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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 47, 27 October 1896, Page 2

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AUCKLAND MARKETS. The Waikato Akgus Office, Monday. Mu ALEX. AiTKKS reports business brisk, with good demand tor supplies. Southern potatoes arc a little firmer, moving oil freely at from £2 to €4 5s ; new potatoes, kidneys. Id to Ud ; Shepherds, U to Id; green peas. Is Gd to 2s peck ; onions, good, 2d to 3d ; shot, Jd ; carrots, 15s to £1 5s ton ; pumpkins, (>s ewt ; chaff, £3 5s to £3 10s ; bran, £3 ]fh to £3 15?; oats, '2s 3d to '2s Id bushel ; sharps £4 ; maize 2s 8.1 ; wheat, 3? Gd ; dressed pork, 2-id to 3d ; rabbits, Is 5d to Is Od ; hares, Is 3 1 to 2s; butter, Taranaki factory, rolls 11.1, bulk, lOd to IO.Vd ; dairy, Gd to 7d ; prime keg, Gd to 7<l ; pastry ditto, 4d to od ; ci!s, 7<l to Sd ; bacon, Southern sides, 6.1 to 7d : hams, 7<l to Sd ; local sides, 4d to r.jd ; hams, to 6Ad ; cheese, factory, large sizes, Sid to 4d ; loaf, 4d to od ; farmers' make, 3d to 34<1; honey, section. 3s to 3s Gd ; bulk, 2Jd to 3d. Fruit : Hobart apples, 10s to 10s Gd ; lemons, Gd to Sd ; loquats, lid to 3d ; best toiratocs, Sd to Is ; poorer, 3d to 41 lb. Vegetables in good demand at fair prices.' Poultry : Boosters, large. Is lid to 3s 3d ; small and poor, Is Id to Is Od ; hens, Is 3d to 2s ; ducks, Is 0.1 to 2s Gd ; gecpc, 3s Gd to 4s ; turkeys, hens, 3s Gd to 4s ; gobblers, Gs Gd to Ss Gd ; ducklings, 5d to Is 3d ; hens and broods, 2s Od to s*; pigeons, 7d to Is ; canaries, 3s (id to ss. Pigs : Large, £'2 ; medium, 12s fid to 14s fid ; small, 4s Od to 12s 3d.

Messrs Esam a% t d Arthur's WbekiA* Revort.— Property lias sold fairly well: we have disposed of two lots at satisfactory prices. The produce market has undergone various changes ; old potatoes have been in short supply, and prices have considerably advanced; present values, ex store, are £4 5s to .£4 10s ; on the other hand yesterday, sales of new crop show a decline of an average of £2 per ton. Maize keeps steady at recent values. Oats: An average of Id to Id, according to quality and quantity. Onions are so dear that buyers restrict purchases to prompt wants. First-class cheese remains firm. Eggs have advanced, and outside orders are neglected. The same remark will apply also to hams and bacon. Fresh butter was unusually dull of sale and prices have decidedly receded. Fruit is still confined to importations in quantities, the local supply being only small. Poultry continues scarce and prices accordingly. .Southern table potatoes, £4 to £4 .Is ; new kidneys, lid to lid ; Shepherd's, ?d to Id ; carrots, £1 10s" to £1 15s ; oats. 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; maize, 2* lOd to 2s lid; wheat, 3s 7d to 3s Sd. Fresh butter. 5.V1 to 7d; eggs, 7d to Sd ; cheese, new, 3id to 4id ; old, 3d : salt butter, 4d to fid ; Southern bacon, Gd to OVI ; hams, 7d to 7id ; local bacon, 4d to SVI ; hams, 4VI to Gd ; honey, 2d to 3d fbox tea, 10s. Fruit : Loouats, 2d to 3VI ; lemons, fid to Old ; oranges, Gs to 7s Gd ; tomatoes, 3VI to Gd; Cape gooseberries, 4VI; Sydney oranges, 4s 7d to 5s 3d ; Mandarins, 10 s f)d to lis ; passion fruit, 8s fid ; Island oranges, 2s 7d to 2s lOd ; cocoanuts, 3s 6dto4s. Fowls, Is fid to IsOd: table fowls and roosters. IsOd to 2s 4d ; ducks, Is 10d to 2s 3d.

