COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 94, 13 February 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

* The Waikato Argus Office, Friday. HAMILTON MARKET TRICES CUR RENT Wholesale : Bacon, 6d per lb; hams, &.\d to 7d per lb ; eggs, 9d per dozen ; butter, dairy, Cd per lb ; factory, la 1(1 per lb ; factory cheese, per lb; onions, Id to IJd per lb ; table potatoes, (local), £5 10s to £6 per ton ; do. (Southern), £5 10s to £6los; chaff, £2 15s to £3 5s per ton ; sharps, 4s per cwt ; bran, 4s per cwt; oats (Southern), 2s 4d to 2s 6d per bushel ; oats (local), 2s 6d per bushel; fowl wheat, 4s; maize, 3s per bushel. Retail: Bacon, 7d per lb; hams, 7Jd to 8d per lb ; eggs, 10d per dozen ; butter (dairy), 7d per lb, factory Is 2d per lb; factory cheese, 6d per lb ; onion 3, lid to lfd per lb ; table potatoes (local), £7 per ton ; do. (Southern), £6 to £7 10s ; chaff, £3 5s to £3 10s per ton ; sharps, 03 to 03 3d per cwt; bran, 5s to 5s 3d per cwt; oats (Southern), 2s 9d to 3s per bushel ; ditto (local), 2s 9d per bushel ; fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel; maize, 3s 9d per bushel. ' AUCKLAND MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report:—Auckland Wool Stoves, 10th February.—Our usual weekly auction of hides, skins, wool, etc., was held on Tuesday, 9th inst., when wc submitted a fair catalogue. Hides : These were very firm for all lots in decent condition. There is an excellent market for both ox and cow. Calfskins are also selling well. Quotations fully support late rates, say, prime stout ox, uid to 6sd ; heavy stout, up tos|d ; light and medium, up to 4sd ; cow, 3d to 3Jd ; calf, 3£d to 4}d ; kip, 2Jd to 3d. Sheepskins : Only a moderate market prevails for these, though all forward find buyers. Pelts, up to lOd ; lambskins, up to Is 9d and 2s ; fußsized crossbreds in fair wool, up to 4s 3d. Wool : All oddments meet ready sale. Lambs, 5d to 6d ; medium crossbred, sjd to 6jd ; inferior, 5d to s|d ; dead, 5d ; pieces, 3d to 5Jd ; locks, 2d to 3d. Horns, hair, bones, etc., find buyers at fair prices. Bone and blood manure, £3 10s to £4 10s, according to quality. Bonedust, £5 5s to £5 15s. Messrs Alfred Buckland & Sons' Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket, meadow hay brought from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; oaten sheaves, 2s 3d to 2s 6d the cwt : straw, from 15s to £1 8s the load ; pressed hay, 3s 6d cwt; maize, on ■wharf, 2s• Sd bushel. Ou Friday the horses from Sydney sold freely. Medium draught, from £lO to £ls each ; a heavy draught, £2B. On Tuesday, heavy ox hides were wanted, and brought from 4d to 7d lb; medium. 3\A to 3jjd; cow hides, 3d to 3Ad; calfskins, 3£d to 44d ; tallow, lis 6d to 15s cwt; fat, Id to ljd lb ; bones, 3a cwt; lambskins, Is 6d to 2s 4d each ; pelts, Is; skins, 2s 6d to 5s Id ; wool, s|d to lb ; washed pieces, 7£d. At Waiuku, on Saturday, cattle yarded in less number than usual, sold freely throughout the sale. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows, in moderate supply, were required; prices tor those at profit were from £4 to £6 5s each. Store cattle, in average number, sold freely at prices equal to those ruling in the spring. Young calves, in demand brought from 4% to 7s each. Fat calves, in short supply, were from 15s to 28s each. Fat cattle in full number, 259 yarded ; of these, 244 were sold at prices varying from 17s to 20a, but the freater part from 18s to 19s the 1001 b. rices for steers ranged from £5 10s to £9 2s 9d; cows, £4 to £7 15s each. Sheep, short of requirements, were firm at late values. Ewes, were from 7a 6d to 10s 3d; wethers, 7s 6d to lis each; lambs, in moderate supply, were at late values throughout, and brought from 5s to 8s 3d each. Pigs, numerous, sold freely; porkers, from 17s to 24s ; slips, 10s to 14s ; weaners, 6s to 8s 6d each. