COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, November 30.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 425, 4 December 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, November 30.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, sd ; second quality, 4d ; third quality, 3d ; cheese, good factory, 5Jd to 6id ; eggs, 7d ; lard, in bladders, 5Jd ; bacon and nanis, odto od; Canterbury bacon, now euro, sides, 7}d, equal numbers, 7^d ; baro hams, 91d : clothed, id extra. Flour Market.— Wholesale: Local rollers, first quality (sacks*, i.9 10s; second, kS 10s: Southern rollers, jl9 10s ; atone flour, £8 15s to £9 ; bran. £3 ss; Southern bran, £3 ss; local sharps £3; Souther, £3 os; cabin bread, £17 ; oatmeal, £13, 25 s; Southern oats. 2s 8d to 2s lOd; local wheat. Tuscan, 3s to 3s 3d; Southern wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d : Oaraaru potatoes, £3 ; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton; maize, 3s Canterbury potatoes. £3 ; local potatoes, £5 . beans. 3s 3d; onions, 2d per lb. Wheat (sacks extra), oats, chaff, oatmeal sold, sacks mc u eel. Kauri Gum.— Since our last report the gum market has shown little or no alteration, except m East Coast gum, which, ov\ing to short supplies and increased demand, has advanced to £52. at which price it is very firm and in keen demand to-day. Fair to good ordinary is about £37 to £38 still, with superior parcels £1 or £2 higher. Ihe supplies from mail to mail aie about 580 tons, and for the month to date 640 tons. Manures. • Bonedust, Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality ; bonefiour, £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, at yard. 32s per ton ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s ; at vaids. 24s ; steam, 24s ; house, delivered, 30s; Waikato, at mines, 8s 12s; town 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine. Bs, 12s: at Auckland, steam. 17s 6d ; household, delivered, 24s to 25s : Whangarei. at mine. 9s 6d : yard, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 23s ; delivered, 25s ; Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ;at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood. Uncut, at whart, cargo, 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton : delivered, 10s to 12s : cut, 14s to 16s. Building Materials.— mces are as follow at present:— Timber- Boards and scantling, 100 ft oest, 12s; second-class, 7s; best planed, tongued and grooved, flrst-class, 14s ; medium. 12s; second-class, 9s; rusticated weather bo. rd-, first-class, 14s; medium, 12s; secondclass, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart). Us 6d; ti-trec rails, £3 10s per 100: puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1.000; Hobart palings. Sit, 17s; 6tt, 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 ; 2^in, 703 ; 3ft, 90s ; 4in, 1303 : 6in, 30s per 100 ; 3in socket pipes 2ft lengths. 6d each; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d : 9in. 2j 6d : 12in, 2s 3d ; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d , 21in, 8s ; 24in. 12a.

Messrs Arthur and Bqddle's Weekly Re" port -There has been a good demand for all kinds or produce: a large quantity lias been disposed of. Potatoes have come to hand very freely, so that there has been but little improvement in price. Vegetables of all kinds have sold well. Fresh butter has been entered in large quantity, good samples have sold well. Eggs in fair supply ; a good demand at fair prices. Bacon and hams of first-class quality, it well got-up, meet with good demand Cheese is plentiful, must be of fir^t-class quality and firm to command a price. Salt butter still a drug. Honey in tins or bulk quiet ; section does not bring a high price. Poultry : A large supply of fowls and ducks, no hrst-class cockeiels entered, the greater number were old hens : for th se prices ruled lower. Chicks brought a good price. Ducks ruled lower. Not a large number of turkeys and geese entered ; prices were good. Ihere will be a demand next week for shipping. Pigs were entered in large number ; prices were not quite so high. Fruit : A large supply, fair demand, satisfactory prices. There has been a very larue quantity of Fiji fruit on the market this week. Household furniture and c libels have been in fair demand. Six sales by auction have been held. Wednesday : At a private house in Wellington-street, piano, household furniture, etc.; there was a good attendance, and prices were \'ery satisfactory ; piano brought £21. There was also asale of furniture, etc., at the mart. Thursday: At the mart, drapery and clothing, etc. A fair amount of business was done, but bidding was languid. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, at the mart, poultry, produce, fruit, groceries, and Tsland and Sydney fruit, all well attended; good business done at very satisfactory prices. The following are the lowest and highest prices at which we have sold this week : -Fowls, Is Id to Is lOd ; chicks. Is 2d to Is 7d ; hens with broods, 2s9d to 3s 9d ; white Leghorns, Is 6d ; chicks, Is 2a ; Golden Hamburgs. Is 7d ; cock turkeys, 3s to 6s : hen turkeys, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; ducks, Is Id to Is 4d ; ducklings, Is to Is 3d : geese 2s 9d to 2 j 9d ; pigeons, Is 3d to 2s lOd per pair ; canaries, 2s to 2s 9d ; small pigs. 4s to 9s ; new potat es kidneys. 4s to 6s sd|; Port Fairies. Shepherd's, etc , 2s 6d to 33 7d ; cucumbers, 6s 6d per dozen • cauliflowers, 7d to Is 2d per dozen ; 3s per sack • cabbages, 2s to 2s 7d ; carrot", 8i i per dozen • turnips, 7s to Is ; peas, 9d to Is; French beans, 2ssdper peck; new cheese, 3d to 4d; bacon, sides, 4d to 7id ; rolls, 3d to 3}d ; shoulders, 3Jd ; hams, 5d to B}d ; fresh butter, in pats, 3?d~ to old ; stale, 2^d to 3ld ; fresh eggs, 6]d to 7M • ducks eggs, 7jd ; stale hen eggs, 4kl to e4d ' currants, 4d ; raisins, 5d ; jam, 3s lOd ; peppermints, sd ; conversation lollies, 5Jd ; Scotch mixtures, 5d ; black halls. 4}d ; mixed lollies 4id ; mixed biscuits, 4d : gingernuts, 4d ; maize 2s lOd to 3s : oats, 2s 8d to 3s Id ; bharps, 4s ; bian, 3s 6d ; green gooseberries, 2d to 2Jd ; small kinds, ljd to Hd ; American plums, 4M : loquats, 2d to 2*d ; mandarirs 16s 9d per case ; lemons, Is 5d to Is lOd ; citron lemons, 4d. Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons' Weekly Report.— At the Hay market on Fri- ', day last, horse stock was in full number and I sold freely. The racer Antelope brought 235 guinea". Strong farm horses, from £9 to 1510s ; active harness horses and good hacks, fiom£7to - 13 each ; cab. £18 ; spring cart harne-s, £4 10s : saddle, 255. At the hide and skin saie on Tupsday hides were of better worth ; best ox brought from 4^d to 4?d per lb, or from 24a to 303 each • slight ox, 3Jd to 4d ; cow hides, 2d to 3Jd ; calf skins, 3Jd to 4{d the lb; tallow, 18s 9d (he cwt; sheep skins, from 3s 6d to 6s 3d; pelts, 6'l to Is 8d ; lamb skins. Is 6d to Is 9d each. The wool sale held on Wednesday was the most satisfactory for many years ; prices advanced over last year's prices for similar clips, from id to lid the lb, the greater difference being in the fine wools. Lonerwools r«n«ed from 7d to 8d ; crossbreds, from 8d to 9_kl ; and merinos Irom 9d to 9sd the lb. The staging recently erected at the Haymarket for showing the wool answered its purpose fully, and was app eciatcd both by buyers and ' ellers. The next sale takes place on Wednesday, December 11, and all wool-growers who have not sold should endeavour to take advantage of this sale, for there will be no other until after the holidays. The cattle sale held at Pukekohe on Monday last was the lareest we have held in those yards. Prices for store cattle vi are lower than last month, but dairy cows and fat cat le kept their late value?. At Papakura. on Wednesday, a moderate muster of store cattle, mostly young stock, met a steady sale at satisfactory prices. At Remuera on Thursday, dairy cows near profit were required at late values. Store cattle in full supply, were lower in pi ice 5s to 10s each; 3-year-old stceis were at 455; dry cows, 15s to 253 ; yearlings, 16s to 20s each. Fat cattle in a\ erage numbers, were low or in price about Is the 1001b; prices were from 13s to 16s t e 1001b. Oxen from West Coast averaged £5 14s. Sheep plentiful, kept their values ; 2d the Jb for wethers, l^d the lb for ewes, were the ruling prices. Wethers ranged from 9s to 13s; ewes, 7b to 11s each. Lambs, abundant, were lower in price, generally ranged from 6s to 7s 6d ; a few pens only brought higher vahies. Fat calves and well-bred pigs were -wiihout change in values ; but coarse pigs, although fat, were at nominal prices.

Referring to the New Zealand Exhibition, the Melbourne " Argns," in an article yesterday morning, states it ia justified in regarding the history of the Dunedin Exhibition as a history of marvellous revival of trade and industry in New Zealand. It goes on to say that the colony has solved the great colonial problem by the simple discovery that there is no royal path to permanent prosperity, but the road must be cut out by labour and skill. For this reason, the "Argus " adds, the greater and more sincere should be the congratulations of Australia, In conclusion, it hopes that the Exhibition will be a success, and an index to permanent prosperity. The Wellington "Pose" states that four of the city loan companies have been victimised to the extent of £300 by a person using the name of the Revs. Fathers McNamaraard Kerrigan in negotiating promissory notes, all of which prove to be forgeries. It is stated that accompanying the application for each advance there was a letter, apparently signed by the endorsing clergyman, and recommending the applicant to the company's consideration. The offender is believed to have left the colony gome weeks ago.