Messrs Arthur Tooman and Co.'s Markkt Report.—Dining the past week a considerable amount of general produce has been put through with several changes in values. Supplies all round have been much larger. Old potatoes are very scarce and tinner, although not in very great demand ; new crop is now offering in fair quantities ; many arcyet too small, still prices are good. Onions scarce. Butter and eggs much more plentiful, the former at an advance, the latter unchanged. Bacon and hams, although scarce, do not show any improvement. Honey, better demand. Fork to hand in quantity ; average price lower. l'igs and poultry in large supply, maintained previous high values. Fruit : Large supplies of imported and increased quantities of seasonable local kinds, sold at satisfactory rates. We quote : Old potatoes, £4 to £4 os ; new kidneys, prime, I'd to 1 ill : poor, Id ; Shepherds, prime, Id to lld : smill, gd to ','d ; onions, 3d ; maize, 2s 0,1. Oats: Feed, 2s 4d : Eocd, 2s lOd Wheit, 3s lOd ; barley, 2s (>d ; bran, £3 15s ; sharps, £3 15s ; green peas, Is 5d to Is <ld. Vegetables scarce Butter : Prime fresh, 7d to 7VI ; enocl to fair. 6J>d ; prime new keg, 6d to boil : old, 3V1." Fees. 74/1 to Sid ; bacon and hams/nominal, 3d to 7d. Cherse : New, 4d to 4VI ; old, Id to 31. Honey, section, 3s" 5.1 to 3s 0.1 ; pork, 3d to .1,-1. Fruit : Loquats, IVI to 3d ; lemons, Ss to 103 ; tomatoes. 4.1 to 7d ; Cape gooseberries, 4}d to 4VI ; cucumbers, Gs doz. Oranges : Local dessert, 5a to 7s ; marmalade, 6? to 7s ; Sydney, 5 s 31 to (>s Gd ; Tongan, 2s lOd to 4s. Mandarins, 10s 2d to lis ; passion fruit, 9s to lis 1.1 ; bananas, 2s Gd. Apples : Cho : ce Hoharfc, 0s fid to lis ; poor, 53 3d to Ss fid. Poultry : Ordinary fowls, Is Id to is 7d ; grod. Is Sd to 2s ; roosters, table, 2s 2d to 3s Id each ; ducks, Is (i I to 2s Id ; geese, 2s (11 ; ducklings, 4d to llrf. Turkeys : Good gobblers, Ss to Ss 6.1 ; hens, 4s' Gd to 5s ; pure kinds fowls •?s Gd to (is. Figs : Good young, 10s fid to 1U 3d ; large good, 12s 3d to His Od.

HAWERA MARKETS. TiikEomon-t Farmbks' Union (LimiTl - !)), report under date Hawkha, October 22nd, 1S!>0 : We had a fair muster of stock at Manaia on Wednesday. the 21? t inst. The attendance was large and bidding rather better than it has been lately, so that a good many of the l : ncs changed hands. We epiote: Forward steer?, £3 15* to £4 5s : I.J to 2-year-old steers, C2 10a to £3 5i : weaners (mixed). £1 to f 1 4s fid ; store cows, £2 to £3 5s ; 2-year-old heifers, CI 15s to £2 5.5. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. The wool sal«-s arc in full swing in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Thorn have been numerous auctions during the week, and large catalogue? were submitted, the greater proportions offerin"' sold. The competition throughout was extremely keen, English and German buyers operating most freely. Americans still show a tendency to hold off. Compared with resent sales, prices were good. Oood finalities of merinos, greasics, scoured, and crossbreds advanced fully 5 per cent., while inferiors and pieces were in better demand. The market closed brisk and buoyant. Melbourne established the record. At one sale over 3000 bales were offered and everyone sold. Breadstuff*' show a distinct advance throughout Australia. The New South Wales Millers' Association have ruined the price tor local Hour ~, (_||. in Melbourne wheat was nuoted'on Saturday at 5s 1.1. The market closed firm on Saturday at .>s :.il t,, ;.s 4id. Flour is quoted at £l2 is (id to £l2 10s. FROZEN MKAT. This Ntw Zk.u.and Loan & Mkkca.vtit.k AriKSCY Company report :—London llfli September, ISOli.—There has been a fair demand for New Zealand mutton during the pa-t week, more especially for prime grades, hut values have remained practically unaltered. The value of Australian mutton has receded about ■ .1 per lb. The demand for lamb ha. been very sh.-M.h ami with stocks estimated at over l«K. 0U«, values have declined P per lb. 1 here hd.s beuil a heavy supply of 0..y0 and

