COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 409, 9 October 1889, Page 5

COMME RCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland, October 5. Farm and Dairy Producb. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, 6d ; second quality, sd; third quality, 4d: cheese, good factory, 5Jd to 51d; eggs, 6d ; lard, in bladders, sid ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon, new cure, fudos, 7id, equal numbers, lid, bare hams, 9',d. Flour Maricht.— Wholesale: Local rolleis, flrdt quality (sacks), tilO: second, £9; Southern do. do., stone flour, £8 10s to £9: bran, £3 10s; Southern bran, £3 10s; .'ocal sharps, £3 10s: Southern, £3 10a ; cabin bread, €17; oatmeal, £13 15s in 25's, £15 5s in Ts ; Southern oats, 3s Id to 3s 3d; local lvhcat". Tuscan, 3s to 3s 3s; Southern wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6cl ; ' aniaru potatoes, £5 10s ; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton ; maize, 2s fd ; Canterbury potatoes. £5 ss ; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 3d per lb. Whe<t (sicks extra), oats, chatr, oatmeal, sold sacks included. Kauri Gum.— The nmikct is llrm and active, and a good business ha? been done at the fol'ovring rates:— East Coast continues firm and in i good demand at £47 to £43 ; fair to goo I ordi- ! nary, £37 to £38. The supplies for the month of September to date are 590 tons; and from mail to mail also 590 tons. Manures.— Boned ust. Sydney. £7 to £8, according to quality; bonetlour, £8 to £8 10*; Auckland. £B ; Long Island do. £4 lOs.bags included: Fison a fertiliser, £7 10s to £14 superphosphate, first quality, £7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 to £6 10s : Craigs lime. 35s to 40s per ton. Coal and FiiiEWOOD Makkbt.- Coal : Xcwtnstlc, at yarJ, 32s per ton; Buy of Tsland?, at mines, 13s; at yards. 245; steam, 245; house delivered, 303 ; Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s ; town 18s to 225; Taupiri. at mine. Bs. 12s; at, Auckland, steam. 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 255; Whangarei. at mine. 9s 6d, yard, steam, 17s 6d; housohold, 235; dolivered, 255 ; Miranda, at minos. 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 )6s. Building Matkiuais.— Prices are as follow at present:— Timbor — Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s: second-class. 7s : best planed, tongued and grooved, flrst-clnss, 14s ; medium, 12s; socond-class, 9s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s: medium, 12s; secondclass, 9s. New Zealand po lings, faft (sap), 9s; (heart), Us 6d; ti-treo rail?, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1.000; Hobart palings, oft, 17s; 6ft. 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks at Avondale, 303 per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipe?, at works: 2in drain tiles. 12in lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2}in, 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.

Messrs Aktiiuu and Buddlk's Weekly Repokt.—During the early part of tlio week there was but little produce of any kind on hand. No good table potatoes, for which there was a large demand ; Beedand email po'atoes are now difficult to move oil' at any price. No cheese to hand until yesterday ; good quality id wanted. Giain has been in fair demand. Onions continue to be very scarce. Vegetables of all kinds sold well at Friday's sale. Good well got up bicon is in demand at fair prices. There was a good supply of all kinds of produce at Friday's auction market. A large audienco ; good competition and prices. Fresh butter \\ as entered i 1 large quantities ; prices \ cry low. The supply of trui f has been small. Apple?, if in good condition, bring a high price. There was a good supply ot poultry. Fowls sold at high prices {'.turkeys sold well, so did ducks; there was no geese