COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, November 15.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 423, 27 November 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, November 15.

Farm and Dairy Produck. — Wholesale : Butter, prime lresh, bd : second quality, 4d ; third quality, 3d ; cheese, good, factory, s]d to 5Jd : eggs, ?d : lard, in bladders, s>\d ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon, new euro, sides, 7}d, equal numbers, 74' d;7 4 'd ; bare hams, 9id ; clothed, Ad extra. Flouk'Makket.— Wholesale: Local rollers, first quality (sacks>. 10s; second, *8 10s; Southern rollers, s 9 10s ; stone flour, £8 15s to £9 ; bran, £3 Es; Southern bran, £3 55; local stiarps, £5; Southe n, £30s; cabin Uiead, £17 : oatmeal, £13, 25 s; Southern oats, 2s 8d to 2s JOd; local -wheat, Tuscan, 3s to 3s 3d; Southern wheat, S3 3d to 3s fed : Oamaru potatoes, £3 ; prarl barlej , I*l9 to £20 per ton ; maixe, 3s : Canterbury" potatoes. £3 : local potatoes, £5 . beans. 3s 3d ; onions, 3d per Ib. Wheat (sacks extra), oat", chari", oatmeal sold, sacks mc u cd. JvAi'iii Gum. —This week the market is about the same, Avith a Rood demand for the better qualities ot' or-iinar,\. Fair to good ordinary fetches £36 to £37; superior parcels, £38. East Coast, continues scarce, and is in Rood demand at £50 per ton. The supplies for Movemberio date are 40l tons. Maxukus. Bonedust, Sydney. £7 to £8, according to quaht> . bonofiour, £8 to £8 10s: Auckland, £8 ; Lorn; Inland do , £4 10s, bags in ehuled ; Fibon's iertihser, £7 10s to £14; superphosphate, first qualm, £7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 to £6 10s ; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per Coal amd Firewood Mahkht.— Coal: Newcastle, at yard. 32s per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines. 13s ; at vaids 24s : steam, 24s ; house, delivered, 303 ; Waikato, atnmieb, 8s 12s; town, 18s to 225; Taupm, at mine. Bs, 12s; at Auckland, steam, 17s od ; household, delivered, 24s to 25s . Whangarei. at mmc. 9s 6d : yard. stoam, 17s 6d • household, 23s : delivered. 25s ; Miranda, at mines, 7> to 10s :at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood. Uncut, at whart, cargo, 6s 6il t3 8s 6d per ton : delivered, 10s to 12s : cut, 14s to 16s. BriLoiNG M \teiu \ls.— trices are as follow at present:— Timber Boards and branding, 100 ft ocst, 12s ; set ond-cl.iss, 7s ; best planed, tongued and j?ioov< j d, first-class, 14s: niedmii), 12s • second-cIMS-., 9s; rusticated weather board?, lirst-olass. Ms; medium, 12s; secondclass, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart). Us 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s p»-r 100: pnriri posts. £5; shintrles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings. sit, 17s; 6tt, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, sdlini; quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 3>. per 1,000 : town yar.K 38s ; delivered. 41s. Dram pipes, at works 2in drain tiles, 12in lengthb. oOs0 s per 1.009 ; 2iin, 70s : 3ft. 90s : 4in, 130s: 6in, 30s ]ter 100 ; 3in socket pipes 2ft lengths, 6d each; 4in. 7d : sm, 9d : 9in, 2> 6d ; 12in, 2s 3d : 15in, 3s 6d ; 18m, 4s 6d , 21in, 8s ; 24in, IPs.

