COMMERCIAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7904, 24 March 1887, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

Nkw Zealand Ex&aUs Office, Wediuwday evening. The Customs duties to-day amounted to £S7l 13s 3d. Business circles are without Animation, and there appears no reoovery In the general state of trade. The salvage sales are .causing attention, and in the present fearfully out up state of business there will doubtless be> many having sharp eyes for bargains. \ We hear of the sale of a large parct>l of olover seed. Cablp advices of a further drop Jn tallow, and a drooping market in London have been received. Maize is worth 3a'6d to 3s 9d ; oats, jjs to 2s 3d ; milling wheat, :ji 9d : fowl wheat scarce ; potatoes, £4 10s. In the locnl produce market prices renain unchanged. Butter is quoted at 8d pa:* lb wholesale by some, and lOd by others. .The retail prices exceed the wholesale by 2d per* Ab. Eggs are scarce, and remain at Is 6d per doz».*t, though the rise is diminishing the demand In certain quarters. The retail price is Is 9d petdozen, S

KAURI GUM MARKET.

This market is much woakor. Supplies for the 23 days ot M*rch amount to 474 tons. We quote : Fair ordinary, 36s to 40s ; best ordinary, free from swamp, 455; and Evst Coast, 55s to 565. THE AUCKLAND MARKETS. (Corrected up to noon of Wednesday.) Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale: Butter fresh, 8d to lOd per lb, according to quality; salt, 6Jd, nominal, not being In demand; Cheese, good local, 6J to Cid: Canterbury, do., none; Eggs, per do*., Is Cd ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., 6Jd to 7d ; Bacon and H.°.ms, Provincial, 6d to Sd; Hams, Cid to BJd: Canterbury Bacon 7d (new cure); equal numbers Eamsand Bacon, bare, 7jd ; Hams, BJd ; Jams, per case, 5 doz.. *7s 6dto3os; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 8s 66d ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected. Is 6d to Is 9d per lb. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, lOd and Is per lb. ; salt do., prime, 6id to 7id ; inferior salt, 3d to 6d; Cheese, per lb. Cd to Is; Eggs, per dos., Is 9d; Lard, per lb, Cd to 9d; Fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3i: Geese, do., 5s to 7s; Turkeys, each, 6s to 7s 6d Bacon, per lb.. 7id to la : Hams, do., 8d to Li 3d. Flour Marxet,— Wholesale: Boiler Flour, per ton, £12 5s ; Superfine Floor, silk diessed, £12; uo., household, £11 (sacks free): Southern, do., £9 15s to £10 10s ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5; Sharps, £5 10a to £6; Cabin Bread, do., £15 : Oatmeal £13; Pearl Barley do., £17 10s to 418 ; Patent Porridge Meal, £13 15s. Garden asd Orchard Produce.— Wholwis: Apples, 6s 6d to 9s per case; 2d to 3d por lb.; Lemons, per doz., up to Is Id ; Onions, per lb., Id; Celery, per doz., 2s; Garlic, 3d per lb.; Pumpkin, 8« Cd per cwt; Cocoannts, 6s to 10s per sack; Oranges, 9d per doz., 9s Cd per case ; Bananas, 2d to 3d. Retail: Lemons, up to is per doz; Onions, per lb.. 2d ; Apples, per lb., 3d to 6a ; Oranges, Is to Is 3d per doz.; Celery, per bundle, 2d to 3d: Pumpkin, per lb, 2d ; Bananas, 3d to 4d; Garlic, Cd per lb.; Cocoannts, 2d to 3d each. Hay and CornMarket.—TPfiolsicis (current selling rates): Maize, local, 3s Cd to 3s 9d ; Oats, 2s to Is 3d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Carlo;, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 38 9d ; fowl, scarce ; Hay, meadow, per ton, presold £4 to £5 ; Lucerne, do., £6 to £6 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s; Oaten Chaff, £4; Hay. oaten. £4 to £4 10s: Clover. £6 10s to £7; Potatoes, £4 per ton. Retail: Chaff, 5s to 6s; Potatoes, 5s 6d to 6s per cwt.; Maize, 3i 3d to 4s ; Oats, feed, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; seed, 8a 3d to 8s 6d ; Wheat. 