AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2122, 13 February 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce. —Wholesale: Butter, fresh, lOd; butter, salt, 7d to 8d ; Cheese, good local, 5d to 7d ; Canterbury, do., 5d to 6Jd ; Eggs, per dozen, Is ; Lard, per bladder, 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, 6d to 8d; Hams, 6idtoBJd; Canterbury Bacon only, 7d; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, lV.{d to B^d; Hams, 7d; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30% ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail: Milk, per ouart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to Is; salt no., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, per lb., fid to {Id ; Eggs, per doz., Is Gd ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4u ; Ducks, do., 2s Gd to 4s; Geese, do., 5s Gd to 8s; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7s Gd; Bacon, per lb.. 7Ad to Is; Hams, do., 8d to 1* 3d. Hay axd Corn Market.--Wholesale (selling ex store): Maize, local (new), 3s 3d to 3s Gd; Oats, 2s Gd to 2s 8d; Barley, 2s 3d; Malting Barley, 4s ; Wheat, 3s 8d; fowl, 3s to 4s ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 5s to £510s ; Lucern, ditto, £Gto £6 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s; Clover, £G 10s to £7; New Potatoes, £5 per ton. Retail: Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Gs ; New Potatoes, Id to l|d per lb; Maize, 3s to 3s 3d; Oats, do., 2s 9d; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s 6d; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s; Lucern, do., 7s 6d to 8s; Oaten do., Gs to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures.—Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8; Bone-

flour, £9 to £10; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17; Coral Queen do, £5; Long Island do, £4 10a, bags included; Superphosphate of Lime, 26 per cent, to 28 per cent., £G to £6 10s; do., do., 36 per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10 a; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8; 25 per cent., £6; Corn Manure, £8; Root Manure. £8 10s; Grass Manure, £7 10a; Bonedust, £9.

Flour Market.—Wholesale: Soperfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £10 10s; do., do., household, £810s to £910s; hundreds 65., fifties 10s per tun extra, sacks and bags free; Southern, do., £7 10s to £8; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, £7; Southern, do., £710.sto£8; Sharps, £6; Cabin Bread, do., £lo; Oatmeal, do., fill to £12 ; Pearl Barley, do., £19 to £20.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), from Is 7d to Is 8d ; 150° test (duty paid), 2s Id ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to 2s; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; 6ft., 14s; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 pei 100; Puriri Posts, £6 to £7; Shingles, 13s to lRs Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17a to 20s; 6ft., 18s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s; Wire, 6in., £12; 7in., £12 10s; Bin., £13; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buyand

ing selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 110 tons. We quote prioes nominally: Poor ordinary, £30 downwards; fair ordinary, £33 to £35; best, do., £30 upwards; East Coast, £48 to £50 per ton. Flax, per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 10a to £8 10s; Fungus, per lb., 2fd to 3|d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.