AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 298, 23 December 1897, Page 2

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Butter: New Zealand Dairy Association, lOd wholesale; Anchor Brand, lOd wholesale; first quality dairy, wholesale sd, retail 7d; second quality, wholesale Id, retail 6d: butter, 5d to 7d; cheese, factory, H/d to 4_jd; farmers', 3jd to 4d; fresh egga, 8d per dozen wholesale, lOd retail : lard, _Ud ;. bacon and hams, bare sides, 7d ; equal numbers, 7^d; hams, SAd to 9d; clothed! id extra.

Flour Market. — Flour, wholesale, £12; wheatmeal, £12 ; bran, 1001b sacks, £4 ; 1601b sacks, £3 17s Gd; sharps, 2001b sacks, M oatmeal, £12 per ton 25's.

Grain.—Southern feed oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ex store; fowl wheat, 4s, sacks included; Southern milling wheat, Is 6d, sacks extra; maize, 2s 3d (ex ship).

Potatoes.—Potatoes, Kidneys, £7 ex store ; round varieties, £i to £5.

Coal and Firewood Markets.—Many of the following quotations are nominal:—Newcastle coal at yard, 28s to 30s ton ; Waikato, at mines, Ss to 12s; town, 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine, 8s to 12s ; at Auckland, steam, 20s ; household, dcliA'ered, 24s to 255. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo. 7s to 9s ton; delivered, 12s to Us; cut, 13s to 16s.

Building Materials.—Prices are nominally as follows:—Timber: Boards and scantling, undressed, 100 ft best, Us; medium, 10s 6d; second-class, 8s 6d; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, IGs; medium, i2s 6d; second-class, 10s 6d ; rusticated weather-boards, first-class, 10s; medium, 12s 6d ; second-class, 10s 6d. Undressed boavds, Mn thick, best, lis Od; medium, 9s; second-class, 6s 6d; rough lining boards, gin, second-class, 6s; lining boards, planed, tongued and grooved, best, 15s 6d; medium, 12s; second-class, 10s; boat boards, specially selected, 15s 6d for Jin ; 14s 6d, for fin. Kauri palings, 5 feet (sap) 9s, (heart) Us; ti-trce rail, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, Is to Is 6d each ; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, sft, IGs; 6ft, 17s; rails, 80s: selling quotations. Dry pressed bricks, 52s 6d per 1,000; ordinary brick, 50s per 1,000; fire bricks, 2iin £8, and 3in £9, per 1,000; fire clay, 60s per ton ; hydraulic lime, its per 3 bushel bag. Drain pipes, at works, 2in drain tiles, 12m lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2iin, 70s; Sin, 90s; 4in, 130s; 6in, £15 per 1,000; Sin socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 7d each; iin, 9d; Gin, Is; 9in, 2s ; 12in, 3s; loin, 4s 6d ; 18in, 6s ; 21in, lis; 24in. 15s. Manures.—Bonedust and boneflour: Sydney, £6 to £6 10s; according to quality : Auckland, £7 ; Long Island guano, £4 10s, bags included.