COMMERCIAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 48, 15 February 1873, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Bat of Piektt Times Office, Friday Evening. The quality of the grain grown in this district, and, indeed, throughout the Bay of Plenty, will be particularly good, while the quantity is as much as could reasonably be expected. Nextyear we may, however, fairly expect double the amount. The quantity of grown and sprouted wheat is veey small, and we are happy to say that the number of fanners who have suffered from bad harvest weather is also very small indeed.

AUCKLAND MARKETS.

In Auckland this week, fodder has been about 6d the cwt higher than the previous week. There has been much inquiry for active draught horses of average strength, and good animals have realised fair prices. At the late sale of Mr Bassett’s Leicester flock, an imported ram fetched 53 guineas. Pigs are higher in p.lce. The price of flax is fully maintained, and wool and skins show an upward tendency. The following are the latest quotations : COLONIAL PRODUCE.

BEEADSTUFFS. rLOXTK. Millers’ Price, per ton—lst quality ... £l6 Fine Flour —household ... ... ... £'■ 4 Seconds, £l2 ; Sharps, £7. Bakers’Price, per lb. ... ... ... 3d MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. WHOXE3AIE. Maize, 3s 9d per bushel Oats, Ss to 3s 3d per bushel New Potatoes, £4 to £5 per ton Bran, la 3d per bushel Hay, £3 to £6 per ton Straw, £4 per tou * Chaff, £7 per ton KAURI GUM AND FLAX. Gum, well scraped, best quality, £l6 to £l7 Flax, finest quality, £22 to £24 ; second quality, £lB to £22 ; ‘Tow, £6. BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber : Boards and scantling, 100 ft, 9s to 14s; planed, tongued, and grooved, Ila to 16s. New Zealand palings, sft, 10s ; 6ft, 13s ; tea* tree rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £5 per 100 ; shingles. Ss to 12s per 1,000; Hobart Town palings, sft, 17s ; 6ft, 19s j Hobart Town rails, 70s.

s. d- s. d. s. d. s. d. Batter, per lb. 0 10-0 0 Ducks 4 6-5 0 Cheese ... 0 5-0 0 Geese ,. 4 6-5 0 Eggs, per doz. 1 3-0 0 Turkeys 4 0-5 0 Lard, per lb. 0 7-0 0 Bacon 0 9-0 0 Fowls, pair 4 0-4 6 Hams .. 1 0-0 0 Good Sait Batter, Sid.