AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 318, 21 November 1888, Page 5

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, prime fresb, 6d per lb ; cheese, good factory, iid to sd ; eggs, 6d ; lard, in bladders. 5M to 6UI ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d; Canterbury bacon in thin calico, 7d ; equal numbers. 7id ; hams, 7\d to B]d. Flour Market.— Wholesale : Flour, best roller, -Cl 4 ; second, £13 ; Southern flour, .-fill to £11 15s; bran, £6; bran, ton (sacks included), £5 10s ; Soutliern do., £4 10s ; local sharps, £4 10s ; Southern do., £5 10s; cabiu bread, £16; oatmeal (25's), £13; oats, 2s 9ri to 2s lid: maize, 2s 9d; local potatoes (new). £6 10s; Southernpotatoes £4 10s; pearl barley, £20 to £22 per ton; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 5s 6d to 6s 6d. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Kauri Gum. — The market is unsettled. Quotations nominal as follows : — Fair to good ordinary, £32 ; East Coast, £43. Supplies for Novembor, to date, 445 tons. Coal and Firnwood Market. — Coal : Newcastle, at yard, 32s per ton; Bay of Islands (scarce), at mines, 13s, at yards, 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 ; Whangaroi. at mine. 9s 6d ; yard, steam, 17s 6d;' household, 235; delivered, 255 ; Miranda, at niines, 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, according to quality ; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano. £17 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Fison's fertiliser, £7 to £14 ; superphosphate, first quality, £6 to £6 10s ; second quality, £7 10s to £8 ; Craigs lime, 35a to 40s per ton. Building Materials.— Prices are as follow at present:— Timber— Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 13s ; second-class, 8s; best planed,tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, lls 6d ; second-clasa, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 1 4s 6d; medium, 12s; secondclass, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart), lls 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hobart' rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks at Avondale. 30a per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s, Drain pipes, at works: 2in dx*ain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2Jin, 70s; 3ft, 90s ; 4in, 130s : 6xn, 30s per 100 : 3in socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in. 7d ; 6in, 9d ; 9in, Is6d; 12in, 2s 3d; 15in, 3s 6d; 18in. 4s 6,d; 21m, 9s; 24in,125.