COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3485, 30 October 1894, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

The WaiJdto Tim Office, Moudav, AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. . TVlkssrs Esaji and Arthur leport the following prices realised during the week ! —Southern potatoes, £2 to £2 5s ; local,' £1 to £110s; new kidneys. Id to l|d ; small, id ; Shepherd's, fdto £d ; green peas, Is (Id to Is 7d'; onions, 2d.; maize, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; bran, £3; sharps, £4; oats, 3$ to 2s Id ; pumpkins, £3 ; carrots, £110s; bacon, to Gid ; hams, 5d to 7|d ; shoulders, • 4Ad ; cheesei, 4d.to <IM; frpsh butter, No, I. Orl t i Gkl; No. 2,. 4|d to^jd; salt butter, prime, 6d to 6|d ; inferior, 4d ; eggs, Cd. , Local fruit: Loquats, l|d to 2,fd; lemons, 3s to 7s 6d; gooseberries, small, 3|d ; passion fruit, 'Jrjd to s;jd ; tomatoes, s|d to (Id ; stale, ' 4|d ; dates, 3d to 3Ad; Sydney .oranges,; 3s 6d to ss. Fowls, Is Id to Is Cd; , roosters, Is 5d to Is lid ; ducks, Is Id to Is 7d. • , ■ Mr Alex. Aitkbn reports for the week ' as followsPotatdes; Southern, £llss to £2 ss, Wnikatos, £llss to £2. Pumpkins, '£3 to £3los; citron melons, 4s; kumeras, •6s Cd; carrots. £llos to £2; new.potatoes,' kidneys, ljd to Ijjd; Shepherd?, |d to H-d; Early Rose, Id per lb; peas, Is Cd to 2s peck; oaks, Is 9d to 2s; maize, 2s 2d; chaff, £3 to' £3ss; sharps, £4 10s; wheat, 3s; bran, 3s. Butter: Taranaki factory •in rolls, 10|d to lid ; bulk, 9d to lOd; local . dairies, "3|d to 7|d, '4§d to 5Jd j keg, ,6d to Cheese, ( loaf, 5d .to (id, largo sizes, to 4f d. Eggs, sfd to Gid; bacon, Canterbury sides, 6d to-7Ad,' inferior "4|d to s|d; hams, '7|d to 9d, local' sides 4gd to, 7d, hams GAd to Sd ; lard, 4id tn sd; dressed pork, to .4d ; rabbits, Is Id to Is Sd" per pair: hares, Is 9d to 2s 6d each; honey, 3d to 3id, section, 4s 'Cd per dozen. Fruit: Sydney oranges in bad order. ls'4d to 4s 6d per'case; lemons, 2s to 5s 3d,according, to size of cases; loquats, lsd to 4|d' per lb; gooseberries, 3Jd to 4d; -passion fruit; 7d 'per dozen ; (taxonias, 6d per'dozen ; tomatoes, 4d to 8d per lb; local oranges, 5s 3d to 7s per case. Vegetables; Lirge supply entered, and sold at prices satisfactory to vendors, Poultry: In heavy supply. Young table roosters; Is 10d to 2s 4d, others, Is 3d to Is Sd, table fowls Is 6d to Is lOd, others, 9d to Is, 4d, ducks lid to Is 9d, geese 2s 8d to 3s' Id, turkeys (gobblers) 3s 9d to 4s 7d, hons 2s Id to 3s 7d, hens and 3s (id to 5s 3d, ducklings 3d to lid, canaries la Cd to 7s 3d,. pigeons. 3d to Is 4d. Pigs: Breeding sows, , £llos to £2 2s Cd, young pigs (test'lots) 17s Cd to 255, medium 125.6 d to 16s, poor and suckers 4s 3d to lis 9d, spring carts £l3 to ' £ls, buggies £l9los to £3O. Messrs ; Arthur Tooman and , Co's 'Weekly Keport.'—Business fairly active.' Fruit;: Ail kinds sold at good' prices. • \Lemdns, good, 4s to' Gs Cd; tomatoes, Cd ! to 7d ; loquats, Hd to-4|d 5d to s|d; apples, IC2 cases llobart sold at lis to 14s the case; Sydney oranges, 3s 7d, i to 5a 6a; local, Cs to 9s ; island, 8s ; mandarins, Bs.' Potatoes; a' drug: Best Waikato, £2;' Canterbury, £2 to £2 ss; forced sales, £1 to £1 10s per ton; new kidneys, i l^d; Shepherd's, good' Id t';i l|d; poor,» |d. Green peas, Is 2d to Is 9d.; rhubarb, to<7s, pumpkins, £2 5s to {8:10s; car-: t- rotsj red, £2 to £2los ; maize,-2s to -2s 2d; 1 oats,- Is lid;, to. 2s; wheat, 35,; brao, 3s;, sharps, £4 sa; chaff,- £3los; onions, ifd to' 2dj vegetables, at highe v prices, Butter : market temporarily full. ' Fresh, to ,B|d; poor, ■ short at s|d-.to Cd; bacon and] Hams, prime •local, frid to 8d; honey, 3d. to 4^d; lard,. ■ 4d; dried apples, 6gd.' Cheese: Ne,w, sd; old, 4|d. Poultry penned m good number, : at -:lower,,valu6s: Fowls, Is.2d to,ls 9id;; roosters, Is 3d to 2s'; pure varieties up''to: 2s .Cd; ducks, Is 3d to Is' 9d; ducklings, 4d to la Id; geese, 3s Cd to 4s.3d;'turkey hens, 3s 6d to 4s 3d j gobblers, 4s 3d to 7s Cd;.pigeons,.Cd to k Pigs, young,l2s to > ; item. •* .few HAWERA MARKETS. ' . , The Egrnont Fanners' Union (Limited)' report under-date:- ■ ... ! HAWERA,"'October 25th;-There was a fair entry of stock in our Manaia Saleyards* on Wednesday, the 25th inst, A 'good number were.present, but bidding was dull throughout the sale, though we managed to place a good ntimber of stock before the : close of the sale.at slightly .reduced prices, the cause of which'we attribute to'the exceedingly dry weather and the scarcity of grass, which is more backward than we have ever known it before. We anticipate keen competition in stock as soon as we have a good fall of rain. \Ye quote': Fat ' bullocks, £C ; three to three arid a-half-year- ' old steers, £4 55.,; two,to and a-half-year-old fitters, £3 4s Cd to £3 6s; mixed calvfls and yeavlings, £1 lis to £2 lis ;,fat cows, £5 Cs; springer's, £6l7s Cd.-Sheep: Old '.ewes, 3s sd; mixed hoggets, 8s Cd., : FROZEN MEAT TRADE, Mr R. B. Bennett, agent for Messrs , Henry S. Fitter and Sons, meat salesmen, London, reports undor date : , CHRiSTOHURCHj October 24tb. —I have tO'day received the following cablegram from our London office, dated the 23rd Oefcobw:-"Canterbury mutton, 31d to 3|d; Canterbury lamb, 4id to 6id'; Wellington mutton, 3d to 3|d; Australian sheep, 2|d. Australian hoof: Hinds, 2M to'2fd; fore?, 2d to 2jd." , "'