AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 308, 17 October 1888, Page 5

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, 6d per lb ; cheese, good factory, 4id to 4|d to sd ; eggs, 6d ; lard, in bladders. 5Jd ; bacon and hams, 7d to 8d; Canterbury bacon in thin cahco, 7d; equal numbers, 7}d ; haras, 9Jd, scarce. Flour Market.— Wholesale : Flour, best roller, £13 Os ; second, £12 Os ; Southern flour, £9 10s to £10 10s ; bran, £5 ; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 10s ; Southern do., £4 10s ; local sharps, £4 10s ; Southern do., £5 10s ; cabin bread. £15 ; oatmeal (25's), £11 10s to £12 ; oats, 2s 9cl to 2s lid ; maize, 2s 9d ; local potatoes, £4 ; Southern potatoes, £4 10s ; pearl barley, £21 to £22 per ton ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 8s to 9s. All grain, chaff, oatmeal etc., sold including sacks. Kauri Gum.— We have to report a firm and active market for the last month, a large business having been done at about the following quotations :— Fair to good ordinary, £31 ; superior parcels, £32 and upwards ; East Coast, £43 to £44. Supplies from mail to mail, 655 tons ; for October to date, 122 tons. Coal and Firewood Market. — Coal: Newcastle, at yard, 38s to 37s 6d per ton; Bay of Islands (scarce), at mines, 13s, at yaids, 245; steam, 245; house, delivered, 30s; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 255: Whangarei. at mine, 9s 6d; yard, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 235 ; delivered, 2fas ; Miranda, at mines, 8s to 11s ; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s ; cut, 14s to 16s. Manures.— Bonedust: Sydney, £7 to £8, ac cording to quality ; boneftour, £8 to £8 10s ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano. £17 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Fisoir's fertiliser, £810s to £14 ; superphosphate, first quality, £6 to £6 10s ; second quality, £7 10s to £8 ; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per ton. Building Materials.— Prices are as follow at present: — Timber — Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s Gd; second-class, 8s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; modium, lls 6d ; second-class, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, ]4s 6d; medium, 12a; secondclass, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart), lls 6d: ti-treo rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, oft, 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks at Avou dale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, "delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2iin, 70s; 3ft, 90s; 4in, 130s; 6in, 30s per 100: 3iii socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d ; 9in, Is6d; 12in, 2s 3d; 15in. 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d; 21in, 9s : 24in, 12s.