AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 9 February 1899, Page 3

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Butter: New Zealand Dairy Association, Anchor Brand and Crown Brand, lOd wholesale; first quality dairy, wholesale Sd, retail 7d; cheese, factory. 4£d to 5d wholesale; farm ers', 4d to 4d; fresh eggs 9d per dozen wholesale, lid retail ; f iard 5Jd; bacon and hams, bare sides l\d, equal numbers Sd; hams %\d to 9d; clothed. Id extra. Flour Market.—Flour, local, wholesale, £9 10/, wheatmeal £9 10/, hran 1001b sacks £3; 1601b sacks £3 2/6; sharps, 2001b sacks, £4 5/; oatmeal £12 per ton 25's, £12 10/ 7's. Grain—Oats 1/11 to 2/, c.i.f., local dun oats 1/6 to 1/7, fowl wheat 2/6 ex store, sacks included; Southern milling wheat 3/, sacks extra; maize 2/9 to 2/10 on wharf, 3/ to 3A ex store. Chaff—Old £3 15/ ton, new £2 10/ at the station. Onions — New crop silverskfns Jd lb, potato onions 4/ to 5/ cwt. Potatoes—Prime samples £3 per ton, medium £2 10/.

Coal and Firewood Markets.—Many of the following quotations are nominal:— Newcastle coal at yard, 28/-to 30/ ton; Westport, 30/; Taupiri, at mine, steam, 6/; house. 7/; at Auckland, steam, 17/; household, delivered, 21/- Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo, 7/ to 9/ ton; delivered, 12/ to 14/; cut, 13/ to 16/.

Building Materials.—Prices are 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, 12/6; second class, 10/6; rusticated weather-boards, first class, 16/; medium, 12/6; second class, 10/6. Undressed boards, Jin thick, best. 11/6; medium, 9/; second class, 6/6; rough lining boards, iin second class, 6/; lining boards, planed, tongued and grooved, best, 15/6; medium, 12/; second class, 10/; boat boards, specially selected, 15/6 fo rjin, 14/6 for lin. Kauri palings, sft, sap, 9/; heart, 11/; tl-tree rail, £3 10/ per 100; purlri posts, 1/ to 1/6 each; shingles, 13/ per 1000; Hobart palings, sft, 17/; 6ft, 19/; rails, 80/; selling quotations. Dry pressed bricks, 52/6 per 1000; ordinary brick, 50/ per 1000; fire bricks, 21in, £8; and 3in, £9 per 1000; fire clay, 60/ per ton; hydraulic lime, 4/ per 3bushel bag. Drain pipes, at works, 21n drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50/ per 1000; 2-Jin, 70/; 3in, 90/; 4in. ISO/; 6in, £15 per 1000; 3in socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 7d each; 4in, 9d; 6ln, 1/; 9in,-2/; 12In, ?/; 15in, 4/6; 18in, 6/; 21in, 13/; 24in. 15/.

Kempthorne. Prosser and Co.'s (New Zealand Drug Company, Limited) Westfleld manures price list, season 1899:—

One Ton £ s d 'A' Superphosphate (total phosphates 40 per cent., soluble 32.34 per cent., 1J per cent, ammonia).. 510 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 60 Special Grass Manure 'A' (for Top Dressing) .••i:""^"" 615 ° Special Grass Manure 'B' (for Permanent -Pasture) 6 15 0 Special Potato Manure 7 00 Special Turnip Manure ~. 615 0 Special Rape Manure 6 15 0 Special Corn Manure 'A* (for gTeeh feed) 6 15 0 Special Corn Manure 'B' (for Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc.) 615 0 Special Maize Manure 'A' (for green feed) 7 00 Special Maize Manure 'B' (for cob maize) * ' " Special Orchard Manure 'A' (for young trees) ;••••■/,- "w ° Special Orchard Manure 'B' (for fruit formation) J 10 o Special Clover Manure 6 15 0 Special Onion Manure 7 10 0 Special Sugar Beet Manure 8 10 0 Sulphate of Ammonia ,••••>" " 0Q Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt sacks (63 per cent, phosphate of 1ime)...;.. 415 0 Rumrise Island Guano, 2cwt sacks («?« cent, phosphate of lime).. 316 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 .•••; V 16/cwt Sulphate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt • :• Wcwt Sulphate of Iron, original sacks about 2cwt 10/cwt Special Garden Manure, 141b bags.. 1/6 each Fowl Grit, 141b bags.coarse medium or fine l/6each Vitaflor for Pot Plants, lib tins ....6d each Linseed Oil Cake, fine crushed, medium or whole cake, per ton 9 15 0 Discount lfess 2J per cent, for cash, trices subject to alteration without notice. Previous Lists now cancelled. Auckland November Uth, IS3B.