COMMERCIAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 155, 28 February 1874, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Bay of Plenty Times Office, Friday Evening, The following are the latest quotations of the Auckland markets obtained from telegraphic and other sources:— COLONIAL PRODUCE. s. d. s. d. e. d. a. d. Butter, per lb. I 3-0 0 Ducks 4 6-5 0 Cheese ... 0 6-0 8 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 0 Fowls, pair 4 0-4 G Hams ... I 1-0 0 BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR. Millers* Price, per ton—lst quality ... .616 Fine Flour—household ... ... £l4 Seconds, £l2 j Sharps, £7 10s Bakers’Price, per lb. ... ... ... 3d Bkajt, Is 6d per bushel. Bread, per 2lb. loaf, 4J to 4£d. Cabin Biscuit, per 1001 b. ... ... Retail, 225. MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. WHOLESALE Maize, 7s per bushel Oats, 4s 6d to 5a per bushel Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 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 32s 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, 11s fid to 15s s planed, tongued, and grooved 14s fid to 18s. New Zealand palings, sft, 10s ; 6ft, 13s ; teatree rails, £2 30s per 100; puriri posts, £5 per 100 ; shingles, 8s to 14s per 1,000; Hobart Town palings, oft, 16s ; 6ft, 18s ; Hobart Town rails, 70s. CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET, By telegram we learn that a good deal of business has been doing during the past week. We bear of one firm which, since the commencement of the season has purchased over 80,000 bushels. Deliveries are slow, farmers being still busy harvesting. Wheat remains at 4s 3d to 4s fid. A few shipments are to bo made in English ships, but, at present, only throe lighter loads have gone off—two to the Soukar and one to the Star of India. The millers have not as yet altered the rates for flour, viz , £ll 10s, in sacks; £l2, in bags; 10s extra f.o.b. in Lyttelton; bran and sharps, £4 10s to £5, For oats, prices varying from 2s fid to 2s 9d are obtainable, the figure depending mainly on the date at which the seller is prepared to deliver. At these rates several sales have taken place ; but some farmers, in view of the prices ruling in Victoria, are holding out for a further rise. Several shipments have been made to Victoria and coastwise. Barley is dull at 4s ; grass seed, also, is slow of sale st 3s 9d.