COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 393, 14 August 1889, Page 5

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland, August 10. Fakm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime frosh, lOd ; second quality, fed ; third quality. 6cl; cheese, good factory, bid to 5Jd; eggs, lCd: lard, in bladders, s>id ; bacon and hams, 6cl to 8d ; Canterbury bacon, new euro, sides, 7id, equal numbers, 7,' d, bnrehams, 91d. Flour Makkict.— Wholesale : Flour, £10 lOsto £11 10s ; Southern flour, £9 lbs to £10 10s ; bran, *5 to £5 10s ; Southern bran, £5 10s to £5 153 ; local sharps. £5 10s ; Southern. £6 ; cabin bread, .£l7; oatmeal, £15 m 25's, 416 10s in 7'B ; Southern oats, 3s id to 3s 6d; Oaniaru potatoes, £5 10 a; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton ; maize, 3s 3d ; Canterbury potatoes, £5 ss ; boans, 3s 3d ; onions, 3d per lb. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Manures.— lioncdust. Sydney, £7 to £8. according to quality; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s; Auckland. £B; Long Island do, £410s,bags included: Fison's fertiliser, £7 10s to £14 ; superphosphate, flist quality, £7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 to £6 10s ; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per ton. Kauri Gum.— The local market for gum continues linn ; business has been dono during the week at the following rales :— Fair to good ordinary, £36 to £37 ; superior parcels, £38 ; East Coast. £43. The supplies from last mail to this are 572 tons, and for nino days ot August to date, 251 tons. The supplies for this year to date are 3,977 tons, as against 5,241 tons for the corresponding period of last year, being a falling-ofl' of 1.264. Coal and Fikbwood Market.— Coal : Nowcastle, at yard, 32d per ton ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s: at yards, 245; steam, 245; house delivered, 30s ; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s ; town 18s to 235; Taupiri, at mine. Bs. 12s; at, Auckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 255: Whanparei. at minn. 9s 6d, yai*d, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 235; delivei'od, 2bs ; Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; dolivered, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to 16s. Building Materials. — Prices ai'e as follow at piosent:— Timber— Hoards and scantling, 100 ft best, 13; second-class, 8s; best planed, trngued and grooved, lirst-class, 153 ; medium, 12s; second-class, 10s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 15s; medium, 12a; secondclass, 10s. Is'ew Zealand palings, bft (sap), 9s; (heart), 11s 6d; ti-trec rails, £3 10s pe»* 100 : puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, oft, 17s; 6ft, 19-?; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bi'ickg at Avondaie, 3Qs per l,u00; town yards, 38s, deli verrd 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, nOs per 1,000; 2Jin, 70i; 3ft, 90s; 4in, 1303 ; 6in, 30s per 100; 3in socker pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d; 6in, 9d; 9in 2s 6d; 12in. 2asd; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d; 21m 2s ; 24 in. 12s.

