COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, June 21.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 3

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, June 21.

Farm* and 'Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : ■Buttor, prime fresh, Is lb>; 3ocond quality, lOd ; third quality, '8d", cheese,," good factory, 5d ; eggs, Is 3d ; lard, in bladders, 6}d ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d ; Canterbury baoon'.'new cure, Fides, 7^l, oqual numbers, B}d, bare hams, 9Jd. u Flour Markka.— Wholesale Flour, .fill to £12; Southern flour, £9 153 to £10 10s; bran, £6 10s; Southern -bran.' £6 5s ; local sharps. ,£6 103 ; Southern, £6; cabin bread; £17 ; oatmeal, £16 ;/Soti(ihern oats, 3s 4dJ to 3a 6d; local i'.cw oats, 3s 3d ; maize, 3s sd : Canterbury potaioes, £b : < amaru, £5 103 :* local potatoee, £4 to £4 5s per ton ; pearl barley. £19 to £20 per ton ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions", 12s to 13s. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Manuhes.— Bonodust. Sydney. £7 lo £8. according to quality; tioneflour, £8 'to, £8 10s; Auckland. £3' Long Tsland do, £4 10s. Basf? included ; Fison's fertiliser, £7 to £14 superphosphate, fii st quality. £7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 t» £6 10s ; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per ton. Kauri Gum.— Owing? to short supplies, market prices for gum have advanced somewhat. We quote : Fair to good ordinary, £34 to £35 ; superior, parcels. £36, with a good demand ; East Coast, £42 to £43., Supplies for the whole month of June are 450 tons. Coal and Fimbwood Market.— Coal : Now-, castle, at, yard, 32s pur ton ; Bay of Tslanils, at mines, 13s: at yards. 245; .steam. 245; house delivered. 30s : Waiknto, at mines, Bs, 12s ; town, 18s to 225; Taupiri. at mine. Bs. 12s; ntAuckland, steam. 17s 6d; household, do livercd, 24s to 255: Whangarei. al mine. 9s 6d, yard. steam. 17s 6d; household. 235: delivered. 25s : 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 J6s. Building Matkri4l.s. — Prices are as follow at present: — Timber — Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 13 ; second-class, , 8s ; host planed, tensjued and grooved, first-class, 15s ; medium, 12s; second-class, 10s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 15s: medium, 12i; secondclass, 10s. New Zealand palings, faft (sap), 9s: (heart), 11s 6d; ti-treo rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, oft, 17s: 6ft, 193; Hobart rails, 80s. selling quotations. Bricks at Avondale, ' 30s per 1,000; town yards, l&s. delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12!n lenjyrTis, 50s per 1,000; 2Ain, 70s; 3ft, 90s; 4in, 1303; 6m, 303 per 100: 3in sockcr pipes, 2ftlengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d; 6in, 9d; 9in Is6d: 12in, 2s3d; 15in, 3s 6d; 181n, 4s 6d; 21in 6s; 24in. 12s.

