AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 286, 1 August 1888, Page 5

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm axd Daiky Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, Is per lb; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand (wholesale), Is 3d ; cheese, good factory, 4|d tosd; eggs, Is; lard, in bladders, s£d ; bacon and hams, 7d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon in thin calico, 7d ; equal numbers, 7^d ; hams, B£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 (25's), £10 ; (7's), £1110s; oats, 2s3dto 2s4d; maize, 2s 6d to2s9d ; local potatoes, £3 10s; Sou them potatoes, £3 13s ; pearl barley, £23 to £24 per con ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 7s to 9s. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc.. sold including sacks. Kauri Gum. — The market is weak, with a decided downward tendency. Buyers are holding off, fearing further fall in prices. At present quotations are as follows : — Fair to good ordinary, £28 to £30 ; superior paicels, £33 and upwards ; East Coast, £43 to £45. Supplies for month, 671 tons. Coal and Firewood Market. — Coal : Newcastle (ship's side), 23s to 27s per ton ; yard, 26s to 30s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s iat yards, 235 ; steam, 24s ; house, delivered, 30s ; Waikato, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12s, at Auckland, steam, 17s 6d : household, de livered,2ss; Whangarei, at mine,9s 6d : yard (steam), 17s 6s ; household, 23s ; delivered, 255. Firewood : Uncut at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s ; cut, 14s to 16&. 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 manure, £7 15s to £15 ; superphosphate, first quality, £6 to £6 10s ; second quality, £7 10s to £8. Building Materials. — Prices are as follows at present : — Timber : — Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s 6d ; second-class, 8s ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, lls 6d ; 2nd-class, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, first-clas*, 14s 6d ; medium, 12s ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), lls 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 108 to £7 10s ; shingles, 12s 6d per 1,000 ; 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, lin. lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2|in., 70s; 3ft. 90s; 4in., 130s; 6in., 30s per 100; 3in., socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in. , 7d; 6in., 9d; 9in., Is 6d ; 12in., 2s 3d; 15Ln., 3s 6d ; 18in., 4s 6cl ; 21in., 9b ; 24in., 12s.