COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 369, 19 November 1898, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Argus Office, Friday. MARKET PRICES CURRENT. The following prices for the current week were quoted by tho Hamilton tradespeople on Friday : Bacon, per lb Farmers : Wholesale, ■ 6d ; retail, to 7d. Canterbury : Wholesale, 7£d ; retail, 9d. Hams, per lb—Farmers : Wholesale, 7d ; retail, 7W to Sd. Eggs, per dozen": Wholesale, 8d ; retail lOd. Dairy butter, per lb : Wholesale, 6d to 7d; retail, 6d to 3d. Cheese (farm-made), per lb.—Wholesale, sd; retail, 6d. Factory butter, per lb—New Zealand Dairy : Wholesale, lOd to 10Jd ; retail, Is. Factory cheese, per lb : Wholesale, 4Ad to Onions, per lb : Wholesale, 2d to 2Jd ; retail, 3d to 3Jd. Chaff, per ton—Wholesale : £4 to £4 5s ; retail, £4 7s 6d to £4 15s. Sharps, per 1001 b: Wholesale, 03 6d ; retail, 6s. Bran, per 1001 b: Wholesale, 4s 6d ; retail, 5s to 5s 3d. Oats (Southern), per bushel —Feed : Wholesale, 2s 9d ; retail, 3s. Fowl wheat, per bushel: Wholesale, 4s ; retail, 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Maize, per bushel—Seed: Wholesale, 3s 4d; retail, 3s 7d. Feed: Wholesale, 3a to 3s 2d ; retail, 3s 3d to 3s 6«1. HORSE SALE AT HAMILTON. Messrs McNicon and Co. report : At our special horse sale held in the Borough Yards yesterday, slightly over 200 horses were offered, and although it was a dull, dragging sale—this was due to the large entry of weedy hacks, ponies and low-priced horses of all classes — anything good, young ami sound, obtained fair competition, and some good draughts sold better than they have at any Bale this season. The great number oi small weedy hacks that unfortunately make just over the limit of those buying for pig feed, and for which they are only fit, spoil the sale of decent sorts. Heavy draught horses in their prime made £23, £23, £25, £25, £27 15s, £3l 10s ; aged heavy draughts, £9 10s, £8 ss, £lO 10s, £l4 10s ; medium draughts, up to seven-year-old, £l4 10s to £22 10s ; old sorts, £9 to £l7 15s ; weight-carriers and wellpaced hacks, £ll to £l6 10s ; cobs and useful stock horses, £6 15s to £lO 15s ; good single buggy horses, £7 5s to £l2 v 10s ; light hacks, £6 10s downwards ; unbroken medium draughts, £l4 10s to £2O ; unbroken light horses, £3 15s to £8 ; unbroken coaching sorts, £9 to £lO 10s. AUCKLAND MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report:—Auckland Wool Stores, 16th November.—Hides and skins were in full supply at our sale on Tuesday, and we quote :—Hides : Prime stout, 6d to 6Jd lb ; heavy stout, s}d to s|d ; stout, 41 d to 5d ; medium, 4£d to 4^l; light, 3fd to 4d ; cow, best, 3|d to 3Jd ; kip, 3|d to 4d ; calf, 3£d to j» to 2|d. Skins : Large, 4s to 4s 8d each ; medium and small, 2s 6d to 3s 9d. Wool (in bags): Crossbred, 5d to 5Jd lb ; dead, v 4d to 5d ; pieces, 2-}d to 3d. Horsehair, Is to Is 4d lb ; cowhair, 8d to 9£d lb ; tails, Is 4d dozen. Oats: The market is beginning to harden a little here, and if the Bluff boat is not soon put on the berth again for this port stocks will shortly run out. The present quotations are 2s 5d and 2s bushel, ex store, for "B" and "C" grades. Maize: Fair supplies to hand this week by Aotea, but last week's quotation holds good, namely, 2s 8d bushel on wharf. Chaff: Supplies appear to be falling off, and it ia in good demand at £4 2s 6d at rail. Messrs. Hunter and Nolan's Report.—Horse feed, seed, grain, etc. : Maize ia selling on wharf at 2s 8d bushel, ex store ,2s lOd ; feed oats, 2s 8d ; bran, £4 ton ; chaff, at station, £4, ex store £4 7s 6d to £4 10s. On Saturday, we held a special sale of show stock, at the Show grounds, Epsom. Mr H. Overton's Lincoln rams brought from sgs. to llgs. ; Mr J. R. McElwain's, from 4£gs. to 7Jgs. ; Mr C. T. Barriball's, from 4£gs. to 6gs. A shorthorn bull made lOgs. Cattle : At the Newmarket Yards, on Tuesday, dairy and Btore stock were yarded in large numbers, and sold at

