AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2215, 18 September 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d ; butter, salt, Sd to 9d, nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, o^d to G^-d ; Canterbury, do., none ; Eggs,- per dozen, 7d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., G|d to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Od to 8d ; Hams, G£d to Bid ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure) ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7}d ; Hams, Bsd ; Jains, per case 5 dozen, 27* Od to 30s ; 1 owK, per pair, 2s to 3s (id ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd per lb; salt do., prime, B^d to 9d ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., Gd to Is ; Eggs, per dozen, 9d ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s to 3s ; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; Geese, do., 5s Gd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., Gs to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb.. 7id to lb ; Hams, do., 8d to 3d. Hay and Corn Markee 1 .- -Wholesale (selling e\ store) : Mai/e, local (new), 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats, 2s Gd to 2s 8d ; Barley, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d; Wheat, 4s lOd to 5s 3d ; fowl, 4s 9d ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £5; Lucein, ditto, £G to £6 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, ISsto £1 10s ; Chaff, nnved, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 ; Hay, Oaten, £lto £4 10s ; Clover, £G 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 to £4 10s per ton ; Seed (Tasmanian), £G to £0 10s. Retail: Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Gs ; Potatoes, 4s Gd to 5s ; Maize, 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; Oats, do., 3s to 3s 3d ; Whc.it, 5-, to 5s 3d ; do., fowl, per bushel, 4s 3d to 4s Gd ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 3s Gd ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten do., (is to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4a.

Manures.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10 a to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17 ; Cov.vl Queen do, £5 ; Long Island do, £4 10->, bag-, included; Superphosphate of Lime, 2(5 per cent, to 28 per cent., £0 to £G 10» ; 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., £0 ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure. £8 10 a ; Potato Manure, £8 10s : CJrads Manure, £8 ; Bonedubt, £9.

SffKDS. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is to 1* 3d per lb; Sorghum, Is; Planters,' Friend, Is; White Clover, Is Id; Red Clover, !)d ; Cowgrass— American, lOd ; EnglWh, Is ; Akyke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, Brt ; Lucern, Is Gd ; Rape, (id ; Ryegrass (scarce), Gs Gd to 7s Gd per bushel ; Cocksfoot, 8s 6d per bushel.

Flour Market.— Wholesale: Roller Flour per ton, £12 15s to £13 15s ; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, per ton, £13; do., do., household, £11 to £12; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern, do., £10 15s to £ll los ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £0 ; Sharps, £f> 10s; Cabin Bread, do., £17; Oatmeal, do., £14 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10-s to £18.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), Is 5d to Is Gd ; 130° test (duty paid), Is M to Is lOd ; Limp, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to 2s ; New Zealand Paling.s, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; (ift, 14s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10a to £4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, £G to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to lfis Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; Gft., 18s to 21a; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, No. 6, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying 1 and selling quotations.

Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 225 tons. We quote prices : Poor ordinary, £28 to £34 ; fair ordinary, £88 to £30; superior ordinary, £40; East Coast, sellers,, £30 to £53 ; Flax, per ton, £15 to £18 ; Tow, do., £5 10* to £7 10 a ; Fungus, per lb., 2jd to 3|d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15a to 17a ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.