AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET,

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 312, 31 October 1888, Page 5

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET,

Farm and I) \ntv Pkoduck.— Wholesale : Butter, prime lresh, 6cl per lb ; cheese, trood factor} , ikl to 4 ;d to scl ; eggs, 6cl : lard, m bladders, sid ; Dacon and hams, 7d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon in thin calico, 7cl; equal numbers, 7',d; ham I',1 ', 9lil, scarce. Fi.olk MAKicia'r.— Wholciale : Flour, best roller, ±.13 Oo ; second, £12 O.s ; southern nour, ilO to i-10 10o; bran, £5 , bran, ton (sacks included), €4 10s; .Southern do., £4 10s: local sharps, ct-4 10s, Southern do., £a 10s; cabin bioad. £15; oatmeal (2b's), £11 10s to £12; oats, 2s 9d 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 9&. All grain, chail, oatmeal etc.. sold including sacks. Kauki Gum. — We have to report a tairlj active market for the l^st montn, business having been done at about the following quotations : — Fair to good ordinal y, £30 , superior parcels, £31 and upuaids; luast Coast, £43 10 £44. .Supplies tor October to date, 581 tons. Coal and Fikrwoou Makicet. — Coal; Newcastle, at yard, 38s to 37s 6c) per ton : Bay ot Islands (scarce), at mines?, 13.-, at j aids, 245; steam, 245; house, delivered, 30s; Waikato, at, mines, Bs, 12s; at Axickland, 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 2bs ; Whantcarei, at mine, 9s 6d; \ard, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 235; delivered, 2bs ; Miranda, at mines, 8s to lls ; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood : Uncut, at whan (cargo), 6s 6rt to 8s 6d pur ton ; dchveied, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to 16s. Manures.— Bonedust Sydney, £7 to £8, ac cording to quahiy ; bonellour, £8 to £8 10s ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £17 ; Long Island do., *4 10s, bags included ; Fison b fertiliser, £7 to £14 : superphosphate, urst quality, £6 to £6 10s; second quality, £7 10s to £8 ; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per ton. BuiljDing Materials.— Prices are as follow 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 ; second-class, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, iirst-class, 14s 6d; medium, 12-*; secondclass, 9s. New Zealand palings, bit (sap), 9s- (heart), lls 6d; ti-troe rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s; shingles, 13s per 1,000 ; Hobart palings, stt, 17s ; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks at Avondale. 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2m drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2}in, 70s; 3ft, 90s ; 4in, 130s ; 6m, 30s per 100 ; 3in socket pipes, 2tt lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d ; 9in, Is6d; 12m, 2s 3d; 15in. 3s 6d ; 18m, 4s 6d; 21in, 9s : 24in, 12s. Mjss&rs Stone Bhothbiis report their prices ot grain, etc., for the week 29th October, 1888 (subject to fluctuations of market) : Bright short teed oats, 2s 9d (very firm) ; crushed oats, 2s 9d; Danish oats, 2s 7id ; Tartarian oats, 2s 9d ; baled hay, handy sizes, 40s per ton; prime samples of maize, 2s 8d ; crushed maize, 2s 8d ; oatmeal, llarraway s and Anchor brands, 25's £11, 7's £12 15s ; guaranteed Southern (lour, £8 15s ; sharps, 80s ; bran (scarce), 955 ; pure oaten sheaf chaii". 60s, ex store, direct delivery lroin mills, 55s per ton ; potatoes, 90s per ton ; bonedust, £6 to £7 10s per ton ; vinegar, pure malt in 30 gallon casks (free) Is 4ct per gallon; Hobart rails (per 100), 655; palings, 5 feet 15s, 6 tect 17s; tea, in half-chests, Is 6d (splendid value) ; boxes, 15s, worth 235; felloes, cart shafts, oils, white lead, white /mc, mixed panus, rope (Manilla and j Europe, etc.), cheap. N.B, — Id per bushel reduc- ] tion on gram, and 2s 6d per ton on potatoes, bran, sharps, etc., when delivery taken from ship's side.