AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 322, 5 December 1888, Page 4

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Fakm and Daiiiy Phoddcm.— Wholesale : Butter, primo iresn, 8d per lb ; cheese. Rood lnetorv, £h& to sd ; eggs, 8d ; lard, in bladders. s^l to b<jd; oacon and hanib, 6d to 8d; Canterbury bacon m thin calico, 7d; equal numbers, 7ld; hams, 7M to 81d. Flour Mauket.— Wholesale : Flour, best roller. £15 10s ; second, £14 10s ; Southern flour, *12 to £12 153; bran, £6; bran, ton (sacks included). £6 10s: Southern do., £5 10s; local sharps, £4 10s; Southern do.. £5 10s ; cabin broad, £17 : oatmeal (25'&), £17: oats, 4s to 4s 3d; maize. 4s 3d to 4s 6d: local potatoes (new). Id per lb; Sjul hern potatoes £6 ; pearl barley, £20 to £22 per ton; bcaiis, 3s 3d; onions, 5s 6d lo 6-? 6d. All grain, chaff, oatmeal etc., soid including sacks. Kauki Gum. — The market is firm, and a |>ood steady business is being done nt the following quotations :— Fair to Rood ordinnry, £33 to £34 ICast Coast, £44. Supplied for November, 730 tons ; anil from mail to mail, 637 tons. Coal and Fujkwood Markbi 1 . — Coal Newcastle, at yard, 32s per ton; Bay ot Islands (scarce), at mines, 13a, at >aid<*. 245: steam, 245; house, delivered, 30s. «mkato, at mines, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, 18s to 225; Taupiri. at mine. Bs. 12s: at Auckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, d«-liveri-d,24sto 255: Whangaroi. at mine, 9s 6d; yard, steam, 17s 6cl ; household, 2v'&; deli\ered, 2fas : Miranda, at mines, 8s to 11s; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood : Uncut, at wharf lcar«?o). 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; dolive ed, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to 16s. Manukes.- Bonedust. Sydney. £ 7 to r.3. iw cording to quality; boneflour. £8 to £8 10s » Auckland, £8 ; Porus-jan guano. £17 ; l<oys Island do., £4 10s, bags included : Fit>onß, fertiliser, £7 to £14 ; superphosphate, Hrbt quality, £6 to £6 10s ; second, quality, £7 10s to £8 ; Craigs lime, 3o& to 40s per ton. Buutding Mater t us.— Prices arc ab lollow at present:— Timber— Boards and scantling, ICOft best, 12s '6d ; second-class, 8s: best planed, t< ntjued and grooved, lirs;-class,l4s6d; meuiimi, 11s 6d ; second-class, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s 6d; medium, 12s secondclass, 10s. New Zealand p^linss, faft (sap», 9s; (heart', 11s bd : ti-tree rails, £3 10d 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, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41&. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1.000; 24in, 70s; 3ft, 9Cs; 4in, 130s; 6m, 30s per 100: 3in socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in. 7d ; 6in, 9d ; 9in, Is6d: uin.2s3d; 15in. 3s 6d : 18iu, 4s 6d : 21m, 9s : 24in, 12s.