COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, November 8.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 419, 13 November 1889, Page 5

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, November 8.

Farm a^u Dairy Produce. — Wholesale ; Butter, prime fresh, 6d; second quality, sd: tliiul quality, 4d; cheese, good factory, sid to sid ; eggs, 7d ; lard, in bladders, s\& ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon, new cure, sides, 7\d, equal numbers, 7]d ; bare hams, 9}d. Fj,ouk M \rket.— Wholesale : Local rollers, first quality (sacks), £9 10s; second, £8 10s; Southern do do, stone flom\ £8 15s to £9 ; bran, £3 fs; Southern bran, £3 ss; local sharps, £3 0s; Southc-n, £3 0s; cabin bread, £17 ; oatmeal. £12 10s to £13. 25 s ; Southern oats, 2s Bd to2s lOd; local •wheat. Tuscan, 3s to 3s 3d : Southern wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; Oamaru potatoes, £5 15s ; pearl barJej, £19 to £20 per ton; maize, 3s; Canter; bury potatoes, £6 10s; local potatoes, £o beans, 3s 3d ; onions, 3d per lb. Wheat (sacks extra), oats chaff, oatmeal sold, sacks incu cd. Kauri Gum.— This week the market is a little easier. We quote' Fair to good ordinary at £36 to £37. East Coast is still at £50 per ton. The supplies for the eight days of November to date arc 188 tons. Maxurls -Bonedusfc, Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality : boncfiour, £8 to £8 10s : Auckland, £8; Long Island do , -£4 10s, bags included ; Fison's 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 Firewood Market.— Coal: Newcastle, al, yard, 32s per ton ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s ; at vaids. 24s ; steam, 24s ; house, delivered, 30s : Waikato, at mines, Bs. 12s; town, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, 17s 6d ; household, delivered, 24s to 25s ; Whangarei, at mine, 9s 6d : yard, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 23s : delivered, 25a ; Miranda, at mines, 7« 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 16p. Building Materials.— i-rices are as follow at present: — Timber. Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12a; second-class, 7s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, 12s; second-class, 9s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s; medium, 12s; secondclass. 9s. Now Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart), 11s 6d; ti-trec rails, £3 103 per 100 : puriri posts, £5 ; shincrles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings. sft, 17s; 6H, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 3Js 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, 30s per 100 ; 3in socket pipes 2ft lengths, 6deach; 4in, 7d ; Sin, 9d : 9in, 2a 6d : 12in, 2s 3d ; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d ; 21in, 83 ; 24in IPs.

Messrs Alfred Buckland & Sons' Weekly Report. —At the Hayrnarkefc during the past week, fodder has been at lower values. Prices for meadow hay, Is 3d to Is6d; oaten sheaves, 2s to 2s lOd the cwt. Grain has improved slightly. Oats, 2s 3d to 2s 6d: wheat, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; maize, 2s lOd the bushel. On Friday horse stock were brought forward in full number. Heavy di aught ranged to £21; medium draught, £7 to £9 ; inferior horses, from 40s and upwards; a spring cart, £6 12s 6d ; dray, £4 ; horse, cart, and harness. £19. On Tuesday, hides and skins were in usual number and steady demand. Ox hides brought from 3d to 4}d ; cow hides, 2d to 2£d ; calf skins, 4d to -id the lb ; tallow, 17s 6d; bones, 4a 6d the cwt; wool, 6}d to 7Jd the lb ; butchers' sheep skins, 4s 6d to 8s 7d ; lambs' skins. Is to Is 3d ; pelts 9d to Is each. At Waiuku, on Saturday, a moderate muster of stock of all classes sold satisfactorily, particularly fresh-conditioned store cows and grown steers, but dairy cattle were comparatively neglected. At Remuera on Thursday dairy caUle were not required; prices nominal. Few stores were brought forward— those were in demand afc late values. Fat cattle abundant; prices obtained were, for steers, from 15s to 17s the 1001b; some averages were. 79 steers, £6 12s ; 21 steers, £6 lls ; 16 steers, £6 Is 3d ; 9 steers, £5 18s 6d ; 16 steers, £5 16s 6d. Sheep in average number kept their values; shorn wethers brought from lls to 14s 9d each. Lambs were lower ; prices ranged from 5s to lls, but the greater part were from 7s to 9s each. Quiet pigs kept their price, but a number of bush pigs scarcely paid their freight.