AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1899, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

25's, fUWj* cif/ local dun ton-Os wheat 2/5 to 2/6 ex store, Ss (ncludlu; Southern milling wheat 3/, hi vern?i^n« l/l poaT'nomoralis 1/3, poa poa trivialis l/6> X ,„ t/t nfrro<?tis vulSqarttc. p l/2/J^onta 1/3, agrosto v£ garisT red top, V> ** • 4d turnips, florin, l/;^tstail p o e t ; lxne see d, 7? rtr?/ 6 k pner'bSbS Hawked Bay and

Pov. Bay rye grass 5/9 to 6/6, Canterbury rye grass 3/6 to 4/6, Italian rye grass 3/6 to 4/, prairie grass 4/6.Chaff—New £2 per ton at the station. Onions—Onions 4/ to 4/10 cwt.

Potatoes—Prime samples £2 5/ per ton.

Coal and Firewood Markets.—Many of the following quotations are' nominal:— Newcastle coal at yard, 28/ to 30/ ton; Westport 30/. Taupiri, best household, delivered, 12 sacks to ■ the ton—Tons 25/, discount 1/ for cash; half tons 13/, discount 6d; quarter tons 6/9, discount 3d for cash: hundredweights 1/6, no discount. Picked steam, 12 sacks to the ton—Tons 22/, discount 1/ for cash; half tons 11/6 discount Cd for cash; Quarter tons 6/3, discount 3d for cash. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo 7/ to 9/ ton; delivered 12/ to 14/; cut 13/ to 16/. Building Materials.—Prices are nominally as follows: — Timber: Boards and scantling, undressed, 100 ft best, 14/; medium, 10/6; second class, 8/6; best planed, tongued and grooved, first class, 16/; medium 12/6; second class, 10/6; rusticated weather-boards, first class, 16/; medium, 12/6- second class, 10/6. Undressed boards, Mn thicli best, 11/6; medium, 9/; second class 6/6; rough lining boards, gin second class, 6/; lining boards, planed, tongued and grooved, best, 15/6; medium, 12/; second class, 10/; boat boards, specially selected, 15/6 fo rjin, 14/6 for iin. Kauri palings, sft, sap, 9/; heart, 11/; tl-tree rail £3 10/ per 100; purirl posts, 1/ to 1/6 each; shingles, 13/ per 1000; Hobart palings, sft, 17/; 6ft, 19/; rails, 80/; selling quotations. Dry pressed bricks, 52/6 per 1000: ordinary brick, 50/ per 1000; fire bricks 2Mn, £8: and^ 3in, £9 per 1000; fire clay 60/ per ton; hydraulic lime, 4/ per 3bushel bag. Drain pipes, at works 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50/ per 1000; Ljin, 70/- Sin 90/; 4in, 130/; 6in, £15 per 1000: 3in socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 7d each; 4in f 9d; Sin 1/; 9ln, 2/; 12in, 3/; loin, 4/6; 18in, 6/; 21in, 11/; 24in, 15/.

Kempth'orne, Prosser and Co.'s (New Zealand Drug Company, Limited) Westfield manures price list, season 1899:—