AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 75, 1 April 1897, Page 3

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.-Bubber : JNew Zealand Dairy Association, Is wholesale ; Anchor Brand, la wholesale; first quality dairy, wholesale sd. retail 7d; second quality, wholesale 4d, retail 6oi. Gbaese, 4Jd. Fresh eggs, Is 3d per doze, wholesale, 1 8 6d retail. Lard, 4*Jd. Bacon and hams, bare sidos, 7d; equal numbers, 7£d ; hams, B*d to 9d ; debited, id exbra.

Floor Market.—Flour, wholesale, £12; whea.meal, £12; bran, IGOIb sacks, £3 ss, 1601b sacks, £3 2s 6d ; sharps, 2001b EAcks,-£3 15s ; oatmeal, £ll 10s por ton 25's. Grain.—Southern feod eats, 2s2|d, c.i.f.* sacks included, 2s 5d ex store; fowl wheat, 3s lid, sacks included ; local milling wheat, 4», sacks extra; Southern milling wheat, 3s 9d, sacks extra ; maize, 2s 7d to 2s 7*£ d ; pearl barley, £12 10s por ton wholesale.

Potatoes, beab samples, £4 10e, Southern ; £3 10s, local.

Grass and Ci_ovrr Seeds.—Red clover, 7d per lb ; white clover, 9d bo 10d lb ; cow grass, English, 8d lb ; cow graa,., colonial, 9d lb ; alsike clover, 7d to B<l lb ; crimson clover, 6d lb ; sheep mustard, 5d lb ; sheep parsley, Is lb ; Lucerne, la lb; trefoil, 5d lb; birdsfoot; trefoil, Is Gd lb ; lutuc major, Is 9.1 lb ; rib grass, Sd lb; sheep's fescue, 8d lb; meadow fes cue, 8d lb; hard fescue, 7d lb ; red fescue, 9a lb ; chewing fescue, 7d to 8d lb ; meadow foxtail, Is scl lb; crested dogstail, Is 5d to Is 6d lb; sweet vernal, la ; Timothy, 5d lb ; poa pratensis, 9d lb • poa trivialis, Is 4d lb ; poa aquatica, Is lb ; agroatU vulgaris, lOd lb ; ngrosbis atolonifora, lOd lb; cocksfoot, 8s oor bushel; Poverty Bay ryegrass,* 5s 6d to 6s per bushel; Canterbury ryegrass, 4a to 4s 9d per bushel; Pacey's English per. ryegrass, 5s per bushel; Italian ryegrass, 4s to 4s 6d per bushel ; prairie grass, 4s 6d per bushel. CeAL an» FiitEWeoD Market.—Many cf tho following quotations are Neruinal :— Newcastle coal ab yard, 28s to 30s ton ; Waikato, at mines, Se \o Via ; bown, .18s to 22s ; Taupiri, at mine, 8a to 12* ; at Auckland, steam, 29..; houaeheW, delivered, 24» to 255. Fireweod : Une'.t!, nt wharf, cargo, 9o to 10s ten ; delivered, 12s to 15s; cub, 13* to lbs.

Beir/BING Materials.—-PrL;es are nemin ally as follows :—-Timber: Beard? and scaatliftg, undres-Kid, 108fb baai, Ms ; medium, 10s 6d ; second-class, 8s 6d ; best planed, teegMftd and grooved, first-cl.'.ss, 16s ; medium, 12s 6_- ; second-class, 3Da 6s! ; rusticated weatker - boards, firi.t-class, 16i ; medium, 12* 6d ; necoitd c*ttss, 10s 6cl. Undrefsod boards, thick ; boat 11a 6d ; medium, 9s ; second-class, 6>. 6d ; rough liniag boards, fin, second-elans, 6s ; lining beards, planed, tongued and grooved, best, 15s 6d ; medium, 12s ; second-class, 10» ; boat boardf, specially selected, 15n 6d for _ inch ; 14s 6d for _ i»ck. Kauri palings, 5 feet (aap), 9a; (heart), lie; ti-treo rail, £3 10s per 100; puriri pests, lis to Is 6d each; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobarb p»li__g«, sft, 16s; Oft, 17s; rails, 80* ; celling quotations. Dry pi-essod brick?, 52s 6d per 1,000 ; ordinary brick**, 50s per 1,099 ; fire bricks, 2£in £8, asd 3in £9, por 1,000 ; firo clay, 60s per toa ; hydraulic linao, 4s per 3 bushel bag. Uraiw pipes, ab works, 2in drain tiles, 12im lengths, 50s por 1,000: 2iin, 70a ; 3in, 90s; 4in, 130o; 6in, £15 per 1,000; 3in socket pipes, 2ft length.?, 7d each ; 4it>, 9.. ; 6in, Is ; 9in, 2s ; 12ia, 3s ; 15in, 4a 6d ; 18in, 6a ; 21in, lis ; 24ia, 15s.

MANURES. — Bonedusb sad bonoflour; Sydney, £5 10s to £6, according te quality ; Auckland, £6; Long Island guano, £4 10s, bags included.

Kempthome, Prosser, and Co.'a. (New Zealand Drug Company, Limited) Westfisld manures reduced price list, season 1895----96:— 1 Ton* £s. d. •A' Snperphoiphate (toted phosphates 40 per cenb., soluble 32-34 per cent., 1_ per cent, ammonia) 5 2 6 •B' Superphosphate (total phosphates 31 per cent., soluble 26 per cent.), 2cwb. sacks 4 3 6 'C Superphosphate (total phosphates 46 per cent., soluble 15 per cent.), 2cwb. sacks 4 9 0 Bonedußt (pure) steamed 6 10 0 Bonedust (pare) green ... .-. 610 0 Bonedust and Blood 5 12 6 Special Root Manure 6 10 0 Special Grass Manure 'A' (For Top Dressing) 6 10 0 Special Grass Manure 'B' (For Permanent Pasture) 6 10 0 Special Potato Manure 6 10 0 Special Turnip Manure 6 10 0 Special Rape Manure 6 10 0 Special Com Manure 6 10 0 Special Maize Manure 6 10 0 Special Orchard Manure • A,'for youngtrees 7 10 0 Special Orchard Manure 'B,' for fruit formation ••• 7 10 0 Special Clover Manure 6 10 0 Special Onion Manure 7 10 0 Special Sugar Beet Manure ... 810 0 Sulphate of Ammonia 15 0 0 Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt. sacks (63 per cent, phosphate of lime) 4 8 6 Kainib, original sacks aboub 2cwb. 4 10 0 Nitrate of Soda (original Backs about 2cwt.) 15/-per cwb. Muriate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt 16/-percwt. Sulphate of Potash, original casks about 2 cwb 0 18 0 Sulphate of Iron, original casks abonb3cwt 10/-percwt. Special Garden Manure, 141 b. bags. 1/6 each. Fowl Grit, 141b. bags, coarse medium or fine 1/6 each. Pure linseed Oil Cake, fine crashed, or, if required, rough crushed, or, in whole cake, l_jowti. sacks (per _,_..__. ... 8 SO ton) , . t , _ Discount less 2, per cenb. for cash. Freriona lists now cancelled. Prices subject bo alteration without notice.