COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, September 14.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 403, 18 September 1889, Page 5

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, September 14.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, 8d ; second quality, 7d; third qualilv, sd : cheese, good factory, sid to s]d ; eggs, 6d ; iird. in bladders, sid ; bacon and hams. 6d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon, new cure, pMgs, 7«d. equal numbers. 7'Jri. btirch»m«. 9^d. ' <Flour Market.— Wholesale : Local flour, £8 lOsto £10 10s; Southorn flour stone), .£9 5s (roller), ,€lO ss; bran, £4 10s; Southorn bran. £4: local sharps, £4 ; Southern, £4 10 ; cabin bread, Cl 7; oatmeal, £14 5s in 25's, 415 15s in 7*B ; Southern oats, 3a 2d to 3s 4d; Oamaru potatoes. £5 10s ; pearl barlcj r , £19 to £20 per ton ; maize, 2s 9d ; Canterbury potatoes, £5 ss ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 3d per lb. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Manukes.- Boncdust. Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality; honcflour, £8 to £8 10 i; Auckland. £B; Long Island do, £4 10s. bags included; Fison s fertiliser, £7 10s to £14 superphosphate, fiist quality, E7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 lo £6 10s ; Craier's lime. 35s to 40s per ton. Kauiu Gum.— The market continues, firm and there "has been a brisk demand during the week justcompleted. East Coastgum remains at £45; ordinary fetches from £37 to £38, with a strong demand. Tho supplies for September to date, are 275 tons. Coal and Firewood Market.— Coal : Newcastle, at yard, 32b per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s; at yards. 245; steam, 245; house delivered, 30s ; Waikato, at mines, 83, 12s : town 18s \o 225; Taupiri. at mine, Bs. 12s; nt, Auckland, steam. 17s 6d: household, delivered, 24s to 255; Whanparoi, at mine, 9s 6d, yard, steam, 17s 6d; household. 235; delivered, 2bs : Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood : Uncut, at wharf (cargo), 6g 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to J6s. * Building Matkiuais.— Prices arc as follow at present:— Timber— Hoards and scantling, 100 ft best, 13; second-class, 8s; best planea, tcngued and grooved, first-class, 15s ; medium, 12s; second-class, 10s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 15s; medium, 12$; secondclass, 10s. New Zealand polings, faft (sap), 98; (heart), lls 6d; ti-trcc rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1.000: Hobart palings, sft. 17s; 6ft. 19s; Ilobart rails, 80s. selling quotations. Bricks at Avondale. 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles. 12in lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2iin, 70s; 3ft, 90s; 4in, 130s ; 6in, 303 per 100: 3in socker pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d; 6in, 9d; 9in 2s 6d; 12in, 2s 3d; 15in. 3s 6d ; 18in. 4s 6d; 21in 2s ; 24 in. 12s.

