AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 248, 21 March 1888, Page 6

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Fahm and Dairy Produce. Wholesale*. Butter, prime fresh, 9d per lb ; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand (wholesale), lOd ; cheese, good factory, 3f d to 4d per lb ; Canterbury, none; eggs, Is; lard, in bladders, ssd ; bacon and hams, 7d bo 8d ; Canterbury bacon in cloth, 7Jd j equal numbers, 7sd ; hams, 9£d, scarce. Flour Market. — Wholesale : Southern flour, £9 5s to £9 15s; Premier, £12 5s ; Standard, £11 ss ; bran, ton (sacks included), £3 10a ; Southern do., £3 5a : local sharps, £5 ; Southern do., £4 10s; cabin bread. £15 ; oatmeal, £9 15s to £105s ; oats, *2s Id to 2s 4d; muize,3s 9d;local potatoes, £2 5s to £2 10s ; pearl barley, £1 ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc., sold including Backs. Kauri Gum. — The market continues weak and irregular. Prices are uncertain at the following rates:— Fair to good ordinary, £34 to £35; superior parcels, £36 to £37 (according to quality) ; East Coast (nominal), £50 to £52. Supplies for the month of March, 373 tons. Coal and Firewood Market. — Coal ; Newcastle (ship's side), 22s to 26s per ton ; yard, 26s to 30s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s ; at yards, 23s ; steam, 245 ; house-delivered, 28s; Waikato, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, 18s to 225 ; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12a ; at Auckland, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 255 ; Whangarei, at mine, 9s 6d ; yard (steam), 17s 6d ; household 23s ; delivered, 255. Firewood : Uncut at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6s per ton ; del livered, 10s to 12s ; out, 14s to 16s. Manures.— Bonedust : Sydney, £7 10b to £8, according to quality; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s : Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 to £17 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Hurst's chemical manure, £7 15s to £15. Building Materials. — Prices are as follows at present .-—Timber : Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s; second-class, 6s 6d ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, 11s ; second- class, 9s ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s ; medium, lls ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), lls 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 los to £7 10s; shingles, 12s 6d per 1000 ; Hobarfc palings, sft, 17s ; 6ft, 19s ; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; town yards* 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works : 2in. drain tiles, lft. lengths, 50a per 1,000 ; 2Mn., 70s ; 3in., 90s ; 4in., 130s ; 6in., 30s Tier 100 ; 3in. socket pipes, 2ft. lengths, 6d each; 4in.,7d; 6in.,9d; 9in.,ls6d; 12in., 2s 3d ; 15in., 3s 6d ; 18in., 4s 6d ; 21in.,, 9s ; 24in., 12s.