AUCKLAND MARKET QL'OTAriON'3.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2131, 6 March 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QL'OTAriON'3.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d; butter, salt, 7d to 8d ; Cheese, good local, 5d to 7d; Canterbuiy, do., 5d to Ukl ; Eggs, per dozen, Is ; Lard, per bladder, 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d; Hams, o\Ato 8W ; Canteibury B,ic»n only, 7d ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, tffd to Bj,d ; Hams, 7d ; Jams, per case •"» dozen, 30*; Fowl-, per pair, 2s to 3s (5d ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Cd to Is 9d per Ib. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd; salt do., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, per Ib., (id to !>d ; Eggs, per doz., Is 3d; Lard, per Ib, l/d to ltd ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4s ; Duck-, do., 2s <>d to 4s ; Geuse, do., 5s Gd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7« lid ; B;icon, per Ib.. 7\d to"1» ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d.

Hay and Cokx Market.—Wholesale (helling ox store): Mai/.e, local (new), 2& 9d to 3s; Oats, 2-> 4d to 2s (id ; Bailey, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s ; Wheat, 3s 9cl to 4s ; fowl, 3s to 4-. ; Hay, meadow, per ton, prosed, K4sstofisloi; Lucern, ditto, £<i to £(> 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, IKs to £1 10s; Chaff, inked, £3 10» to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15»- ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £0 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 10s i>er ton. Retail: Chaff, per cwt., 5s to (is ; New Potatoes, Id to l|d per Ib; Maize, 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats, do., 2s 9d; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s Gd ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Ud to 7s; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten do., Gs to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to "sb.

Manures.—Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17; Coral Queen do, £5; Long Island do, £4 10s, bags included; Superphosphate of Lime, 2(5 per cent, to 28 per cent., £(> to £G 10s ; do., do., 31} per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10s; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8: 25 per cent., £6; Corn Manure, £8; Root Manure, £8 10s; Grass Manure, £7 10s; Bonedu&t, £9.

Flour Market.—Wholesale: Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £10 10s; do., do., household, £8 10-s to £9 10s; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per ti.n extra, sacks and bags free; Southern, do., £7 10s to £8; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, £5 10s; Southern, do., £7 10s to £8; Sharps, £6 ; 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), 2s Id ; Lime, slacked. Is per bushel; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; 6ft., 14s; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Posts, £G to £7 ; Shingles, 13a to H>s Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20*; 6ft., 18s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s; Wire, Gin., £12 ; 7in., £12 10s ; Bin., £13; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations.

Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month t> date, 56 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, £30 downwards; fair ordinary, £34 to £30; best, do., £37 upwards; East Coast, no transactions. Flax, per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 10s to £8 10 i; Fungus, per Ib., 2Jd to 34d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15a to 17a ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per Ib.