COMMERCIAL AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 280, 11 July 1888, Page 5

COMMERCIAL AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, Is per lb; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand (wholesale), Is 3d ; cheese, good factory, anchor brand, 3d to 4|d ; Canterbury, 4Jd to 4?d ; eggs, Is ; lard, in bl udders, sjd ; bacon and hams, 7d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon in cloth, 7^d ; equal number?, 7Jd ; haras, 9j;d, scarce. Flour Market. — Wholesale : Flour, best roller, £11 ss ; second, £10 ss ; Southern flour, £9 ; bran, ton (sacks included), £3 10s ; Southern do., £3 10s; local sharps, £4; Southern do., £4 10s cabin bread, £15 ; oatmeal, £9 10s to £10 10s; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; maize, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; local potatoes, £3 ; Southern potatoes, £3 ; peai I barley, £23 to £24 per ton ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 5s to 6s. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc.. sold including sacks. Kauri Gum. —The market is weak, wifh a decided downward tendency. Buyers aro holding off, fearing further fall in prices. At present quotations are as follows : — Fair to good ordinary, £31 to £32 ; superior parcels, £33 and upwards : East Coast, £44 to £46. Supplies for month, 206 tons. Coal and Firewood Market. —Coal : Newcastle (ship's side), 23s to 27s per ton ; yard, 26s to 30s ; Bay of Islands, at mine*, 13s ; at yards, 23s : steam, 24s : house, delivered, 30s ; Waikato, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, 18s to 22s : Taupui, at mine, Bs, 12s, at Auckland, bteam. 17s 6d : household, de livered,2ss; Whangarei. at mine, 9s 6d : yard (steam). 17»65; household, 23s ; delivered, 255. Firewo )d : Uncut at wharf (cargo), 6? 6d to 8s 6d per ton; deli\ fared, 10s to 12s ; cut, 14s to 16s. Manures. — Bonedust : Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality ; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s ; Auckland. £8 ; Peruvian guano, £17; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Hurst's chemical manuie, £7 15s to £15. Building Materials. — Pi ices are a3 follows at present : — Timber : — Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s 6d ; second-class, 8s ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, 11s 6d ; 2nd-class, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, n'rst-cla.« i , 14s 6d ; medium, 12s ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9& ; sft (heart), 11s 6d; ti-tree lails, £3 10s per 100; puriri post?, £6 10 ■< to £7 10s ; shingles, 12s 6d per 1,000 ; Hobart palings, sft. 17s ; 6ft, 19s ; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotation 0 . Bricks at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works; 2iu drain tiles, lin. lengths, 50s per 1000; 2Jin., 70s; 3ft. 90s; 4in., 130s; 6in., 30s per 100; oin., socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each; 4in., 7d; 6in., 9d ; 9in., Is 6d ; 12in., 2s 3d ; 15in., 3s 6d ; 18in., 4s 6d ; 21in., 9s ; 24in., 12s.

Messrs Arthur axd Buddles Weekly Report. — There have been eight sales by auction this week. The whole have been well attended. On Monday, a pale of unredeemed pledges froni Mr J. Olsen, pawnbroker, Market-street. There was a very lai'ge attendance, and a large number of lots were sold. The clothing, etc., brought first-class prices. Watches and jewellery did not bring such good prices. The sale continued for over six hours. Furniture sales were held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, two at private houses and one at the mart. Satisfactory prices were obtained. On Tuesday, a small freehold with a fourroomed cottage, in Basque Road, off New North Road, was sold by auction for £130 cash. On Tuesday and Friday, sale 3 of poultry, produce, fruit, etc., were held at the Mart. There has been a good demand for all kinds, but the supply has been small. Potatoes have all been cleared out at advanced prices. Onions have not improved in price, but supplies have greatly decreased ; none on hand. Pumpkins, carrots, and vegetables all sold out. Bacon of good quality is wanted, but little brought forward ; second-class and inferior not in such good demand ; prices rule low, but little on hand. Butter: Very little fresh to hand. A much larger business could be done in this line. No first class "corned"' entered; there is a demand. Medium class and pastry butter has brought fair prices, very few kegs remaining unsold. Cheese of good quality moves freely at fair prices ; all cleared, second-class Avill only sell at low prices, but little could be done with old ; stocks, light ; honey is wanted, little to hand. Fruit : Local apples have sold at high prices, the supply has been small, but the greener portion have been of prime sort. Some have sold at fourpence per pound. There has been a demand for much larger quantities. Lemons to hand have not been of first-class quality ; not a large demand. Poultry : Fowls were brought forward in good numbers, and all sold at fair prices. Turkeys were very small, therefore prices were low. But few ducks entered ; these sold well. No geese. Pigs sold at high prices ; a fair supply. A large number of dead rabbits were" sold at 6d to 6|d each. Dressed fowls did not do well. But few pigeons, canaries, and fancy bird 3 were entered, home good dressed porkers, of small size, would meet with ready sale ; anyone intending to send porkers should let us know of their intention on or before Thursday of each week. Fowls brought Is to Is 9d ; young fowls, 9^d ; turkeys (small), 2s to 2s Id ; dressed fowls, Is Id ; ducks, Is 9d to 2s 6d ; Muscovy ducks, Is 9d ; light Brahma fowls, 2s 7d to 5« 7d ; Spanish, Is 4d to 3s 3d ; game, Is 4d ; Langshan, 3s 5d ; Houdans, Is lid to 2s 6d ; Cochins, 2s ; Plymouth rocks, Is 8d ; pigeons, 6d ; canaries, 6s ; dead rabbits, sid to 6id ; pigs (largest), l3s 6d to 19s 6d ; smallest, 5s to 8s; potatoes, 3s to 3s 6d ; new potatoes, Hd to l|d per lb. ; pumpkins, Is 3d to 3s 4d ; pie melons, 4s 6d to 5s ; carrots, Is to Is 3d ; turnips, Is 8d ; cabbages, Is 2d to Is 6d ; onions, J3 to Id ; sides bacon. 2d to 6Vd ; shoulders, l^d to 3J.d ; rolls, 4|d ; hams, 6£d to 7d ; fresh butter, ll^d ; corned, 4 : |d to 7^-d ; parsley, 2^d ; cheese (new), 5d ; old (inferior). Id to *2^d ; honey (small tins), 3Jd ; sausage skins, 8d ; oats, 2s to 2s 3d ; maize, 2s 9d ; bran (5 cwt. ), 3s 6d to 3a 9d : f owl wheat, Is 9d to 2s 9d ; coffee, Is 2d ; lollies, 4d per ,1b ; biscuits, 4-id ; local apples, 2d to 4d per lb ; lemons, 6|d to lO^d per dozen; Hobart apples, 33 to 4s per case.

At Bavnum's recently the leopard began teasing the elephant. The elephant bore v} in majestic silence until the thing ceased to be amusing. Then he growled, " Hush, child, or I'll knock the spofc& offyou !" 'For hiccough hold the breath," writes a gentleman who pretends to know what to do when other people don't. Will the gentleman please tell us how to let go of the hiccough long enough to get a firm grip on the breath ? •' Come ashore, Mick," says Pat, who has been a fortnight in New York, to a friend who has just arrived. "Come ashore, Mick, and help me to celebrate the day in which we won our independence." Seasonable Toast : — " The American Eagle — may she spread her wings till she epiits herself !"