COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland, December 13.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 429, 18 December 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Auckland , December 13.

Fakm and Dairy Pnonucis. — Wholesale : Butler, prnno lresh, 6d:seio.ul quality, scl; tliiid quality, 3d ; cheese good factory, s',cl to rl l ; egga, 8d : lard, in bladders, s}d ; bacon and hums, 6d to 8.1; Canterbury bacon, new euro, sides, 7WI, equal uumbors, 7Jd ; bare hams, 9.d ; clothed", 'd extra. Fi.ouit MAKKiiT.— Wholesale: Local rollers, flrot. quality (Ba<ics>, »0 sb; second, J8 ss; Southern rollers 9 ss;stone; stone llour,,£81(Mo £81 s; bian, £3 fs ; Southern bran, £3 55; local sliams, £3; Southc n,£3os; cabin bic.id, £17 : oatmo.il, £13, 25 s; Soul hern oats, 2s 6d to 2s 8.1; lo'-'al wheat, Tuscan. 2s 9d to Za: Southern wheat, 8s 6d to 3s td : CMniaru potatoes, £3; puii'l bat ley, £19 to £20 per ton; make, 3s, Canterbury potatoes, £3; local potato s, £\ beans, 33 3d; onions, 3d per lb. Wheat K;O\S cx'ia), oat->, chair, oatniciil sold, bacUs mo « ed, Ka'Jim Gum. The gum mark' I is stiil \ cry firm and a."ti\e, with a good bus'ne&s being done. Kist Coa.-t is in very large demand, find has risen to £54 ; fair to good ordinary (etches C3P, and supciior paroc's t^9 to £40. Tuc suppi s lor December to date arc 259 tons. Manuki-S. - iioncdust, Sydney, £7 to CB, ac coidin>; to quality ; boneflonr, A.B to £8 10s: Auckland, £8; Lorn? Isl.ind do, £4 105, bags mc'uded : Fioon'o fertiliser, £7 10s to Cl 4 ; superplio^nlialo. Hi>t quality, £7 10s to £8: rpco;hl quality, £6 to £6 10.-, ; Craigs lime, 35s to 40s per Co.vr* ash Fiiu",\vood Makk e r. -Coal , Newcastle, at, yaid, 32^ pur ton ; Uay ot Is'ands, at mines. 13 > ; at vaid^ 24s ; steam, 24s ; houso, delivered, 30^; Wsuka'o, at mines, 8s 12s; town, 18s to 22^; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, steam. 17b 6d ; household, delivered, 24s to 25i . Wnangaroi. at mjn'\ 9s 6d : yard, ste.un, 17.s 6d ; houpohold, 23s ; delivejcd, 25s ; Bliranrla. at mines, 7-> to 10s ;at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood. Uncut, at wharl, cargo, Cs 6d t)8-> 6d i-or to'i ; delivered, 10a to l'is ; cut, 11s to 16 c . BuiijOiN t M \tk<{lAL-.— J 'rices arc as follow at picscnt: — Timber Hoards and scantling, lOOtt best, 12s; second-class, 7s ; best planed, lonmied and giooved, flist-olass, 14s; modiuni, 12b;" second-class, 9s; rusticated weather hoard-, lirst-clasd, 14s; medium, 12s; secondclass. 95. New Zca'a'id palings, sft (sap), 9s; (hoait), 11s 6d; U-trec rails, £3 10s p j r 103: punri po.sts £5; shinulcs, ]7s per 1,000; Hobart paling", st, 17s; 61 1, 193; llobart rails, 80s, selling quota'iorn. Bricks, at Avomlale, 33s per 1,000 ; town yards, 38s ; delivered, 4ls. Drain pipes, at work-a 2m drain tiles, 12m lengths, 50-. per 1,000 ; 2Un, 703; 3£t, SO-5 ; 4in, IZO.s: 6in, iCK per 100 ; 3in socket, pipes 21 1 lengths 6d each; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d : Gin, 2) 6d : 12in, 2s 3a ; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 61 ; 21in, 8- ; 24in, l?s.