entered. A good number of pigs were entered; prices ruled high, There were no pea fowls or guinea fowls entered; there is a demand. No pigeons brought forwaid; but few canaries. There has been an improvement in demand for furniture, etc. There is an inquiry for small farms within an easy distance of the city, also for city propcrtios of certain description. There have been only five silos by auction this woc-k : Monday, household fornitnrj and eU'rcts at private' residence of Mr A. A. Paitridgc, Vincent-street ; there was very full attendance, and prices were very satisfactory, Tuesday and Friday, poultry, pics, produce, fruit, gio'^eries. etc., at the mart. Wednesday, piano, hong 'hold furniture and effects at the mart ; a fair attendance and business done. Thursday, di apery, clothing, etc., at the mart ; there was a good supply of goods, but few bus ers. The following are the loweBt and highest prices at which we have sold this week :— Killing fowls nnd laying hens, one sn.all lot. Is 4d; others, from Is 6d to 23 9d each : Spanish, 2s 8d ; Black Hamburg, Is 6d to 2s; White L^gh in. Issd; light Brahma, Is lid to 2s 9d ; Plymouth Rocks, Is 9d to 2s ; turkeys. 4s 2d to 4s 4d : ducks. Is 9d to 2s 6d; pigs, various kinds, 5s to 10s 9d, A pen of soven-wccks-old half-bred Iterkshircs brought 10* 6d to 10<? 9d each. Potatoes, good table 43 to 5s 3d, inferior 2s 6d to 3b 3d. cow Is to l-.5d. seed (season over) Is 2d to2ssd: onions, 2,' d ; new potatoes , ! d to l'Jd ; pumpkins, 5s 4d j red carrots. Is lCd to 2s 9d and 3 d to IOJd per dozen ; white, Is lid ; rhubarb, os 6d to 6s 6d ; parsnips, 8d p«r dozen ; turnips, 3s per sack, and 6'd to lid per <10/.en; cauliflowers, 4s 7d per sick and Is per dozen ; cabbages, 3s 2d to 33 9d ; bran. 3s 6d: sharps. 43: pigs' food, 4s; maize, 3s to 3s Id ; wheat, 3s 6d ; broken ditto. 3s 3d ; oats, 3s Id to 3s od ; chaff, Is Id to li 6d ; barley 2s 6d; flour, £9; cheese, factory 5d to 51<1, other lots 4d ; bacon, 6d to b\d , second quality 4d to sd, rolls 4d to sd; hams, 4Ad to 7Jd; fresh butter, 2UI to 7d; salt ditto, 3'cl to 6d ; eggs, guaranteed. 6d to 6kl; other lots, 3d to 4}d; turkey eggs, bid ; lard, in bladder, 3d to sd; honey, In small tin?, 3id ; apples, dessert 3{d to 4d, cooking 3d; lemony 9d to Is Id; mandarins, 4d per dozen and small 5s per case ; jam, 3s ; ooiTee, Is 3d, Mk-SRS A. BuCKr.AND AND SON'S 1 WkKKLY IIEPOUT.-Atthc Haymarkit meadow hay has ranged from 1* 9d to 3s 3d : oaten sheaves, 3s 9cl the cwt : chafF, £3 10s to £4 tho ton ; wheat, 3, ; oafs, 3s 3d the bushel. On Friday horse stock were yarded in greater numbers than for several weeks : prices fairly sustained. Useful riding horses ranged from £9 to £15 ; riding stock, from £3 to £10; a soring cart brought £17. dray £5. At the hide aid skin sale on Tuesday prices were firm. Ox hides brought from 3Jd to 3id ; covr hides. l"d to 2U\ the lb ; tallow, 17s to 18s 6d the cwt ; butchers' skins. 3s 8d to 6s 4d ; lambs' skins, 9d to Is 6d each. At tho Pukekoho cattle sale on Monday last stock was in full numbers. There was free bid- ing throughout the sale, particularly for dairy cows at profit, which advanced in price about 20s each higher than previous months market, but nil stock sold satisfactorily. At Itemuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle in fair inquiry, and at lac valuo3. Store cattle also kept their price. Fresh stores at full values. Kat cattle in average supply, were better worth than last week Is 6d tho 1031b, and were from 16s to 18s tho 1001b. Young fat calves plentiful, and brought from 8s to 14s each Sheep, in full supply, kept their \ a'ues ; longwoolled wethers ranged from 16s to 23s each; 782 wethers averaged 17s 6d. Lanibg plentiful ; prices ranged from 8s to 13s. Dairy-fed porkers. 22s to 265 ; heavy pigs, up to 465 ; coarse fat pigs, 12s to 23s each.