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Report. Horsefeed, grain, seeds: There has not been a large amount of business done and little alteration in value. We quote maize on wharf, 2s 7d bushel; ex store, 2s lOd ; feed oats, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; bran, £4 ton. Horses : A good many have been brought forward and found buyers, prices being slightly in favour of the vendor. There were a large number entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday. Competition was good throughout the sale. Heavy draughts sold at from £l2 10s to £3O each ; a pair of draughts, £6O ; medium draughts, £ll 5s to £ls 10s ; light harness horses, £4 15s to £ls 103 ; hacks, £3 10s to £9 15s. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones : A moderate catalogue Mas gone through at the Durham Yards ou Tuesday. .The demand was brisk, aud a slightly upward tendency in value of hides. We quote : Prime ox hides, 5d to 64/1 lb ; stout ox, 4d to 4kl ; steer, 3d to 2Jd to 3gd ;" calfskins, 2Ad to 4d ; tallow, lis to 12s cwt ; bones, £3 ton : sheepskins, 2s lid to 5s 6d each ; pelts, 7d to Is id ; lamb skins, 9d to 2s 7d; wool, 4|d to 6W ; lambswool. 6d lb. Cattle : There has bceu an improved demand and an increased number of dairy and store stock brought forward. The demand has been 3teady, and prices have been sustained. At Newmarket, on Tuesday, the butchers and dairy pens were fairly well tilled, and notwithstanding the rain there was a good muster at Pukekohc on Wednesday. Bidding was good at Loth sales. We quote : Ox beef, ISs to 20s per 1001 b; cow, 16s to 17a ; fat steers ranged from £6 to £8 12s 6d ; fat cows, £4 5s to £6 10s; dairy cows, £3 10a to £5 17s 6d ; dry cows, £1 5s to £2 16s ; calves, 13s to 23s ; steers, 18 months to two years old, £1 17s 6d to £3 ; grown steers, £3 10s to £5 7s 6d. Sheep were plentiful at Newmarket on Tuesday, and somewhat lower in price. Wethers sold from 8s 3d to lis ; ewes, Gs 6d to 93 3d ; lambs, 4s to 12s. Pigs were in limited numbers. Porkers sold at from £1 to £1 10s each ; weaners, 6s to 7s Gd. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY S MANURES. Kempthorne. Prosser & Co. s New Zealand, Drug Company (Limited) manure price list:— Per ton. 41 A" Superphosphate (total phosphates, 40 per cent. ; soluble, 32/34 per cent. ; ammonia, 1-} percent.) ... .. £5 2 6 *'B " Superphosphate (total phosphates, 31 per cent. ; soluble, 26/27 per cent.), 2cwt. sacks 4 3 6 " G " Superphosphate (total phosphates, 46 per cent.; soluble, 15 per cent.), 2cwt. sacks 4 9 0 Special Potato Manure.. .. 6 10 0 Special Turnip Manure .. 6 5 0 Special Rape manure .. ..650 Bonedust (pure), Steamed (phos. lime 51 per cent., am. 4 per cent.) 6 5 0 Do. (pure), Green (phos. lime 51 per cent., am. 4 per cent.) .. G 5 0 Do. and Blood (phos. lime 35 per cent., am. 4i per cent.).. 5 7 6 Special Root Manure .. .. 6 ;", 0 Special Grass Manure a (for top dressing) .. .. ..650 Snecial Grass Manure r. (for permanent pasture) .. ..650 Special Corn Manure .. .. 6 5 0 Special Maizo Manure .. ..650 Special Orchard Manure A (for young trues) ~ ~ ~750

Per ton. Special Orchard Manure b (for fruit formation) .. ..750 Spocial Clover Manure.. .. (i 5 0 Special Onion Manure. ..750 Special Sugar-beet Manure .. 8 10 0 Sulphate oil Ammonia .. .. 15 0 0 Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt. sacks, 64 per cent, phosphate of lime 4 8 6 Kainit, original sacks about 2 cwt -1 10 0 Per cwt Nitrate of Soda, original sacks about 2owt 0 15 0 Muriate of Potash,original sacks about 2ewt 0 16 0 Sulphate of Potash, 95 per cent, original sacks about 2cwt. .. 018 0 Sulphate of Iron, original casks about 3cwt. .. .. .. 10 0 Per bag. Special Garden Manure, 141 b bags 0 1 G Per bag. Fowl Grit, 141 b bags, ooarso or fine 0 16 Pure Linseed Oilcake, fine crashed, or, if required, rough crushed or in whole cake, Ucwt. sacks, £8 5s per toe. j Discount: All prices aro less 1\ per cent, discount for cash. Previous lists now cancelled. Prices subject to alteration without notice. Manures delivered free on rails at sido ing, Weatfiold. Coastwiso orders delivered f.o.b. Auckland or Onohunga, Linseed oilcake delivered freo on rails or free on board at Auckland only.