Mre^sns A. Buoklvnd and Sons' Wekm,y ltEi'OHT.— At Iho HuyinarkcL during the past week fodder has ranged fiom 2s Zd to 3s 3d the cwf; maize. 2s Od ; oats. 2s 6d to &> 2d ; wheat. 3s the bushel ; chad", £3 5s to £4 the ton. At the liorao sale on Frid ly heavy draught horse s were in impioved demand ; prices ranged lioin £13 to £25 : other desci iptions of hoi be stock at kite values. On Tuesday hides and skins were pitched in full numbers ; pi ices were well sustained, particularly lor wool and skins. Ox hides ranged from 3|d to 4£d ; cow hide:., ?d to 2sd ; calfskins. 4d to 4}d the Ib. Skins were in brisk imjutry, and ranged irom 4s to 6s Id each ; lambs' skins, 9d and lOd each ; tallow. 15s 6d to 17s 6d Iho cwt ; oil, 2s 5d the gallon. At the regular monthly sale at Waiuku, he'd on Saturday last, cattle were in larger numbers than usual, and prices were not equal to those obtained at the previous month's market. Household furniture and general farm produce were also disposed of. At Remuera, on Thursda,\, the dairy cows yarded were of inditlerent nuahtv. Prices ranged from -C2 to £3 10s each the 1031b. Thiee and a half ye«r steers advertised, brought an average of £3 12s 6d. Fat calves, short of requirements, sold freely. Fat cattle, in less than usual number, were better worth, nnd firm at last week's quotations. 16b to 18s the 1001b. Fat slierp. in short supply, also advanced about Is each. Fat lambs .sentwcie of variable quality, and ranged from 5s to 14s 6d each. Pigs, in moderate number, kept their values. Mkssus Arthur and Bundle's Wkkkly Kj pout. — Business generally has beon very quiet this week. Six sales by auction have been held since our last week's report. The whole of tlnm ha\cbeen at the mart. Saturday : The intercstof a fouith of a share in the Try Fluke claim, Mercury Bay, was sold by order of the Sheriff. There was smart competition. It icaliscd £60. Monday and Thursday " Drapery, clothing, etc. But little business done. Wednesday: Household furniture and effects. Bidding was dull ; but few present; not much changed hands. Tuesday and Friday: Poultry, produco, iruit, groceries, etc. In the early rtoC ihe week there was very httlo demand for any kind; by Friday the stock on hand had become vciy heavy, -\\ hen the demand for most kinds w as good, and a laigc business was done at vciy "-atisfactory price i. A lower price had to be taken ior seed potatoes : the demand will soon be over. Good sound table, regular samples, sell well. C'airots were not up to the demand. The supply of fresh butter and eggs was not equal to the demand. Good cheese is wanted. Well got-up local cured bacon and hams move oil" freely. Apples, if sound, bring a very high price; many to hand have been kept too long, they had become shrivelled or partly lotten; not a grcnt many coming to hand. Lemons continue at a low price ; most ot those to hand have been small. Poultry : Fowls were in good demand ; a fair number were entered; ullnough none brought a very high price, there being no fligfc-class cock birds ; the average pi ice was good. Turkeys brought a good price. Ducks !«old high. No geese entered. There was an inquiry tor pea fowls and Guinea fowls. Pigs were entered in goLd number; there was a good den and ; most ol these entered were small and rousjh ; the prices realised were, upon the whole, good. The following are highest and lowest prices realised during the week: Fowls, ordinary Is Id to Is lOd Wyandottos 2s 7d to 2s Bd, Leghorns Is Id, White Dorknxs Is lOd, White Spanish 2s, Black Spanish Is 9d to 2s 7cl Light B rah mas, Is 8d; turkeys, 4s 2d to bs ; ducks, 2s 2d toiJs 3d; Motion ducks, 2s 3d; canaries. 2s to lls 6d each ; doves, lb 4d to 2s ; pigeons. Is Id ; pigs, 4s 9d to 13s ; potatoes, local, table. Zb 9d to 4s 6d (sacks extra). Southern. 4s to 4s lOd (sacks in), various seed. Is Sd to 4s 6d ; onions. 3d ; carrots, red, 7kl to B\d per do/.en. and 2s 5d per cw f , white. Is lOd ;" turnips, 8d per do/en ; cauliflowers, 4s Id to 4s 6d per do/en; brocoli, 4d to 2s lid; cabbage, 2s]od to;is2d new potatoes, ;d to Ud; maize, 3s 14 ; wheat. 3s 6d : broken w heat, 2s 4d ; maize meal. t9 : bran. 3b Id to 4s; cheese, 4£d; bacon, 4d to 6-; d ; hams, s)d to 7d ; roll bacon, 3d to 4d; lard, bladder, 2}d to 3d ; fresh butter, 6d to 8d ; salt, I\d to 6\d ; honey, in 101b tins, 3 1, 41b tins 3}d, sections 3"d to3id. bulk 2'(dto2,'d; apolcs, fcimmonds" Winter, 4d to 4kl, Sausil, 4',d, Stone Pippins, 3Jd, dessert imixed), 3Jd, out of condition, I,'d to 2}d ; lemons, 9d to Is 2d ; biscuits, 4d to 4?d ; Scotch mixtures b\& Mu Amsx. Aitkkx s Makkist Uepokt for the week ending September 11.— Produce generally shows but litt'e alteration in values, and for ail kii <ls there has been a good demand. Bacon and hams have been in shorter supply : good lots arc inquired for. Cheese: The market is very bare, and that to himd has fetched high prices. Honey is still slow of sale. In tho fruit department the supplies ha\e been shorter ; 63 cases ot local apples sold at prices above those of last week. Oranges and lemons in better supplj . Potatoes have been in good demand .it former values, but stocks arp now narticulaily light. Onions have been all cleared out at late values. Vegetables generally in good supply. at satisfactory prices. Grain has come forward in small quantities. ; values unchanged, excepting maize, which is somewhat lirtner. Fresh butter has come to hand in increased rr'antity ; values unchanged. Eggs : Large supply, at previous values. Poultry : The supply was slightly below the average. Prices were higher for good birds. Pigs entered in large numbers. Choice lots sold at high prices. A large number of canaries and other cage birds were sold at prices in favour of vendors. Fowls : Poor, Is Id to Is 3d ; good ordinary, Is 4d to Is lid ; roosters, in good condition, ]s 8d to 3s 2d ; poor, Is 3d to Is6d : pure-bred varieties of fowls, 3s to 12s each ; ducks, Is lid to 3s each ; turkeys, you g, 2s 3d; heavy, to 5s 6d each; canaries, 3s 6d to 8s ; rc ase, 4s to 4s 9d ; pigs, young, good breeds, 10s to 15s 6d ; others, 2s 9d to 9s 6d each. Potatoes : Best Waikato table seed, £4 to £4 15s ; llavvera. £4 10s to £5; other inforior kinds, £2 10s to L 2 15s. Oats, 3s 6d ; maize, 3s ; wheat, 3s 6d ; bran, ss ; carrots. 35s to 45s per ton ; cabbages, 2s 4d to bs 3d . pumpkin?, 2s lOd to 5s 3d; parsnips, none ; table carrots, 3s 6d ; turnips, 3s 6d; beet, 7s; garlic. 6d ; onions, 3d.; bacon and ham, 4UI to 8d ; Canterbury hams, 10U1; honey, section, 3}d to 4d— -tin, 3 1 to 4d ; eggs, 6d to 7Ad ; butler, prime fresh, Sd to B'>d *, olhpr kinds, 2d to 6d. Apple 3, all kinds, 3Jd to 4Jd pjr lb; lemons, 6d to Is 4d per dozen ; Capogoosebeirics, 5Jd to lOd ; banamis, lid to, l|d ; cocoanuts, 7s ; local oranges, 9d per dqzen, Fiji, groon, 6s per case.

The tombs ton o is abou.b the. only thing that oan stand upright and lie on its face at the samo time, Brewster — "That young fellow seems bo know more than you do." Barclay — " No wonder. I'm hirf father." " Bub why do you want to m.vry her?" " Because 1 love her !" "My dear fellow, that's an excuse — not a rea^i !" The widow i& Ic«s seltish than the maiden, for while the latter is always looking oub for No. 1 the former is sabi^fied in watching for No, 2.