COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, September 20.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 405, 25 September 1889, Page 5

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, September 20.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, 7d ; second quality, sd; third quality, 4d : cheese, good factory, 5Jd to aha ; eggs, 6d ; i.ard, in bladders, s£d ; bacon and hamß, 6d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon, new cure, Hides, 7*d, equal numbers, 7:id, bare hams, 91d. Flour Market.— Wholesale : Bran, £3 10s; Soutnern bran, £3 10s; Jocal sharps, £3 10s; Southern, £3 10 ; cabin bread, £17; oatmeal, £14 5s in 25's, £15 15s in 7's Southern oats, 3s 2d to 3s 4d; local wheat, Tuscan, 3s to 3s 3s; Southern wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; Oamaru potatoes, £5 10s ; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton maize, 2s to 2s ?d ; Canterbury potatoes, £5 5s : beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 3d per lb. Wheat (s*cks extra), oats, chaff, oatmeal, sold sacks included. Manukes.— Bonedust. Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality; boneflour, £8 to £8 10sAucklancl,£B ; Long Island do, £410s.bags included; Fison s fertiliser, £7 10s to £14 . Buperphosphate, fi.st quality. £7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 to £6 10s ; Craigs lime. 35s to 40s per ton. Kauri Gum.— The market continues firm and there has been a.hri«k demand during the week lust completed. East Coast gum has risen t£47 : ordinary fetches from £37 to £38, with a strong dem £ nd< The snPP»es for September to date, are 408 ton?. ' Coat, and Firewood Market.— Coal : Newcastle, at yard, 32s per ton ; Bay of Islands at mines, 13s: at yards. 245; steam, 245; house delivered, 30a ; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s ; town 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine. Bs. 12s; at Auckland, steam. 17s 6d; household de-iivereu,a-»ato zas; ■Wna«, P ,«.J»!, <$ ™£%o a £| yard, steam, 17s 6d; household. 26b; 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 36a. Building Materials.— Prices are as follow at present:— Timber — Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 13; second-class, 8s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 15s ; medium, 12s; second-class, 10s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 15s; medium, 12s; secondclass, 10s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), I 9s; (heart), 11s 6d; ti-treo rails, £3 10s per [ 100 ; puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1.000; Hobart palings, sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s; ' Hobart 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 ; 6m, 30s 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.

Messks A. Auckland & Sons' Weekly Report.— During the past wcelc loose hay has kept its value. Pi ices have ranged from 2s to 3& 9d the cwt ; chaff, £4 the ton ; maize, 2s 8d ; barley, 2s 9d ; wheat. 3s to 3s 3d ; oats, 2s lOd to Zi Id the bushel ; potatoes, £3 15s to £4 10s ; bonedust, £6 10s to £7 7s 6d the ton. On Friday, unbroken draught horses brought from £8 5s to £16 each : the entire Trafalgar, £20 ; medium draught, £6 to £8 each. At the hide and skin sale, on Tuesday, calfskins ranged from 3Jd to 4gd : ox hides, 3d to 3gd ; cow hides, 2d to 2^d the lb ; bones, 4s 6d ; tallow. 16s 9d to 17s 9d the cwt ; butchers' sheepskins, 4s to 6s 3d ; lambs', 7d to lOd each. Country cattle sales, held respectively at Ppkeno and Drury. were better supplied with young store cattle than of late, and there was a steady demand, but with no improvement in valueß. At Romuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were dull of sale. Cows at calving ranged from £2 to £4, For the store cattle bidding was alow, but late values were fairly sustained. Three to four-year steers ranged from £2 15s to £3 17s 6d ; two to three-year-old steers, £2 5s to £2 10s ; weaned calves, 15s ; speycd cows, 36s to 455. Fat cattle better worth ; no steers of good quality under 18s the 1001b. Fat calves plentiful, but sold well. Fat sheep &hort of requirements, and advanced Ad the lb, fat sheep being steady at 3^d the lb. Well-fatted lan bs brought from 11s to 13s ; inferior, 4s to 7s each. Pigs were of good quality, and shared in the general advance n prices. ' Messrs Arthur and Buddles Weekly Report.—There have been six sales by auction this week. Monday: Pawnbroker's sale at the mart ; unredeemed pledges, gold and silver watches, jewellery, clothing, etc., from MrJ. Rae, pawnbioker, Elliotts Dreet. The attendance was large throughout he whole of the sale, which continued for over seven hours ; the clothing, etc., sold well, but the watches and jewellery brought low prices. Tuesday : Poultry, produce, fruit, etc., at mart ; a fair attendance, but only a demand for certain lines ; those, brought good price.3. Wednesday : Hobart apples and Sydney oranges, at the mart; the trade was well represented ; smart competition and good prices were obtained. The apples were not in first-class order. They brought from 7s 6d to 14s per case ; oranges, from 7s 9d to 8s per case. Wednesday, household furniture and effects, at the mart. There was a good attendance, and a fair amount of business done at satisfactory prices. Thursday : Clothing, tweeds, drapery, etc. at the mart. But few lines could be cleared. Friday: Poultry, pigs, produce, fruit, groceries, etc.. at the mart. A fair amount of business done at late prices. The supply of produce generally not so great as usual, no doubt ovying to the very broken state of the weather in the early morning. No first-class table potatoes for Friday's sale f there was a good demand. A con?iderable quantity of seed potatoes on hand, the sale for which has slackenod off; low prices will have to be taken to dear consignments. Good cheese is much wanted. Honey all cleared out. The weather also affected the supply of poultry, etc. ; very few fowls or turkeys were entered ; a better supply of ducks, but few geese ; the prices realised were good . Not a large number of piga brought in ; ihese were good, and sold well. No guinea fowls or pea fowls entered; there is an inquiry for boih. There has been an improved inquiry after properties, but buyers are wanting too great, reduction. A property on the Great North Road, with two dwelling-houses on it, has been sold this week for £750. The following are the highest and lowest prices for the week, viz :— Ordinary fowls, Is 4d to 2s ; turkeys, 3s 3d to 4s 3d ; ducks, Is 6d to 2s Id ; geese. 3s lOd ; pigeons. Is to Is 3d ; canaries, Is 6d to £s ; cockatoes, 2s to 6s ; pigs, 5s 3d to 10s 6d. Potatoes, table, 4s to 4s 6d, seed. 2s 6d to 3s 6d; new potatoes, Id to Hd : cabbages. 2s 6d to 3s Id ; cauliflowers, Is 6d to 3s 9d per dozen : red carrots, 2s 6d to 2s Bd. and BJd per dozen,— white, Is lOd ; turnips, 2s 6d per sack, and bid to 7jd per dozen ; rhubarb, sd; pumpkins. 4s to ss; pie-melons, Js lid ; bran. 4s ; maize, 3s Id ; wheat, 2s 2d ; chatf, Is 9d ; b,acon, sides, 4d to 6d ; hams, 4d to 7d, roll, 2Jd to 4d; fresh butter, 3d to 7Jd; Bait butter^ 2d to sd ; eggs, 6Jd to b?d ; currants* 4d ; coffee, IOJd to 11 !d ; honey, 2Jd to 3d : apples, various, 2id to 3id : stone pippins, 2]d; Newton j pippins, 3Ad ; lemons. 2d to lOd ; biscuits, 4d to 4£d ; tea (box), 15s to 20s,