AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 4

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Da iky Pkoduok. Wholesale: Butter, prime fresh, Is per lb; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand (wholesale), Is 3d ; chec»e, good factory, 3#d to 4d per lb ; Canterbury, none ; eggn, 1» ; lard, in bladder*, sjd ; bacon and hams, 7d to 8d ; CaJiterbnry bacon in cloth, 7frl ; equal numbers, 7 : ? d : hanu», 9'jd, scarce. Flour Makkkt. Wholesale: Flour, beat roller, £11 ss ; second, £10 5» ; Southern Hour, £9 : bran, ton (sacks included), £4 Oh: Southern do., £3 ss; local sharps, £4; Southern do., £4 JOs ; cabin bread, £15 ; oatmeal, £9 10s. tu £10 10s: oats, 2u 2d to 2s 3d ; nmixe, 3s 4d ; local potatoes, £3 ; Southern potatoes?, £2 15s tv fc'3 ; pearl barley, £23 to C 24 per ton ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 5s to 6s. All ohafi", oatmoal, etc.. .sold iurludintr sacks. K.\i;ui <;< m.- The market irf continue.s quiet, uticl there has been little business done during the week. Prices may be quoted as follows:— Fair to jjood ordinary, £32 to C 34 ; superior parcels, £35: East Coast, £46 to £48. Supplies tor June, so far, {75 tons. Com. \m> Firu,N\ooi> Maukix- -Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 23s to 27.s per ton : yard, 26s to 30s ; Bay of Island-, at. mines, 13s ; at yards, 23s ;" steam, 24s : house, deliveied, 30s : Waikato, 8-, 12* ; at Auckland, 18- to 22» : Taupiii, at mine, Ss, 12*>, at Auckland, steam, 17^> 6d : household, do li\eiotl,2ss; Whangarei, at mino,9s6d : yaid j (-.team). 17s 6* ; household, 23s : delhfMed, 2/K Fuewmd : Cncut at u half (cargo), j 6s 6d to 8* 6d per ton ; delivered, 10b to j 12s ; cut., 14s to 16-. .Mani'kkv — Bonedus-t. : Sulney, £7 to L'B, accoidinj- to quality : bonellour, C8 j to C8 10s; Auckland, I" 8 : Peunian j>uauo, .£l7: Lonji island do., C 4 10s, bu<^ included ; Hurst' 1 - chennfal manure, C 7 15fo £15. llriu»i\<. Mmuiux I'lict'S arc as follows at pre.-cut : — Tunbei ; -BoanU and scantling, lOOlt bi'st, 12m: 6s 6d ; best, planed, ton«ruedand gioover), ! first-class, 14s : medium, 11^ : second-class 9s : rusticated weather boards, first-eias*, 14- ; medium, lls ; second-class, 9?. New ! Zealand paling, sit (sap), 9-: 51b (heait), |U* 6d : ti-tree mils, £3 10s per 100; puriri post?, £6 lOi to 17 10- : shingles, 12- 6d per 1,000 ; Hobarfc paling, 51t. 17a ; ! 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 8(K .-oiling quotaj tion«. Brir-k-. at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38--, ck>li\ cred 41-. Diain pipe.", at works; 2in. drain tile-, lit. length*, SCK per 1000: 2',in.. 7(K ; 3iu. 90<; 4in., 130s; 6in., 30r> pei 100; 3in., socket pipes 2ft lengths. 6d etch: 4in., 7d ; 6in., 9d ; 9in., Is 6d ; 12in., 2s 3d : Ism , 3s 6d ; 18iu., 4s 6d : 21in., 9* : 24in., 12s Mi>sn> Huntii: amj Nolans IYki.kjn RkI'our. (Jrain Horse Food, boods &t.: 'I'lio market has hern over-supplied, and tlir denwmd ratlicr slack, with bin little alteration in [ alue. NVc ([note ; Oats, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel ; I vhail, E2 to jc2 tO.- per ton ; rnrrotb, 25t per ton. Horseb : Tlujit hus boon an aloquato supply, and t'Utinodcrato demand ; thas'i of good '•tamp sold readily, but weds "were completely neglected. There was hii average muster at the Durham Voids on Friday, b t bidding wab *low for most of the lots oft"- red, which were ' carcely good enough for requirements, and there vcmainod an unsatisfied demand for Kood. upstandiiiLf young horses. We tjuote : Hacks. £4 to £15 bs ; li|?ht-hnrnebs horses, <!6 to -ClO 10s ; henv> draught. £10 to £18. Wool, hides, skins and tallow : Above an average qudntity was pitched at the Durham Yards, on Tuesday, and. bidding was brisk. Ox hides sold at from 4 ld to Hd per lb ;co\v. 3Ad to 3ld; calfskin. 