AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1636, 30 December 1882, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce — Wholesale: Butter, fresh, lOd ; Butter, salt, 8d; Cheese local, Od to o}d; Canterbury do., Ud to Od : Eggs, per dozen, Is 3d; Lard, per bladder, 6d to 7d ; Uacon and Hams, Provincial, Cd to 8d ; Hams, 8d to Od ; Canterbury Hams and Bacon, !)d to Did, in cloth; Jams, 5 do/en, £1 17s Gd to £118s 3d; Fowls, per pair, is, to 5s ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, up to 2s per Ib. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, lOd; salt, do., Is; Cheese, colonial, do., 9d to lOd; Eggs, per dozen, Is; 3d; Lard, per lb., (fd to 9d; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 3s Gd ; Ducks, do., 2s Gd to 3s Od; Geese, do., 5s to 7s; Turkeys, do., each, 5s Gd to 10s; Pigeons, 2s Gd to 3s 6d per pair; Bacon, per 1b.,10d to Is; Is to Is 4d.

Kauri Gum and Fla\ Markli.— Tfte Gum market is brisk at prices quoted below. Receipts for month to date, 585 tons. Die following quotations approximate to present rates :-Good ordinary, L 44 to L4(i; East Coast, L 54 to L 53. Flax, per ton, Ll7 to L2O ; low, do., L 7 to L 9; Fungus per lb.. 3jd; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, Od to lOd tip.r lb. _ - .

Hay and Corn Market —Wholnalc. Maize, local, 4s Gd to 4s Od ; Fiji, ditto, 4s 6d; Oats, 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; Wheat, local (none) ; fowl, 4s to 4s Od ; Barley, 4s Gd to 4b Sd ; Hay, mcidow, per ton, L 5 to LG; Lucerne, ditto, LO to Lt> 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to LI 10s; Chaff, mixed, L 3 10*; Oaten Chaff, L 5 10s to Lb (very scarce); Hay, oaten, L 5 toLSIOs; Clover, Ls los to L 6; Potatoes, per ton, L 0 to L 7 (scarce). Retail : M.iuc, Cs : Oats, ditto, 4s to 4s 3d ; Bran, per lOOlbs, 7b ; Sharps, per lOOlbs, 8s Od; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, ss; Barley, feed ditto, 4s Gd to ss: Hay, per cwt., Cs to Cs Gd: Lucerne, ditto, 7s Gd to 8s; Oaten, ditto, Os to 7s; Straw, ditto, 3;, to 4s; Chaff, ditto, 5s 6d to (ss; Potatoes, 7s.

Flour Markki.— Wholesale : Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton, £13 10 s ; do., household, Ll2 10s ; hundreds ss.,iiities 10s., per ton extra, sacks and bags free; Southern, do., Lll to Ll2, Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, L6los; Southern, do. L 5 10s to L 0; bharps, L 0 10s : Cabin Bread, do., L 1 8; O.itmcal, do., Ll7 10s to L 18; Pearl Barley, do., L2O to L2l ; Bread, per 21b loafed.

•Si'i'DS.— Lucerne, Is 3d ; White Clover per ]b , Is to Is Id; Red Clover, per lb., 9d to lOd; Cowgrass, per lb., Is to Is 2d; Alsykc, per lb., Is to Is 2d ; Trefoil, per lb., 7d to 3d ; Timothy, per lb., 7d ; Rape, per lb., 4d to sd ; Purple- top Abcr. i'urnip, per lb., Is 3d; Green top Aber. do, Is 3d; Green Globe Turnip, p<-r lb., Is ; Prairie Grass, per bushel, 7s to Bs, Ryopr.iss, per bushel, Us (id to 7s lid; Cocksfoot, per bushel, about 8s (3d.

Misci MAM'OfcS. — Kerosine, from Is id to Is ScJ ; ordinary brands. "Woolpacks in quantity, 3s 3d each ; Cora backs, 9s to 11s per do^en. Fencing "Wire, No. 0, 7, and S, assorted, Ll3 los to Ll5 prr ton. Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Omck Lime, in stone, Is (id to 2s. New Zealand Palnifjs, lift., 7s Od to 10s ; 6ft., 13s j Ti-trce R.uls, 1/2 10s to L 3 10s per 100 ; Purin lWs, L 6 to L 7; Shingles, 13s to 14s per 1000; Uobarr Palings, sft.. 10s to 18s ; Ott., 18s to 20s: Hob.irt Rails, (scarce), 755-, 85s and 100s, buying and soiling quotations.

Mwuki v— Jioiß'dusit easy.— Sydney, £,< to £& 10:,, according to quality ; Auckland, £7 to £S 10» ; Peruvian guano, £17 to £18 ; Maiden Island, £$ ; Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £6, bags included ; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £14 10b; HoiilJlouo j£B. " I