AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 262, 11 November 1897, Page 3

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

■7^wS a2P. Dai** PRO-uo-.-Butter: New S^J 1^ asocia.ion>, 10d wholesale; _v.w ? r_ lnd! 10d wholesale; first quality dairy, wholesale 6d, retail 8d; second- quality S^W 8 id' Pm 6d 5 cheese, _id to sd; fresh eggs, 6d per dozen Avholesale, Bdretail; lard. 4_d; bacon and hams, bare sides, 7d; equai ext?a erS' 4 ; ams' mto 9d5 clotted? id

Floor Market.--Flour, wholesale, £12 10s • whcatmeal. £12 10s; bran,' 1001b sacks, £3 15s 1601b sacks ££123 Gd; sharps, 2001b sacks, £3 15s; oatmeal, £10 10s per ton 25's. a AIN.-Southern feed oats, 2s 7d ex store ; seed Tartars and Duns, 3a 3d; Seed Sparrowbft,23 |d to2s9d; foav! wheat, 4s, sacks included; Southern milling wheat, 4s 6d, sacks extra; maize, 2s; seed maize 2s 2d ex store Potatoes. — Southern table, £3 to £3 5s per ton, ex store. * *v.Co/n AN. D Firewood Markets.—Many of the following quotations are nominal castle coal at yard, 28s to 30s ton ; Waikato, at mines, 8s to 12s; town, 18s to 225; Taupiri at mine, 8s to 12s; at Auckland, steam, 20s; household delivered, 24s to 255. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo, 7s to 9s ton; delivered, 12s to 14s; cut, 13s to 16s, n_.B£_iif, r, NG MATERiALS^-Prices are nominally as follows •.-Timber: Boards and scantling, undressed, 100 ft best, 14s; medium, 10s Gd second-class, 8s Gd; best planed, tongued and grooved first-class, 16s; medium, 12s 6d; second-class, 10s Gd; rusticated Aveather-boards, first-class 16s; medium, 12s Gd; second-class, 10s Gd. Undressed boards, $in thick, best, lis Gd; medium, 9s; second-class, Gs 6d; rough lining boards, i|in, second-class, Gs; lining boards, planed, tongued and grooved, best, 15s fad; medium, 12s; second-clas3, 10s; boat boards, specially selected, 13s Gd for .in; 14s Gd, forfin. Kauri palings, 5 feet (sap) 9s, (heart) lis; ti-tree rail, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, Is to Is 6d each'; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, sft, lGs; 6ft, 17s; rails, 80s; selling quotations. Dry pressed bricks, 52s Cd per 1,000; ordinary brick, 50s per 1,000; fire bricks, 2iin £8, and 3in £0, per 1,000; fire clay, 60s per ton; hydraulic lime, 4s per 3 bushel bag. Drain pipes, at Avorks, 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per. 1,000 ; 2-Un, 70s; Sin, 90s ; 4in, 130s; 6in, £15 per 1,000; 3m socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 7d each ; 4in, <Jd; 6in, Is; 9in, 2s ; 12in, 3s; loin, 4s 6d; 18in, 6s ; 2lin, lis; 24in, 15s. Manures.—Bonedust and boneflour: Sydney, £6 to £6 10s; according to quality : Auckland, £7; Long Island guano, £4 10s, bags included. Kempthorne, Prosser and.Co.'s (New Zealand Drug Company, Limited) Westfield manures price list, season 1897 '■— lTon. £s.d. A ' Superphosphate (total phosphates 40 per cent., soluble 3234 per cent., IJper cent, ammonia) .. 5 2 6 " B " Superphosphates (total phosphates 31 per cent., soluble 26 per cent.), 2cwt sacks 435 "C" Superphosphate (total phosphates 46 per cent., soluble 15 per cent.), 2cwt sacks 4 90 Bonedust (pure) steamed .. .... 7 00 Bonedust (pure) green 7 0 0 Bonedust and Blood 6 5 0 Special Root Manure 7 0 0 Special Grass Manure "A" (For Top Dressing) 6 10 0 Special Grass Manure "B" (for Permanent Pasture) _ 610 0 Special Potato Manure 7 00 Special Turnip Manure .6100 Special Rape Manure 6 10 0 Special Corn Manure 6 10 0 Special Maize Manure 7 0 0 Special Orchard Manure "A" (for young trees) 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 or Ammonia 110 0 Coral Queen Guano. 2cAvt. sacks (63 per cent phosphate of lime) 4 15 0 Kainit, original sacks about 2cwt .. 4 10 0 Nitrate of Soda (original sacks about 2cAvt) 14s per cwt Muriate of Potash, original sacks about 2cAvt .. 16s per cwt Sulphate of Potash, original casks about 2cwt 0 18 0 Sulphate of Iron, original casks about 3c wt lOspercAvt Special Garden Manure, 14tb bags.. Is 6d each Fowl Grit, 141b bags, coarse medium or fine Is 6d each Pure linseed Oil Cake, fine crushed, or if required, rough crushed, or in .vhole cake, licAvt, sacks (per ton) .. ..800 Discount less 2J per cent, for cash. Prices subject to alteration Avithout notice.