COMMERCIAL

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 142, 16 June 1888, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

AUCKLAND PKODUOE MARKET,

Faem axd Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, Is per lb; Frozen Meat Company's Shell brand (wholesale), Is 3d; cheese, good factory, 4.Jd to 4_vd ; Canterbury, none ; eggs, Is ; lard, in bladders, 5,k1; bacon and hams, 7d to 8d ; Canterbury bacon in cloth, 7£d ; equal numbers, Tgd ; hams, 9^, scarce.

Flour Makkkt. — Wholesale : Flour, best roller, £11 ss; second, £10 ss; Southern flour, £9 ; bran, ton (sacks included), £4; Southern do., £3 5a ; local sharps, £4 ; Southern do., £i 10s : cabin bread, £15; oatmeal, £9 10s to £10 10s j oats, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; maize, 3s 4d ; local potatoes, £2 15s ; Southern potatoes, £2 10s to £2 15n ; pearl barley, £23 to £24 per ton ; beans, 3a 3d ; onions, 5s to 6s. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc.. sold including sacks.

Kauri Gum. — The market is fairly active in spite of the cablegraphic adviete from London reporting a fall of £5 per ton. Good business has been done at the following prices : Fair to good ordinary, £34 to £35; superior parcels, £36 and upwards; East Coast, £45 to £47. Supplies, from mail to mail, 582 tons. Coal a>"» Fihewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle (ship's side), 23s to 27s per ton ; yard, 26s to 20s ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13s; at yarda, 235; steam, 24s ; house, delivered, 50s ; Waikato, Ba, 12s ; ab Auckland, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, Bs-', 12s, ab Auckland, steam, 17,s 6d : household, de livered,2ss; Whangarei, at mine,9s 6d ; yard (steam), 17s 6s ; household, 23s ; delivered, 255. Firewood ; Uncut at wharf (cargo), 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton; delivered, 10s to 12s ; cut, 14s to 16s. Manures. — Bonedust: Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality ; bonellour, £8 to £8 10s ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian guano, £17; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Hurst's chemical manure, £7 15s to £15.

Building Materials. — Prices are as follows ab present:— Timber; — Boards and scantling, lOOfo best, 12s; second-class, 7s ; best, planed, tongued and grooved, lirst-olass, 14s ; medium, ils ; second-class, 9s ; rusticated weather boards, first-clas*, 14s ; medium, Ils ; second-class, 9s. New Zealand palings, sit (sap), 9s ; sft (heart), Ils 6cl; ti-trce rails, £3 10s pur 100; puriri posts, £6 10? to £7 10s ; shingles, 12s 6d per 1,000 ; Hobart palings, sft. 17s ; 6ft, 19s ; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotation-. Bricks at Avotidale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works; 2in. drain tiles, Ift. lengths, 50s per 1.000; 2'Au., 70s; 3in. 90s; 4in., 130s; 6in., 30s per 100; 3in., socket pipes, 2fb lengths, 6d each: 4in., 7d; 6in., 9d ; 9in., Is 6d ; 12in., 2s 3d ; 15in., 3d 6d 5 18in., 4s 6d ; 21in., 9s ; 24in., 12s.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekly ReI'Oli'iI.—Horse Feed, Grain, Seeds, etc,: Although stook« are large, prices for grain have had a disposition to harden, but sales liava been o(fueled at l.he previous week's quotations. Feud oats, 2s to 2,-i id per bushel; Tartarian?, from Is lOd to 2.$ 2d ; oaten chad', £2 to £2 10s per ton ; carrots, 2Ss po ton. Horses: An increased nunibef were brought; forward ; there was a corresponding demand. LSales were effected without alteration i-\ Viiliic. A good many were submitted by atiuliQll at tho Durham Yards on Friday. There was steady competition throughout the sale, aud most of the lots were cleared. We quote : Hacks, at from £4 103 to £16 bs ; light harness horses, at. from i' 6 10s to £10 17s 6d; draught, from £9 10a to £17. Wool. Hides, Skins, and Tnl-ow: Quite average quantities were submitted at tho Durham Yards on Tuesday, and competition was brisk. "We quote :Ox hides, at from 4d to 4.'Jd; cow hides, from 3d to 3Jd; oulfskins, 4!Jd to sd; sheepskins, from 2s to 3s lOd; tallow, 12s to 14s per cwt. Cattle: The improved demand noted last week has continued, and for fat boasts a slightly advanced value was [riven. An a veraire number of dairy and fat beasts were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, but siores we.ro poorly represented. However, there was a uood muster of the laltor at Pukckohe on Wednesday. Prices for fat beasts at the central market advanced from 5a to lbs per head, but stores and dairy stock sold relatively I c tor. At Pukcknhe, calves sold at from 63 to 9a (id ; yenflihßS, from 9s to 17s 6d ; eighteen months old, from ,20s to 27s 6d; grown steers, from £2 10a to £3; dry cows, from 23s to 355. Fat steers sold afc from £5 10s to &7 Ds: cowa, from £3 to £5 7s 6d. Sheep: An increased number were yarded at. Newmarket on Tuesday, but the demand was far in advance of supply, and consequently fancy prices were f»;iven, 18s being realised for far. ewes. Pigs : Plentiful, in good demand at from 2d to 3d per lb live weight.

11 r Alfred Buckland's "Weekly Report. —At tho Huymarkot, during the past woek, fodder has ranged in price from Is 9d to 2s Od; chafi'i 2s <d and 2s 5d tho cwt; miiizu. 3s; oats, 2s and 2s 2d the bushel. On Friday, June S, liorse stock were In usual number, and the greater part sold. Prices ranged from £3 10s to £11 each. A waggon brought £11. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday bidding was brisk, and satisfactory prices obtained. Cowhides ranccsd from 2jd to 3gd ;ox hides, 3}d to 4i;d; calfskins. Ski to 5d tho 1b; tallow, 12a 6d to 13s 9d; bones, 4s 6d to Ss 6d tho cwt.; sheepskins, from Is srt to 4s 4d ; pelts, 3d to Sd each. At Kemucra, on Thursday, dairy cows near calving were more numerous than of laic; they were required, and late values fully sustained. Store cattle of all classos were also in better demand, Quiet two-year-old steers in iresh condition brought £3 each. Fat cattle, in full number, were also better worth fully Is tho 100U). Prices for Pfood oxen ranged from &1 to £9 10s; throe-year steers, £4 to £b, or from 15s to 17s 6d the 1001b. Sheep, in moderate number, fully nii'intainod last week's advance; rat wethers ranged i'roni 15s to 20s each, averaging 17s 6d; lambs, 7s 6d to lq.s. pjgs, plentiful, were also better worth, particularly heavy weights, Messrs G. W. Btnney and Sons' Report.— A full catalogue of hides, skins, etc., was offered at their usual weekly sale, and the competition was good for all lots offered. Prime heavy hide 3 realised frem 4id to 4Jd ; heavy, 4id to 4gd; medium, 3ijd to 4d ; heavy cow, 33d to 3}d ; medium, 3d to 3i d; light, 2|d to 2Jd ; kip, 3^d to 3|d; calfskins, 4jd to 4i(d per lb ; green ox (heavy), from 24s to 27s each; cow, 12b 6d to 14s each ; skins, from Is 3d to 4s 3d eacli; tallow, 12s to 13s 6d ; bones, 4a 6d per cwt; rough fat, id per lb..