AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1809, 9 February 1884, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm ASuPvnn Pnonucc. — "Whole-ale ; Butter, fresh, 8d ; Butter, <^lt, 5d to 7d ; Cheese, good local, od to (id ; Can tui bury, do., Gd to 7d ; Egg-,, per doz., 1& 3d ; Laid, per bladder, 7M ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, 8d to <Jd ; Canterbury Haras and Bacon, 9d, m cloth : Hams only, lid ; Jam's, per cabe, 5 dqz., LI 17-s <id to LI 18-, 3d ; Fowls, per pair, 2s Gd to 4s ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter fiesh, lOd ; salt do., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, colonial, do., l)d to lOd ; Eggh, per do/., Is Gd; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; lowls, each, 2s to 3s ; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; Geese, do., 5--. to jt> ; Tuikeys, do., 5s to 8s (id ; Bacon, per lb., lOd to Is ; Hams,, do., Is to Is 4d. Hay and Cohn Makkki'.— Wholesale : Maize, local, 2s lOd to 3s; Oats, 2.s 5d to 2s 7d ; Wheat, 4s Gd to 4s l)d ; fowl, 3s 3d ; Barley, 2.s !)d to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 5s to 5s 3d (no demand); Hay, meadow, per ton, preyed, LG to LiG 5s ; Lucerne, ditto, LG to L 6 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to LI lOd } Chaff, mixed, L 5 ; Oaten Chaff, LG ; Hay Oaten, Lo to LG ; Clover, L 5 10s to L 7; Potatoes, per ton, L 4 10s to L 6. Retail ; Maize, 3s Gd to 4s ; Oats do., 2s 9d to 3s 3d; Bran, per 1001bf,., G.s ; Sharps, per lOOlbs., Gs ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, Ss Cd to 4s ; Barley, feed do., 3s Gd to 4s ; Hay, perewt., GsGdto7s; Luccmc, do., 7s Gd to 8s; Oaten do., G& to 7s ; Straw, do., 3a to 48 ; Chaff, do., 7s to 8s Gd. KAUBr Grva and Fxax Makket.— The gum market is firm at prices quoted below. Receipts for month to date, about 82 tons. The following quotations approximate to present rates :— Poor ordinary, L3B to L4O; fair to good ordinary, L4O to L 42 ; superior do., L 43 to L 44 ; East Coast, L 57 $o^sB i Flax, per ton, LlB to L2l ; Tow,

do., L 7 to L 9 ; Fungus, per lb., 2^d to 3d ; Cocoanut Fibre, por cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 9d to lOd per lb. Fmjur MAKKEr.— Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, L13 10s; do., do., household, Ll2 10s; hundreds 55., fifties i 105 per tun extra, sacks and bags free ; i Southern, do., LlO 10s to Lll 10s; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, L 5; Southern, do., L 5; Sharps, L 5 ]0j ; Cabin Bread, do., LI 8; Oatmeal do., Ll2 10s to Ll3 ; Pearl Barley, do., L 23 toL24; Bread, per 21b loaf, 3\d. , , TTT ti> „ Sunns.— Lucerne, Is 3d ; White Clover, per lb., Is t > Is, Id ; Red Clover per lb., fld to lOd ; Cowgrass, per lb., Is to Is 2d ; Alsyke, ])er lb., Is to Is 2d ; Trefoil, per lb., 7d to 8d ; Timothy, per lb., 7d ; Rape, per 1))., 4d to od ; Purple-top Aberdeen Turnip, per lb , Is 3d ; Green-top Aberdeen Turnip, perlb., Is 3d; Green Globe Turnip, por lb., Is; Prairie Grass, per bushel, 7s to 8s ; Ryegrass, per bushel, 5s to 6s ; Cocksfoot, per bushel, about Bs. Miscellaneous.— Kerosene, from Is 7d to Is Bd, ordinary brands. Fencing Wire, No. v, 7 ,md 8, assorted, Ll4 los to Lls los per ton ; Lime, blacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Limo, in stone, Is (id to 2s. New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Od to 10s ; Oft., 13s ; Ti-tree Rails, L 2 10s to L 4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, Lb to L 7; ShingK 13s to Kis Ikl per 1,000; Hobart Palings, sft., 13b to 19s ; 6ft., 17s to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 75s to 85s, buying and selling quotations. T « -. a x M.vnuhks.— Bonedubt, Sydney, LB los to L 9, accoiding to quality; Boneflour, L9 lO->; Auckland, L 7 to L8 100 ; Peruvian Guano, L 18; Maiden Island, L8; Huon Guano, small lots, LL r j to LG, bags included ; Huist s Chemical Manure, Ll4 10s.