4i 3d do. fowl, per bushel, scarce. Barley, feed do., 3s 3d to 3s 63 ; Bay, per cwt., 6s Cd to 7s; Lucerne, do., 7s ed to 8s ; Oaten, do., 8a to 7s; (Straw, do., 3s to it. Kauri Gum and Flax Market.—Supplies for the twenty-three days In March, 474 tons. We quote prices: fair Ordinary, £38 to £40; East Coast, £55 ui £56; Superior Ordinary (free from swamp), £45. Flax per ton, £14 to £17 ; Tow, do., £5 to £7 ; Fungus, per lb., 2}d to aid; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., lis to 17s; Beeswax 7d to 9d per lb. M-Ebosxlaneocs.—Kerosene. 130' test (duty paid) from Is 6d to Is 6; 150-test (duty paid), Is9dtolslod; Fencing Wire, No. 6, 7, and 8, assorted, £18. £13 10s, and £12 respectively per ton ; Limo, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick lime, in stone, Is 6d to '2s. New Zealand Palings, 6ft., 7s 6d to 13s ; 6ft., 14b ; Ti-tree Bails, £2 10s to £4 por 100; Purfri Posts, £8 to £7; Shingles, 13s to 16s 6d per 1000; Bobart Palings, 6ft., 17s to 265; 6ft.. 18s to Sis; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, 61n., £.2 ; 71n., £12 10s ; Sin , £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying anu selling quotations. Manures.—Boneduat, Sydney, prime, £810s to £9 inferior, £7 15s to £8; Boneflonr, £9 to £19 ; Auckland £8; Peruvian guano, £14 14s to £17; Coral Queen do., £6; Long Island do.. £4 Ms, bags Included; Superphosphate of Lime, 26 per cent, to 28 per cent. £6 to £6 10s; do., do., 86 per cent, to 39 per cent. £8 to £8 10s ; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 por cent., £8 ; do. do., 25 percent., £6; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure £8 10s; Potato Manure, £8 10s per ton; Bone Manure £8 ; OrasaManure, £7 16s ; Boncdust, £8 103. Butchers' Meat.— : Roasting Beef, per lb, 3d to 6d ; Boiling Beef, do., lid to 3d ; Mutton, hindquarter, do., 3d ; do., fore-quarter, do., 1 id to 2d ; Pork and Veal, per lb., 3d to 6d; Steaks do., 4d to 8d; Mutton Chops, 3d to <d; Sausages. 2d to 6d. WhoUtale: Tallow, mutton, per cwt., 18* to 21s ; Btef and mixed, do., 14s to 16s. Building Materials.—: Boards and Scantling, 100 ft.. 10s to 12s, best dressed, 16s to 16i; second class, 7s to 10s ; rustic weathe; boards, 16s to 16s. Mills: Gorge, best, 9s to 12s second class, 6s to Bs. Balk, 5s to 6s. Bricks (at Whau), 303 to 40s; Town Yards. 35s to £2 per 1000. Lime, - Is to Is 6d per bushel Drain Pipes, per 1000, 0 inches boro, £16; 4 inches, £7 10d; 3 Inches, £6; 2 Inches, £2 10s per 1000; Socket Glazed Pipes, 18 inches, 4s ; 16 inches, 4s 6d : 12 inches, 3s; 9 inches, 2; 6 inches, If; 4 inches, 9d ; 3 inches, 7d per foot; English slates, £1 1 por 1000. New Zealand Flax Rope.— subject to trade terms. Rope of all sixes, per ton, £36 to £40; Tarre 7am do., £36 to £10 ; Wool Lashing, do., £36 to £38. Preserved and Dried Fruits. — Wholesale: Dried Prunes, 6Jd to 7d: Preserved Ginger, 8d; Peanuts, 2d to 3Jd ; Barcelona, per lb.; Shelled Nuts, 9d to Is; Brazil. 6d to Dd. Retail: Dried Prunes, 8d to lOd; Snellen Nuts. Is to Is Od: Brazil. 3d to la. Goal and Firewood Market—Coal: 'Newcastle (ship's side), cargo, 22a Cd to 25s per ton ; yard, 28s to Sis ; Bay of Islands, at yards, 22s 6df screened, 265; ditto at the mine, 13s; ship's side. 20s; Waikato, steam Bs, household, 12s; in Auckland, ISs to 225. Kamo, 10s per ton at loading ground. TanEiri . at mine, 8s to 12s; at yard (steam), 17s cd, household, 22a. Wbangarei, at mine, Us 6d; yard (steam), 17s; household, 20s. Firewood: Uncut at

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