Mi:=.fc-ns Uontku and Nolans Wkekly TCeroiiT.—Horse feed, grain There has been but little bay sold. Supplies of grain arc umplc.but there is vciy little being purchased ; prices unaltered. Horse: The improvement noted last v» cek has cont inued as rosiipplj, but. the demand has not boon brisk, resulting in no difference in price. There wa-> a good muster tor sale by auction at the Duiham Yards on Fiiday, but bidding gcncralh was sow. Tbere was no noteworthy altcrati n in va'uc. "Wool, hides, '-k'ns tallow, bones, cte. : Activity has characterised, the demand. Tlio bidtling at the Durham Yards on Tuesday was brisk. We quote— ox hulcp, from Td to 4',d ; cow 111 1 les, ljd to 2 l d vcv lb ; calfskins, 3d to 4'd per lb; sheepskins, 3i to6s Id each ; lambskin?, Is fed to Is 10 1 each; pelts, 8d to Is cadi; tallow, sSIS bb per ton; bones, C 4 10s per ton. The si cond ol the serioi ol wool sales was hold on Weclncsl.iy Bu\cr^\\cic more numerous tl an at the lust sa'e. Compn it on was remarkably keen, and an advance of fiom id to U\ ])cr lb was given on valuations of all descriptions. Long wool sold at fiom 7d to B'd : ciossbivd, from 71dtoO'd; meriro, infeuor" Bid. O\ er 2DO bales were disposed oi. Cat'lc 'I ho supply has been large, the demand tor fat beasts steady nt pievious week's values, stores woie only saleable at low values, and there was a steady demand lor dair es at, previous prices. A good many \\ ere a ardod at Newmarket on Tuesday. Compel ition for both dairy and store stock was slow at the prc\ious week's v.ilues. Soino averages of fat steers wcic: 17, £6 12* 6d, *lb 190 6d, £5 lls, -C 5 100, £5 Is. Cows. £4 f s £3 15s, •C 3 10s, C 3. Sheep An average number were penned a' New mar *eton Tuesday; the demand vwis good. Wethcifi sold at from 9s to 13s 91; ewes, 7s 3d to 10s 6d ; lambs, 53 6d to 10s 9d Pigs: But lew yarded; sold at from 2d to 3d per lb live weight. Mkssks Alfred Buck'tand and Son a 1 \Vi::;kia' fricroKT. -At the llayivarket dining the past week but little loose hay has been brought forward, and prices have ruled low. Oaten clia.ll, £4 the ton; oat,=>, 2s srl;5 r l; mai/.e, 2s 9d the bushel, were the pr.ces obtained for wholesale parcels. At the horse sale, on Friday, an unusually lara:e nunifcr oflcrcd, but metwiiha dull sale, and many remained unso'd. Prices for useful sock ranged from £6 to £15. On Tucslay, hides and skins were pitched in increased numbers, Tries lor ox hide? ranged lrom 3d to 3Jd ; cow tndoo, 2d to 2'd; calfskins, 4d the lb ; tallow, Ps the cwt; ■jutclieis* sheepskins, 4s srt to 6s 2(1 : lambskins. Is Td to 2-> each. At th 2 wool sale he'd on Wednesday there was t>ood co'iipetit on ihroughout, and every lot v»n>-told. ii ices were higher than at first sale, tor hallbrc 1 and longwco'.s fully kl the lb. At the monthly cat'le sale, held at Wiiiiku, a modi rate muster, mostly young stoc'f. wcic jarclcd. Theie was a steady demand at late \aluc. Ah Hcmuera, on Thurs day, dairy cattle were in better inquiry; fair cows at cal' ins? ranged from £3 10s to £4 7s 6d. No stoi c cattle .raided. Fat cattle in less than usual r.u nber were steadj at last week's values, lrom 13. to 15s the 1001b. Some averages were : 18 oxen, t.5 6s: 60 stjers, A 5 16s; 12 stce a, Co 12s; 22 «iecrs. £5 7s 6d ; 25 steers, £4 14s. Sticep weva in avoi a ;c number and kept late values. 500 we 1 hers averaged 12s 6il, var.v ins? fro'n ]ls to 14s 6d each : 3 ew c*, 8s to 12s 6d each, Lambs, sliort of requirement, were Letter worth : they brought iiom Ss to lls each. Tigs, also in shoit .supply, SJld wo'l. Rli« us G. W. I3i\n 'A' and Sons' Rkpout.-, At the hide, skin, and tallow sale on Tuesdnj pii oi ad\nnced, lr.de-. equal to Id per lb all lound, and sheepskins, pclis, and lamls", 3d each. Heavy ox sold trom 4d to4',d, no prime oSlored ; medium, 3.d ; oow, 2|d t3 2", I : inleiior, 2cl; stairs. Id to I'd; call, 3d to 4d per lb; d.vnagod. Id to lid per lb. Shccpdcns: Best lon^woo's, ts to 6s lOd; medium, "is to 5s 6d ; s'a'ion dry, 6d to 6UI per lb; pelts, 10d to Is 5d ; limbs 1- to 2s each. Tallow: Supp'y short ot < em uid.nnd high values paid. AYe quote : Best, 20-, to 21s: medium, 16s to 18s; interior, 10s to 13s per cwt ; rough fat.lkl per lb. Bones: Kirm at 4s cd pc cwt. Wool Oi Wednesdaj we cleared a catalogue of 250 bales under very b isk co.upelition. Mcnr.o sold from fld to 9;d ; uossl red. best, 8d to B,'d ; medium, 7icl to 7,' d ; inferior, 7d. The sale showed an advance ot \d on the liist sale. 'I he only lot held lrom prea ions sa'c3, 3 bales crossbred, at 71d realised 8',(1. Tiie principal lots were 20 bale* merino, «ix 9'd ; 25 t-ales crossbred, 8d ; 32 bales crossbred", Sid; 11 bales cio.obrcd, BJd, We antici5 ate e(iually satisfactory valve j at our sale early in Januaiy Fiav: At auction we cleared 120 ba'es of inrerior from £15 10s to £16 10s per ton.

