AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATION'S,

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1833, 5 April 1884, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATION'S,

Faiw and D vim Pkouuce.—Wholesale : Butter, fresh, Is ; Buttoi, salt, Scl to lOd ; Cheese, good local, od to Gd ; Canteibmy, do., Gd to 7d ; Eg£s, per do/-., Is Gd ; Laid, per bladder, 7jm ; Bacon and Uanis, Provincial, (id to 8d; Ham*, Sd to 9d; Cantei'bury Hanis and Bacon, !)d, in cloth ; Hams only, lid ; Jams, pei case, 5 doz., £1 17s (id to £1 ISs 3d ; Kowls, per i>air, 2s (id to 4s ; Foatheis, baked, clean and selected, Is ud to Is !)d per lb. Retail: Milk, pcrquait, 4d; Butter fiosh, Is 3d; salt do., lOd to Is ; Cheese, colonial, do., ikl to lOd ; Eggs, pci do/., Is 9d; Laid, per lb, (id to 9d ; i'owls, each, 2s to 3^>; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s; Geese, do., as to 7s; Tin key-., do., 5s to 8s (id; Bacon, pei lb., lOd to la ; Hams, do., Is to Is 4d. Hay and Cohn MutKi,r.—Wholesale: Maize, local, 3s 3d to 3s (id ; Oats, 2s 5d to 2s 7d ; Wheat, 4s ; fowl, 2s Od to 3s ; Barley, 2s !)d to 3s 3d ; Malting Bailey, 5s to 5s 3d (no demand); Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £G to £G 5s ; Lucerne, ditto, £G to £G 10s (nominal); Stiaw, per load, 18.s to £110s; Chaff, ini\ed, £">; Oaten Chaff, £5 to £3 10s; Hay Oaten, £5 to L(i; Clover, £~) 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, ppi ton, £3 to €4. Retail: Mai/.0, 4s ; Oats do., 2s '.Id to 3s 3d; Bian, }>tiv lOOlbs., (is; Shaips, perlOOlbs., Gs ; Wheat, fowl, por bushel, 3s Gd to 4s ; Bailey, feed do., 3s (id to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., (is Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; On ton do., Gs to 7s ; .Straw, do., 3s to 4s ; Cliatt, do., Gs to 7s.

Kauri Gum and Flax. Mvuket.—The gum market is unsettled at pL ices quoted below. Receipts for month to date, about 91 tons. The following quotations approximate to present rates:—Poor oidinary, £38 and upward ; fan to good oidinaiy, £40 to £43 ; hiipeiior do., £45 and upwaid; East Coast, £G0 and npwaid ; Flax, per ton, £18 to £21 ; Tow, do., £7 to £<); Fungus, per lb., 2M to 3d; Cocoanut Fibre, pel cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 9d to lOd lb.

per Flour Mahkei\— Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dies.sed, per ton, £12 10s; do., do., household, £11 10s ; huncheds 55., fiftic10.s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern, do., £10 10s to £1110 c ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, £5; Southern, do., £5; Sharps, £5 10.s ; Cabin Bread, do., £18 ; Oatmeal do., £12 l<k to £13 ; Pearl Barley, do., £23 to £24 ; Bread, per 21b

loaf, 3id. Seeds.—Lucerne, Is 3d ; White Clover, per lb., Is 3d to Is 4d; Red Clover per lb., 9d to lOd ; Cowgrass, per lb., Is to Is 2d ; Alsyke, per lb., Is 3d to Is 4d ; Trefoil, per lb., 7d to 8d ; Timothy, per lb., 7d ; Rape, per lb., 4d to 5d ; Purple-top Aberdeen Turnip, per lb., Is 3d ; Green-top Aberdeen Turnip, perlb., Is 3d ; Green Globe Turnip, per lb., Is ; Prairie Grass, per bushel, Gs ; Ryegrass, per bushel, 5s to Gs ; Cocksfoot, bushel, about Bs.

per Miscellaneous— Kerosene, from Is 7d to Is Bd, ordinary brands. Fencing Wire, No. G, 7 and 8, assorted, £1410s to £15 10s per ton ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime, in stone, Is 6d to 2s. New Zealand Palings,, sft., 7s Gd to 10d ; Oft., 13s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Posts, £G to £7; Shingles, 13s to lGs Gd per 1,000; Hobart Palings, 5ft.,15.5t0 19s; 6ft., 17s to 21»; Hobart Rails, 75s to 85s, buying and

selling quotations. Manures.—Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 to £8 10s; Boneflour, £910s; Auckland, £9, inferior £0 15s to £7 108; Peruvian Guano, £18; Maiden Island, £8; Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £6, bags included; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £1410s.

The Ngaruawahia Town District valuation roll it now open f jr inspection at the post-office. Messrs Clark and Gane have received instructions to fell at th# residence of Mr A. Reid, Chapel -street, Cambridge, on the 9tb insf., the wlvofeofhis household furniture and effects as, per Hut in advertisement. Also, at same time and place, household effects of Mr Southwell, .J^flwtVpt'i to - - if ;'