COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 385, 17 July 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

AIJCICT, VXD, .Tilly 13. F.vk.m and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale Butter, primo fresh, Is lb; second qiitihty, 9d; third quality, 6d; cheese, good factory, 5d : eixgs, lOd; lard, in bladders, o]d ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d ; Canteibury bacon, now cine, pules, 7}d, equal numbers, S\t\, bare hams. 9WI. Ki.oik Makici.t. —Wholesale: JVlour, £1010s to £1110b; Southern flour, 15s to CIO 10s; bran. £5 10s; Southern bran. £6 ss; 'oeal sharps, £6 10s; Southern, .-66; cabin bread, €17, oatmeal, x,lt; Southern oats, 3s Jd to 3s 6d; inai/c, 3s 5d ; Canterbury potatoes, £b ; * amaru. £5 10s ; local potatoes, £4 to £H 5s per ron ; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 12s to 13s. All gram, chad', oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. l

M vnuues-Bonedust. Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality; bonenour, £8 to £S 10d; Auckland. £3 ' Long Island do, £4 10s, bags included: Fison's lertiliser. ,-C7 to £14 superphosphate, fiist quality, €7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 to £610s; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per ton. Kauri Gusi.-We have this mail to report a tinner market for the month at £35 to £.56 for ordinal y gum. and oven £37 has been paid for choice parcel?. East Coast lotches itom£42to £43. Within the last day or two the market has been easier and prices tor ordinary have receded trom £35 to £34. The supplies for the four weeks ended 12th inst. are 472 tons, andforthe penod of 1889 to date are 1220 tons less than those for the corresponding period of 1888.

Coal and Fiuewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle, at yard, 320 per ton; Bay o£ Islands, at mines, 13s; at vardb. 245; steam, 245; house delivered, 30s; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s ; town, 18s to 225; Taupiri. at mine. Bs. 12s; atAuckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, de lnercd,24sto 255; Whangarci. at mmo, 9s 6d, yard. steam, 17s 6d; household. 235; delnered, 2bs ; Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s; at Auckland, 17s to 20a. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton; delivered, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to J6s-

Building Matkkiais.—Prices are as follow at present: —Timber —Boards and scantling, lOOtt best, 13; second-class, 8s; best planed, tcngued and grooved, first-class, 15s ; medium, 12s; second-class, 10s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 15s; medium, 12*; secondclass, 10s. New Zealand palings, bft (sap), 9s: (heart), 11s 6d; ti-trec rails, £3 10s per 100 ; punri posts, £5, shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart 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 dnun tiles, 12m lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2jin, 70s; 3ft, 90s; 4in, 130s ; 6in, 30s per 100; 3m socket' pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4m, 7d; 6in, 9d ; 9m isod; 12in, 2s 3d; 15in, 3s 6d; 18m, 4s 6d; 21m 6s ; 24in, 12s.

Messrs Alkked Buckland and Sons' Wkeicxa' REi-OKT.-At the Maymarket during the pabt Aseek loose iodder has coino to the market in a more or less wet condition, and prices hai c been ati'ected by it ; they have ranged from 2& Od to 3s 3d the cwt : chaif, k5 10s to £4 fas the ton ; oats, 3s; maize, 3s the bushel alongside vessel, un. Friday hoiso stock -v\ as m less iiiimbei' than usual; useful hoibes kept their late values, from bJI to 510s each ; light nding and ill-conditioned liorses almost unsaleable. On Tuesday hidebin lull numbers were lower 111 ])rice. Ox hides brought irom 3*d to 4 7-16tbsd the lb ; cow hides, 2d to 2kl; or, tor ox hides, from 20s to 27s 6d ; cow hides. 8s to 13s eacli ; tallow, 9s 6d to 16s; bonos, 4s 6d the cwt ; Coast wool. 6Jd the lb; butchers' sheepskins, 3s iOd to 5s 3d each. At YVaiuku, on baturday, the usual sale of cattle was held, but the heavy weather occasionod a smaller than usual muster. jSTo alteration in allies. Several small properties have been sold privately House and aero at Onehunga, £600; larm at Kariotahi, 117 acres, E600 ; at Maioro, 41 acres, at £u 1 5s per acre ; iarm at Tuliimata, £375; 37 acics at Wuiuku, ±50; 2 draught hordes, ±15 each. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows at cal v.n? bi ought trom £5 2s od to 10s; 18 months v\a steerb, 34s each; tat cattle in full numbers sold better at end than beginning ol auction, pi ices ranged irom fully ]fas to 17s the 1001b ; calvos, shoit or requiiements, bt ought extreme values ; fat sheep were also in short supply, and last week's values tully sustained ; prices were from 2{d to 3d the lb ; shorn lambs, 7s to 9s each; pig& sold a\ ell, they were generally of large size, and ranged Irom 25s to 42s each.

