AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 214, 3 April 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d ; butter, salt, 7d to 8d ; Cheese, good local, 5d to 7d ; Canterbury, do., none ; Eggs, per doz., lb 6d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., ti\d to 7d : Bacon and Hams, Provincial, (3d to 8d ; Hams, fi£d to B^d ; Canterbury Bacon, 8d ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, B£d ; Hams, lOJd ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk, per quai t, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd per lb ; salt do., prime, B}d to 9d ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., lb., 6d to 9d ; Eggs, per doz.. Is 9d ; Lard, Bir lb, Gd to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4s ; ucks, do., 2s Od to 4s ; Geese, do., 5s 6d to 8s ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb.. 7£d to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market.— Wholesale (veiling ex store) : Maize, local (new), 3a to 3s 3d; Oats, 2s 5J.d to 2a Gd; Barley, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s 2d to 4s 6d ; Wheat, 3.s 9d to 4s ; fowl, $•* 7d to 3s 9d ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 s.sto £5 10* ; Lucern, ditto, £fi to £G 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 las ; Hay, Oaten, £i to £4 10s ; Clover, £G 10s to £7. Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 per ton. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., os to Gs ; Potatoes, .Is (id per cwt. ; Maizo, 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats, do., 2s 9d ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s Gd ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to B.s ; Oaten do., (is to 7s ; Straw, do., 3a to 4s. Manures.— Boncdust, Sydnoy, prime, £8 10s to £'.), inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17; Coral Queen do, £5; Long Inland do, £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 2li per cent, to 28 per cent., £G to £G 10s ; do., do., 3G per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to t'B las; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8 : 25 per cent., £G ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure. £8 10 d; Grass Manure, £7 10s ; Bonednst, £9. Seeds. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is to Is 3d per lb; Sorghum, Is; Planters' Friend, Is ; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgrass— American, lOd ; English, Is ; Alsyko, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lucern, Is Gd ; Rape, (id ; Ryegrasa (scarce), Gs Gd to 7s Gd per bushel ; Cocksfoot, 8s Gd per bushel. Flour Market. — Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £11 ; do., do., household, £'!) to £10 ; hundreds 55., fifties 10.s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern, do., £8 15s to £9 5s ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5 to £5 10s; Sharps, £G ; Cabin Bread, do., £15 ; Oatmeal, do., £13 to £11 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to CIS. MiscKT.LWKors. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), Is 7d ; l") 0' test (duty paid), 2s ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in stone, Is (>d to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; 6ft., 14s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Pnriri Posts, £G to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to lfis (id per 1000; Hobart Palings, oft., 17s to 20s; Gft., 18s to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 80s to 00=) ; Wire, No. G, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 80s per cwt. Buying and setting quotations. Kauri Gum ako Pj.ax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 42(5 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, £30 downwards ; fair ordinary, £33 to £35 ; host, do., £36 to £37; East Coast, £52 to £55. Flax, per ton, £15 to £19 j Tow, do., £5

10, to £S 10< ; FungiiH, per lb., 2/d to 3{d ; Coco.uiut Fibre, p"r cwt., Vi J to 17-t ; Ufosw.vx, 7d to lOd i>t>r lb.