AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1887, Page 5

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy ProjjCce.—Wholesale: Butter, prime fresh, lOd ; cheese, good factory, 4d to 4Jd per 1b ; Canterbury, none ; Eggs, Is 6d; Lard, in bladders, 5Ad ; Bacon and Hams, in cloth, -provincial, b^d to 7d ; Hams, S|d to 9d ; Canterbury Bacon. 7d; Bacon and Hams in equal numbers, 7^d.

Flour Market.—Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £12 ; do., household, £11; Southern do., £10 15s to £11 li>s; Lamb's Premier, £12 os; Standard, £11 us ; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 ; Southern do., £4; local sharps, £5 10a and £6; Southern do., £4 os to £4 10s; cabin bread, £16 ; oatmeal do., £10 loe to £11 5s ; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; maize, 3s 9d ; Southern potatoes, £4 ; pearl barley, do., £11 to £15; beans, 3s 3d ; onions, £14. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, &c., sold including sacks.

Kauri Gdm, Flax, &c. —The market, is weak, owing to very free supplies, more especially in poor qualities. We quote: Papakura guru, £35 to £37 ; good ordinary, £44 to £45 ; superior, ,£4O and upwards ; East Coast, £56 to £~>B. Supplies for April, 207 ton?. Flax, per ton, £14 to £17 ; tow, ditto, £5 to £7 ; fungus, per lb, 2|d to 3 ; } d ; cocoanut fibre, 15s to 17s per cvvt. Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 28s per ton ; yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at yards, 26s 6d ; screened, 28s 6d; ditto at the mines 133 ; ship's side, 26s ; Waikato, Ss to 12s ; at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Kamo, 10a per ton on loading ground : Taupiri, at mine, Ss Cd to 12s, at yard, 19s 6d to 25s ; Whangarei, at mine, 9s 6d ; yard (steam), 17s ; household, 21s ; delivered, 235. Firewood : Uncut at wharf (cargo), 7s to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 12s to 13s ; cut, 14s to l(is. Building Matekiai s. —Timber : Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12a; second class, 6s 6d ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s ; medium, 11s ; second class, 9s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s; medium. 11s; second-class, 9s. New Zealand pailing?, sft (sap), 10s ; sft (heart), 13s; 6ft, 14s ; ti-tree rails, £3 10s. per 100 ; puh'ri posts, £6 IQs to .£7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, oft, 193 ; 6ft, 21s : Hobart rails,loos,sollingquotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30a per 1000 ; town yards, 30s to 355, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works, per 100 (6 inches bora), 40s ; 4 inches, 14s ; 15 inches, 9a; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1000; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches, 4s per foot; 15 inches, 4s 6d per foot; 12 inches, 3s per foot; 9 inches, 2s per foot; 6 inches. Is per foot; 4 inches, 9d per foot; 3 inches, >d per foot. _ n ; Manures.—Bonedust : Sydney, £8 to £9, according to quality ; bonellour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 to 11 <; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Hurst's chemical manure, £13.