Messrs Arthur and Buddles Weekly Report.— I he week has been a busy one in all departments. Produce generally in good demand, 'lhc supply ot local-grown potatoes is dropung off. Onions are very t>carce; good ones bring a high price. Good cheese is wanted, ball butter is difncult to woik on" , the market ib oa er-ctocked. Groceries hu\e sold well. Boots and shoes, drapery, etc., have brought good prices. A fair supply of poultry, etc. ; prices ot fowls average higher. Turiceyh were not in first-class condition. Ducks sold well. Pigs brought a fair price. There have been nine bales by auction since our last week's report; the whole of them have been well attended ; the one on Thursday, at the residence ot W. Jimngton, K&q , was ciowded. Saturday and Wednesday : The stock of groceries, drapery, etc., in the assigned estate of W. Sinflair, tn the premises, Onelmnga. Monday: Pawnbroker's sale, at the inait, ot unredeemed pledges, watches, ie\\ellery, tools, clothing, etc., jrom iVIrE. Mendelssohn, pawnbroker, Victoria-s-treer, Tuesday: .Bankrupt stock of boots, snoe^, saddlery, watches, clocks, etc., in the estates of J. Wood, Burnnand, and H. G-. Payne ; also a bankrupt stock ot groceries, produce, fruit, etp. Wednesday: At the mart, household fuinituro and effects. Thursday: At the residence of W. Emnglon, Esq., Great North Road, his household furnituie, piano, picfcuics, and effects. At the mart, drapery, clothing, etc. Friday : At the mart, the market day sale oi poultry, pigs, produce, fruit, groceries, etc. The following are the highest and lowebt prices realised for poultry, produce, fruit, etc. :— Fowls, various, 9d to 2s Id ; game fowls, ]sBd; Spanish, 3s 9d; Brahmas, young, Is 3d to Is 8d ; Plymouth Rocks, Is 6d ; silver HaroburßS, Is 3d ; turkeys, small, 2s to 3s ; ducks, 18 7d to 2s ; ducklings, Is ; Pekins, 3s 4d ; geese. 4s 2d ; pigs, 2s 9d to 12s : earner pigeons. Is Id ; canaries, 3s 6d to 6s ; potatoes, table. 4s 3d to 5s ; inferior, 2s 9d to 3s ; kidney, seed, 2s 9d to 5s 6d ; Ilobart, seed, 3s ; American ro&e, 3s : Shepherd's, ss ; onions, lid to 2£d ; carrots, Is lid to 2s and 5d to 8d per dozen ; pumpkins, 2s 3d ; inferior, Is to Is 6d ; cabbaees, Is 4d ; swedes, Is Id to Is 3d ; rhubarb, 3s; edsry, 7d to B£d ; beetroot, 3Jd ; new kidney potatods, gd ; turnips, 7id to 9Jd per dozen ; piemelons, 2s Id ; mangolds, Is 2d to Is 3d ; fowl wheat, 5s 2d; flour, £11; oats, 3s 5d to3s6d; bran, bs 6d to 6s ; maize, 3s dd. to 3s 6d ; cheese, 3£d to 4d ; bacon, 2d to od ; hams, 5d to 8d ; coined pork.l^d; honey, in tins, 3d; fresh butter, 6cl to lid ; interior, 2^d to 4d ; salt butter, 2d to 7d ; apples, lid to 2d ; quinces, Id ; pears (poor), ,dto3d; winter nolis, 4Jd; lemons, B.dlo Is8d: guavas, 2d: walnuts (old), 3<sd; mixed biscuits, 4d ; Scotch mixtures, 5Ad ; jujubes, Bid,

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