Wellington Markets

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 93, 8 March 1888, Page 3

Wellington Markets

Wellington, March 3. George Thomas and Co. report produce prices as follows :— The market is almost entirely unaltered since last quoting prices and demand, the exception being in. Derwent potatoes, which have now reduced to L3 per ton for parcels, and fowls' wheat which has also suffered a decline, being now in fair request at 2s lid to 3s per bushel for good whole samples We repeat last week's quotations for oats, Is lOd to Is lid per bushel; oatmeal, L9 5s per ton ; chaff, L3 to Ij4 ; old flour, L9 5s to L9 15s ; new ditto L9 to L9 10s; rye grass, machine dressed, 4s, farmers' 3s ; cocksfoot, 4d to 3d per lb ; a small line of feed barley to hand commanded 2s lOd per bushel ; pollard L3 5s to L3 10s; bran L3 ; beans, 3s 9d; peas, 3s 6d; maize, scarce, 4s; onions, prime, L6 10s, second quality, L6 per ton ; bacon and hams, 7£d per lb ; cheese factory, 4£«l per lb ; lard, 4d ; honey, 3d to 4d ; eggs Is 2d per doz ; fresh butter 6d per lb, market being fully stocked ; salt ditto, in but little request at 6d per lb. Fruit remains overstocked, and prices show no present inclination to improve; values are especially low for apples, damsons and pines; there is a good demand for grapes and peaches, which are the only lines that show a profit to shippers. The demand and quotations of poultry are unaltered.