COMMERCIAL.
Bay or Plenty Times Office, Friday Evening. The following are the latest local market quotations ;—Wheat, 5s to 5a 3d ; oafs, Gs to Gs Gd ; maize, none ; flour—Canterbury 15s to 17s per 1001 b, Auckland 16s to 10a per 1001 b ; bran, 2s 3d per bushel; hams and bacon, scarce'; cheese (colonial), lOd to Is ; fresh butter, short supply. Is 2d to Is 4c! ; salt butter, la to Is 2d ; eggs, Is 6d ; poultry, plentiful and cheap. We direct attention to Messrs Booth and Co.’s sale of household furniture announced to take place to-day. The following arc the latest quotations of the Auckland markets obtained from telegraphic and other sources:— COLONIAL PRODUCE. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Butter, per lb. 1 0-0 0 Ducks 4 G-o 0. Cheese ... 0 6-0 8 Geese ... 4 0-5 0 * Eggs, per doz. X 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 G Hams ... 0 0-0 10 BEEADSTUFF3. ELOUE, Millers’Price, per ton —Ist quality ... £l7 Fine Flour—household ... ... ... £l4 Seconds, £l2 ; Sharps, £7 10s Bakers’Price, per lb. ... ... ... 3d Beak, Is 6d per bushel. Bbead, per 2Lb. loaf, 4d to 4|d. -Cabin Biscuit, per 1001 b. ... ... Retail, 22s MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. WHOLESALE Maize, 4s 9d to 4s lOd per bushel Oats, 5a 9d per bushel Potatoes, £5 to £6 per ton (new) Hay, £3 10s to £4 10s per ton Straw, £3 5s to £3 10s per ton Chaff, £6 10s per ton KAURI GUM AND FLAX. Gum.—Ordinary ... ... 26s to 29s per cwt Superior ... ... 30s to 32a per cwt Flax.—Finest quality ... £2O per ton Second quality ... £l3 to £l6 per ton Tow ... ... ... ... £6 to £7 per ton BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber : Boards and scantling, 100 ft, 9s 6d to 12s 6d, 11s at mill; planed, tongued, and grooved, 14s 6d to 18s. Hew Zealand palings, sft, 10s ; 6ft, 13s ; teatsee rails, £2 10s per 100; puriri posts, £5 per TOO; shingles, 8s to 14s per 1,000; Hobart Town palings, sft, 16s ; 6ft, 18s ; Hobar} Town rails, 70s.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 145, 24 January 1874, Page 2
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346COMMERCIAL. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 145, 24 January 1874, Page 2
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