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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3155, 13 September 1892, Page 2

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* Tht Waikato Times Office, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKKTS. Mkhshs Eham and Abthuu'h Wkkkly Rk--I'OliT.— Potatoes : Eight thousand sacks hare been received during the week ex steamers and railway. Ex Tarawera averaged 31s 3d c.i.f. ; ex store, fur prune qaality, Waikato and Southern, t'2 to £2 5s ; inferior, according to condition, 30s to 32a 6d ; new potatoes, Jd per lb. Maize, in limited supply, at 2s yd. Seed oats have been in doinand at 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; feed sorts, 2s "id to 2s 7d. Fowl wheat better inquired for at 3s to 3s 3d in small lots. Chaff, £5. Onions, 0s to 6s M. Prime fresh butter maintained last week's rates ; No. I realised lOd to lljd ; ken butter is very scarce, great difficulty in supplying exports orders ; Taranaki has sold at Is. Eggs are more plentiful at 6Jd to O.v'd. Bacon atid hams, demand bettor this week ; local cure, the former at 4id to GJd, the latter, fi.Jd to ; orders for Canterbury factory fur export, good. Fruit, loquats, ljd to 2|d ; lemons, 4d to Od ; small lemons, 2d to 3d ; Cape gooseberries, 3Jd to 4Jd ; 100 cases Hobart apples, 5s to 6s 9d ; fowls, Is 4d to Is Gd ; roosters, Is 7d to Is lOd ; ducks, Is 8d to 2s ; supplies small. Mr AbRXANDKK Aitkkn's Market Report.—Potatoes : Prime Oamaru and Canterbury, £2 to £2 10s ; poor, down to 3"s ; prime Southern seed, 35s to 50s per ton ; cow potatoes, 25s to 30s. Onions : Good supply; bare market; prime, ljd to 2Jd ; pour lots, id to id. Garlic, unsaleable. Carrots, 24s"to 30s ; Mangolds, 25s ; pumpkins, 6s 3d to 7s per cwt; new potatoes, Id to ljd per lb. Chaff : Quitted in quantity at £4 to £4 10s ; extra, up to £5. Wheat : Good fowl feed, 3s to 3s 3d, in short supply. Maize : Supply fair, demand strong; 2s (id ex wharf, and 2s Od to 2s lOd ex store. Oats : Short feed, 2s !)d to 2s lOd; seed kinds, 3s. Bran, £4 10s; sharps, iM 10s. Vegetables sold at satisfactory prices. Butter: Prime, lOd to lOijd; medium, 9d to lOd ; kag butter, lid ; separator, Is ; tinned, Is 3d to Is 4d. Eggs : Hen, Cd to 6Jd; duck, to 7Jd ; turkey, 8d to Honey : Bulk, 2?d to 3d ; small tins, 3d to 3Jd. Lard, 4Jd to 5Jd. Bacon : Prime, 6d to o£d ; medium, 4d to ; clothed, 7d. Hams : Prime local, CJd to 7d ; medium, 5d to Gd ; Canterbury, in cloth, lOd. Fruit: Apples, local, 2d to 2.Jd ; Hobarts, Cs to Ss per case. Lemons : Small, poor, 3d to 4d ; choice, 6Ad to 7Ad. Oranges : Local, 4.Jd to 6d per dozen ; Tahiti, 8b Gd per case ; Sydney, fls to 6s 6d per case. Pines, 6s to 7s per dozen ; passion fruit, Gs per oase ; mandarins, 8s to 8s 6d per case. Poultry : Fowls, heavy table, Is 8d to 2s 2d ; medium, Is 3d to Is 7d ; poor and old, Is to Is 4d ; roosters, in condition, Is 8d to 2s 4d ; others, Is to Is 6d ; ducks, Is lOd to 2s 3d ; turkeys, liens, 3s 4d to 3s 9d ; gobblers, 4» to Gs Gd ; geese, 2s 4d to 3s ; canaries, Is Gd to 3s 9d ; pigeons, common, Gd to Is ; ducklings, 4d to Is 8d each. Pigs : Best breeds, 8s to 12s 3d : medium, ys to 7s 6d ; suckers and poor breeds, 4s to 4s 9d ; stores, 15s to 23s each.