AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 302, 22 December 1898, Page 2

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Butter: New Zealand Dairy Association, lOd wholesale; Anchor Brand, lOd wholesale; first quality dairy, wholesale sd, retail 7d; ' cheese, factory, i!;d to 5d wholesale; farm i ers', 4d to Id; fresh egg's Td j per dozen wholesale, 9d retail; ' lard s}d; bacon and hams, bare sides Td, equal numbers, 7d l-3rd; hams j Sid to 9d; clothed, Jd extra. ] Flour Market.—Flour, local, wholesale, 1 £11, wheatmeal £11. bran lOOlfc ; sacks, £4; 1601b sacks, £3 17/6; sharps, j 2001b sacks £1 15/; oatmeal £12 per ton | 25's, £13 10/ for 7's. i Grain—Oais 2/2 to 2/3c.i.f,fowl wheat 3/2 Ito 8/3, sacks included; Southern nuTdng | wheat 3/6 to 3/!), sacks extra; maize 2/10 on 1 wharf. Chaff.—£3 15/ to £4 per ton, at the station. Unions—New crop 7/ to 9/ cwt. Potatoes—Prime samples new kidneys £4 10/ to £5 per ton. Coal and Firewood Markets.—Many of I the following quotations are nominal:— | Newcastle coal at yard, 2S/ to 30/ ton; I Westport, 30/; Taupiri, at mine, steam, I G/; house. 7/; at Auckland, steam, 17/; | household, delivered, 21/. Firewood: UnJ cut, at wharf, cargo, 7/ to 9/ ton; delivered. 12/ to IV; cut, 13/ to 16/. Building Materials.—Prices arc nominally as follows: — Timber: Boards and scantling, undressed, 100 ft best, 14/. medium, 10/6; second class, 8/6; best planed, tongued and grooved, first class, 16/; medium, 12/G; second class, 10/6; rusticated weather-boards, tirst class, 16/; medium, 12/6; second class, 10/6. Undressed boards, iin thick, best. 11/tJ; medium, 9/; second class, 6/G; rough lining boards, gin second class, 6/; lining boards, planed, tongued and grooved, best, 15/0; medium, 12/; second class, 10/; boat boards, specially selected, 15/6 fo rim, 14/6 for gin. Kauri palings, sft, sap, 9/; heart, 11/; ti-tree rail, £3 10/ per 100; puriri posts, 1/ to 1/6 each: shingles, 13/ per 1000; Hobart palings, sft, 17/: 6ft. 19/; rails, SO/; selling j quotations. Dry pressed bricks, 52/6 per 1000; ordinary brick, 50/ per 1000; tiro bricks, 2iin, £S; and 3in, £9 per 1000; tire j clay, GO/ per ton: hydraulic lime, 4/ per 3- | bushel bag. Drain pipes, at works, 2in ! drain tiles', 12in lengths, 50/ per 1000; 2*in. j 70/: Sin, 90/; 4in. 130/; Gin, £15 per 1000: 3ia socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 7d each; tin, 9d; 6in, 1/; 9in. 2/; 12in, 3/; 15in, 4/6; ISm, G/; 21in, 11/; 24in, 15/. Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.'s (New 2ealand Drug Company, Limited) 'Westfield manures price list, season 189S:— One Ton £ s d 'A' Superphosphate (total phosphates 40 per cent., soluble 32.34 per cent., 1A per cent, ammonia).. 5 10 0 'B' Superphosphate (total phosphates 31 per cent, soluble 26 per cent.), 2cwt sacks 4 86 'C Superphosphate (total phosphates 46 per cent., soluble 15 per cent.), 2cwt sacks 4 15 0 Bonedust (pure) steamed 7 00 Bonedust (pure) green 7 00 Bonedust and Blood 6 10 0 Special Root Manure 7 50 Special Grass Manure "A' (for Top Dressing) 6 15 0 Special Grass Manure 'B' (for Permanent Pasture) 6 15 0 Special Potato Manure 7 0 0 Special Turnip Manure 6 15 0 Special Rape Manure 6 15 0 Special Corn Manure 'A' (for green feed) '. 6 15 0 Special Corn Manure 'B' (for Wheat. Oats,. Barley, etc.) 615 0 Special Maize Manure 'A' (forgreen feed) 7 0 0 Special Maize Manure 'B' (for cob maize) 7 00 Special Orchard Manure 'A' (for young trees) 7 10 0 Special Orchard Manure 'B' (for fruit formation) 7 10 0 Special Clover Manure 6 15 0 Special Onion Manure 7 10 0 Special Sugar Beet Manure 8 10 0 Sulphate of Ammonia l-j 0 0 Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt sacks (63 per cent, phosphate of lime) 4 15 0 Surprise Island Guano, 2cwt sacks (47 per cent, phosphate of lime).. ?, 16 0 Kainit, original sacks about 2cwt.. 4 7 6 Nitrate of Soda, original sacks about 2cwt 14/cwt Muriate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt 16/cwt Sulphate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt 18/cwt Sulphate of Iron, original sacks about 2cwt 10/cwt Special Garden Manure, IMb bags..l/6each Fowl Grit. 141b bags,coarse medium or fine 1/6 each Vitaflor for Pot Plants, lib tins 6d each Linseed Oil Cake, fine crushed, medium or whole cake, per ton 9 15 0 Discount less 2i per cent, for cash. Prices subject to alteration without notice. Previous Lists now cancelled. Auckland November 11th. IS9S.