COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 5

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

I^akm and Da iky Produce. — Wholesale: Butter, prime fre&b, butter 6d 1b ; cheese, good factory, 5d to s^d ; eggs, 8d ; lard, in bladders, 5Ad to 6}d ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d; Canterbury bacon in cloth, 3 Id; equal numbers, 3]d ; hams,lojd, in cloth. - Fi.our Market.— Wholesale : Flour, best roller, £14 ; becond, £13 ; Southern flour, £12 to £12 15s; bran, £6; Southern do., £6 10.s; local sharps, £5; Southern do., £5; cabin broad, £17 ; oatmeal (2fa's), £20: oats, 4s to 4s 3d: maize, 4s 3d to 4s 6d; local potatoes (now), t8 5s per ton; pearl barley, £20 to £22 per ton ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 5s 6d to 6s 6d. All grain, chafl", oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Kauri Gum. — The market ia steady, and business is being done at the following riuotations:—lnferior lots, from £30 : fair to good ordinary, £33. East Coast, £43. Supplies for January to date, 100 tons. Coal axd Fiiuowoot> Market. — Coal : Newcastle, at yard, 62s per ton ; Day or Islands Jil mines, 13d. at yaida, 245; steam, 245; house, delivered, 30s; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, 18s to 225; Taupiri. at mine, 3s. 12s; at Auckland, btcani, 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 255: Whantrarci. at mino, 9s 6d; yaid, steam, 17.s 6d ; household, 23&: dcluerrd, 255: Miranda, at mines 7s to 10s; ar. Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s; cut. 14b to 16s. Manures.— Bonedust Sydney. £7 to £8, according to qualiiy; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s: Auckland, £8; Peruvian guano, £17; Lonj? Island do.. 14 10s. bags included ; Fison's lcrLiliser, £7 to £14 : superphosphate, tirst quality, £710sto £8; second quality, £6 to £C 10a ; Craig'b lime, 35b to 40s per ton. Bbii.iHNa MATJomua.— Prices are as follow at present: —Timber— Boards and scantling, lOOtt best, 12s 6d ; second-class, 8s: best planed, Irntfued «\nd grooved, first-class, 14s 6d; medium, lls 6d ; second-class, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, /iist-cldbfe, ) a &6d ; medium, 12<; secondclosb, 30s. New Zealand pahn^e, sffc <sap), 9s; (heait), lls 6ci (i-tiee i-ail^. £S 10s per 100, purin posts, £6 10-3 to £7 JOi ; blungles, 13" per 1,000. Holv.rt paling-, sft. 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hobuit rails, 80$. selling quotations. Bricks at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 335, deli \ crod 41*-. ]Jrain pipc=. at works: 2in diain tiles, 12in lcnf;th.s oob perl. COO; 2'ni, 70s; 3f(, 90s; 4in, 130s; 6m, 30s per 100: 3in socket pipes, 21t lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d ; 9in, Is6d; 12in, 2&3 d; 15in, 3s 6d; 18in, 4s 6d; 21in 9s ; 24in, 12s.