AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 87, 12 April 1894, Page 2

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Butter: factort. wholesale ls ; first quality dairy, wholesale 9d, retail lld; second quality, wholesale 7d. retail. 8d; third quality, wholesale 6d. retail 7d. Cheese, 4d to 4.d. Fresh eggs, ls 6d per dozen wholesale, ls 9d retail. Lard, 6_d lb. Flour Market*—Flour: First quality,£Blos; second quality, £8 ss; wheatmeal. £8 10s: bran, £2155; sharps, £3 10s; oatmeal, 25's, £10 10s. Grain.—Southern feed oats, ls lOd. c.i.f. sacks included. 2s to 2s Id ex store ; fowl wheat. 2s Id to 2s 4d.- sacks, included ; prime Southern milling wheat. 2s id, c.i.f.. sacks extra; new local milling wheat, 2a 4_d, sacks extra ; niai.e. 2s 5d on wharf. 2s lOd, ex store; pearl barley. £18 per ton wholesale. . OoAl, and F(ReWood Market.—Many of the

following quotations are nominal :•—Newcastle coal at yard, 28s to 303 ton; Waikato, at mines. Bs. 12s; town. 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine. BS. 12s: at Auckland. 3team. 19s: household, delivered 23s to 255. Firewood : Uncut, at wharf, carfco. 6s 6d to 7s 6d per tott; delivered. 10s to 12s: cut. 14s to 16s , Building. Materials.—Prices are nominally as follow —Timber: Boards and scantling, undressed, 100 ft best, 12s; medium, 9s; secondclass, 7s; best planed, tongued fend .rrooved, flrst-class, 14s; medium, lis; second-class, 9s;, rusticated weather boards, flrst-class. 14s; medium, lis: second-class. 10s. Undressed boards. Jin thick, best, lis; medium. 8s; second-class, 7s ; rough lining boards. S, secondclass. 4s 6d, andssfori-in.; lining boards,planed, tongued and grooved, best, 13s; medium, 10s; second-class, 8s; boat boards, specially selected, 13s 6d for .in; 13s for fith. Kauri palings, sft (sap.) 9s; (heart). Us ; ti-tree rails. £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, ls3d to ls 6d each; shingles, 12s per 1.000; Hobart palings. sft, 17s; 6ft, 18s; rails, 80s. selling quotations. Bricks, 4bs to 50s per 1,000. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles. 12in lengths. 50s per 1,000; 2_in, 70s; 3in, 90s; 4in, 130s ; 6in, 30s per 100; 3in socket pipes, 2ftlengths, 6d each: 4in, 7d; 6in, 9d; ls 6d; 12in, 2s3d ;15in. 3s 6d; 18in,4s6d; 21in, Ss ; 2.in. 12s. Grass Seed.—Taranaki cocksfoot. 9s per bush ; Southern rye grass, 4s 6d to 5s ; Poverty Hay do.. 6s Od ; Italian do., 5s to 5s 6d ; white clover, ls to ls Id per lb ; red do., 9d to lOd ; alsike, ls: cow grass, lld ; common trefoil. 9d ; birdsfoot do., 2s ; lucerne, ls 3d ; rape, 4d ; timothy. 6d ; fescues, lOd to ls ; crested dogtail, 3s ; yellow oat crass, 3s per lb. Manures.— Bonedustand boneflour, Sydney, J36 10s to £7 10a. according to quality; Auckland, £7; Long Island guano, £4 10s, bags included: superphosphate, first quality, £7 to £7 10s: second quality.£6 5s to £610s. Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co.'s (N.Z. Drug Company) manure price list is as follows :—

the above List is subject to alteration without notice. All prices are less 2„ per cent, discount, isid special discounts for 10-ton lots and over.

Superphosphate, " A " 32 % Do. " C " 25 % Bonedust (pure) _ Do. and Blood Hoot Manure Grass Manure A .. Grass Manure B .. Potato Manuro Corn Manure' Turnip Manure Maize Manure Orchard Manure .. Onion Manure Hop Manure Clover Manure Sulphate of Ammonia .. Guano, 66'57 1 J.UI1. .. 6 5.0 .. 5 15 0 ..600 .. 5 10 0 ..700 .. 6 10 0 .. 6 10 0 ..700 „ 7 0 0 .. 6 15 0 ..700 .. 8 10 0 .. 7 15 0 .. 7 10 0 .. 6 10 0 ..16 0 0 ..5 15 0