AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2257, 24 December 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholeaalo : Butler, fresh, (id ; butter, salt, 7d nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, f)',d to GUI ; Canterbury, do. none ; ICjrps," per dozen, la ; Lard, in bladder, per lb M G^,d to 7d ; Bacon and Ham", Provincial, fid to 8d ; Hams, GAd to B.UI ; Cantetbury Bacon. 7d (new cure); equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7}d; Ham, Bjd ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s Gd to 30s ; Fowls per pair, 23 to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to 8d per lb ; salt do., prime, 8kl : inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb, Gd to Is; Eggs, perdoz., Is 3d ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d •, fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s; Geese, do., 5s to 7s ; Turkeys, do., Gs to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb., 7id to Is ; Hams, do., Sd to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market.— Wholesale (current selling rates) : Maize, local (new), 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; Oats, 2s 3d to 2s (Id ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 5s to 3s fid ; fowl, 4s 9d (scarce) ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 ro £5; Lucerne, do., £G to £G 10s (nominal) . Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff,' mixed, £'3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff. £4 ; Hay, Oaten, £i to £4 10s ; Clover, £6 10s to £7 ; Potatoes (new), £5 to £G per ton ; Seed (Tasmanian), £5 to £G. Retail : Chaff, 5s to Gs per cwt. ; New Potatoes, f^d to Id porlb ; Maize, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Oats— feed, 2s Gd to 2s Del ; seed, 3s to 3s Gd ; Wheat, 5s 3d to 5s Dd ; do. fowl, per bushel, ss ; IWlry, feed, do., 3s to 3s Gd ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to •Ss ; Oaten, do., Gs to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to X Sr.KDs. — llotail : Swede and Turnip Sued, Is 3d ?u>r lb ; Sorghum, 1m ; Planters' Friend, Is ; White Clover, U Id ; Red Clover, 91 ; Covvgra-s — American, lOd ; English, Is; Alsyko, Is 1d; Timothy, «il : Trefoil, Hd ; Lucpw, lsGd ; Rape, Gd ; Ry^pra-.-, (^caice), (m Gd to 7s Gd per bu«hel ; Cocksfoot, 8s Gd, Mancmiks.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, t'B 10-. to £9 : inferior, t'7 15s to £S ; Bouellour, £9 to £10; Auckland, £8; Peruvian ({nan's £14 14* to £17: Coral Quesn, d<>., K5 ; Long Island do., £1 10s, bags included ; Superphosph it<; of Lime, 2f> per cent, to 28 pur uenl., Wto £(>IU4; do., do., 3G per cent, to 38 jicr cent., £S to £8 10s ; Hurst's Chemical Manure. £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8 ; do. do.. 25 percent., t:G ; Corn Manure, £8 : Knot Manure, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s; Grass Manure, £7 15s; J3onudu>t, £8 lOh. Ff.ouit Markkt. — Wholesale: Holler Flour, per ton, £L 4 5s to £15 5s ; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, £14 10-t ; do., do., household, £12 10s to £13 10s, sacks free ; Southern do., £11 5s to £12 ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £~>losto£G; Sharps £G; C'lbin Breid, do., £1G; Oatmeal, £13; Pen-l Barley, d >„ £17 10a to £18. MlriCKixxNKOus. — Kerosene, 180° test (duty paid), from Is 3d to Is Gd ; 150' te->t (duty paid), la 9d to Is lOd ; Lime, slacked, Is i>er bushel ; Quick Litne (in htone), KGd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s ; Gft., 14s ; Ti-tree Kails, £2 10* to £1 per 100; Purin Posts, £G to £7; Shingles, 13s to lGs 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, 30i per cwt. Buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Markkt.—Sunplies for triont-h to date, 340 tons. We quote prices : Fair to Good Ordinary, £42 to £43 ; East Coast, £50 to £55 ; Flax, per ton, £15 to £18; Tow, do,, £5 10s to £7 10s; Fungus, per lb., 2^d to 31<J ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.