AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 44, 10 August 1872, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKETS.

!'k. Alfkkd l'ucKi.ANi/.s .liKPort. —At the Haymarket. on Kiiday last fodder was in fair fii-'i'-iiry at. J:l<o "allies. Horse stock wore in jr.Migu supply; fill goad animals either for light i.r in!.ivy harness were sold. Riding horses were mill of iiiilc. The monthly sale of hump, hidea, mid skins was fully attended with buyers. Sheephi.nis in;iintaiui!(l the previous month's values, t n>lll Sd to \)d the n>, or from 3s lid to G3 each, x 11-, i 1 -villi weight and quniity of wool. The inn , * were, nf liitiill'ei ent quality, and in conseqii.co a loAcr values ; they broiuhi from 3id , i •...-,Stl liiu id., ;.nd one parcel waa witndravvu. •idiup oilered in hrgei- quantities than for several iiioiit.i.s. Al opening of sale prices wore similar t » list, inontli's, liiu, higher rates were given as t ~' ado proceeded, and the sale concluded wkh ;i.i allowance oi' li )s per ton on last months |. i"iis. The price;; given tor good marketable M iii.i:.y varied from ;il)/ l()s to Ml per ton. Provisions. •—Colonial hnin* and bacon are r-v lu.r dull of .sale, aad the consumption of Engis very small. \\'e quote, Comp'oiiN and «Si,icl:iir'tt bicon, d p.-, at Is Id—(inly Id ; hams, it __ I. Wili.sliiio an : Ghe Mar choose, Is. Tuere i> stiil an at-tive ueinau i for potatoes at 11 to \H p j 'in. During .lu.y f>0!) tons were imported. t;<i.d Canto. l»ury bacon has been quieted al Id to SI per Hi ; Canterbury ehoese, Otago oatl.i.al, I-")/ pe. ton. Balt bubter, in kegs, is slow u! ki'o, a , . fn>!ii 8-1 to 0 1 po-.-lb Fish, proven; y I : i.fd herrings, in tins, 38s per doz, 2-dozen tins ; uliite herring, per half oarrel, 3''>s ; lobsters, i,u_'iioii, llsol to I2n per doz ; valine). i, English, I is b" I per do/,; American aalinou, !-;< Co 12d ,'>J ; hirdiuiM, qiiari,ors, 7s per doz ; halves. l'2s per (ii)/, ; l.osi. lien ing, 8s per doz; peari barley, 22s ; split peatt, 28s ; soap yi-llow, Auckland, household, •J if to -iis per ewt. Foreign soaps are subject to ;i duty of 4s 8d per ewt, wnieh cheeks importations. iiKKADsruKKs. —We notice a iiiin tone in the bi'eadsinil's market, whiiiit being a shade higher. Tlie total quan ity of wheat imported during July w.is ~»7i> tons ; Hour, Ob" tons. This is much below coDsuniptit.n. Adelaide wheat is altogether out of tin- market ; its value is estimated at 7s b"d. Sales of ('antcrburv wheat have Ixen made at os 7d to ..v- 0d per bushel. Auckland flour is still quoted at I.V. to 17/. per ton ; Canterbury, 131. to 157.