AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 278, 23 November 1899, Page 3

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Farm and Dairy Produce.—Butter: Now Zealand Dairy Association, Anchor, and Crown brands, lid lb. Mercantile brand l()d wholesale; dairy butter, wholesale, 6d, retail Bd. second quality 5d wholesale; fresh . eggs, fid per dozen wholesale; lard in bladders 43d lb, in lib packets siu; cheese, farmers', 4d lb, factory do., export and medium size. 4_d to 4_d. loaf 41d to sd; bacon and hams. Green's Canterbury sides, Gd, equal numbers GJd; hams 7_d, in single cloth, double cloth. Id extra. Flour Market.—Flour, local, wholesale, £7 TO/, wheatmeal £7 10/, bran 1001b sacks £3 15/. 1601b sacks £3 17/6; sharps, 2001b sacks. £4; oatmeal, £10 10/ per ton, 25's, £12 for 7's,

Grain—Oats 2/2 to 2/3 c.i.f.; fowl wheat 2/10. ex store, sacks included: Southern milling wheat 2/10 to 3/. sacks extra; maize 2/8 on wharf. Chaff—£l 15/ to £2 per ton at the station. _ ,

Onions-California. £12 to £14 per ton. Potatoes--Prime samples Southern, £1 10/ to £2 per ton: prime new ltidney, 3/ to 4/ cwt. Coal and Firewood Markets.—Many of the following quotations are nominal:— Newcastle coal at yard, 28/ to 30/ ton; Westport 30/, Tauplri, hest 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 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, IG/; medium 12/6; second class, 10/6; rusticated weather-boards, first class, 16/; medium, 12/6- second class, 10/6. Undressed boards, _ln thick, best, 11/6; medium, 9/; second class, 6/6; rough lining boards, gin second class, 6/; lining boards, planed, tongued and grooved, best, 15/6; medium, 12/; second class, 10/; boat boards, specially selected 15/6 fo r_ln, 14/6 for gin. Kauri palings, sft, sap, V; heart, 11/; tl-tre_ rail £3 10/ per 100; puriri posts, 1/ to 1/6 each; shingles, 13/ per 1000: Hobart palings, sft, 17/; 6ft, 19/; rails, 80/; selling quotations. Dry Dressed bricks. 52/6 per 1000' ordinary brick, 60/ per 1000; fire bricks 2_in. £8; and 3in, £9 per 1000: fire clay 60/ per ton; hydraulic lime, 4/ per 3busliel bag. Drain pipes, at works, 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50/ per 1000: '.in, 70/- 3in, 90/; 4in, 130/; 6ln, £15 per 1000: Sin socket pipes, 2ft lengths, 7d each; 4in. 9d; 6in 1/: 9ln, 2/; 12in. 3/; 15in, 4/6; Win, 6/; 21in, 11/; 241 n, 15/.

Kempthorne. Prosser & Co.'s New Zealand Drug Company. Limited. Westfield manures price list, season 1899: — One Ton £ 8 d 'A' Superphosphate (total phosphates 40 per cent., soluble 32.34 per cent., 1_ 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 Mineral Superphosphate (total phosphates 38 per cent., soluble 30 per cent.), 2cwt sacks 5 0 0 Bonedust (pure) steamed 7 0 0 Bonedust (pure) green 7 0 0 Bonedust and 8100 d.... 6 10 0 Special Root Manure 7 0 Oj Special Grass Manure 'A' (for Top Dressing) G 1' " Special Grass Manure 'B' (for Permanent Pasture) 6 15 0 Special Potato Manure 7 00 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 16 0 j Special Onion Manure 7 10 0 I Special Sugar Beet Manure 8 10 0 i Sulphate of Ammonia 14 0 0 i Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt sacks (50 per cent, phosphate of lime) 4 5 0 Surprise Island Guano, 2cwt sacks | (37 per cent, phosphate of lime) 3 8 6 j (f.0.b.. Onehunga, £3 12/) ! Kainit, original sacks about lewt 4 7 6 j Nitrate of Soda, original sacks j about 2cwt 14/cwt Muriate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt 16/cwt Bulphate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt 16/cwt Kulphate of Iron, original sacks about 2cwt 10/cwt Special Garden Manure, 141b baps..l/ 6 each Fowl Grit, 141b bags.coarse medium or fine 1/6 each Vitaflor for Pot Plants, lib tins ....6d each Mnseed Oil Cake, fine crushed, medium or whole cake, per ton 9 15 0 Discount less 2_ per cent, for cash. Prices subject to alteration without notice Previous Lists now cancelled. Auckland, November 13, 1899.