AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2191, 24 July 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, fresh, la ; butter, salt, 7d to Sd ; Cheese, good local, s}d to Gid ; Canterbury, do., none ; Eggs, per dozen, Is ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., Gid to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, G.'.d to S.Vd ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7id (new cure) ; Hams, B^d ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s 6d to 303 ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s> Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to Is 3d per lb ; salt do., prime, B^d to 9d ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., 6d to 9d ; Eggs, per dozen, Is 3d ; Lard, per lb, Gd to <Jd ; Fowls, each, 2s 6d to 4s ; Ducks, do., 2a Gd to 4s ; Geese, do., 5s bd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb.. 7id to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d.

Hay and Coun Market. —Wholesale (selling ex store) : Maize, local (new), 2a 9d to 2s lOd ; Oats, 2s 9d to 3* ; Barley, 2a 3d; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 5s to 5& 4d • fowl, 4s 3d ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 5s to £5 10s ; Lucern, ditto, £6 to £6 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18a to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 los ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £6 10a to £7 j Potatoes, £5 to £5 10s per ton; beed (Taaraanian ), £4 10s. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Gs ; Potatoes, 5s Gd to 6s ; Mai/e, 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats, do., 3s to 3s 3d ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 4s 3d to 4s Gd ; Barley, feed, do., 2s Gd to 2s 9d ; Hay, per cwt, Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten do., Gs to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 43.

Manures.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10.s to £9, inferior £7 13s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17 ; Coral Queen do, £5 ; Lung Island do, £4 10s, bags included; Superphosphate of Lime, 20 per ce«t. to 28 per cent, £0 to £6 10s ; do., do., 3G per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10s; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8 ; 2.") per cent., £6 ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure. £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s ; Grass Manure, £8 ; Bonedust, £9.

Sirens. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, U to Is 3d per lb; Sorghum, Is; Planters' Friend, Is; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, Ud ; Cowgrass— American, lOd ; English, Is ; Alsyke, Is Id; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, Sri ; Lucern, Is Gd ; Rape, Gd ; Ryegrass (scarce), Gs Gd to 7s Gd per bushel ; Cockbfoot, 8^ t)(\ per bushel.

Flour Markb.l\— Wholesale: cmpernne flour, bilk drc-^ed, per ton, £13 ; do., do., household, £11 to £12 ; hundreds 5t4., fiftio- .'a- [jm fc>»n extra, sacks and ba<j«> free ; Southern, do., ill 5s to £ll los ; Bran, pei ton (xicks included), £o" 10-j ; Sh.ups, £7 10s ; Cabin Bread, do., £'15 ; Oatmeal, do., £11 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130 J test (duty paid), Is 5d to Is (id ; 150° test (duty paid), Is 9d to 1* lOd ; Lunp, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Cd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft, 7s Od to 13s; 6ft., 14s ; Ti-tree Hails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puiiri Posts, £0 to £7; Shingles, 13s to lHs (5d per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s: 6ft., 18s to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, No. 6, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 303 per cwt. Buying and selling quotations.

Kauri Gum and ±lax market.— Su^plie* for month to date, 145 tons. Wo quote prices : Poor ordinary, £20 to £30 ; fair ordinary, £32 to £88 ; superior ordinary, £38 to £42 ; East Coast, sellers, £49 to £53; Flax per ton, £15 to £19; Tow,

do., £5 10s to £8 10 a : Fungus, per lb., 2^l to 34d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17a ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.