AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 303, 20 December 1894, Page 2

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Farm and Dairy Produce,—Butter : Factory, wholesale, Is; first quality dairy, wholesale, 6d, retail, 8d; second quality, wholesale," sd, retail, 7d. Cheese, 4Jd to 5d Fresh oggs, 7d per dozen wholesale;, 9d retail. Lard, 6£d. Bacon and hams, bare Bides, b\i ; equal numbers, 74d ; hams, Sid ; clothed, extra. "Floor Market.—Flour : Wholesale, £8; wheatmeal, £8; bran, £2 15s; sharps, £3 5a ; oatmeal, 25's, £10. Grain.—Southern feed patf,.la_ Bd, c.i.f. Backs included, Is lid to 2s ex store ; fowl wheat, 28 7d, sacks included ; Southern milling wheat, 2s 9d, ci.f. sacks extra; maize, 2s to 2s Id on wharf, 2s to 2a Id at ship's side; seed maize, 2a 4d ; pearl barley, £19 per ton wholesale. Coal and Firewood Market.—Many of the following quotations are nominal :— Newcastle coal ab yard, 28s fco 30a ton ; Waikato, ab mines, Bs.to 12a ; town, 18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, 8s to 12s ; ab Auckland, ateam, 20s; household, delivered, 24s to 25a. Firewood : Uncub, at wharf, cargo, 6s 6d to 7s 6d per toa;, delivered, 10a to 12s; cut, 14a to 163. Building Materials. —Prices are nominally a3 follow : —Timber : Boards and scantling, undressed, lOOfb best, 125.; medium, 9s; second-class, 7s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s; medium, 11s; second-class, 9s; rusticated weather boards, firet-claBS, 14s; medium, 11&; aecond-class, 103. Undressed boards, fin thick, best, 11s; medium, 8s; secondclass, 7s; rough lining boarda §, secondclass, 4a 6d, and 5s for £in; lining boards, planed, fcongued and grooved, beat, 13s; medium, 10s; second-class, 8a; boab boards, specially selected, 13s 6d for Un ; l3afor fin. Kauri palings, sfb (sap), 9a; (heart), lls; ti-tree rails, £3 10a per 100; puriri pout?, Is to Is 6d each; shingles, 13s6d per 1,000 ; Hobarb palinga, sfb, 17s; 6ft, 18s; rails, 80s, selling quotations. Brick, 45s to 50a per 1,000. Draiu pipes, ab works : 2in drain tilea, 12in lengbhß, 50s per 1,000 ; 2£in, 703 ; 3in, 90s ; H\o, 130s; 6in, 30s per 100; 3in socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d : Is 6d ; 12in, 2s 3d ; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d ; 21in, 8a ; 24in, 21s. Manures. — Bonedusfc and boneflour, Sydney, £5 10a to £6, according to quality; Auckland, £6 ; Long Island guano, £4 10a, bags included. KEMPTHORNBrPROSSBRr* CO.'Si (New Zealand Drug Company, Limitbd) manure price list, season 1894: — 1 Ton.! 11A" Superphosphate .„ .« 60 0' "AA" Mineral Super „. ... 515 0; Bonedust, steamed ... ►« 515 0 Bonedueb, green ... ... ~. °M~ '' Bonedusb and Blood _ , v 50" Oi Root Manure ... ..,.*- 610 0 41A " Grass Manure «, ,*g — °10 ° ••B" Grass Manure .« .« 610 0. Potato Manure ... .«' .« 7 0 0; Turnip Manure ..., ... «. 610 0 Corn Manure .« " .- ... 6 10 0 Maiz© Manure .^ 6 10 0 Orchard Manure ... v~ .- 710 0 Onion Manuro ... '10 0 Hop Manure ... ~. ... 710 0 Clover Manure ... .« ••• 65 0 Sulphate of Ammonia 16 0 0 Guano, 66.57 ... 5 5 0 Nitrate of Soda (original sacks, per cwb) 0 16 0 Discounb of 2£ per cenb. for cash. Special arrangemanfca for 10-tons and over.