COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, May 10.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 368, 15 May 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, May 10.

Farm and Dairy Produok.— Wholesale: Butter, prime l'resn butter. Is lb : cheese, eood factory, sti ; eggs, 2s; lurd, in bladders. 5Jd to 6.d ; bacon ana hams, bel to 8d; Uantertmry • bacon in cloth. 71d; equal numbers. Bjd ; hams.lOd, in cloth.

- F.LOUH Market. — Wholesale: Flour, £12 to £13 ; Southern flour, £11 to £12; bran, £6; Southern bran, £6 : local sharps, £6 10s ; Southern, £6 : cabin broad, £17 ; oatmeal (25's), £15 10s ; old o its, 3s to 3s 6& : local new oats. 2s 4d to 2s 8d ; maize. 3s 2d : local potatoes, £4 10a to £5 per ton ; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton ; beans, ?s 3d; onions, 12s to 13s. All grain, chafl", oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks.

Manurks.— Bonedust: Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality ; boncflour, £8 to £8 10 a; Auckland, £8 ; Long Island do., t4 10s, bags included : Fison's fertiliser, £7 to £14 ; superphosphate, Hrst quality, £7 103 to £8 ; second quality, £6 to £6 10s ; Craigs lime, 55a to 40s per ton.

Kauri Gum. — We hare to report a fairly steady market for kauri gum. We quote : Fair to good ordinary, £29 to £30 ; superior parcels, £31; F*st Coast, £42 to £43. Supplies f<_r May, to dalt. 150 tons.

Coal and Firewood Market. — Coal: Newcastle, at yard, 32s per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13 j . at >atds, 245: steam, 245; house, delivered, 50s; 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: Whanjrarei. at mine. 9s 6d; yard, steam, 17s 6d; household, 235; delivered, 2bs : Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ; 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.

Building Materi.us.— Prices arc as follow at present:— Timber—Boards and scantling. 100 ft best, 13; second-class, 8s; best planed, tnngued and grooved, firs:-class, 15s ; medium. 12s; second-cla^s, 10a; rusticated weather boards, first-class, >ss; medium, 12--; tecondclass. 10s. New Zealand polings, faft (sapi, 9s: (heart*, 11s 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; Ilobart rails, 80s. selling quotations, ijricks at Avondale. 30s per 1,000; (own yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2m drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1.000; 2}in, 70s; off, 90s ; 4in, 130 a: 6m, 30s per 100 : 3in soeker pipes, 2ft lengths. 6<l each ; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d : 9in; Is6d: I2in, 2s 3d; 15in. 3s 6d; 18in. 4s 6d; 21m, 6s: 24in. 12s.

