AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1887, Page 6

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale: Butter, prime fresh, 10d ; cheese, good factory, 4d to 4Jd per lb ; Canterbury, none; Eggs, Is 6d ; Lard, in bladders, s£d ; Bacon and Hams, in cloth, provincial, 6Jd to 7d; Hams, Bfd to 9d; Canterbury Bacon, now cure, 7d ; Bacon and Hains'in equal numbers, 7|d. • Hams, Bfd. '

Flouk. Market.—Wholesale : Southern flour, £11 15s to £12; Lamb's Premier, £12 ,15s; Standard) £11 15s; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 to ■•• £5 ; Southern do , .j £4; local sharps, £5 10s and £6; Southern do., > none; cabin bread, £15 ; oatmeal- d 0.,: £10 103 to £11; oats, 2s 3d to 2s sd; maize, 3s 5d to 3s 7d; Southern potatoes, £3 to £3 ss; pearl barley, >do., 20s; beans; 3s i 3d; onions, £8 to £9. , All grain, chaff, oatmealj &c., sold including sacks. w'.i :•.-.'

Kaurl Gum, Flax, &c.~Smcelast mail a large amount of- business has been done, and the market is firm and active,' with an upward tendency at about the following prices:—Fair •to good, £44 to £45'; superior, £46 and upwards; East Coast, £58 td £60, and Some transactions as'high as £61 and £62,_. Supplies™,for thine, 350-tons. Flax, per' ton, £14 to £17 ; tow, ditto , , £5 to £7 ; fungus, per lb, 2|d to Sid ; cocoa-nut fibre,, 15s to 17s per cwt. Coal and Fibewood Market;— Coal: Newcastle (ship's side)>».24s.to,2Bs per ton; yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at yards, 26s 6d-j screened* 28s 6d; ditto, at the mines, 13s; ship's side, 265; Waikato, 8s to 12s ; at Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine* 8s 6d to 12s ; at yard, steam, 17s 6d; household, 225; Whangareij at mine, 10s ; yard (steam), ISs; household, 20s ; delivered, 225. Firewood: Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s 6d to 8s 6d per ton j delivered, 12s to 13s ; cwt, 14s to 16s.< .- < '■, .h ■

Building Materials.—Timber: Boards and scrintlihg, 100 ft best, 12s ; second-class, 6s 6d ; best, planed, tongued and. grooved, first-class, 14s; medium, lls ; second-class, 9s ; ru"sticated weather boards, first-class, 14s ; medium, lls ; second-class, 9sV New Zealand palings, sft (sap),.los; sft (heart), Us ; 6ft, 14s ; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puririposts, £6 10s to£7 10s -shingles,' 13s per 1000 ; Ildbart palings, sft, 17s • 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 85s,.selling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1000; town yards, 30s to 355," delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works per 100 (6 inches bore), 40s ; 4 inches; 14s; : 15 inches,' 9s ; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1000 ; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches', 4s per foot ; 15 inches; 4s 6d per , ;io'6t; ; ;l2 iriches, Ss'per , foot; 9 inches, 2s per foot; 6 inched, Is per foot:; 4 inches; 9d per foot; 3 inches, 7d perfoot. i. ,; - < ;; ■' ■ ,; ■■ ■■•■' ' ■: ■■

• Manuees.— Boilednst : Sydney, £7 15s to £9, according to. quality ; ,boneflour, ; £9 to £10 ; Aflokland, £8.; .Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17 ; Longlslancrdo.,;£4 lQs, bags included': Hurst's chemical manure, £13.