier, and prices ruled lower. Prime Taranaki, Is 2d to Is 4d ; poor, lOd tu Is; prime local keg, Is to Is Id ; medium, 10d to Is ; roll in pickle, prime Taranaki Is 3d, local (old) lOd to Is ; prime fresh butter, Is 3d to Is 4d ; medium, Is to Is 2d ; inferior lots, Dd to lOd. Eggs have been in good supply and very keen demand at lOd to Is per dozen. Cheese remains very scarce. Prime fac-tory-made has been quitted in quantities at 6d, loaf sizes GJd to 7d, old and damaged 2d to 4-Vl. Bacon has been in good demand ; all sold. Prime 5d to Gd, poor 3d to 4d. Hams are rather dull of sale. Prime Gd to GJd, poor 3d to sd. Honey remains in good demand. Several large Southern orders unfulfilled. Good quality in bulk 3d, clover 3kl to 4d, poor honey 2d to 2i\d ; lard in kegs 4d to 4;\d, bladders 5d to fijd. Maize has been very scarce at 2s cx wharf and 2s 2d ex store. Oats : Feed 2-! 4d, seed kinds 2s Gd to 2s 9d ; bran and sharps, £5 ; wheat, good whole fowl feed, 3s to 3s 3d, poor 2s to 2s Gd, demand ' limited. Fruit: The market has been very bare of all sorts during the week, and will continue so for the next fortnight. A fine lot of choice dessert apples, local grown, came to hand for Friday's sale and brought high prices. Choice dessert apples, 2fd to 3jd ; Nickerjaek?, 3d ; good ordinary sorts, 2d to 2id ; Hobarts, 2d. Lemons have been very plentiful and in excess of demand ; large, Gkl to lOd ; small, 4d to sd. Oranges : Local, to Is per do/en ; Poor Man's orange, 8d to lOd ; Island oranges, 8s Gd to 10s per case; Sydney, 7s to 8s; mandarins, 10s. Peanuts, lid to 2d ; pines, 5-s per dozen. Poultry has been penned in large quantity ; values were unchanged ; fat table fowls, Is 8d to 2s 3d ; good ordinary, Is 4d to Is Gd ; poor, etc., Sd to Is 2d ; VI neks, Is srl to 2s 4d ; geeso, 2s to 2s Gd : turkeys, gobblers 3s to Bs, hens 2s to 4s Gd ; pigeons, Gd to 9d ; canaries, 4s Gd to 15s e.tch. Pigs penned in good numbers; best breeds, 10s Gd to 15s ; others, 4s 9d to !)s. Dead rabbits, 2s per pair. Horse, cart, and harness, £15 10s ; covered spring cart, cte., £IS. A small homestead on the East Coast was disposed of at £550 cash. SALE OF POULTRY. lliY TELEGRAPH— OWN' COKIIKSI'OXPKNT.) Auckland, L.ist Night. —At Mr A. Aitken's sale of poultry from the show today, t.he following prices were realised : — Black and red came, good, 7s to 12s; medium lots, 2s fid to 4s; Duck-wing (prize-birds), Ss to 14s ; medium, 3s Gd to ss; Buff Cochins, 2s, 3s and 7s each; Andulusian roosters, 3a Gd to 5s Gd ; hens, 2s Gd to 4s lid ; Black Spanish, 3s to 9s ; Bantams, 2s to 2s 9d ; Hamburgs, 3s to 7s Gd Rocks, 2s 3d to 12s ; Rouen ducks, 3s to Ss.

MARKET REPORTS. The New X-inland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date :—. Christchokch. July S. —Wheat: Home advices are eminently unsatisfactory ; indeed, they could not well bo worse, seeing that the market has declined unntl ar Ud on the week, blinking quotations down to 3us for Tuscan, 22.4 (id for short-berried, and 32 s per 4801b c.i.f. These ire the lowest prices touched since May, 1888, when local values stood at 2* l!d to 2s fld for prime milling wheat. In the face of these facts it is not surprising that exporters are chary about operating, und that business is comparatively stagnant, Primo wheat is in demand bv millers at 3s 7d to 3s 8d for Paul and Tuscan, and 3s 5d for Hunter's. —Oats: There is an activo demand for both milling and feed qualities, and values have improved fully Id per bushel since our last report. We quote prima milling Is lOd to Is lid, heavy feed, Is S\d to Is Old, ordinary Is fid to Is 7d per bushel, f.0.i)., sacks extra. —Potatoes : Values are only nominal. —Dairy Produce : No alteration sinc-i our last report..