AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2137, 20 March 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale: Butter, fresh, 8d: butter, salt, 7d to 8d; Cheese, good local, 5d to 7d; Canterbury, do., 5d to 6£d ; Eggs, per dozen, Is 3d; Lard, per bladder, 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, 6d to 8d; Hams, 6Jd to B£d; Canterbury Bacon only, 7d; <squal numbers Hams and Bacon, 6gd to B£d; Hams, 7d ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is 6d to Is 9d per lb. Retail: Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd; salt do., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, per lb., 6d to 9d ; Eggs, per doz., Is Gd ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s 6d to 4s ; Ducks, do., 2s 6d to4s; Geese, do., 5s Gd to 8s; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7s Gd; Bacon, per lb.. 7sd to Is; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d.

Hay and Corn Market.—Wholesale (selling ex store): Maize, local (new), 2a 9d to 3s; Oats, 2s 4d to 2s (id; Bailey, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s ; Wheat, 3s 9d to 4s ; fowl, 3s to 4s ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £45sto£510s ; Lucern, ditto, £G to £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, £S 10a to £7. Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 per ton. Retail: Chaff,. per cwt., 5s to 6s ; Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt.; Maize, 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats, do., 2s 9d; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s 6d; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4s; Hay, per cwt., 6s Gd to 7s; Lucern, do., 7s Gd 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; Boneflour, £9 to £10; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17; Coral Queen do, £3; Long Island do, £4 10s, bags included; Superphosphate of Lime, 2fi per cent, to 28 per cent., £6 to £6 10s; do., do., 36 per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10s; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8; 25 per cent., £o; Corn Manure, £8; Root Manure. £8 10s; Grass Manure, £7 10s; Bonedust, £9.

Seeds. — Retail: Swede and Turnip Seed, Is to Is 3d per lb; Sorghum, Is; Planters' Friend, Is; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgrass— American, lOd ; English, Is; Alsyke, Is Id; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lucern, Is 6d ; Rape, Gd ; Ryegrass (scarce), Gs 6d to 7s Gd per bushel; Cocksfoot, 8s 6d per bushel.

Flour Market.—Wholesale: Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £10 10s; do., do., household, £8 10s to £9 10s; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free; Southern, do., £7 10d to £8; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5 to £510s; Sharps, £6; Cabin Bread, do., £15; Oatmeal, do., £11 to £12 ; Pearl Barley, do., £19 to £20.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), Is 7d ; 150° test (duty paid), 2s; 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 per 100; Puriri Posts, £6 to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to lfis 6d per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; 6ft., 18s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s; Wire, No. 6, £12; No. 7, £12 10s; No. 8, £13; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations.

Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 211 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, £30 downwards; fair ordinary, £34 to £36; best, do., £37 upwards; East Coast, no transactions. Flax, per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 10s to £8 10s; Fungus, per lb., 2|d to 3id ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15e to 17» ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.