last week's rates. Fat cattle were yarded in scarcely average quantities, but showed no improvement in prices. We quote :—Fat oxen, from 18s to £1 1001 b, cows 16s to 18a ; fat steers, sold at from £5 to £l2 7s 6d ; cows, £3 5s to £B. The Show cattle made the following prices :—Gorton Estate steers, £l2 7s 6d ; \. Bent's ditto, £lO 2s 6d, £lO ; J. R, S. Richardson's cows, £B, £5 ss, £5 10s ; dairy cows sold at from £3 5s to £4 17s 6d ; grown steers, £3 7s 6d to £4 5s ; dry cows, £1 15s to £2 17s 6d ; calves, from 15s to £1 3s. Sheep : The Newmarket Yards were not as full as usual, but showed no improvement in prices. Fat wethers made from 10s tp 16s 9d ; shorn ditto, 8s 3d to 12s 9d ; ewes, 10s to 14s 6d ; shorn ditto, 7s 3d to 123. Lambs, plentiful, sold at from 5s 9d to 12s. Pigs : Porkers sold at from 12s 6d to £ll3s each ; weaners, 5s 3d to 10s 9d. m ' Messrs'Alfred Buckland & Sons' Weekly Repobt.—On Tuesday, hides in increased numbers were at better values. Ox hides were from 3fd to sfd ; steer hides, 3d to 3Jd ; cow hides, 3£d to 3fd ; calf skies, 3d to 3|d ; horsehair, llfd lb ; horse skins, 4s 6'd each ; sheep pelts, from Bct to Is ; skins from Is 6d to 4s lOd; lamb skins, 8d to Is 4d each ; wool in bags and dumps from 3|d to s?jd lb. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle at profit, yarded iu full numbers, were at late values. Store cattle, yarded numerously, sold freely at an advance over late prices. Fat and young calves, numerous (80 sold), scarcely kept their last week's price. Fat cattle, in usual supply (212 yarded), were steady in price throughout the sale at from 163 to 19s the 1001 b. The prize ox shown by Mr Ed. Allen brought £ls; the cows shown by Mr Jno. Fisher £8 7s 6d and £8 5s each ; ordinary steers were from £6 to £8 12s 6d ; cows, £4 to £6 12s 6d. Fat sheep, in less number than average, were at last week's values. Shorn wethers at 2d the lb (they ranged ia price from 7s 9d to 12s each) ; wethers, in their wool, 15s. Store sheep, fairly represented, were required. Fat lambs, in short supply, brought from 7s to 13s each. Pigs, in full number, and of good quality, scarcely equalled late values. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY'S 1 MANURES. Kempthoene, Pbosske & Co. s (New Zealand Drug Company Limited) Westfield Manures Price List, season 1898 : Per ton "A" Superphosphate (total phosphates, 40 per cent. ; soluble, 32/34 percent. ; ammonia, 1'- percent.) £0 10 0 " B " Superphosphate (total phosphates, 31 per cent. ; soluble, 26 per cent.), 2cwt. sacks 4 8 6 " C " Superphosphate (total ' phosphates, 46 per cent.; soluble, 15 per cent.), 2c\vt. sacks 4 15 0 Bonedust (pure), green 7 0 0 Bonedust (pure), steamed ... 7 0 0

Boncdust and Blood 6 10 0 Special Root Manure .. ..750 Special Grass Manure ' A ' (for top dressing) .. .. .. 6 15 0 Special Grass Manure ' B ' (for permanent pasture) .. .. 615 0 Special Potato Manure 7 0 0 Special Turnip Manure .. 6 15 0 Special Rape Manure .. .. 615 0 Special Corn Manure ' A ' (for green feed) .. .. ..6150 Special Corn Manuro ' B ' (for wheat, oats, barley, eto.) .. 615 0 Special Maize Manure ' A ' (for green feed) .. .. ..700 Special Maizo Manure ' B ' (for cob maize) 7 0 0 Special Orchard Manure ' A ' (for young trees) .. .. 710 C Special Orchard Manure ' B ' (for fruit formation).. .. 710 C Special Clover Manure.. .. 6 15 f Special Onion Manure.. .. 710 0 Special Sugar-beet Manure .. 8 10 0 Sulphate of Ammonia .. .. 14 0 0 Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt. sacks, 63 percent, phosphatoof lime 415 0 Surprise Island Guano, 2awt. sacks (47 per C6nt. phosphate of lime) 3 16 0 Kainit, original sacks about 2 owt 4 7 6 Per cwt.

Nitrate of Soda (original sacks about 2owt.) 14 0 Muriate of Potash (original sacks about 2cwt.) 16 0 Sulphate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt. .. .. 18 0 Sulphate of Iron, original sacks about 2cwt 10 0 Per bag.

Special Garden Manure, 14lb bags 1 6 Fowl Grit, 141 b bags, coarse, medium or fine .. .. 16 Vitaflor for Pot Plants, lib tins 0 6 Lineeed Oil Cake, fine crushed, medium or whole cake, per ton 9 15 0

Discount less 2-J- per cent, for cash. Prices subject to alteration without notice. Previous lists now cancelled. Aucklaud, November 11th, 1898.