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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8061, 20 November 1906, Page 2

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+ EGGS AND BUTTER. The following are the wholesale quotations at Auckland for butter and eggs for the week ending November 24th :—Factory batter, Is per lb; farmers' butter (best), 8d per lb; eggs, 10J per dozen. POULTRY AND PRODUCE MARKET. Mr J. Jones, Auckland, reports the following prioes ;—Roosters, 2s 9d to 3s lod ; cooks, Is 3i to Is lOi ; hens, Is 91 to 2s 2d; ducks, Is 3d to Is 9d; geese, 2s tid to 3s 6d| pigs, 128 6i to Ms 0.1 ; potatoes, ill 1 tojeillSsj Up-to-dates, £l4 10s to £ib 10a; new potatoes, prime, 2d to 2 Jd, others lit to lsd; onions, 15s fid to 18s; pumpkins, 6s to 7s (id; cabbages,ls 3d to 2s sack; cauliflowers, 2s 3d to 3s 3d sack ; bacon, sides, 7d to 7Jd; dairy, 7d to 8d; cheese, farmers', 6d to (i{ 1; factory, 6|d to 7d; eggs, 10Ji to 111 d; butter, keg, box, sjj to 9i; pats, B}d to 9|d; lemons, 5s to 6s 6d; tomatoes, hot house, choice, 6Jd to 7id ; others. 4d to sd; gooseberries, 3s 9 J to 4a 6d; maize, 3a 6.1 j wheat, 33 9d; oats, 2s 10d; sharps, £5 ss; bran, £4, 15s; chaff, £1 (a to £5 10s. THE LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, November 18. Wheat.—An Australian cargo sold at 29a 4id. Fourteen thousand quarters of South Australian, January shipment, sold at 29s 9d. The leather market is unchanged. B isils declined by a halfpenny. Wellington first quality, 20 J. Few hides are offering, and business is limited at nominal prices. Queensland*, heavy ox, 7jjd ; light, 7id; cjw, 7 l-16d. Sydneys, heavy ox, b'i i; light and cow, s|i. Sheep.—Canterbury light and heavy, unchanged; medium, It 1 ; Southland and North Islands, 4jd. Limbs: Canterbury, light, sjd; medium, 6gl; heavy, SJI. Southland and North Island, unchanged, New Zealand beef, 180 to 2201bs of fair average quality : Ux foies, 3| 1; ox hinds, 4|d. River Plate sheep, .light, and heavy, 4d; beef fores, 3Ji ; hinds, 4J.