AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2110, 16 January 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

AUCKLAND QUOTATIONS. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale: Butter, fresh, Sd; butter, salt, 7d to 8d; Cheese, good local, od to 7d; do., 5d to G.Jd ; Eggs, per dozen, lOd ; Lard, per bladder, 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d; Hams, GAd to Bid ; Canterbury Bacon only, 7d; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, GJd to BAd; Hams, 7d ; Jains, per case 5 dozen, 30a ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, 1? Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d; Butter, fresh, up to lOd; salt do., 8d to lOd; Cheese, per lb., Gd to 9d; Eggs, per dozen, Is; Lard, gir lb, Gd to 9d ; JFowls, each, 2a Gd to 4s ; ucks, do., 2s Gd to4a; Geese, do., 5s Gd to 8s: Turkeys do., 5s to 7s Gd; Bacon, per Ibt. 7sd to B',d ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market.—Wholesale (selling ex store): Maize, local (new), 3s 3d to 3s Gd; Oats, 2s Gd to 2s 8d; Barley, 2s 3d; Malting Barley, 4s ; Wheat, 3d 8d; fowl, 3s to 4s ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 5s to £510s; Lucorn, ditto, £G to *G 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10a to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £410s; Clover, £6 10s to £7 ; New Potatoes, £14 14s per ton. Retail: Chaff, per cwt., 5s to 6s ; New Potatoes, £d to Id per lb; Maize, 4s; Oats, do., 2s 9d to 3s; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7»; Lucern, do., 7s 6d to 8s ; Oaten do., 6s to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures. —Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9, inferior £715s 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., £G; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure. £810s; Grass Manure, £7 10s; Bonedust, £9. Flour Market. —Wholesale: Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £10 10s; do., do., household, £810 a to £910s; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per tun extra, sacks and bags free; Southern, do., £7 10s to £8; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, £8; Southern, do., £G 10s; Sharps, £G; Cabin Bread, do., £15; Oatmeal, do., £11 to £12 ; Pearl Barley, do., £19 to £20. Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° 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; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Cd to 2» ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; Gft., 14s; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Post*, £G to £7; Shingles, 13a to 10s 6d per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft, 17s to 20s; Gft., 18s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s, buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Market. — Supplies for month to date, IGO tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, nominal; fair ordinary, £34 to £35; best, do., £35 to £30; East Coast, £47 to £50 per ton. Flax, per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 10a to £8 10s; Fungus, per lb., 2Jd to 3id ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.