AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 348, 6 March 1889, Page 5

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholosalo : Butter, prime fresh butter, 7cl lb; cheeso, #oodiactory. 5d to 5Jd ; eggs, Scl ; lard, in bladders, s^d to 6Jd"; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d; Canterbury bacon in cloth, Bfcd; equal numbors, Bid ; hams,lo\d, in cloth. Flour Mabkist.- Wholesale : Flour, £12 10s to £13 15s ; Southern flour, £10 15s to £11, ss; bran, £4 10s; Southern bran, £5 10s ; local sharps, £4 10s ; Southern, £5; cabin bread, £17 ; oatmeal (25's), £15; oats, 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; maize, 3s 6cl to 3s 9d ; local potatoes C 5 to £6 per ton ; pearl barley, £20 to £22 per ton ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 5s 6d to 6s 6d. All grain, chair, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Coal and Firewood Market. — Coal ; Newcastle, at yard, 32s per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s. at jaids, 245; steam, 245; houso, delivered, 30s; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 128; at Auckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, doIn ercd. 24s to 255; Whangaroi, at mino, 9s 6d; yard, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 235; dcln ererl, 25s ; Miranda, at minos, 7s to 10s ; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firowood : 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; boncllour, £8 to £8 10s; Auckland, C8 ; Peruvian guano. £17 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Fison's fertiliser, £7 to £14 ; superphosphate, first quality, £7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 to £6 10s ; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per ton, Building 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 6d; medium, lls 6d ; second-class, 9s 6d ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s 6d; medium, 12s; secondclass, 10s. New Zealand po lings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart), lls 6d; ti-tvee rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s; shingles, 13s per 1,000; llobart palings, oft, 17s; 6ft. 19s; llobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s, Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12m lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2] in, 70s; 3ft, 90s ; 4m, 130s ; 6in, 303 per 100 ; 3in sockcr pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9cl ; 9in; Is6d; I2in, 2s 3d; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d; 21m, 9s ; 24m. 12s.