COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8080, 17 December 1906, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

HAMILTON HORSE FAIR. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Compiny limited reports: —On Wednesday and I'hursd y last we hell our annual h'-r e fair at Hamilton and during the two days offered 'SH7 broken draughts light sorts and 50 draughts and light colls. There was a large attendance, and spirited bidding for draughts of any class, also useful strong harness sorts and up standing hacks, and we report one of the no t eueO'Bsful sales we have yet held at Hamilton. Unbroken medium draughts, from X2S to X3G; unbruLen light harness and hick sorts, £.2 to X 18; light colts, X 3 10s to XS; yearling draughts, X I 10s to Xl 5; broken draughts, XSS to M7lO •: mediu n draughts, X 2151 > £ ili ; aged draughts, Xl2 to XI" 10s ; upstandt: g harks, £22 10s tj X:is; light hai.ks, Xlo o Xlfi; strong harness bcr'e, XlO Ul' to XIS; good c bs, XS tu Xi-t; good poiics, X 5 oto XIU; weeds, XI los to X.i 10s; pair chettnut mares, XH ; pvir c>iestuut geldings, X'-k A number of v. hic'.'S were disposed fat tfce u 110 .viug price • : Double buggy, X.'ii; w ggonette, £ls; two Bit dotibie harness, Xd 15s and X 5.

AUCKLAND I'UouUCK MARKET. The Herald rep rts as follows on t ie Auckland fruit an t produce mak-l.— All markets have been fu ly Sippliel during the week, and there has beea a decline in values (throughout, the most noticeable drop being in p Jtato-s and local plums. In potatoes supplies were ho ivy and generally samples were choice, except in Sydney shipments, which seriou ly ulleo'ed (ho umki-t At aucti n reilly choce'l c.l samples wt-re sold d iwn to £7 ss. S une touched X'.i to XlO, while others s-ld ;»s low as £'>. Sydney and Victorian c uld not be quitted at auction. Unions were in heavy supply from Sydney at reduced values. Chaff was lower fad grain unchanged. Vegetables generally were a glut. Butter was easier iu value, while eggs were sold at higher rates. Cheese was unchanged. Fruit wag in heavy sup ply at much reduced rates. Plums sold very low and all supplies were seriously affected by the straw,erry eupp y, which was being hawked in ail directions, (ioo-' - berries were also much lo*er owing to trie bulk of the supplies on the turn for ripe. A heavy shipment of bananas ox faviuni from Fiji sold well. Poultry w>6 ia heavy supply at last week's values. The following were the ruling prices at the auc tion sales to day :

Field Produce. Potato 's : Local, new, prime, 7a 6d to 103 nominal; Southern, poor samples, 4s to 61. Ku'iiaras, 3j tj Is per cwt. Onions: Local seoi. Id pur lb; Sydney, 8s 6d to 9a per cwt. Chaff, .£5. Vegetables,—Green peas, 11 to 81 per peck ; French beans, 8i to la per peck ; broad beans,6d to Is per bag; asparagus, lg 6d to 3s per dozen. Dairy Produce.—Dairy butter, in prints or rolls, first quality, bjd to 10d per lb; separator do. do., Bid tj 10 t; pastry butter, 8i to BJd ; milled butter, in bulk, for export, 10d; factory rolls, Is. Egg?: Fresh, 10Jd per d. z-jn. Cheese : Farmer i', 5Jd to Od per ib ; factory, 6j Ito i; loaf, 7Jd to 81. Bacon; Farmers', 5a to 61; factory, to 81. Hams ; Farmers', 51 to 6d; factory, 8d tJ 9Jd. Fruit.—Apples; Locil, cocking, la to Is 6d pec box ; American, 15s. Peira ; Desert, 2s per box. Piums: Cherry, 1« to 3s i Burbank, la to 2s; dark, 2s 61 to ss. Peaches: Coloured, 3s to 6s'J 1. Uiapes: Hothouse, 2s to 2s kl per I'd. 'J'omatoei: Hothouse, 5d to bjd per lb; outdoor, 41 to 6d, Orangei; Local, 3s to 8s per oaBe; Island, 15s; Sydney, 5s to 7s; California, 15a to 18a Lemons; Looal, prim?, 7a to 8s per case ; local, rough and c >arae, 4s to 6<. Cherries: Local, wild, 3d to 3Jd per lb; English, 6d to 7d ; Sydney, in bad order, la to 7« per box. Gooseberries, 2s 6d to 4s per box; red currmt*, 7d to7jdperlb; walnuts, 6d to 71; peanuts, 2} 1 to 31. Bananas, 3s to 4s per bunoh, JJI per lb. Pines, 6s to 10s crate; occoanuta, 10s to 12s per sack. Poultry.—Hens, Is 31 to li 81 each; table, roosters, 3s to 4s 61; cockerels, Is Od to 23 61; ducks, lid to Is 6d ; geese, 4s ioos; chicks, 31 to 61; turkeys, gobblers 7s to 14?, hens 3s to 6s. Miscellaneous.—Young piga, 10s ta 12s. MR J. JONKS' REPORT. Mr J. Jones, auctioneer, Auckland, reports the following sa os : Poultry, fruit and new potatoes came forward in larg-i supplies, and a large volume of busmea was done. We quote: Koosti-re, 2s 01 to 3s lid; C ck, Is Id to Is Od; chicks, 61 to 101 ; ducks, Is od to 2s : hens, to Is lOd ; geese, 2a 0d to 3s lud; turk"y", gobblers, 8s to lis 3d; hens, 3s 3d to 5s Id; potatoes, prime, £lO to j£l 1; others, £9 to .60 6s; onion, 6s to 7s 61; bicon sides, factory, 7.1 tu7|d; farmers, 5d to 6jd ; ham-, fac ory, 7Jlto 7j 1; farmers, od to 6Jd ; cheese, taclory, Hji to 71; farmers, s|d to OJd ; butter, keg and box, sd to Bjd ; pats, to Ojd ; fruit, plums, Is Od to 2a 6d ; emons, 5s to 6<; gooseberriea, 3s to 3s 9d ; tomatoes, 41 to 71; maize, 3a sd; wheat, 3s 01; i ats, 2s 81; sharps, JES ; bran, £o ; chaff, £o to £5 ss. LONDON CABLE. LONDON, December 0. The wheat markets are quiet, wit" prices firtn. Cargoes are steadily hell and prioes are above buyers' ideas. A B<u'h Austia lian January and February shipment ib often d«t :<Os. Eleven thousand quarters of New South Wales February and iia-ch shipment havo sold at 20s Od. Americau visible supply, 75,378,000 bushels. Flour is dull, witti prices unchanged. Supplies are hi avy. The sugar market is dull. German, 8s lid ; first marks, 10s 7d. Trie Bradford wool market is strong. Forty-sixes, 19d. Danish I otter is ;ellmg at 120s. Temporary ah rtages of supplies havo caused a slight hardening in puces. The demand for choicest, which is selling at 108s and a few lots at 110s. Secondaries are neglected. The arrival of three Australiwn and one Ne.v Ze.iland steamers noxt week will probable depress values.