COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, August 23.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 397, 28 August 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, August 23.

STakm and Daiuy Pkoduohj. — Wholesale : B ult or, pi'imo fresh, Sd ; socond quality, 7d ; (bird qualltv, sd: choeso, good factory, b[& to s'd; eggs, 6d ; lard, in bladders, 63d ; bacon and hams, 6d lo 8d ; Canterbury bacon, now euro, Pidc3, 7id, equal numbers, 7Jrt, bere ham I',1 ', 9^l. Flour MAitickT.— Wholesale : Flour, £10 lOslo £11 10s; Southern flour, £9 5s to tlO ss; bian, £5 to £5 10s ; Southern bran, £5 10s to £5 15s ; local sharps, £5 10s; Southern, £6; cabin bread, Cl 7; oatmeal, £14 10s in 25's, £16 in 7's ; Southern oats, 3s 2d to 3s 4d; Uamaru potatoes, £5 103 ; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton ; maize, 3s ; Canterbury potatoes, £5 ss ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 3d per Id. All grain, chair, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Maxukes.— Boncdust, Sydney, £7 lo £8, according to quality; bonoflour, £8 to ,SS IO3; Auckland. £3 ," Long island do, £4 lOs.bags included: Fjscm s iertiliser, £7 10s to £14; suporphosphato, (ust quality, £7 10s lo £8; second finality, £6 to £6 10s ; Craigs lime, 35s to 10a per ton. Kauih Gum.— The local market for gum con tinues linn ; a good business has been done dur ing the week at about the followingratcs:— Fair to good ordinary, £36 ; superior parcels, £37 and upwards, according to quality ; East Coast, £43 Lo £44. The supplies for the 23 days o£ August to dale are 550 tons. Coal and Fxuewood Market.— Coal : Newcastle, alyaivl, 32a per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s; at yards. 245; steam, 245; liouso delivered, 60s ; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s ; town 18s to 225; Taupin. at mine, Bs. 12s; at, Auckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 255; Whangarei, at mine, 03 6d, yaid, steam, 17s 6d ; household. 235; delivered, 2bs ; Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ; ai Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s; 'cut, 14s to 365. Building Materials. — Prices are as follow at present:— Tnnbov— Boards and scantling, 100 ft beot, 13; second-class, 8s; host planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 15s ; medium, 12s ; becond-class, 10s ; rusticated weather boards, first-cla&s, 15s; medium, 12*; secondclass, 10s. New Zealand po lings, bft (supi, 9s; (heart), lls 6cl; ti-treo rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Ilobart palings, sft. 17a; 6ft, 19s; Ilobart rails, 80s, soiling quotations. Bricks at Avondale, 30» per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipe?, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, oos per 1,000; 2Un, 70s; 3ft, 90s ; 4in, 130s ; 6m, 30s per 100 ; 3in soekor pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; lin, 7d; 6in, 9d ; 9in 2s 6d; 12in, 2s 3d; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d; 21m 23 ; 24 in, 12s.

Mfssks A. Buckxand and Soxs' Wkkkly TvEi'OßT.— At the Haymarkct. during the past week, fodder was better worth, and brought from 3s to 4s the cwt; carrots. 30s; cliall". 65s to 80s the ton ; maize (wholesale) 2s 9cl and 2s 30d, (retail) 3s ; onts, 232 3 5d to 3s 4d the bu hoi. Bonedust is boing sold in quantity, prices varying: ■with quality trom .£5 to £7 les the ton. On Fndav last, strong horses voroin demand, aid bettor pi ices obtained for them; prices ranged fiom £8 to €15; medium draught, £4 to J ~6; a spring 1 cart, £10; lij^lit waggon. +.20; saddle, £2 10s. At the hide and wool sale.on Tuesday, prices both for hides and skins were llrm at last week's quotations. The country cattle sales, hold respectively at Pokeno and Drury, were better supplied with steers than for several markets , they were required, and the late advance in price •!' store catt.'o was sustained. At Kemucra, on Thursday, dairy cattle, m moderate lmmber, brought from C 3 10s to X 4 5s each; stores in request; fat cattle, in usual number, kept last wee't's values; cow, from 12->tol4s; steers, 15s to 17s the 1001b; tat calves, scarce, Fold veil. Sheep, without alteration in puce, -\\eiM at 31 pcrlb; fat mothers bvoueht liom 13s to lCs 6d each; stoic sheep, mixed sexos, lroin Qs to 11s Pigs in good inquiry at full values.