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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 224, 18 December 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

The Waikato Argus Office, Friday. HAMILTON MARKET PRICES CURRENT. Bacon, per lb : Wholesale,fid to fijd ; retail, ejd to Bd. Hams, per lb : Wholesale, 7d ; retail, 7id to Bd. Eggs, per dozen : Wholesale, 9d; letail, lOd. Dairy butter, per lb: Whole sale, 5d ; retail, 5d to 6d. Factory butler, per lb : Wholesale, lOd ; retail, Is. Cheese 'factory), per lb ; Wholesale, to 5d ; retail, 6d to 63d. Odious, per lb: Wholesale. to I-Jd ; retail, 2d. Table potatoes (local), new, per lb: Wholesale. Jd ; retail. Id. Chaff, per ton: Wholesale, £3 10s to £4 os; retail, £4 to £4 10s. Sharps, per 1001 b: Wholesale, 4s 6d to 5s ; retail,os to 5s 6d. Bran, per 1001 b; Wholesale, 4s 6d to 03; retail, os to os 6d. Oats (Southern), per bushel: Wholesale, 2s fid to 2s 8d; retail, 2s 8d to 2s lid. Oats (local), per bushel: Wholesale, 2s 6d ; retail, 2s 9d. Fowl wheat : Wholesale, 4s 3d ; retail, 4s 6d. Maize, per bushel: Wholesale, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; retail, 2s lid to 3s id. Enquiry for fowl wheat. AUCKLAND MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), report :—Auckland Wool Stores, Wednesday. Hides and skins were in very full supply at our weekly sale on Tuesday last. Hides : The market is easier, with the exception of cow and stout ox, which are in keen demand. We sold prime stout ox, ojd to GJ-d ; heavy stout ox, 4Jd to 5Jd ; light and medium, 31d to 3gd ; kip, 2jd to 3£.l ; calf, best, 4jd to sjd. Sheepskins were about on a par with last week’s rates. We sold large locgwcols at 4s 6d to 5s 7d ; lambs, Is to Is 8d ; salted pelts, lid to Is 2d ; dry, 4d to 9d. Tallow : Medium rendered is worth 11s 3d to 12s 6d. Horse hair, Is to la 3Jd ; cow hair, 9d to lOd lb. Oats : Market still firming, and price has advanced on last week’s quotations to 2s 2d to 2s 3£d, c.i f. Maize : Market still advancing, value this week being about better than last, viz., 2s 3Jd on wharf. Chaff : Nothing new to report, the market remaining the same. Messrs Alfred Bcckland and Sons’ Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket; Maize, 2s 5d poats, 2s 5d ; barley, 2s 61; wheat, 4s 3d bushel ; chaff, £3 5i to £4 10s ; Bundarra bonedust, £6 10s ; Chesterfield guano, £3 10s ton. Maize on wharf, 2s 3d bushel. On Friday horses, yarded numerously, were at late values. Horses with a ton trial brought from £l2 to £l7 ; with a spring cart trial, £6 to £l2 each ; a buggy, £5 os. On Tuesday, hides in usual number. Ox hides kept their values, but cow hides were lower lb ; ox hides were from 3Jd to 4Jd ; cow hides, 2Jd to 3Jcl ; calfskins, 4d to lb. Fat, fd to IJd ; tallow, 11s 3d to 12s 3d ; bones, 3a 6d cwt. Wool sheepskins, 3s to 4s lOd ; pelts, 8d to Is ; lambs, Is to Is 7d. At Drury on Wednesday a full muster of cattle of all classes met a steady demand at" current values. Grown steers were from £3 15s to £4 os ; dairy cows, up to £4 17s fid ; dry cows, up to £2 15s; yearlings, £1 14a; calves, 14s to £1 5s each. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cows of fair to good quality were in better demand; those at profit were from £3 12s fid to £6 each. Store cattle in limited number were at lower values. Calves numerous, 83 sold, were at lower values throughout. Fat cattle numerous; 240 yarded, but many withdrawn, were at last week’s values ; kindly utecra were at 15s the 1001 b. Sheep, in less than usual average supply, 1100 sold, were slightly bet'er worth. Wethers were from fis to 9s ; ewes, fis to 8s each. Lambs in full number; 493 sold ; prime quality were from 8s to 10s 3d ; inferior, from 5s upward. Pigs in shore supply ; 46 sold ; well- bred porkers kept late values ; coarse store pigs much lower in price. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY’S MANURES.

Kemfthoene, Peossbe & Co. s (New Zealand Drug Company Limited) Westfield Manures Price List, season 1897 — Per ton. “A” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 40 per cent. ; soluble, 32/34 percent. ; am;* monia, H percent.) £9 6 “ B ” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 31 per cent. ; soluble, 26 per cent.), 2cwtj sacks ... 4 3 6 “ C ” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 46 per cent.; soluble, 15 per cent.), 2c\vt. sacks .. 4 9 0 Bonedust (pure), green 6 15 0 Bonedust (pure), steamed 6 15 0 Bonedust and Blood ... G 5 0 Special Root Manure .. 7 0 0 Special Grass Manure ‘ A ’ (for top dressing) 0 10 0 Special Grass Manure ‘ B ’ (for permanent pasture) .. C 10 0 Special Potato Manure 7 0 0 Special Turnip Manure 6 10 0 Special Rape Manure .. 6 10 0 Special Corn Manure .. 6 10 0 Special Maize Manure .. 7 0 0 Special Orchard Manure 1 A ’ (for young trees) 7 10 0 Special Orchard Manure ‘ B ’ (for fruit formation)., 7 10 JO Special Clover Manure., G 10 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, 64 percent, phosphate of lime 4 15 0 Kainit, original sacks about 2 cwt 4 10 0 Per cwt. Nitrate of Soda (original sacks about 2cwt.) .. 14 0 Muriate of Potash (original sacks about 2cwt.) .. 16 0 Sulphate of Potash, original casks about 2cwt. 18 0 Sulphate of Iron, original casks about 3cwt. .. 10 0 Per bag Special Garden Manure, 141b bags 1 6 Fowl Grit, 141b bags, coarse, medium or fine 1 G Pure Linseed Oil Cake, fine crushed, or, if required, rough crushed, or, in whole cake, 1’cwt. sacks (per tor.) 8 0 0 recount less 2\ per cent, for cash. Previous lists now cancelled. Prices subject to alteration without notice.