AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2221, 2 October 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, fresh, prime, 8d ; butter, salt, 7d to Bd, nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, s^d to 6£d ; Canterbury, do., none; Eggs, per dozen, 7d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., G£d to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, Oid to B.jd ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure) ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7£d ; Hams, BJd ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s Gd to 303 ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and .selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Ketail : Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd per lb ; salt do., prime, BJd 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., 6s to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb.. 74d to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market. — Wholesale (current selling rates) : Maize, local (new), 8s ; Oats, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; Seed Oats, 3s ; Barley, 3.s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 5s to 5s Gd ; fowl, 4s 3d to 4-. Gd ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £5 ; Lucerne, ditto, £6 to £6 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to .£4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £6 10.s to £7 ; Potatoes, £3 10s to £5 per ton ; Seed (Tasraanian), £5 to £6. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., 5s to 6s ; Potatoes, 4s Gd to 5s ; Maize, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Oatsfeed, 3s to 3s 3d; seed, 3s. Gd to 3s 9d; Wheat, 5s to os Gd ; do., fowl, per bushel, 4s 3d to 4i Gd ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 3s Gd ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten do., 6s to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures. — Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £1 1 14 a to £17 ; Coral Queen do,, £5 ; Long Inland do, £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 20 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. Skkds. — 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 ; Alsyke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lucerne, Is Gd ; Rape, Gd ; Ryegrass (scarce), Gs Gd to 7s Gd per bushel ; Cocksfoot, 8s Gd per bushel. FlouuM vhket. —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 £11 10s ; Bian, per ton (sacks included), £6 ; Sharps, £G 10s ; Cabin Bread, do., £17 ; Oatmeal, do., £14 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10, to £18. Mhci:liaxeou-$. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), Is 5d to lsGd; 150° test (duty paid), Is 9d to Is lOd ; Limn, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in .stone, Is Gd to 2.s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; <>ft., 14s; Ti-trce Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, £6 to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to His Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; Gft., 18s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, No. G, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30a per cwt. Buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 300 tons. We quote pi icon: Poor ordinary (scarce), £30 lui'vard* : f lir or hnarv, £41; superior •< n -i-v fe t .°i; Ki-r O r, seller, £50 i ~ > " |r< '• . ' *o t'l." To a (tu., *o Iva to £7 x\ja ; x uiigus, jj*jr ib.,

24M to 3 id ; Cocoanut Fibre, por cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.