AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 86, 13 April 1899, Page 2

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Butter: liew Zealand Dairy Association, Anchor Brand and Crown Brand, 1/, wholesale; .first quality dairy, wholesale 7d, retail Do, butter in poor condition 6d wholesale; cheese factory, iid to 5d wholesale; larm ers M to 4',d; " fresh eggs 1/3 per dozen wholesale. 1/6 retail; lard sid; bacon and hams, bare sides Bd, equal numbers Sd; hams Sid to 9cl; clothed id extra. "Flour Market.—Flour, local, wholesale, £S 10/, wheatmeal £8 10/, bran IDOlb ; sacks £3; 1601b sacks £3 2/6; sharps. 2001b sacks. £4 5/; oatmeal £9 per ton, 2°Grafn--oats 1/8, c.if., local dun oats 1/6, fowl wheat 2/5 to 2/6 ex store, sacks included; Southern milling wheat 3/, sacks extra; maize 2/7 on wharf. Grass Seed.—Red clover 6d per lb, superred clover 7d, white clover Sd, super white clover lOd, cow grass, English, 7d; cow grass, colonial, 9d; Alsyke clover Bd, crimson clover Gd, sheep mustard sd, sheep parsley 1/, lucerne 1/, trefoil 4d, birdsfoot trefoil Lotus Corniculatus, 1/6; lotus major 1/6, rib grass 4d, sheep's fescue Bd, meadow fescue' 7d, hard fescue Bd, red fescue 9d, chewing fescue 7d, meadow foxtail 1/3, crested dogstail 1/3, sweet vernal 1/, timothy 4d, poa pratensis 9d, poa trivialis 1/3, poa nemoralis 1/3, poa aquatica 1/2, danthonia 1/3, agrostis vulgaris, red top, 1/; agrostis stolonifera, florin, l/;ratstail 1/2, rape 4d, turnips, various kinds, 8d; cocksfoot, prime seed. 7/ to 7/6 per bushel; Hawke's Bay and Pov. Bay rye grass 5/9 to 6/6, Canterbury rye grass 3/6 to 4/6, Italian rye grass 3/6 to 4/, prairie grass 4/6. Chaff—New £2 per ton at the station. Onions—Good samples £3 to £3 10/ per Potatoes—Prime samples £2.t0 £2 5/ per ton. ~ ■ Coal and Firewood Markets.—Many of the following quotations are nominal:— Newcastle, coal at yard, 28/ to 30/ ton; "Westport 30/, Taupiri, best household delivered, 12 sacks to the ton-Tons 25/, discount 1/ for cash; half tons 13/, discount 6d; quarter, tons 6/9, discount 3d for cash; hundredweights 1/6, no discount. Picked steam, 12 sacks to the ton—Tons 22/, discount 1/ for cash; half tons 11/6, discount 6d for cash; Quarter tons 6/3, discount 3d for cash. Firewood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo 1/ 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, 10/8. Undressed boards, Jin thick, best, 11/6; medium, 9/; second class, 6/6; rough lining boards, gin second class, 6/; lining boards, planed, temgued and grooved, best, 15/6; medium, 12/; second class, 10/; boat boards, specially selected, 15/0 fo rim. 14/6 for gin. Kauri palings, sft, sap, 9/; heart; 11/; U-tres rail £3 10/ per 100; puriri posts, 1/ to 1/6 each; shingles, IS/ per 1000; Hobart palings, sft, 17/; 6ft, 19/; raila, 80/; selling (quotations. Dry pressed bricks, 62/6 per 1000; ordinary brick, .50/ per 1000; fire bricks,. 2Jin. £8; and 3ln, £9 per 1000; fire clay, 60/ per ton; hydraulic lime, 4/ per 3bushel bag. Drain pipes, at works, 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50/ per 1000: 2Jin, 70/; 3in, 90/; 4in, 130/; 6ln, £15 per 1000: 3in socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 7d each; 41n. 9d'; 6in, 1/; 9ln, 2/; 12in, 3/; 15in, 4/6;. 18in, 6/; &Lin, 11/;. 24in, 15/.

Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.'a (New Zealand Drug Company, Limited) Westfield 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).. 610 0 'B' Superphosphate (total phosphates 31 per cent., soluble 26 per cent.), 2cwt sacks 4 8 6 'C Superphosphate (total phosphates 46 per cent., soluble 15 per cent.), 2cwt sacks : 4 15 0 Bonedust (pure) steamed 7 0 0 Bonedust (pure) green 7 0 0 Bonedust atod Blood 6 10 0 Special Boot Manure 9. 7 50 Special Grass Manure 'A' (for Top Dressing) G 15 0 Special Grass Manure 'B' (for Permanent Pasture) 6 15 0 Special Potato Manure 7 00 Special Turnip Manure i. 615 0 Special Rape Manure ;.. 615 0 Special Corn Manure 'A' (for green feed) •••• 615 0 Special Corn Manure \B' (for Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc.) 615 0 Special Maize Manure 'A' (for green f ee( j) 7 00 Special Maize Manure 'B' (for cob maize) ;IVV 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 14 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).. 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 16/cwt Sulphate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt .'. 18/cwt Sulphite of Iron, original sacks about 2cwt 10/cwt Special Garden Manure, 141b bags..l/6each Fowl Grit, 141b bags.coarse medium or fine .l/6each Vitafior 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, "rices subject to alteration without notice. Previous Lists now cancelled. Auckland November 11th. 1898.