Messrs Aitrucß and Bl'odies Weekly Repokt. — Since our last report nine sales by auction have been hold, the whole ha\ c been ■we>l attended. On baturday, sale of bui'dii'g to be renio\ed, held on the ground at the corner of Symonds and Alexandra -treets. There was a fair attendance, and good competition. On Monday sale 01 properties at the mail, a large number present. A cottage of four rooms, with an allotment 35 by 125 feet, sold at £183 cash. The Onehunga property was purchased by the mortgagee. o\ er £2,000 being due to him, A sale at Ihe residence of .Mr R. Gray, Grafton Road, of piano, household furniture, etc, passed oft very satisfactorily : a crowded attendance, good competition, first-class prices; the piano brought £50. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday hales were held for the disposal of poultry, produce, groceries, etc. The attendance was good at each, and the result satisfactory. On Wednesday, a sale of pianos, household furniture, etc.. at tne mart. Theie was a irood attendance, but bidding was rather languid; prices ruled in favour of the b\j>er. On Thursday a sa eof ] ousehoid furniture, under a bill 3 ' sale, on the premises, Hobson-street. The result was satisfactory. The sale of the balance ot a stock of tinware, ironmongery, etc., also drapery iind clothing, held at the mart, was well attended, and the stock sold w ell, but there was Jictie demand for drapery, etc. The breaking up ot the fine weather has interfered with the sales of Thursday and Friday. The supply of all kinds of Joeal produce, poult r>, etc., was very small Potatoes have come to hana from ihe South in quantities far beyond requiiements, and are offered at £4 per ion, sacks included. Many of the local giown are diseased, fine-looking sanmles. but hollow or dark inside ; these are difficult to get oft at low prices. Onions continue scarce. But little butter to lund ; there is a good demand. Local bacon, well got up, is much, wanted. Cheese of good sample moves off fairly well. The supply of iruit has dropped off considerably ; prices have mipro\ ed for good sound samples; souie growers have held back too long— their btult comes to hand in bad order. Poultry, in spue of the wet (and therefore but few present at the sale\ has brought a much better price, but few .owls sold under Is each. Turkeys biought a fair price, there were a good number entered. Ducks on the average brought a much better price ; no first-class birds entered. But few pigs entered, and the demand was limited. Properties . A houae and allotment, 50 by 190 feet, Ironting Mount Eden Road, hid been sold privately to Mr A. G. Pulleng for £330 cash. The following are the highest and lowest prices for produce, etc., realised during the week:-KoAis, lOcl 'o 2s 2d ; Plymouth Rocks. Is lid to 3s 3d ; Spanish, Is 4d to 2s ; Houdans. Is 6d ; turkeys-, 2s Id to 4s ; ducks. Is 4d to Is 9d ; geese, 3s 6d; doves, 2s 6d per pair; pigeons, 4d to 6d ; canaries, 8-, 6d ; pigs. 3s 9d to 11s ; spaniel dog, £2 ; dead rabbits, lOd to Is Id per pair. Potatoes: Sou-d, good qualitj*, 4s to 5s Id; special line, ?s 3d ; medium, 2s 9d to 3s 9d ; inferior. 2s to 2s 3d ; cow, Is 6d to 2s ; Southern, 4s 3d to 5s (sacks im ; onions, l{d to 2d : seed, ljd tqljd ; picklers, lJd ; inferior, id to §d ; pumpkins, 2s 3d to 3s : re 1 carrot 9, 2=. 6:1 ; eabbage3, Is lid to 2s 4d ; marrows, Is 3d to Is 6d ; picmelous, 2s 3d to 2s 6d . citron melons, 2s 6d; kumaras, ?d to Id ; green peas, Is per peck ; cheese, 3d to 4d ; bacon, inferior, 31d to 6d; ham, 6d to7^d; fresh butter. 8d tolsl,'d; salt ditto, 7Jd; eggs (prese ved), 7dto lsM; section boney, 3s; maize. 3s 3d to 33 6d : barley, 3s; wheat, 3s 6d ; chaff, Is 9d ; flour. £11 ; biscuits. 4d ; local jam. 4d; juiubes. 8d ; conversation lollies, 6d . coffee, Is 2d ; box tea. 190 ; apples, various, {d to lid; pears, £cl to l*Jd; quinces, ljd; medlais, small, £d ; Cape gooseberries. 4jcl . lemons, 6d to Is ; citrons, 3|d ; tomatoes, Id ; Island oranges, s£dto6}d. •

