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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 301, 14 June 1898, Page 2

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Tbk Waikato Argus Office, Monday AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mr J. Jones' Weekly Retort.— Poultry : Roosters, Is 2d to Is 9d ; hens, 9d to Is 2d ; ducks, Is 3d to Is Sd ; geese, 2s 9d ; turkey gobblers, 5s to 7s ; hens, 2s 9d to 33 8d ; pigs, 4s 9d to 10s 5d ; butter, prime, HJd to Is 2d ; inferior, lOd to lOjd ; ksg, lOd to lljcl ; eggs, Is 7|d to 2s.ld ; cheese, 4d to 4U\ ; honey, 3s 6d dozen ; bacon, u'd to 7d ; hams, 7d to 7-£d ; rol's, yd to 6d ; shoulders, 3Jd to" Ud ; lard, 4d ; potatoes, £7 10s to £7 12s 6d ; onions, £7 to £9 10s ; kidneys, £9 5s to £9 12s 6d ; locals, £6 15s to £7 15s ; pumpkins, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; kumaras, 6a to 7a 6d : carrots, £1 17a 6d to £2 ; pigs cheeka, 2d lb ; bran, £4 15a; sharps, £6 5s ; chaff, £4 10s to £4 15s ; oats, 2s 9d to 2s lid ; apples, prime, 4s 9d to Gs 3d ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4Jd ; lemons, 4d to ohd ; mandarines, 3s 9d to 6s Id case ; tomatoes, Id to lid lb ; pie and citron melons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d cwr.. Mr Richard Arthur's Weekly Retort.—Business brisk during the week. Southern potatoes, £7 10s to £7 15s; local, £6 10s to £7 ; inferior, £5 to £6 ; seed kidneys, £9 10s; new kidneys, £9 to £l2; kumaras, wanted, £8 to £9; pumpkins, £3 to £3 10s ; citrons, £4 ; pie-melons, £4; oniups, £9 to £10; southern bacon and hams, in good demand at late prices ; local wanted badly ; cheese wanted, 4d to 4jd ; fresh and corned butter, very scarce : fresh prime, Is to la 2d ; factory, Is 3d ; corned prime, lOd to la: medium, 9d to lOd ; eggs, la 9d to Is lid doz., wanted ; honey in fair demand, to 3d lb. Fruit: The supply has dropped off considerably ; in consequence, prices have advanced ; choice dessert, 6s to 6s 6d per case ; other, 4s to 5s 6d ; small cases, 2s to 3s ; walnuts, 5d to 6d ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4Jd ; tomatoes, Id to lemons, 2s 6d to 5s case. Poultry: Heavy supply ; Choice table roosters sold as high as 2s 6d each ; other, from lCd to Is lOd, according to quality ; ordinary, from 9d to Is 61 each ; poor, 8d ; prize strains, 3s to 5s each ; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 6d eacli ; geese, 2s 6d ; turkev gobblers (small), 3s to 4s 6d ; bens, 2a to 2s 9d each ; small pigs, 5s 6cl to 7s 6d each. ' Grain: Wheat, 4s 6d ; maize, 3s 6d ; oats, 3s j bran, ss; sharps,

/8. Mr Alex. Aitkex’s Weekly Report.—l urn glad to report great activity in the produce trade during the past week, and the fruit market is exceptionally brisk for this time of the year. A lot of small firms were obliged to sell Canterbury potatoes at less than Canterbury cost and therefore the price has been low, but they will rise next week and eventually will reach £lO ton. Onions and kumaras scarce, and rising. Arrivals from East Coast slumped the pumpkin market for a time. Chaff sold up to £5. Butter and eggs very scarce, the latter again rising to Is 9s. Bacon, hams and cheese, scarce and dear. I cleared 200 kegs of butter, which