COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 109, 20 March 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Akgus Office. Friday. HAMILTON MARKET PRICES CURRENT Wholesale : Bacon, (id per lb; hams, 7d per lb; eggs, Is per dozen ; dairy butter, 6d per lb ; factory butter, Is per lb ; cheese (farm-made), 41d per lb ; factory cheese, 4'td per lb ; onions, l}d ; per lb ; table potatoes (local), £4 10s to £5 per ton ; chaff, £2 17s (id to £3 10s per ton ; sharps, 4s 3d per cwt; bran, 4s per cut; oats (Southern), 2s Od to 2s 9d per bushel ; oats (local), 2i 3d per bushel; fowl wheat, 3s 0d to 4s per bushel; maize, 3s 2d to 3s 3d per bushel. Retail: Bacon, Gkl to 7d per lb ; hams, 7Ad to Sd per lb ; eggs, Is 2d per dozen ; dairy butter, Oil to 7d per lb ; factory butter. Is 2d per lb; cheese (farm-made), skl to Cd per lb ; factorycheese, 5Ad to 6a per lb; onions, lid toljd per lb ; table potatoes (local). £5 10s to £G per ton ; chaff, £3 5s to £3 15s per ton ; sharps, 5s per cwt ; bran, 4h 9d to 5s 3d per cwt; oats (Southern), 2s lOd to 3s per bushel ; oats (local), 2s 6<l to 2s 9d per bushel; fowl wheat, 4s to 4a (id per bushel; maize, 3s 6d to 3s 9d per bushel. AUCKLA.ND MARKETS. The New Zeai/and Loan and Mek- " cantile Agency Company (Limited), report. Auckland \Vool Stores, Marco 17. We this week submitted to auction a large catalogue, and under good competition every lot was cleared. Prices were firm, with an upward tendency. Quotations are:—Hides: Prime stout ox, s§d to G:Jd ; heavy stout, 3M to s]-d ; light and medium, 3|d to 4ld ; scored, \<X lb less ; cow in very active demand, best lines 3kl to 3sd ; medium, 3]d to 3fd; kip, 3£d; call, sd. Sheepskins: Lambs, large, 2s 6d to 3s 5d ; medium, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; pelts, salted and fresh, Is to la lOd ; oried, 6d to 10d. Wool : Inferior crossbred fleece, to 6d ; pieces, 5Jd ; lambs, 5Jd to G4.d. Tails : la 5d dozeD. Banes : £3 5s to £3 15s. Horse hair, Is ; tail hair, lOd. Horns, etc., at full rates. Bonedust, bone and blood manure, and grass seeds are in demand for autumn improvements. Oats : Business rather quiet, in view of new crop, and the belief that with increased supplies values may weaken. In lines good feed oats are worth about 2s Id, c.i.f., anil in small lots 2s 1-Jd to 2< 2d. Potatoes : The market.is very fully stocked at the moment, and prices have fallen to £4 per ton c.i.f. Onions : Prime Silverskins are worth about £5 c.i.f. Messrs Alfred Buokland and Sons' Weekly Report.—At the Hay market meadow hay has brought 2s ; oaten sheaves. 2s 3d to 2s Gd cwt ; wheaten straw, in demand at from £1 2s to £1 6s load ; maize, 2s lOd ; oats, 2s 6d ; ' barley, 3s 6d ; cocksfoot, 7s ; rye-grass, 4s to 5a bushel : Chesterfield gnano, £3 10s : bonedust, £6 10s ton ; maize on wharf, 2s 8d bushel. On -Friday, horse stock in usual supply, heavy draught brought from £l6 to £29; medium draught, £7 to £l6 each ; the racing pony Silkworm, £4O ; a spring cart, £B. On Tuesday hides sold freely and were better worth. Ox hides brought from 3id to 7d ; cow hides, 3Jd to 3fd ; calfskins, 3Ad to 4|d lb ; tallow, 10s to 13s 3d cwt ;"pelts, 4d to Is lOd ; lambskins, Is 3d to 2s 3d each ; lambs' wool, sjd ; fleece wool, sid ; pieces, lb. At the country sales held respectively at , . Pokeno and Drm-y cattle were yarded in ; greater number than usual. Bidding ' was free, and prices showed an advance over la3t month's sales. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cows in moderate 'supply were at late values ; prices for those at profit were from £4 to £7 each. Store cattle in moderate number sold freely ; dry, cows, from 25s to 555, grown steers £5 2s 6d each. Fat and young calves in less than usual number were ;. better worth. Fat cattle in full supply ; 230 sold were at irregular values, and in v.L.many instances 5s each lower than last week. Prices were from 17s to 18s the 1001 b. Steers brought from £5 2s Gd to £8 7s Gd, cows £3 12s Gd to £6 7s 6d each. Sheep in usual number; 2000 yarded were better worth. Fat wethers brought from 8s to 14s, store hoggets 6s . to 7s 6d, fat ewes 7s Gd to lis Gd, store ewes 2a 6d to 6s b'd each. Lambs in moderate number ; 250 so'd were without alteration in price ; prices were fiom 4s 6d to 9s 9d each. Pigs in moderate supply were tetter worth. Messrs Hcntek and Nolan's Weekly •Refott.