Messrs Alfred Bucktavd and Fo-js' Wbkkta 1 " itupouT.— At the Haymarket during the past week oaten sheaves have brought from •2s 6d to 3s 6d ; meadow hay, Is 9d to 3s the cwt ; oats, wholesale, 3s 3d Ue bushel. On Friday horse stock were dull of sale. Unbi oken colts, medium' strength, brought from £7 to £9 : quiet working horses up- to £10 15s; a*Yankce waggon, £40 ; spring cart, £7 17s 6d ; harness, from 35s to £6 the set. On Tuesday a tullmaikctof hides aal skins sold satisfactorily. Gcolox hido3, 4}d to 5d ; cow hides, 2}d ; calfskins, 34cl to 4iJd the 1b ; shcepskin3, 2s to 4s 5d each ; bonc3,' 4s 6d ; tallow. 14s 6d to 16s the cwt. The wot weather prevented the usual numbers of cattle, from being brought to tl c markets held at Pukekoho and Papakura. Dairy cows were dull of sale, and several were withdrawn ; other classes of cattle were sold at late \ a ues. At Remuera, on Thursday, during the auction, it rained heavily, and atlected the attendance. Dairy cows, plentiful, bi ought from £3 to £5 10* each. The steers advertised were withdrawn, there being no bidding for them, and store cattle generally wore dull of sac. Fat calves were at extreme values. Fat cattle, consequent on an unexpected arrival of a shipment, in full numbers. At first pr cos ranged from 15s to to ,163 the' 1001b, but fell as the sale proceeded, and occasioned the- withdrawal of a few pens, when prices again rallied. - Sheep were in usual supply, and firm at last week's values. An unusual draft of heavy-weight wethers averaged 17s 6d. but th"c general pric's for wethers were from 12s to 13s §d ; ewes, 9s to 13s : lambs, 8s each. Pitrs were numerous, and .kept th,eir values, cl • cebacon pigs bringing from £U7s6d to £2 2s 6d ; porktu, from 18s to 26s each, Mu'Alexandbh'Aitkrn'S'Marblet Report for the week ending June '29th.— No^vilhstand" ing the unfavourable statdojithc \ycathov,-busi-. ness has in "all lirtes "been of a very satisfactory 'nnture, produce of all kinds finding quick sale. Potatoes have been in full supply : .values are unchanged. Onions are scar-ec ; a consignment of 20 sacks from Gisborne was sold on arrival at £20 per ton, and prices will continue to rise until Oalifornians arrive. Carrots, pumpkins, etc., in lull supply; s value.B-aro unchanged* In grain, flour, etc., there is no change in values. Bacon and 'hams in "full supply, values are easier : about 'one fcpn has been sold. Cheese ; Much increased supply, but little of rrally fiistclass ; many lots are strong, and not suilable for local market ; values are unchanged. Fresh butter : But little first-class entered, second quality plentiful ; values ore unchanged. Corned butter : A large quantity was quitted at Friday's sale, but future prospects arc poor ; large stocks of second-class, tut little n'rst-class on hand. Eggs arc still scarce, and have sold well. Fruit in good supply, and many lots of choice quality • TJie p cport demand has improved, and tendency' is upwards Lemons still sell at good value?, No first-clasa dessert pears entered. In the poultry department all pens were filled; values were lower. The- sale of pure-bred poultry on Tuesday PissedP issed off very satisfactorily, and the competition for good birds was very keen. Pigs in fair supply; prices were satisfactory. Thefollowirg are the quotations :— Game fowls sold up to 26 each ; dorkinga, 15s to 235 ; Pekm ducks, 10s 6d 30s each ; Brahmas, is 6d to 8s; gammon fowls poor, Sd to 1&; good ordinary. Is 2dtols£d; roosters, in condition. Is 6d to 2s Id; small. 6d to Is ; ducks. Is lOd to 23 6d ; geese, 3s to 4s Id; turkeys, small, 2s 3d to 2s 8d ; heavy, 3s to Es. PJg3, inferior, small, 2s 3d to 4s ; good lots up to 14s 6d each. Potatoes, local, fc4 10s ; Southern ■65 ; kidney seed, £3 to £5 ; new potatoes, Id to 1 ' r d. Onions, £2 per ton ; bran and sharps t6 los ; oats, 3s to 3s 6d; chail", £4 10s; maize, 3s 8d; wheat, 2s3dto3s6d; kuineras, 7s; cabbages, 2s to4s per sack ; carrots, Is 3d to 2s; pumpkins, 2s to 3s; bacon and hams, local, 4d to 7-kl ; hams, 6d to 8kl; eggs. Is 5d to Is 6d; honey, 3d to 4|d. Butter, prime, fresh, Is; other kinds, 6d to lOd ; corned butter. 2d, to 7»cl ; very prime, 8d ; choc3e, 3d to sid- Apples : Stone Pippin, ltd to. I|d ; Ohinemuri, l}d to ljkl ; Simmonds winter, Ijdto2d; winter majetin, l]d to 14d; inferior, 'id to Id : five crown,, ljjl tcrl'ld ; russets, 15(1 to l[d; Fionch crabs, ljd to l£d ; Rome beauty, IQcl tolfd; other kinds, lid to ljd. Pears, m,edium kind.s, 2ld to 3d; inferior, id to l{d. Lemons, Is to la 6d ; walnuts, lOcl ; Capo goqscbprrics. 9d; almonds, 3d; guavas, 3d; oranges, 3Jd; to 4idpcr do/sen; garlic. sd.. Hoi-se,^ugfgy and harnpi 11 !, £§7 10s. Frujt trees q.n.d shrubs could not be quitted at a price that would recoup growers for labour of packing and freight. ■