is more than half the total received in Auckland. Five hundred cases of apples sold up to 7s 6d. Poultry and pigs are still rising. Quotations : Potatoes : Canterbury Hobarts, £7 to £7 10s ; local Hobarts, 5a 6d to 6a 6d ; Canterbury seed kidneys, 8s fid to 10s. Onions, Globes, £9 10s ; locals, 8s fid to 9s, wanted ; pie and citron melons, 3s fid to 4s 9d; kumaras, £8 to £8 fis, wanted ; pumpkins, £3 to £4 ; carrots, white, £!lss; red, £1 15s to £2; mangolds, 30s to 35s ; oats, firm, ex store, 2s lOd ; c.i.f., 2s 8d; oaten hay, £5 to £5 15s ; maize, 3s fid ; bran, £5 ; sharps, £6 10s ; chaff, £4 10s to £5. Butter : Prime dairy, Is to Is 2d ; factory, Is 2d to Is 3d ; medium dairy, 9d ; new keg, Is ; pastry, 9d to lid Eggs, Is 8d to Is 9d; pickled, Is to Is 3d ; bacon, 6|d to 7d ; farmers’, 5d to fid ; hams, 8d to 9d ; cheese, to sjd ; farmers’, 3Jd to 4d, wanted ; apples, 401 b cases, best dessert, fis to 8s fid case ; inferior, 3s fid to 5s ; honey, bulk, 3d ; sections, 4d ; pears, 3d for dessert ; stewing sorts, Id to Ud ; lemons, 4d to 8d doz ; oranges, 7d doz, 12s fid per crate ; oranges, poor man’s, 8s to 9s fid case ; bananas, Ud lb, 2s fid per bunch ; peanuts, 2id to 3d per lb ; passion fruit, 34d doz; Sydney, case, Pis ; grapes, hothouse, 7Jd to Is lb ; tomatoes, 9d to la fid per case ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 5d lb ; guavas, 2d to 3d lb ; walnuts, 5d to fid lb, scarce ; charcoal, 4s per sack, wanted. Poultry : Rising ; roosters, Is 3d to 2s 5d ; mixed, 9d to la 8d ; capons, 2s 9d to 3s 4d ; pullets, Is 3d to 2s 4d ; ducks, Is fid to 2s ; turkey roosters, 4s to 5s 9d each ; heus, 2s 3d to 3s fid ; geese, Is 9d to 3s ; pigs, fis to 12s each ; pork, coarse, 2Jd ; dairy fed, 3Jd to 3jd. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY’S MANURES. Kempthoene, Peosske & 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 per cent. ; ammonia, U percent.) ... .. £4 15 0 “B ” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 31 per cent. ; soluble, 26 per cent.), 2cwt, sacks ... .. •• ..436 “C ” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 46 per cent.; soluble, 15 per cent.), 2cwt. sacks .. .. •• ••490 Bonedust (pure), green 7 0 0 Boned us t (pure), steamed ...7 0 0 Bonedust and Blood 0 ® 6 Special Root Manure ~ ..700 Special Grass Manure ‘ A ’ (for top dressing) .. .. .. 6 10 0 Special Grass Manure ‘ B ’ (for permanent pasture) .. .. 6 10 0 Special Potato Manure 7 0 0 Special Turnip Manure .. 6 10 0 Special Rape Manure .. .. * 10 0 Special Com Manure .. .. 6 10 0 Special Maize Manure .. ~ 7 0 C Special Orchard Manure 1 A ’ (for young trees) .. .. 710 I Special Orchard Manure B ’ (for fruit formation),. .. 7 10 0 Special Clover Manure.. .. 8 10 C Special Onion Manure.. .. 7 10 C Special Sugar-beet Manure .. 8 10 0 Sulphate of Ammonia .. ~1400 Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt. sacks, 04 per cent, phosphate of lime 4 15 0 Kainit, original sacks about 2 cwt. .. .. .. .. 4 10 0 Per owt. 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, 141 b bags .. .. • • • • 16 Fowl Grit, 141 b bags, coarse, medium or fine .. • • 16 Discount less 2* per oont. for cashPreviops lists now cancelled. Prices subioc.t tn alteration without notice.