Mkssk^ Alkked Blckxand and Sons, Weekly Rkport.— At the Haymarket during the past week hay and straw have been in short supply, but without alteration m values from lost week's quo at ions. Oats Inn c ranged trom 2*4 d to 3s: mai/e, 2s 9KI to 3s: wheat, 3-> per bushel: chaff, £4 5s per ton. On Friday hoise stock were entered in full numbers; bidding wab irregular, and late \ nhies were not sustained. Pi ices for useful tli aught stock ragged from 4 :5 10s to €16, generally bi'tw ecu £8 and tlO 103 eaci. On Tuesday hides were better worth; best heavj ox hides lunged up to 4id per lb, or fully 30s each: cow hides. 2d to 2|n ; call skins, 4d to 4}d l er lb ; t illow, 22s to 14s 6d the c\\ t : butchers' sUins. 4s to 6s 2d ; dry skins. 2s 6d to 4s 9d each ; wool, in bags ana flumps, from b]d to 9d per lb. At the country cattle sale held at Pokeno, prices for store cattle were hrin and a good demand throughout, but at Drury bidding was comparatively slow, although not much, difference in the values obtained. Fresh-conditione j mown cattle in good inquiry, and joung cattle kept their lato values. At Remuera on Thursday, dairy cattle at profit weie better worth 10s each. Store cattle if all classes dull of sale, and lower in price, lat ea tie, in full number were also lower in price a'oui 5s euch. Prices were irom 14& to 153 the 1001b. West Coast cattle average £6 Sheep were lower in price, btore icngwoolled wethers in tV-ir wool brought 10s 6d ; half-breds, 9s 6d ea^u . f uted shorn hoggets, 8s to lls; hea\y sheep, mixed sexfs, 12s; tat lambs, short of requirements, brought from Ss to lls each Porkers kept their values, about 3d the lb dead weight: well-bred weaners. 8s to 10s, but coarse pigs we:e at very low values. Mlssks Arthur and BuddlkV Weekly Report. A larise business was done in all kinds of i roduce. Old potatoes on hand had to be sold at very lo>v pi ices and all to hand were not sold, new ones being so plentitul there is little demand for old; anj one still holding back had better give them to the pigs, as they will not pay the freight. Good new che >se mo\ 63 oir at 'fair prices. Nicely got up, well-cured bacon is in demand, but second-class and in f erior is difficult to get off at any price. A «ood quantuy of fresh butter was to hand, and brought satisfactory prices. Salt butter is still a drug. Honey is very quiet; vegetables have met with good* demand. Grain not in large demand. Groceiii's ha\e sild well. Fruit: A. iar°-e supply of green uooseberries. prices abo t the same as last week. \'ot a large supply of other kinds. We would again remind growers not to pu k too soon, and to taithfuhy pack in sma 1 cases. Furniture has been quiet. Poultry : A large number of fowls and ducks entered, prk-es have kept up to about equal to past, weeks; not a large number of peese entered, and but few turkojs. A large number of pigs entered; they were all of small size prices did not average quite so high. Theie have been only tour sales by auction tins ueek. Monday, dr.ipeiy. c'othmsr. etc., at the mart. A lair amount of business was > one. Wednesday, household furniture, etc.. at the mart. It was lairlv well attended, but bidding was languid ; not a very large quantity .sold. 'I uesday »nd Friday at mart, poultry, produce fruit, groceries etc. Both sa'es were well attended, bidding fairly brisk, and a very large quantity was put through, The following are tlio lowest and highest prices at which we have sold thin week: Fowls Is 2d to 2s 7d; chicks. 4d to Is 31; hens with broods, 2s 9d to 6s 3d: brown 1 cgliorns. 2s to 4s 6d ; white Leghorns, Is6d to 2s ; cl icks, lid : back red game, Is 5d 1o 2s Pd: chicks, lid; Andaiusians, Is 10a to 2* 6d • Kolden Ham bursts (hens), 1& 6d ; silver Ilai.tbnrgs. 2s 2d ; Plymouth r.>cks, Is 8rl ; turkeys. 5s 3d; dicks, Is 3d to 2s; ducklings. 9d to I? 3d; geese, 3s to 3s 9d ; Is 9d ; small pius. 5s to lls: no pigeons entered : canaries (inferior 1 , 2s to 2s 6d; new potatoes, kidneys, 4s 3d to 6s 31 : a small line of specially gocd, Id per lb ; small, 2s 1.1; Hhr'pheids and various round kinds, 3s tr> os; old pofca oes, Is 3d to 2s : onions, l J ,d to 2^d ; cucumhr ps. 4s 9d to 5s 6'l per dozen : red carrots, lCd to Is per dozen ; peas, lOdtolsld; broad beans 3UI to srl: rhubarb. 4s 6d to 7s; small caaliflowors. Is 3d : cabbages. Is od to 2s 2d ; pumpkin*. As; turnins. s'-i to Hid per do/ien : new cheese 3Jd to 4^l; old cheese, 4d to 4^d; bacon 2d to 6d ; hams, 3',d to 6ld; lara, 2id; i fre^hbutt'-r, 4d to 6d ; interior, lidioS^d; fowl ef>'" J lh' t)ig^' food, 4s; fowl maize, 2s 3d; vvhVat, 3s srl ; chaff. 4^ cwt. and Is 6d per sack : maize 3s Id ; oats, 2a lOd ; coffee, Is Id to Is 3d : satetv matches, 2s 8d to2<*9d; soda cnstals, 4s lid • ' green tea, Is 8d : pie i'ruits. 12s ; paper bag's. 3d : white paper, 2?d ; honey m tins 2d to 3d • peppormintg. sd ; mixed lollies and bla'jk balls, 4-' d; lemon-, Is V.d to Is 7d ; gooseberries 2d to 3j"d ; small, ljd to ljd ; loqnats, 2d to 4',d ; tea, box. 17s 6d to 20s.