Southland descriptions, which in lines ;ire worth scircely 3 : , ! d per II), though from \ d to ■.]<! per lb more money lias been obtainable for small quantities " off the hocks-" The supply of American beef has been plentiful, which has caused the value, of frozen to recede about }d to Jd per lb for fores and hinds respectively. To day's quotations at SmithfiMil arc : Prime selected New Zealand mutton, '2s 3d to '2s 5.1 per Sib ; average do., Is lid to 2s Id; inferior do., Is Od to Is 10.1 ; Australian mutton (merino), Is 7<l to Is Sd ; do. (crossbred), IsSd to IsOd; prime New Zealand lamb, 2s Od to -1a lid : average do., fid to 2s Sd ; Australian beef fores, Is Gd to Is 7«l ; do. hinds, Is Sd to Is Od. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY'S MANURES. Kkmi'thornk, Prosskr & Co. ,s Now Zealand, Drug Company (Limited) manure price list■:- Per ton. Superphosphate "A" (sol. phos. 32 per cent., am, 1 \ per cent.) Co 2 (i Special Potato Manure.. .. 010 0 Special Turnip Manure .. 6 5 0 Special Rape manuro .. ~050 Boncdnst (pure), Steamed (phos. lime 51 per cent., am. 4 per cent.) GOO Do. (pure), Green (phos. lime 51 per cent., am. 1 per cent.) ..GOO Do. and Blood (phos. limn 35 per cent., am. 4i per cent.).. 5 7 o Special Root Manure . . ..050 Special Grass Manure A (for top dressing) 0 5 0 Special Grass Manure B (for permanent pasture) .. ~050 Special Con; Manure .. ..050 Special Maize Manure .. .. G 5 0 Special Orchard Manure A (for young trees) ~ .. ..750 Special Orchard Manure is (for fruit formation) .. .. 7 5 0 Special Clover Manure.. ..050 Special Onion Manure.. .. 75 0 Special Sugar-beet Manure .. SlO 0 Sulphate of Ammonia .. ..1500 Coral Queen G uano, 2ewt. sacks, 64 percent, phosphate of lime 4 7 6 Kainit, original sacks abt>ut 2 cwt. .. I 10 0 Ter cwt' Nitrate of Soda, oiiginal sacks about 2owt 0 15 0 Muriate of Potash,original sacks about 2cwt 0 1G 0 per cwt. Sulphate of Potash, 95 per cent, original sacks about 2cwt. .. 0 18 0 Sulphate of Iron, original casks about 3cwt 0 10 0 Per bag. Special Garden Manure, lllb bags 0 I G Fowl Grit, lllb bags, coarse or fine .' 0 1 G Pure Linseed Oilcake, fine crushed, or, if required, rough crushed or in whole cake. l.Vwt. sacks, £8 5s per ton. rifcount : All prices are less 2', per cent, discount for cash. Previous lLts now cancelled. Prices subject to alteration without notice. Manures delivered free on rails at siding, WcMfield. Coastwiso orders delivered f.o.b. Auckland or Onchunga. Linseed oilcake delivered free on rails or free on board at Auckland only.