AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, May 18. COMMERCIAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 372, 29 May 1889, Page 5

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, May 18.

COMMERCIAL.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, Is lb; second quality, lOd ; third quality, 8d ; cheese, Rood factory, sd; oggB, Is 3d; lard, in bladders. s*d to6Jd; bacon ann hams, 6d to 8d; Canterbury bacon in cloth, 7jd; wual numbers, 81d ; hnnis,lod, in cloth.

Fj-ouk Market. — Wholesale: Flour, £12 to £13 ; Southern flour, £11 to £12; bran, £6 lCs ; Southern brnn, £6 : local sharps. £6 103 ; Southern, £6 : cabin bread. £17 ; oatmeal (258), £16 : o'd oats. 33 3d ; local new oats. 3s to 3s 3d; maize, 3s 4d ; local potatoes, £4 15s per ton ; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton; benns, 3s 3d; onions, 12s to 13s. All grain, chafF, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks.

Manuties.— Boncdust: Sydney, £7 to £8. according to quality ; bonellour, £8 to £8 10s ; Auckland, £8 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Fisoii i s fertiliser, £7 to £14 ; superphosphate, first quality, £7 10s to £8 ; second quality, £6 to £6 10a ; Craigs lime, 35s to 10s per ton.

Kauki Gum. — We have to report a fairly steady market for kauri gum. We quote : Fair to trood ordinary. £31 to £32 ; F»3t Coast, £'2 to £43. Supplies f. r May, to da c, 294 tons. Coal and Firewood Market. — Coal: Newcastle, at yard, 32s per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13-», at jaids, 245; steam, 245; house, delivered, 30s; Waikato, at mines, 8s 12p: at Auckland, Us to 225; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12s, at Auckland, stenm, 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 255; Whanporei. at mine. 9s 6d; yard, steam, i7s 6d; nouaolioid, 235; delivered, 25s ; Mi 'anda, at mines, 7s to 10b ; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood : Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to J6s.

Building Materi us.— Prices are as follow at present :— Timber— Boards nn<i scantling, lOOffc best, 13; second-class, 8s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 15s ; medium, 12s ; second-class, 10s ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 15s; medium, 12s; gecondclass, 10s. New Zealand pulings, oft (sap), 9s; (hearty 11s 6d: U-treo rails, C^, 103 per 100 puriri posts, .G6 10s to £7 10s; shingles, 13s per 1.000; Ilobart palings, oft. «7s; 6ft. lbs; Hobari Jails. 80s, sell in quotations. Uncks at Avondaie, 30s per j.,000, town \aids, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain m'res, a< works: 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1.000; 2Ain, 70s; 3ft, 90s ; 4in 130s ; 6m, 303 per 100 : aiu socker pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d; 61n. 9d; 9in; Is6d; 12in, 2s 3d; 15in, 3s 6d; 18in, 4s 6d; 21in, 6s; 24in, 12s.

Mejsrs Alfred Buckland and Sons' WtBKLY Rispokt. — At the Haymarket during the past week meadow hay has brought from 2s 6d to 3s 9cl the cwt; oaten sheaves, 3s 3d to 3s 9cl ; chad', 3s 6d to 43 ; oats, 2s lid and 3s the bushel ; potatoes 40a to 52s 6d the ton. Horses were yarded in usual numbers ; unbroken colta from Wairoa South ranged from £4 to £6l0s; hacks, £2 to £7 ss; a black gelding, £14; giey horse from Helonsvillc, £20. At the hide and skin sale, Tuesday, both hides and skins wcrj 5n greater quantity than usual, and sold freely. Heavy 0x, 41d to 4ld, or 30a each; extra stout, bid, or £1 13s 4J, to sjd, or €1 17s 6d each ; me dium,2kl to 4d; cow hides, 2ld to 3Jd ; calfskins, 3±d to 4\d the IK Station ekins brought from ls'to 2s each ; butchers' ekins, from 2s to 3s 6d ; tallow, 1£« 6d the cwt. At the private at Pukekohe, satisfactory prices were obtained, dairy cows being in demand at higher va ucs. At Renmera on Thursday dairy cattle at their profit were required at full values ; store cattle sold more freely. Fat cattle were in short supply : heavy oxen at lower values, but cows and light weight steers firm at late quotations. Sheep, in full number, were slightly lower in price. Calves p'ontiful and of good quality, aold fairly well. Pigs abundant; wellbred pigs, both fat and store, were in demand at satisfactory prices, but coarse pigs at conclusion of sale were of very low values. Dairy cows ranged from £5 to £6 10s ; dry cows, 25s to €2 2s 6d each ; heavy weight oxen, 13s ; medium and light weight. 15s ; cows, 11s to 14s the 1001b ; wethers, fully 2d; ewes, l£d to l^d the lb; six months old calves, 18s to 30s ; 10 weeks calves, 16s to 20s each ; lamts, 7s 6d to 9s each were the prices obtained.

Messrs Gr. W. Binnev and Sons' Report.— On Ti esday, hides, sheej s'cins, etc., maintained tho lato rise throughout, primo picked ox soiling up to 3os each; heary. 4'.dto4{d (one lot of 200 so d at 4ld); medium, 3d to 3id ; heavy cow, 3d to 3id ; medium, 2]d to 2id ; hea\ y kip, 2id to 2\d; light kip, 2^d lo 3Jd; calfskins, 3Ad to 4^(l per lb; soppy and damaged, lid to 2^d per lb. Sheepskins: Best country butchers', 3» to 3s 6d ; average lota, 2s 6d to 2s Dd cnch. Tallow: Mixed, 13s to 14s 6d per cwt ; rough fat, Id per lb. Bones. 4s 6d per cwt ; shanks, bs por cwt. Potatoes : Market full and sold : Southern, £4 10s for primo samples ; medium, £. 2 17s 6d to £3 ss. Flour: Dur.'nj the ireok afallin raluc has taken place of 10s per ton. Atlas (full roller), iacks, £11 10s; 100's, £12; 50 4 s, £12 ss ; Excelsior (combined) sacks, £10 10s; ICOs, £11; 50's, £11 5s per ton.