AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 290, 6 December 1889, Page 2

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland, December 6. Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale: Butter, primd fresh, 6d; second quality. sd; third quality, 3d; checso. good factory. 51d to SJrd; eggs, ?d; lard, in bladders. 5Jd; bacon and hams, od to 8d; Canterbury oacon, new cure, sides, 7_d,.equal numbers, 7Jd; bare hams, 9id ; id extra. Flouis Makket.—AVholesale: Local rollers, first quality tsacks); *9 ss; second, £8 ss; Southern rollers,i9 ss; stone h"our,£B IDs to £815s: bran, £3 Es; Southern bran, £3 ss;. local sharps. £3; Southern, £3 0s; cabin bread, £17 : oatmeal, £13, 25's; Southern oats. 2s 8d to 2s lOd; local wheat, Tuscan, 2s 9d to .s: Southern wheat, 83 3d to 3s 6d: Oamaru potatoes, £3; pearl barley, £19 to £20 per ton; maize, 3s; Canterbury potatoes, £3; local potatoes, £5; beans, 3s 3d; onions, 3d per lb. wheat (sac.s extra), oats, chaff, oatmeal sold, sacks included. Kauki Gum.-The gum market continues firm and active with a large business being done. East Coast is in large demand at £52 j fair to good ordinary fetches £38. and superior parcel £39 to £40. The supplies for the si* days of December to date are 109 tons. Manures.-Bonedust, Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s: Auckland, £8; Long Island do., £410s. bags included ; Fison'S fertiliser, £7 10s to £14; superphosphate, first quality. £7 10s to £8; second quality. £6 to £5 10s; Craig's lime, 358 to 40s per ton. ■• . is « . -+ Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Newcastle, at yard. 32s per ton: Bay of Islands, at mines, 133 ; at yards, 24s ; steam, 24s ; hoiise, delivered, 303; Waikato, at mines, Bs. 12s; town, 18s to22s; Taupiri, at mine. 83, 12s; at Auckland, steam. 17s 6d; household, delivered. 24s to 255; Whangarei, at mine, 9s 6d : yard, steam, 17s 6d • household, 23s : delivered. 25s ; Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ;at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo, 63 6d to'Bs 6d per ton : delivered, 10s to 12s; cut. 14s to 16s. Buildings Materials.—rrices are as follow at present:— Timber: Boards and scantling, 100 ft nest, 12s; second-class* 7s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s { medium, 12s- second-class, 9s; rusticated weather boards, flrst-clasSj 14s: medium, 12s: secohdclass, 9s. New Zealand palings, .sft .(sap), 9s; (heart),- lis 6d; tl-trec rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts. £5; shinnies, 13s per 1,000; Hobart p&lings. sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails. 80S; selling quotations. .Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s; delivered. 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2m. drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1,0001: 2_in. 70s : 3ft, 90s ; 4in. 13Qs: 6in, 30s pfer-100; 3hi socket pipes 2ft lengths. 6dea:ch; 41H, 7d; 6in, 9d : 9in, 2a 6d ;. 12in. 2s-3d; 15in. 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s6d; 21in. 8s; 24m. 12s.