AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 147, 24 June 1887, Page 4

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, 10d ; cheese, good factory, 4d to 4|d per lb ; Canterbury, none ; EggS/ Is 6d ; Lard, in bladders, 6sd j Bacon and. ■ Hams, .'provincial, 5d to 7d ; Hams, ,B|d,-to 9d; Canterbury Bacon, new cure, 6d to 8d ; Bacon and Hams in equal numbers, 7Jd ; Hams, B|d. . . " Flour Market.— Wholesale : Southern flour, £ir,]'ss to'£l2; Lamb's Premier £12 15s; Standard, £11 15s ; bran, ton (sacks.,, included), .£4 to £5-; Southern do., £4; local sharps, £5 10s and £G; Southern d 0,,, .none; cabin Bread,,£ls ; oatmeal do., £10 70s to £1-1; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; maize, 3s 5d to 3s 7d ; Southern potatoes, £3 to £3 ss; pearl barley, do., 20s; beans, 3s 3d; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, ,&c.,.501d including sacks. . Kauri ! Gum, Flax, &c—During the past ; month the .market. has been Very active, and has an upward tendency. Prices are very firm, and a; large business has been dono afc tlio following rates:—Fair to good, £45 to £46° superior, £47 and upwards ; East Coast, £58 to £60, and some large transactions as high as £61 and £62. Supplies for June, 447 tons. Flax, per ton, £14 to £17 ; tow, ditto, £5 to £7 ; fungus, per lb; 2|d to 3|d ; cocoa-nut fibre, 15s to 17s per cwt. Coal and "Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 28s per ton ; yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at yards, 26s Gd; screened, 28s Gd; ditto, at the mines, 13s ; ship's side, 26s ; Waikato, Bs, 12s ;at Auckland, 18s to 225; Tanpiri, at mine, 8s 6d, 12s ;at yard, steam, 17s Gd ; household, 22s ; Whangarei, at ihine, 10s; yard (steam), 18s; household, 20s ; delivered, 225. Firewood: Uncut at wharf,' (cargo), 7s 6d to 8s Gd per ton; delivered, 12s to 13s ; cut, 14s to lGs.

Building Materials.—Timber : Boards and ecaNtling, 100 ft best, 12s ; second-class, 6s Gd ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s; medium, lls ; second-class, 9s ; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s ; medium, lls ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 10s ; sft (heart), lls ; Oft, 14s ; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100 ; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 18s ; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, sellingquotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1000 ; town yards, 30s to 355, delivered 40s. Drain pipes, at works .perrloo.(6 inches bore), 40s ; 4 inches,' 14s ; 15 inches, 9s ; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1000 ; socket glazed pipes, 18 inches, 4s per foot ; inches; 4s 6d per foot'; 12 inches, : 3s per foot; 9 inches, 2s per foot; G inches, Is per foot; 4 inches, 9d per foot; 3 inches, 7d per foot, v r ? ' ■■?■■'! : ; ' ' i v ;

Manures.—Bonedtist: Sydney, £7 15s to £9, according to quality ; bbheflour, £9 to £10 ; .Auckland, £§,; Peruvian guano, £14 14s*to £17; Long Island do.; -£4-10s> bags included ; Hurst'a chemical manure, £13,