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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 1, 27 October 1883, Page 2

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AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Friday, October 26

Honey, 3|'l to 5d ; jam, 6s 6d ; biscuits, 6d ; sugar, 3d to 4jd ; confectionery, 8d ; boiled lollies, s|d to fid ; tea, (box), 24s ; coffee, Is 2d to Is 4d ; paper, 3sd ; sa’t, 5s ; white lead, 3|d ; apples, 3s to 10s ; soap, 15s 6d. Apples sold at 2s 6d to 4s per case ; oranges, 2s 6d to 7s ; mandarins, 7s to 10s 3d ; local lemons, at 3|d to 4Jd per dozen ; citrons, 7|d; peanuts, Ifd per lb., bananas, ’ 4 ; brahmas, 10s 6d ; spa.iish, 4s 3d ; carrots, 3s Id to 4s Id ; turnips, 2s 6d , mangolds, Is 6d ; pumpkins, 4s 9d ; cabbages, 2s 4d to 9s per sack ; onions, 2| ; box tea, 15s 6d to 30s ; cocoa and milk, 8s per doz ; Wilson’s jams. 6s 6d ; Murray’s jams, 4s fid to 4s 8d ; starch, 4d.

Butchers’ Meat. Retail.

Manures—Bonedust, Sydney, £9 10s to £lO Os, according to quality; 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, £9.

Buckland’s weekly report at the Haymarket Friday October 19th -.—Oaten sheaves brought from 5s 9d to 6s: meadow hay, 3s to 5s ; lucerne, £5 7s 6d, and £5 15s a ton.’ Horse stock were yarded in full number, a large number bring of the class in r-quest. Unbroken strong active draught, occisioned good competition, prices ranged from £l5 to £24 for this class of stock ; heavy draught £35 to £4O. At the Haymarket on Tuesday, fodder maintained the prices of the previous (Friday. At the nide and skih sale, hides brought from 2gd to 3£d the lb ; sheepskins 2s 9d to 5s 4cl ; lambs skins, 6d • pelts, 7d each : » il|.>w, 25s 6d to 28s the cwt. At Remuera on Thursday, the store cattle were in low condition, and dull on sale ; fat cattle were in full numbers, and prices for Auckland rattle, in ship-borne cattle 2s the 100’bs less than for some weeks D-icos falling a* the sale proceeded. Store ewes in the wool with Jambs at the side brought 15s the couple ; fat sheep in full but .old freely at full value ; .horn

sheep 3d to in their wool, 4d per lb. Shorn wethers ranged as high as 19a 6dJ and a few wethers in their wool 24s each and 695; hoggets in their wool from the Eureka station averaged 17s 6d • lambs were also in full numbers and about 3s each lower in price. A few pigs were vardod and those of gQ«d quality realised hige prices.

Wholesale. I. d. d. Butter, fs. lb 0 8—0 10 Butter, salt, lb 0 7—0 9 Cheese (local) 0 6—0 6J „ Canterbury 0 6—0 8 Eggs, per doz 0 10—1 0 Lard, per lb, (bladder) . 0 6—0 7 Hams, in cloth 0 8—0 9 Bacon and Hams , 0 6-0 8 Hams (in cloth) . 0 11—0 0 Canterbury Hams and Bacon 0 8J—0 9i Jams per doz 37 6-38 0 Fowls per pair 2 0—40 Retail, 1. d. i. d. Butter fresh, per lb, ... 1 0-0 0 Butter, salt, per lb 0 10—1 0 Cheese (colonial) 0 9-0 10 Eggs, per dozen Milk, per quart 1 3—0 0 0 4—0 0 Lard, per lb, 0 6—0 9 Fowls, each 2 0—3 0 Ducks, each 2 0-3 0 Geese, each 5 0—7 0 Turkeys, 5 0—8 6 Bacon, per lb 0 10—1 0 Hams, per lb 1 0-1 4 Bread, per 21b loaf —0 3J

Per lb, Per lb. a. d. b. d. Roasting beef Boiling beef 0 4 toO 0 4 to 0 6 6 Mutton, hind quarter 0 4 to 0 44 ., fore quarter.,, Lamb, fore quarter ,,, 0 24 to 0 3 0 4 to 0 0 „ hind quarter ,,, Pork and veal ) 4 to 0 0 0 54 to 0 7 Steaks 0 fl to 0 8 Chops and sausages ... 0 5 toO 6 Tallow, best (wholesale)’ -Mutton, 38s s mixed, 25s to 30a. Flock Market, Wholesale, d. Superfine flour, silk dressec » 1, per ton , 13 10 0 Fine flour, ditto, household . 12 10 0 Adelaide, per ton ,, . (none Oatnaru, per ton . 12 0 0 Dunedin, per ton , 12 0 0 Canterbury, per ton . 12 0 0 Bran, per ton (local) . 5 10 0 Sharps, per ton , 5 10 0 Cabin bread „ . 18 0 0 Oatmeal ,,, Pearl barley 13 0 0 , 24 0 0 Hat and Corn Market, Wholesale, £ ■ d. £ a. d. Maize (local) ... 0 3 0—0 3 3 Oats 0 2 6—0 2 9 Wheat ... 0 4 6-0 4 9 Wheat (fowl) Hay, meadow, per ton, 0 3 6-0 0 0 pressed fl 0 0-6 5 0 Lucerne, ditto 6 0 0-6 10 0 Straw (load) 0 18 0-1 10 0 Chaff (oaten) 6 0 0—0 0 0 Hay (oaten) 5 0 0-6 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 3 15 0—4 5 0 Chaff (mixed) 4 10 0—5 0 0 Barley ... 0 2 9-0 3 3 Malting Barley 0 5 0—0 5 3 Clover 6 10 0-6 0 0 Retail. s. d. a. d. Maize, per bushel 3 9-4 ■ Oats, per lOOlbs 6 0-0 Oats (seed) 3 fl-3 ■ Bran, per lOOlbs 6 0-6 Wheat (fowl) 3 6—4 Hay, per cwt 6 6—7 Lucerne, per cwt. 7 6-8 B Oaten hay, per cwt. ... 6 0-7 0 Straw, ditto 3 0—4 7 Chaff ditto (scarce) 6 0—7