COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND MARKET REPORTS.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 228, 25 October 1873, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. AUCKLAND M A R K E T REP OR TS .

HOaSEt-, CATILE, ETC/ ! (l\le>>l'U|ill)C.) j Ur Alfred BiicDflud* report d : Slorc eaUle abundant, late ]. .re* M^tauii'd ; steer rnvrlirigs, 40s to 70s; two year old, .l I l() P ; ilui-f jriir olds, £6 to X 7. F«tt cattle in full supply; i 7 limul mid— 3o» to 32s per 100 lbs. Sheep, short of ret reiih-nta ; ewi's and lambs, 30s t<» 35s the couple; fat h ep. in »vool, od |i«r lb ; s-horti, 4 1 per lb j merino wethers, i .- 1« 17bi

GKXFItAL PHODCCE. I'reJi butter, per Jb, 8d 5 good salt butter, lOd , cheese, '« '*• 8J ; eggs.|per dozen, lOcl ; lard, per lb, 7d ; fowls, per • i.r. *«to4s6d; ducks, 4s 6d loos; peese, 4a 6d to 5s ; » iki\». 4d to ss; bacon, 9d; hnm<, 9d to lOd. Flour 1 — l»t quality, por ton, £17; fine household, £14; seconds, JI i ; £7 10s ; bran, Is 6d per bushel. Mnise, 5« to i 3d |>er busbel j oats, 5s 6d ; hoy, per cwt, 6» to 7a ; stravr, •. - i» ss ; chatt', 7s ; potatoes, 5s to 5s 6d. Flax — finest «, a.ity, per ton, £20; second quality, £14 to £18; tow, XI to £8.

BUILDING MATERIALS. Boards and Msmthnj,', per 100 feet, 93 6d to 14s 6d— lla hi will j planed, timgiu'd, and grooved, 12s 6d to 183. Ntw ; .-aland paihngk, 3-fl, 10a; 6-ft,l3s} ti-tree rails, £2 10a |> 10 ; purtri posts, £5 per 100 ; shingles, 8s to 14a per I>K) j Hoburt 'lown, 5-ft, 16s ; 6-lt, 18s ; rails, 70s.

T le wheat crop in the Ashburton district, Canterbury, is t ry backward, a circumstance which is attributed to caterI ill rs. A Jar^e numhrr of these insects have overrun the «• lit. ruled pitdduckd and euton tlie whuut oil' almost as fast . i "rev.