ME3SKS AKTHLIiAND BUDDMJ'S WEEKLY ReI'OKT. — A tuirly brisk week in all departments. Produce supply has not been so great as usual. Potatoes remain about the same. Onions have sold at higher pi ices; supply very limited. Bacon of good local cure, not too heavy, in demand. Cheese ot good quality is wanted. Butter: Corned still overstocked, but little loallygood; fresh in fair demand, moro could have been disposed of Fruit: The supply of apples has greatly dropped otF, a much better price having been gjt for those in first class condition ; several lots were not so, and had to be sold atl'.dtol'd lb; soiae ot tho best biought 4 ld per 10. Lemons were in fair supply, but owing to the iact of the supply being so small a few weeks ago. Southern buveis had to send to Sjdncy i'or a supplj-, therefore the prices ruled much lower than they would have done. Poultry: A fair supply of fowls; these brought a good average price ; none ot first-class quality entered. Not many ducks entered : these were not in first-rate condition, theiefore prices ruled low. No gecso entered ; but few turkeys, there were small ones. Not a large numbers oC pigs entered; there was a very good demand ; prices ruled high. Furniture market has not been very brisk. Drapery, clothing, etc., have brought fair prices. Seven sales by auction have been held ; the attendance at each of them has been Monday and Thursday : Drapery, clothing, etc., at the Mart. Tuesday: Household furniture and ofi'ects at the rosidenco ot Mrs Hampshire, Victorli Avenue, Mount Eden. Tuesday and Friday: Poultry. produce, fruit, &c., at the Mart. Wednesday : llouschould furmtuie. &c, at the Mait Wednesday. Machinery, chemicals, trade marks and patent lights, otticc furniture, in the bankiupt csta'e or J. O. Firth, at the First JSight Hours Holler Mill, Quay-street. Good prices were obtained, the patent rights and trade marks bringing illO The tollowing arc highest and lowest prices for the week, via : —Fowls lOd to Is lOd ; game, Is 9d; Brahmas, Is 4d to 4s 6rt ; silver spangled Hamburgs. Is 9d ; ducks, Is 4d to Is 7d ; turkeys (small), 2s Id to 2s od : pigeon-^, b& to 9d ; canniks, 2s 6d to 8& ; purs. 8s to 13s: potatoes, local. 4s to 4s7d; small, interior, 2s to 2s 6d: special lino, ss, sacks ovtra; seed, 3s 3d to ss; Southern, 4s 6d to ss, sack 3 m ; onions, 3}d to skl ; cabbages. Is 5d to Is 6i: curiots, Is 2d "to Is 6d, ai:d 3d to s^d per dozen; turnips, 9ld per do/un ; new potatoes, Ul; maize, 2s Bdto3s; wheat, 2» 6d to ,is; chail'. Is 9d ; bran, 5s to 5s 3d ; barley, 2s 4d ; oats, 3s 2d ; sharps, 6s ; chec&c, 2,' d to 3Jd, only medium quality; butter, fresh, 6d to 11 Yd: salf, 2'-rtto6d; eggs, Is o]d lo Is2'd; bacon, s^l to 6'd ; hams. s<d to 7d ; inferior, 3d to 4d ; lard in bladders, 3^d; mixel biscuits, 4d ; lemon biscuits, 41d; ginger nuts, 4d; honey, 2^l to 3d; half-pint salad oil, 4s 6d ; &tarch, 5d ; split pea?, l' ( d ; baking soda. Is 4d ; axe handles, Is ; 250 vestas, 15s ; currie powder, 4d to 41d ; safety matches, 2d ; Tanstickew, B]d; bananas, l',d to to lsd ; apples, russets, 2hl ; Stone pippins. 3d to 4jd ; French crabs, 3d ; other kind3, 2d to 3 ,'d ; inferior lots, l' ( d to 1U1; guavas, 2jd; lemons, lOd to Is Id ; local oranges, 10U1. Messrs A. Buckland and Sons' Weekly Hkport.— At the Haymarket, duung the past i week, hay has brought from 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; chart, from 3s to 4s 3d the cv> t ; oats, 3s 2d to 3s 5d : maize. 2s 8d and 2s 9d the bushel ; bonedust, £6 15s to_ L 7 5s the ton. On Tuesday, a full supply of hides were firm at last week's quotations. Ok hides, from 3\& to 4d ; cow hides, 2d to 2'jd ; ■ calfskins, 2}d to 4',d the lb: butchers' skins, 3s 6d to 6s 2d ; station skins, Is 6d to os 3d each ; tallow, 12s 6d ; bones, 5s the cwt. At the horse sale, on Friday, reliable horses were better worth, and ranged from *-8 to £113 each, with an unsatisfied demand. A spring cart brought £5 ss. At Remu era on Thui sdny dairy cattle were dull of sale. Stoio cattle in demand at a considerable advance in price; holders should forward to the auction. Fat cattle in usual number were bettor worth 2s the 1001b. Prices for good steers langed from 16s to 18s the ICOlb. Fat calves in lull number kept their value, and sold briskly. The ewes advertised sold at lls 3d; cio-sbrod Down ewes, in low condition, 8s 6d. Fat sheep were better worth about Is each, and brought near 3d the lb ; shorn hoggets irom 8s lo lls. Pigs of all classes 'u cro in demand at full values.