AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1982, 21 March 1885, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, In per lb. ; butter, salt, 8d to lOd per lb ; Cheese, go«d local, 5d to G^d ; Canterbury, do., 4?d to s^d ; Eggs, per dozen, Is 9d ; Lard, per bladder, 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, 8d to 9d ; Canterbury Hams and Bacon, sides, 9Jd ; squal numbers, 9fd; Hams, ll\'d; Jams, per case 5 doz., £1 12s Gd to £1 los Gd ; Fowls, per pair, 2s Gd to 4s ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d perlb. Retail : Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, Is 3d ; salt do., lOd to Is ; Cheese, colonial, do., 8d to 9d ; Eggs, per do/., 2s ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s to 3s ; Ducks, do., 2» to 3n ; Geese, do., 5s to 7s ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 8s Gd ; Bacon, per lb.. lOd to 1b ; Hams, do., U to Is 4d. Hiy and Corn Markkt.- -Wholesale (selling ex storp) : Maize, local (new), 4s ; Oats, 2s 5d to 2s 8d ; Barley, 3s ; Malting Barley, 4s 3d to 4s Gd ; Wheat, 3s Gd ; fowl, 2s .Sd to 2s lOd; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £G to £G 5s ; Lucerne, ditto, £G to £G 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £G 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £3 to £3 10s. Retail : Chaff, pnr cwt., 5s to 6a ; Potatoes, do., 3s tid ; Maize, 4s 6d ; Oats, do., 2s 9d to 3s ; Wheat, fowl, por bushel, 3s to 3s 3d ; Barley, feed, do., 3s Gd to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., 6s 6d to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten do., fis to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s, Flour Market.— Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £11 10s ; do,, do., household, £10 10s ; hundreds ."><j., fifties 10s per tun extra, sacks and bags froo ; Southern, do., £9 to £9 10s ; Bran, per ton, (Hacks included), local, £5 10s ; Southern, do., £5; Sharps, £5 10s; Cabin Bread, do., £1S; Oatmeal do., £14 10s to £15; Pearl Barley, do., £22 to £23. Seeds. — Lucerne, Is 3d ; White Clover, per lb., Is to Is Id ; Red Clover, per lb., 8d to 9d ; Cowgiass, pel lb., lOd to Is ; Alsyke, per lb., Is to Is Id ; Trefoil, per lb., 7d to 8d ; Timothy, per lb., 8d ; Rape, per lb , 5d ; Purple-top Aberdeen Turnip, per lb., Is 3d ; Green-top Aberdeen Turnip, pur lb., Is 3d j Green Globe Turnip, per lb., Is ; Prairie Grass, per bushel, Gs ; Ryegrass, per bushel, 5s to Gs ; Cocksfoot, per bmhel, 8n to 8s 6d. Manlhe->. — Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £7 15s to £8, infeiior £G 13s to £7 10s; BoivjHour, £8 10s ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £18 ; Maiden Island, £8 ; Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £0, bags included ; H* rst'i Chemical Manure. £14 10s. Kvubi Gim and Flax Market.— Receipts for month to date, about 320 tons. We quote puces nominally : Pooroidinary, from £30 down ; fair ordinal y, £34 to £35 ; bjit, do., £37 upwaids; East Coast, £50 p-r ton dowiiw ird- 1 . Flax, per ton, £18 to £21 ; Tow, do., £ti 10i to £9 ; Fungus, per lb , 2\& to 3d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., lis to 17s ; Beeswa\, 8d to lOd pel lb.