AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Issue 153, 1 July 1887, Page 4

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prim,e fresh, lOd; cheese, good factory, 4d to 4fd per lb ; Canterbury, none ; Eggs, Is 6d ; Lard, in bladders, 5Jd ; Bacon and Hams, provincial, scl to 7d ; Hams, B|d to 9d; Canterbury Bacon, new cure, 7d; Bacon and Hams in equal numbers, 7id j Hams, B|d.

Flour Market.—Wholesale : Southern flour, £11 15s to £12 • Lamb's ' Premier, £12 15s; Standard, £11 las ; bran, ton (sacks included), £4 to £5 ; Southern do., £4; local sharps, £5 10s and £6; Southern do., none; cabin bread, £15 ; oatmeal do., £10 10s to £11 ; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6cl; maize, 3s Cd to 3s 7d ; Southern potatoes, £3 to £3 ss; pearl barley, do., 20s; beans, 3s 3d; onions, £8 to £9. All grain, chaft, oatmeal, &c., sold including sacks.

| Kauri Gum, Flax, &c—During the [ past the market has been very i active, and has an upward tendency. Prices are very firm, and a large business has been don-j at the following rates:—Fair to good, £45 to £46; superior, £47 and upwards; East Coast, £58 to £60, and some large transactions as hio-h as £61 and £62. Supplies for June, 532 tons. Flax, per ton, £14 to £17 ; tow, ditto, £5 to £7 ; fungus, per lb, 2|cl to ; cocoa-nut fibre, 15s to 17s per ewt. Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 24s to 28s per ton. • yard, 28s to 34s ; Bay of Islands, at mines' 13s ; at yards, 26s ; screened,* 28s ; Waikato, Bs, 12s ; at Auckland, ISs to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, 8s 6d, 12s ; at yard, steam, 17s | Gel; household, 225; Whangarei, at mine, j 10s ; yard (steam), 18s ; household, 20s ; ' delivered, 245. Firewood: Uncut at wharf, (cargo), 7s 6d to Ss 6d per ton ; delivered! 12s to 13s ; cut, 14s to 16s. . - ,

Building Materials.—Timber : Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s ; second-class, 6s 6d ; best, planed, tongued and grooved' first-class, 14s ; medium, lis ; second-class' 9s■;'; rusticated weather boards, 1 first-class' 14s; medium, lis ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), Os ; sft (heart), lis 6d,,145; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s ; shingles, 13s per 1000 ; Hobart palings, sft, 18s ; 6ft,'l9s: Hobart rails, 80s, sellingquotations. 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 foot ; 12 inches, 3s petfoot ; 9 inches, 2s per foot; G inches, Is per foot; 4 inches, 9d per foot; 3 inches, 7cl per foot. ■.

Manures.-Bonedust: Sydney, £7 15s to £9, according to quality ; boneilour, £9 tq £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17; Long Island do., £4.los,,vbar. s included : Hurst's chemical manure, £13.°