AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2209, 4 September 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm andDaiby Produce.—Wholesale: Butter, fresh, lOd; butter, salt, 8d to 9d, nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, s^d to G£d ; Canterbury, do., none; Eggs, per dozen, 8d; Lard, in bladder, per lb., 6gd to 7d; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, (id to 8d ; Hams, Gj,d to B^d; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure); equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7id; Hams, B^d; Jams, per casa 5 dozen, 27s Gd to 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is 6d to Is 9d per lb. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d ; Biitter, fresh, up to Is per lb» salt do., prime, B^d to 9d; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., 6d to Is ; Eggs, per dozen, lOd; Lard, per lb, Gd to i)d; Fowls, each* 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; Occse, do., 5s Gd to 8s: Turkeys, do., Gs to 7s Gd; Bacon, per lb.. 7*, d to Is ; Hams, do.,sd to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market.—Wholesale (selling ex store) ; MaLse, local (new), 3s to 3s 2d; Oats, 2s 9d to 3s ; Barley, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d; Wheat, 4s 9d to 5s 3d ; fowl, 4s 3d ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £5; Lucern, ditto, £0 to £G 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to £110s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 15s to £5 ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s; Clover, £6 10s to £7; Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 per ton; Seed (Tasraanian), £G to £G 10s. Kotail: Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Gs ; Potatoes, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ; Maize, 3s 3d to3s Gd; Oats, do., 3s to 3s 3d : Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 4s 9d to 5s 3d; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 3s Gd; Hay, per cwt., Gs 6dto7s; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten do., Gs to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s.

Manures.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 103 to £9, inferior £7 15a 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, 26 per cent, to 28 per cent., £6 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: 25 per cent., £6; Corn Manure, £8; Root -Manure. £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s ; Grass Manure, £8 ; Bonedust, £9. Sbkds. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, la to Is 3d per lb; Sorghum, Is; Planters' Friend, Is; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgrasa— American, lOd ; English, Is ; Alsyke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lucern, Is 6d ; Rape, Gd ; Ryegrass (scarce), 6s Gd to 7s 6d per bushel ; Cocksfoot, 8s Gd per bushel.

If lour M ar ke r. — Wholesale : Roll er Flour per ton, £12 5s to £13 5s ; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton, £12 10s; do., do., household, £10 10s to £11 10s; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern, do., £10 15s to £11 10s ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £G ; Sharps, £7 ; Cabin Bread, do., £17 ; Oatmeal, do., £14 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130" test (duty paid), Is 5d to Is (id ; 150° test (duty paid), is 9d to Is lOd ; 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 t» £4 per 100 ; Furiri Posts, £6 to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to lfis Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s ; 6ft.. 18s to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90d ; Wire, No. 6, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cvvt. Buvincr and selling 1 quotations.

Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month) to date, 330 tons. We quote prices : Poor ordinary, £20 to £32 ; fair ordinary, £36 to £37 ; superior ordinary, £38 upwards ; East Coast, sellers, £49 to £53 ; Flax, per ton, £15 to £18 ; Tow, do., £5 10s to £7 10s ; Fungus, per lb., 2£d to 3id ' r Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.