—Horsefeed, grain, seeds, etc. : ' A steady demand has existed for most lines at the previous week's values. We a quote: Maize, in trade lots, 2s 7' bushel ; ex store, 2s lOd ; feed oats, 2s 6d ; oaten chaff, dull of sale, £2 53 to £2 12s Gd ton at railway station ; ex stove, £3 to £3 10s ton ; bran, £3 15s ton. For grass seed the demand has been moderate. For Canterbury ryegrass, 4s Gd to 6s bushel ; Poverty Bay, 6s to 6s Gd ; , local, 3s to 4s Gd ; cocksfoot, Gs to 7s Gd. Horses were again brought forward in ■ large numbers and met with a steady demand, and fully the previous week's value. About the usual numbers were submitted by auction at the Durham Yards ou Friday. Bidding was gcod throughout the sale. Heavy draught sold ut from £l4 to £25 10s ; medium draught, £ll to £l7 10s; light harness horses, £4 to £lO 15s ; hacks, £3 10s to £l2 10s ; weeds, £1 to £2 each Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones : Large quantities were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, and the demand was brisk. We quote : Extra stout ox hides, 5d to 6!td lb ; stout ox, 4d to 4Jd ; steers, 2Jd to 3Jd ; cow, 3d to 3„d ; kip, 3d l ; calfskins, 2d to 4jjd ; tallow, 13s 9d to 16s ; bones, £3 5s ton ; sheepskins, Is 6d to 3a 9d ; lambskins, Is 3d to 2s 3d ; pelts. Id to Is 3d. Wool : Fleece, s+d to Giil ; lambswool, 6d to steady demand has prevailed for an average supply, with no noteworthy alteration in the value of dairy or store stock. Prices for fat beasts were slightly in favour of the vendor. At the Junction Yards on Tuesday the butchers' pens were well filled, and dairy and Store were fairly so. Bidding was good •throughout the sale. Ox beef ringed from 17s to 18s ; cow, 16s per 1001 b. Fat steers ranged from £5 7s Gd to £8 15s ; cows, £3 10s to £6 2s Gd ; dairy • cows at calving, £3 10s to £(i 2s 6d ; dry cows, £1 5s to £4 4s ; three-year-old steers, £3 18s to £4 as ; calves, mixed sexes, 25s to 30s. Sheep : Moderate supply at Newmarket on Tuesday, and ■ advanced in value fully !s per head. Wethers sold at from 7s 9d to 12s Oil ; ewe«, 83 9d to 1 Is 6d ; store ewes, 5s 9 1 to 7s 3d ; lambs, 4s to 10s 9d. Figs : Again limited numbers were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday. There remained an unsatisfied demand. Porkers sold ■ fiom 25s to 27s Gd ; weaners, 7s to Ss Gd. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY S MANURES. •KE.AirT7ror.NK, Prosssk & Co. s New Zealand, Drug Company (Limited) manure • price list:— Per Un. "A" ' Superphosphate (total phosphates, 40 per cent. ; soluble, 32/34 percent. ; ammania, H percent.) £0 2 6

Pure Linseed Oilcake, fine crushed, or, if required, rough crushed or in whole cake, lAcwt. sacks, £S os per ton. Tiscount: All prices are less 2} per cent, discount for cash. Previous lists now cancelled. -Prices subject to alteration without notice. Manures delivered free on rails at sido ing, Westfield. Coastwise orders delivered f.o.b. Auckland or Onehunga, Linseed oilcake delivered free on rails or free on board at Auckland only.

per ten “B ” Superphosphate (total phosphates, lil per cent. ; soluble, 2G/27 per cent.), 2cwt. sacks .. 4 6 “ 0 ” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 46 per cent. ; soluble, 15 per cent.), 2cwt. sacks 4 !) 0 Special Potato Manure.. 3 10 0 Special Turnip Man ure C 10 0 Special Rape manure .. G 10 0 Bonedust (pure), Steamed (phos. lime 61 per cent., am. 4 per cent.) .. G 10 0 Do. (pure). Green (phos. lime 51 per cent., am. 4 per cent.) .. G 10 0 Do. and Blood (phos. lime 35 per cent., am. 41 per cent.).. Special Root Manure .. 5 12 0 G 10 0 Special Grass Manure A (for top dressing) 6 10 0 Special Grass Manure n (for permanent pasture) 10 0 Special Corn Manure .. G 10 0 Special Maize Manure G 10 0 Special Orchard Manure a (for young trees) .. 7 10 0 Special Orchard Manure B (for fruit formation) 7 10 0 Special Clover Manure.. G 10 0 Special Onion Manure.. 7 10 0 Special Sugar-beet Manure s 15 10 0 Sulphate of Ammonia .. 0 0 Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt. sacks, 64 per cent, phosphate of lime 4 8 G Kainit, original sacks about 2 cwt. I 10 0 Per cwt Nitrate of Soda, original sacks about 2cwt. 0 15 0 Muriate of Potash,original sacks about 2owt. .. 0 1G 0 Sulphate of Potash, 95 per cent, original sacks about, 2owt. .. 0 IS 0 Sulphate or Iron, original casks about oewt. .. 10 0 Per bag. Special Garden Manure, lllb bags 0 I 6 Per bag. Fowl Grit, 14lb bags, coarse or fine 0 1 G