AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 439, 22 January 1890, Page 4

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce. Wholesale: Butter, prime fresh, 7d: set ond quality, sd; third do, 3d to 4d; cheese, good factory. 5.)d to 511; eggs, lOd: lard, in bladders, s)d ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d; Canterbury bacon, new cure, sides. 7id. equal numbers, 7Jd; bare hams, 91d ; clothed, id extra. Flour Market.—Wholesale: Local rollers, first quality (Sacks), '9 ss; second, £8 ss; Southern rollers,' 9 ss; stone flour,£Bssto£Blos; bran, £3 ss; Southern bran, £3 ss; local snarps, £3los; Southe n, £3 Os; cabin bread, £l7 : oatmeal, 25 s, £lolos ; Southern oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; local wheat. Tuscan, 2s 9d to 3s; Southern wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d: kidney potatoes, £2; pearl barley, £l7 per ton; maize. 3s: local potatoes, £3 beans, 3s 3d; onions, 3d per lb. Wheat (sucks extra), oats, chaff, oatmeal sold, sacks inc u ed. Kauri Gum. The gum market has altered litt e since our last report. The eunent rate for fair r« good ordinary gum is a out £36 and £37 to £3B per ton. East Coast is in good demand, and is still about £54 to £56. The supplies for the present month to date are 270 tons. Manures. Itonodust. Sydney. £7 to £B, according to quality, bonefiour, £8 to £8 10s: Auckland, £8; Long Island do , £4los. bags included : Fison’s fertiliser, £7 10s to £l4; superphosphate. first quality, £7 10s to £8: second quality, £6 to £6 10s; Craig’s lime, 35s to 40s per ton. Coal and Firewood Market.— Coal: Newcastle, at yard. 32s per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines. 13s ; at. vai ds 24s ; steam. 24s ; house, delivered, 30. s : Waika'o, at, mines, 8s 12s; town, 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine. 8s 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, 7 to 10s ;at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo, 6s 6ri to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s: cut. 14s to 16s Builhino Materials.— urices are as follow at present:—Timber: Boards and scantling. 100 ft oest, 12s; second-class, 7s: best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s; medium, 12s; second-class, 9s; rusticated weatherboards, first-class, 14s; medium. 12s; secondclass. 10s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s: (heart), 11s 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100: puriri posts. £5; shingles, 13s per 1.000; Hobart palings. sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s: Hobart rails. 80s, selling quota’ions. 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: 2£in, 70s: 3ft, 90s ; 4in. 130 s: 6in. 30s per 100: 3in socket pipes 2ft lengths. 6d each; 4in, 7d ; sin. 9d : 9in. 2s 6d : 12in, 2s 3d ; 15in, 3s 6il; 18in, 4s 6d ; 21in, 8s: 24in, 12s.