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Waikato Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6375, 14 March 1904, Page 2

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MESSRS DAVIS AND CO'S WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs W. C. Davis and Co's report for their weekly sale as follows Poultry, poor quality and in small supply, selling from Is to Is 9d each. Produce: Potatoes 3s 6d to 4s 6d p-r cwt, tomatoes, 2d per lb, pears, 2d per lb, apples Jd to Id per lb. A nice lot of pot p ants in bloom sold cheaply. A lot of furniture sold at auction rates ; also a large lot of drapery and rugs sold at bargaius to the buyers. AUCKLAND GROCERS' MARKET QUOTATIONS. The following are the wholesale quotations for butter and eggs for next week Factory butter, lOd and lid per lb ; farmers' butter (best), 6d per lb; farmer's butter (second quality), 5d per lb ; eggs, Is per dozon. WOOL. LONDON. March 10. Coarse crossbreds are dearei owing to American purchases. Large withdrawals of merinos were m;ide. the sales included: Dosington, 7^l; Rangatira and Waikareao, BJd ; Ulonga and Sherendan, B}d ; Longlands, Bfd; Tapis, Is 7j?d. LONDON CABLE. LONDON, .March 11. Wheat: 'Frisco, Idol. 41' cents. 12,000 quarters of Australian June and July shipments sold at 30s lOJd; 12,500 quarters New South Wales for shipment by March lfi, 30s 9d ; 12,000 quarters Victorian May and June shipment, 30s 10£ d. Butter: Market dull. The Copenhagen quotation has been lowered six kroner, making the London values: Danish, Ills; Australian, ('tis to 98s; N.Z., 98s to 100s. The Kaikoura's butter arrived in excellent condition. The arrival of 80,000 boxes of butter is depressing values. Cheese: Market hardening. N.Z., 495. At the Bradford wool sales crossbreds are firmer, but merinos are weak. Forty-six's, Is ljd ; other sorts unchanged. The London sales included Pouparao clip, B*d; Dunuaral, 9gd; Chalton, Is ofd; Tinapagee, Is 6sd.