Mi.-ssns Abtiu-r and Ruddle's Weekly Tf R I'O't p.— A gocd businoss has been done in all clo-po,l-tmcnt3. A large supply of pioducc of all kinds, winch has gone oil" readily at fair prices. Potatoes, at tli'j early part of the week, were (Inner, but such a largo quantity came to hand Liter, prices lowered very consider ibly : in fact thcro vc-c no buyers. Cheese: No supply beyond demand. Butter: 'I he supply of fresh butter not, so large ; fair demand. Salt still a drug. Fresh o:?gs were wanted. Bacon and hnma must bo fiist-class to command attention. Honej mo\es oft' slowly. Vegetables have brought good prices. Furniture has been in better demand. Fruit : A shipment of Sj dncy oranges, plum> and npricots, brought good prices. The hiipply oL local" grown has greatly increased; o\cr 300 cases of gooseberries vsere entci cd for tale o.i Kriday. Prices have been vc-y sitisfactory. Poultty: A large supply of hen's, but tew cockerels : an unsatisfied demand A good number ot ducks were entered, no firstc'ass heavy birds. A t.nr number ot geese; these v\ eve small. But few tiirkej s, prices were gooJ. A fair number of pigs entered, prices lower. There ha\ c been eight sales by auction this week, all ha\ o been well attended. Monday : At the muvt unredeemed pledges, watches, jewellery, books, clothing, etc., from Mr NcunioKcn, pawnbroker, \Vellc3lcj -street. At Ihe residence of Mrs A. R Stcphonson, Mount Kden lload, her household furniture and effects. Tuesday: At air IVT. Tobin'sshop, Karangahapo UoxA. his stock of household turnilurc, etc., but lit v lc business done. At the mart, produce, fruit, grocctio3, oto. Wednesday : At the mart a shipment of Sydney oranges, pluim and apricot ex ss. Itotonmhana, also local iruit; and at the mart, household furniture, rangps, books, otp. Thursday: At tho mart, unredeemed plcderes, watches. .iewellcry.tools.books, sewing machine!, clothing, etc., lrom IVIr S. A. A&hcr. pawnbroker, Queen-street. 1 nday, at the mart, market day salo of poultry, pigs, produce, tiuit, groceries, etc. A very full market; large attendance, good businoss done. The sale continued to a late hew. 1 . Tho followriiv aro the 'owest and highest prices at which we liavc sold this week: -Fowls Is Id to 2s 6d ; chicks, 6d to Is; Iloudans, Is 6d ; Plymouth Hocks, ts 6d to Is 7>l ; while Jjcghorns, Is 4d ; Wvaiuloltcs, Is 7d ; Spanish, 1& 3d ; turkeys. 2s 3I to 6s: ducks, Is Id to Is Od ; ducklings, 4JI to Is 4.1: frc^s'% 2\ 7d to Si 3d; goslings, 2s; niu'eons lOd to Is id ; ouns; oanarios, 2b 6d to I 6a; bone manure, 6li 153 per ton ; kidney pot a toes. 2s 6d to 03 6d ; magnum bonums, 3s 7d ;

Shcnherds, Is 8d to 2s 2d ; blue bolls, 3s ; Jlobarts, 2s to Is; local onions, {'d to Id; Californian onion?, Id to 2d ; peas, 5d to Bid ; cucumbers, 2s 6d to 4s; rhubarb, 2s 6d to ss; broad beans, 2|d to 4d ; French beans. 7td to lid ; turnips, 4d to lOd; cauliflowers. Is 4d. to 2s; cabbagos, Is to Is 9d per dozen ; Is 3d to Is lid per sack ; red cabbage, 1^ to la 6d ; fresh butter, SUI to b\A ; stale, 3 ld to 4|d ; ej.-gd, B}d : cheese, 4d ; lard, 3d ; bacon, 4d to 6d ; imm, 4d to 8d ; honey, tin, 2d to 3d ; mixed biscuits, 4d ; ginjjernuls, 4.1; conversation lo'lies, SVI ; mixed lollies. 4d ; maize, 2s 6d ; oats, 2s lOd ; a\ heat, 3-5 : bran, 3s; oaten chaff 4s perc^t; chall, Is 6d per sack ; ilonr, 9s Lo 10s 6d ; sharps 4s ; gooseberries. 2d to 3d ; line, 2UI to 4I ; binal', ljd to I,'d; Cape gooscbeines, 7d; Kout rhcrrics, 5d to Bid ; walnuts, local, Is ; cherry p'tmif-, 6,' d lo 7d : straw berries, 9,' d por box ; lemons. Is 4d to 3s Id. Hydro/ fruit: Oranges, 10s lo 11s per cn.3e ; npm-o «, 2d to 4ld per lb : chen-y p'uni3, "4d to 4^d ; dark plums, 4 id to 4!d.