AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2242, 20 November 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 7d ; butter, salt, 7d nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, s^d to G^d ; Canteibury, do. none; Eggs," per dozen, 7d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., (Hd to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, G\d to 8W ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure) ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bai-e, 7jd; Hams, S.jd ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s Gd to 30s ; Fowls per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk pei quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to 9d per lb ; salt do., prime, 8W ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb, Gd to Is ; Egg.s, per dozen, 9d ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; fowls, each, 2s to 3s ; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; Geese, do., 5* Gd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., Gs to 7s Gd ; Bacon, tier lb., 71, d7 l ,d to 1- ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d.

Hay and Corn Market. — Wholesale (current selling rates) ; Mai/se, local (new), 2s 10J ; Oats, 2s 5d to 2s 9d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 5s to 5s Gd ; fowl, 4s Gd ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £5; Lucern, do., £G to £G 10s (nominal); Stiaw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £G 10-. to £7 ; Potatoes (old), £3 to £3 10s per ton ; Seed (Tasmanian), £5 to £(>. Retail : Chaff. 5s to Gs per cwt. ; Potatoes, 4s to 4s Gd ; Maiz;e, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Oats— feed, 2s !)d to 3s ; seed, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Wheat, 5S5 S 3d to 5s 9d ; do. fowl, per bushel, 4s 3d to Is Gd ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 3s Gd ; Hay, per cwt., Gd Gd to 7s Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten, do., Gs to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s.

Seeds.— Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is 3d per lb ; Sorghum, Is ; Planters' Friend, Is ; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, ( JJ ; Cowgrass— American, 10J ; English, Is ; ALsyke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d : Trefoil, 8d ; Lucern, la (id ; R.ipe, Gd ; Ryogras^ (scaice), Us (id to 7s Gd per bushel ; Cocksfoot, 8s Gd, M\NUHI-S. — Bonpdust, Sydney, prime, £8 Kh to £ii ; inferior, £7 13> to £8 ; BoneHour, £1) to £10 ; Auckland, £S ; Peruvian (iuano, £14 14s to £17 ; Coral Queen, do., £5 ; Long Island do., £4 10^, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 2G per cent, to 28 per cent., £G to £6 10-s ; 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 ; do. do., 25 per cent., £G ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10^ : Grass Manure, £8 ; Bonedust, £9. Flouk Market. — Wholesale : Roller Flour, per ton, £13 5s to £14 5s ; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, £13 10s ; do., do., household, £11 10s to £12 10s ; hundreds ss, fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern do., £11 5s to £12 ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £G ; Sharps, £f> ; Cabin Bread, do., £17 ; Oatmeal, £14 ; Pearl Barley, do., 617 10s to £18.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130 ' te«t (duty paid), from Is 5d to Is Od ; 150' test (duty paid), Is 9d to Is lOd ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime (m stone), KGd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13d ; lift., 14s ; Ti-tree Kails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Pnriii Posts, £G to £7; Shingles, 13s to 10s Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s ; (ift., 18s to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, No. G, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10- ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations.

Kauri Gum and Flax. Market.—Sudplies for month to date, 200 tons. We quote prices : Poor Ordinary, sauce, £25 to £32 ; Fair Ordinary, £40 to £41 ; Superior Ordinary, £42 to £44 ; East Coast, £50 to £13 ; Flax, per ton, £15 to £18 ; Tow, do., £5 10s to £7 10s ; Fuiikus, per lb., 2 ld to 3j;d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.