Mr Alexander Ait ki;n's Market Report for the week ending May 11 —A good amount of bus ness has been don t during the week, although Friday's sale was considerably affected by the bad weather. Fowls were in much smaller supply than usual, and prices wtre slightly better. Ducks were in short supply. Pigs : But few came to hand, but for these good prices were obtained. Potatoes have come to h»nd in smaller quantity , but stocks are still large; demand is easier, but values are unchanged. Onions are st 11 scarce, and commanding good prices. Vegetables were in short supply and sold well. Pumpkins remain at late quotations. Carrot 3 in slightly better demand. Oats move oft" fieely at late values. Fowl wheat in good demand, but milling lots are quiet, with slightly downward tendency. Maize unaltered Bran and sharps unchanged. Pieinelon's are at low values, but watermelons are scarce. 'Bacon and hams — supplies of local cure are on theincrease, and the demand is ttill good ; Southern lots are slow or &aie. Fresh butter: The supply has been the largest received for several weeks, and values have risen considerably. Eggs also are in good supply, and considerable rise in value. Corned uutter is coining to hand freely, but sales are not being pushed; local demand is for second-class only; prime quality is he'd for • xport orders. Cheese : Really good is in demand, but inferior hard to quit. Honey in fair demand. Ban- er-make is wanted for local consumption. In fruit, supplies ha\e no', been so large i" any kinds, except in Napoleon pea,rs, which were very plentiful; dessert peara^ have sold well. Dead rabbits in good supply ; satisfactory prices obtained. Three produce sales held this week; all with satisfactory results at the following quot lions: — Pqor and old fowls, lOd to lid ; fair lots. Is to Is4d; in condition. Is6d to islOd ; tnble roosters, IsBd to Is lid ; small. 6d to Is; ducks. Is 3d to Is 8d ; turkeys, 3s 4d to 3s lOd; small, 2s to 3s; black Spanish. 2s to 2s 4d: dressed fowls, 3b Id per pair; pigs, 10» each • dead rabbit", lUd per pair. Potatoes : Best Waikato lots, £4 to £4 10s ; poor, £3 to £3 10s; cow potatoes, £2, sacks extra; Canterbury kidneys, £6 10s; local, £6 10s: badly shaped, 3s 61 to 4s. Onions, in sacks, l^d; bag 3, 2d ; picklers, lgd to 2d. Garlic, 3M ; pumpkins. 2s 4rl to 2s 3d ; pienielons Is 6d to 2s; citions. Is lOd to 2s; watermelons, 4s 3d per dozen ; carrots, 2s to 2s 6d. Oats, short, 2s 8d to 3s ; Danist>. 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; maize, 3s 6d ; bran .nd °harps, 6s; wheat, fowl, 3s 6d to 3s 9d: milling, 3s 8d to 3s lOd ; feed barley, a wholesale line sold at 2s 9d ; cabbages. Is 8d to 2s 6d ; butter, prime fresh. Is 1o Is Id ; medium, 5d to lid; inferior made up, 6& to 5d ; corned medium, 5d to 6d ; pastry, 3Ad to 4d ; prime, 8d to 9d; lard, poor. 3id; eggs/full weight, 2s to 2s 1M ; small. Is lid ; bacon, local, 7d : hams, 8(1 to 9d; Canterbury farmeis' cure, sidto7d : honpy, section, 4d ; tin, 3d to 4d ; apples, good lot's, Ohinemuri, Id to lid; Northern ypys. Hd • Biamarcks, lid to lid ; Cox's Orange Pippin, lid to ljid ; Boston Itussets. Id to lid ; Beauty of Kent, l|d; others, $d to lid; pears, Napoleon, to lid ; heavy cases, 'Id ; inferior, id to fid ; Beurre Diel.g od, lid to 2d . others, ld'tolld ; quinces, ljd to 1-kl ; walnuts, 9Jd : Cape gooseberries, 7d ; lemons, 6£d to Is ; almonds, s\d ; tomatoes. Id.

' MKS£RS ALKRKD BUCICLAND AND SOXS Weekly Report.— At the Tfaymarket during the past week fodder has been in request, ataslight advance in pr cc. trices for good hay have ranged troin 2s 6d to 3s 9d tlie cwt ; oast, from 2o 2^ to 2s 13d the bushel ; chaif, 60a to 70s the ton. On Friday. hor3e stock were

yarded in usual numbers; prices without alteration. • Useful active harness ranged from £6 to £9 ; and a choice riding horse brought £15 10s. At the hide and skin sale on 'I uesday, heavy sides bi ought from 4id to s\d the lb, or from 26$ to 31s 6d each ; cow hides. 2Jd to 3|d ; calfskins, 34d to 4id por lb ; bones, £4 10s the ton ; horns, 7s 6d the 100 ; tallow. Us 6d to 18s 6d the cwt; sheepskins, from 2s to 3s 3d each. At tho usual Waiukusalo there was a smaller muster of. slock than usual; prices were unchanged. At Romuora on Thursday, the dairj* cows offered were generally of interior quality ; prices without change. Fat cattle in lull number were iirm at la-t week's quotations. Prkes for steers tanged from 14s to 16s ; cows, 11s to 14s the 1001b ; sheep were also in demand, and advanced in price about 3d each; \\eUlcr3solri fiom 11s to 14s ; owes, 8s to 12s each; pigs abundant, those killablo were in demand at last week's values, but stores were relatively dull of salo.