Wellington Markets

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 70, 1 December 1887, Page 2

Wellington Markets

George Thomas and Co. report pro* duee prices :— We quote an unaltered, market both in prices and' demand for short feed oato, which are ruling at, 28 to 2s 2d, and long do, Is 10d to Is. 1 Id. Oatmeal, L9ssto L 9 10s ; stono flour. L 9 10s to Lift, and roller do, LlO to LlO 10s; wheatmeal, Lib; fowls' wheat, 3s 7d to Ss lOd j bran and pollard, as the season is orer, commands but little alteration at L3 5s and L 3 15s respectively. Maize ia somewhat scarce, and none available from the growing district; we quota 3s lOd per bushel. Peed barley > scarce, 2s lOd to 3s per bushel; Prussian blue peas, 3s 9d to 3s lOd ; beans 3s 9d. Onions continue scarce, and good old samples are worth IAS per ton : there are as* yet no arrivals of. the new «rop. Old potatoes are still inquired for, and ruling from 40s to 50s, according to samples ; new ditto have fluctuated according to bulk off the various shipments during the week; we quote L7 to L 7 10s as the fairaverage, market values. , Green peas, 6d to 7d per peck ; gooseberries, 3d per quart; rhubarb, 4s to 5s per dozen; asparagus, 10s per dozen.: The fruit market is fully* stocked with oranges, which are ruling at 7a to 8s — low rates, when the Sydney market rates are but 6d per case less ; thia we are assurd, is a fact, ewfng to late shipments of lemons glutting the market; those arriving by tne Hau> roto commanded no attention whatefer. Eggs are in over supply, and rule from 8d to Bsd per dox; fresh butter prime, sd. Poultry is easier in prices; fowls, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; ducks, 4s 3d ; geese, 7s ; . turkeys, 8s per pair. We again find it necessary to note for general information that in reporting prices for grain, &«., our quotations are fat wholesale priori. '