4}d to 5d per lb; tallow, £12 10s to £14 per ton; sheepskins, la 9d to 3slodcaeh. Cattle: There has been an itnpioved demand, and prices for Rrown store steers and fat beasl » advanced nuirkedlj The Newmarket yards on Tuesday, und the I'apakura, on Wednesday, Avt-re tairly supplied. Store 1 stock have been in much better request, and the demand for steers was particularly aclhe. Dairy cow-., if jotmij and attheir profit, were also well competed for. Prices r'or fat beusts advanced iully 10s per head, owing to the number yarded at Now.maik.et beinj,' m sullicient for requirements. AVo quote : Calves, 7s to 9s each; yearlings. 9s to 16s; 18-month-old .stuerfe. from 20b to 25b ea'-h ; grown steers, 12 12? 6d to £2 17s 6d; dn cows, from 25s to 33a: dairy cows, from *4 to t'6 10s; j,pri»i?insr heifers. £2 10s to t'3 2-, 6d ; average obtained for fat cows. £2 15s to t'4: steers, Cbbs, £6 9s 6d, £o Is, 10s. Sheep : There was a \ery short muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, and were higher in uilue per stone, although 14s was the hijyhcst pi ice obtained for wethers, I and tor ewes lls 9d. Lambs: Scarce, and sold at from 7s 9<l to 9s. Pi^s: Sbort supply, but t^ood demand. BrcKL\NJ>V. WKKici.y Xi:j j ok'i. At the flay market during tlie past week fodder has ranged from Is 6d to 2s 3d per ewt ; straw. Is per ewt ; chafi", 45s to 60s; carrots, 25s to 27s 6d ; table potatoes, £2 155; kidney potatoes (seed), £4 10s : boncdust, to to t8 per ton : oats, ?,s 2d ; maize. 3s 3d per bushel. The horse sale, on June Ist. was (consequent on the .special sale of Mc'sr.s Pullen and Child's* the lat'Rcst that has been held tor some months; there was a numerous attendance; and impvo\«L prices throughout. Buggies and waggons lunged in price from £6 to 4*29 ]os, and strong 1 useful horses from £6 to £16 each At the hide and skin sal© on Tuesday prices were well sustained. Ox hido3 ranged up to 4?d ; cow bides, 4id ; calf skins, 5d per lb ; tallow, 14^ per cut; station skins, from Is fed (o 3s lOd each. At Waiuku, on Saturday, June 2nd. a small mubttv ot stock sold fairly well, fat cat lie bvAng equal to Remuera values. At Remuera, on Thursdny, dairy cow» sod freely, and last week's values were fully sustained ; useful cows, near ualvint?, ranged from to t6 sij. Store cattle were also in demand. Fat cattle, in full n"nibor, were on the whole better worth than last week, but quotations can scarcely be altered. Calves, from lls lo 13s ; steers, 13s to 16s tho lOOlbs were the prices ruling Sheep, in average number, obtained a further advance of 2s. " Fat wethers ranged from 14s to 17s; lambd. 9s to 12s; atoro lambs, shorn, 7s each. Pigs, plentiful, maintained their price, particularly heavy weights, suitable for bacon curing. MKSHJtS G W. BINNKY VNI) SOX'^ lllflrOßT.— Largo catalogue of hides andsheepskinscleared. Prices for prime and heavy ox, firm; prime, 4^ to 4^d ; heavy, 4}d to 4jd ; medium, 3id to 4d; heavy cow, 3.d to 3?d ; medium. 3id : light, selling at a fall of id perlb: kips, 3}d to 4d : calf, 4d to 4^d per lb; prime given ox, 28s to 355; heavy, 23s to 2ss: medium, 18s to2ls; heavy cow, 16s (6 20s; medium, 12s to 14s; light. 8s to 10s each. Sheep skins : Market brisk ; best salted, 3s 6d to 4s ; medium, 3s ; light, 2s to 2s 4d ; lambs', 2s to 3s 6d each ; dry, Is 6d to 4s 3d ; salted shearling", 9d to Is ; drj.2dto6d. Tallow: Market dull; from 103 to 13s per ewt. Bonos: Firm at £4 30s pev ton.