AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2107, 9 January 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Fakji and Dairy Pkoduce. — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d; butter, salt, 8d; Cheese, good local, GJd to7id; Canterbury, do., 5d to 6id ; Eggs, per dozen, lOd ; Lard, per oladder, 7a ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, 7d to 9d; Hams, 8d to 9d; Canterbury Bacon only, 7d; equal numbers Hama and Bacon, BAd to 9d; Hams, 7d ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d perlb. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd; salt do., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, per lb., 5d to 7d ; Eggs, per dozen, lOd ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4s ; Ducks, do., 2» Gd to 3s ; Geese, do., 5s Gd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., GstolOs ; Bacon, perlb.. to Hams, do., 8d to 9d.

7id 8\d"; Hay "and Corn Market.—Wholesale (selling ex store): Maize, local (new), 3s 8d to 3s lOd; Oats, 2s 4d to 2s sd; Barley, 2s 3d; Malting Bayley, 4a; Wheat, 3s 8d; fowl, 3s 3d to 4s Gd; Hay meadow, per ton, pressed, £45sto£510s; Lucem, ditto, £6 to £0 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 10d ; Clover, £6 10s to £7 ; New Potatoes, £7 to £8 per ton ; Old Pota toes, £3 to £4 per ton. Retail: Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Gs ; New Potatoes, to Id per lb; Mai/e, 4s; Oats, do., 2s Gd to 3s; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s Gd to 3h 9d ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s; Lucem, do., 7s Gd to 8s; Oaten do., Gs to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to 4s.

Manures.—Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10 a to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10; Auckland, £8; Peruvian Guano, £18; Maiden Island, £8; Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £G, bags included ; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8: 25 per cent., £6; Corn Manuie, £8; Root Manure. £8 10s; Grass Manure, £7 10s; Bonedust, £9.

Flour Market.—Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £10 ; do., do., household, £8 to £9 ; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free; Southern, do., £7 10s to £8; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, £tf; Southern, do., £6 10s; Sharps, £G; Cabin Bread, do., £15; Oatmeal, do., £11 to £12 ; Pearl Barley, do., £19 to £20.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130 3 test (duty paid), from Is 7d to Is 8d ; 150' test (duty paid), Is lid; Fencing Wire, No. 6, 7, and 8, assorted, £13, £13 10s, and £14 respectively per ton; Limp, slacked, 1h per bushel; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; Gft., 14s; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Posts, £G to £7 ; Shingles, 13^ to Ills Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; 6ft., 18s to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s, buying and selling quotations.

Kauri Gum and Flvx Market.— Supplies for month to date, 96 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, nominal; fair ordinary, £34 to £35 ; be«t, do., £35 to £37; East Coast, £47 to £52 per ton. Flax, per ton, £16 to £20; Tow, do., £5 10s to £8 10s; Fungus, per lb., 2^d to 3id ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15' to 17s; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.