COMMERCIAL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1357, 18 September 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Honey, 3|d to 5d ; jam, 6s 6d ; biscuits, 6d ; sugar, 3d to 4|d ; confectionery, 8d ; boiled lollies, 5Jd to 6d ; tea, (box), 24s ; coffee, Is 2d to Is 4d ; paper, 3Jd ; salt, 5s ; white lead, 4£d ; apples, 4s to 8s 6d ; soap, 15s 6d. Apples sold at 2s 6d to 4s per case j oranges, 2s 6d to 4s ; mandarins, 7s to 10s 3d ; local lemons, at 3Ad to 4£d per dozen ; citrons, 7-Jd; peanuts, per lb., bananas, |d. Butchers’ Meat. Retail.

Chops and sausages 0 sto 0 6 Tallow, best (wholesale)—Mutton, 38s ; mixed, 25s to 30s. Flour Market. Wholesale.

£/ 10s, according to quantity; Auckland. £7 to £8 10s ; Peruvian guano, £l7 to £lB ; Maldon Island, £8 ; Huon guano, small lots,’ £5 to £6, bags included ; Hurst’s chemical manure, £l4 10s ; boneflour, £B. Stoci, Ac. Horses—Good animals in steady request. Hacks from £5 2s 6d to £l2 10s, medium draught, £25 to £3O. Hides—From 2|d to 3d per lb. Station skins—ls 5d to 2s 9d. Butchers’ skins—3s 9d to 3s lOd each. Woo’—s|d to per lb. —Plentiful, and good prices were realised. Dairy C ttle—Limited in number, and better prices. Store Cattle—Scarce, and upward tendency in price. Fa.Cattle—Advanced 10s per head. Sheep-Well fattened Auckland wethers, sold at 27s each. Good demand.

Wholesale. a. d. a. d. Butter, fa. lb ... 1 4—0 7 Butter, salt, lb Cheese (local) ... 0 0-0 0 ... 0 6-0 7 „ Canterbury Eggs, per doz ... 0 74—0 0 ... 0 10-0 0 Lard, per lb. (tins) ... ... 0 6-0 0 Hams, new cure (bare)... ... 0 10— 10J Hams, in cloth ... 0 11—0 0 Bacon, new cure (bare), ... 0 8—0 8} Baoon (in cloth) Retail. ... o 8#—o a a. d. a. d. Butter fresh, per lb, ... ... 1 0-0 0 Butter, salt, per lb, ... ... 0 0—0 0 Cheese ... 0 8—0 0 Eggs, per dozen... ... 1 0-0 0 Milk, per quart ... 0 4-0 0 Lard, per lb, ... 0 7-0 0 Fowls, each ... 2 0—3 1 Ducks, each Geese, each ... 4 0-4 2 ... 5 0-7 0 Turkeys, ... 4 0—5 9 Baco.., per lb ... 0 10-0 0 Ha ns, per lb Bread, per 21b loaf ... 0 8-1 0 -0 3J

Per lb. Per lb. ■ d. a. d. Rotating beef Boiling beef .. 0 .. 0 4 to 0 4 to 0 6 6 Mutton, hind quarter .. 0 4 toO 4J ,, fore quarter... Lamb, fore quarter ... .. 0 24 to 0 3 .. 0 4 to 0 0 ,, hind quarter ... .. 0 4 to 0 0 Pork and veal .. 0 5J to 0 7 Steaks .. 0 6 to 0 8

£ 1. d. Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton . 14 0 0 Fin* flour, ditto, household . 13 10 0 Adelaide, per ton ... . (none) Oamaru, per ton ... . 12 0 0 Dunedin, per ton ... . 12 0 0 Canterbury, per ton . 12 0 0 Bran, per ton (sacks included) . 5 10 0 Sharps, per ton ... 5 10 0 Cabin bread . 18 0 O Oatmeal ... £13—14 0 0 Pearl barley . 24 0 0 Hay and Corn Market. Wholesale. £ s. d. £ s. d. Maize (local) . 0 3 3—0 3 6 „ (Fijian) ... . 0 3 6—0 0 0 „ (Coast) . 0 3 0—0 3 3 Oats . 0 2 6—0 2 10 Oats (Tarbuan seed) . 0 3 0—0 3 3 "Wheat . 0 3 6—0 4 0 Wheat (fowl) . 0 3 6-0 4 0 Hay, meadow, per tor p.eased . 8 0 0—6 5 0 Lucerne, ditto ... . 6 0 0—6 10 0 Straw (load) . 0 18 0—1 10 0 Chaff . 2 10 0—0 0 0 Hay (oaten) . 5 0 0—5 10 0 Potatoes, per ton . 4 5 0—4 10 0 Oaten chaff . 4 10 0—5 0 0 Barley . 0 2 9-0 3 3 Retail. 8. d. 8. d. Maize, per bushel 4 0—4 6 Oats, ditto 3 0—3 6 Oats (seed) 3 6-3 9 Bran, per lOOlbs 6 0—6 6 Wheat (fowl) ... 3 9—4 0 Hay, per cwt 6 0—7 0 Lucerne, per cwt. 7 6-8 6 Oaten hay, per cwt. . 6 0—7 0 Straw, ditto 3 0—4 0 Chaff, ditto (scarce) 6 0—7 0 Potatoes... 0 I}—0 2 —Bonedust, Sydney £6 10s to