WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 37, 4 September 1888, Page 3

WELLINGTON MARKETS.

.;, Welmngton, August 31. George Thomas and Co. report produce prices as follows :— The only item •of interest to note^si nee last reporting is the advance whioh has ta ken place in fiour, the -leading millers from Auckland to Southland having increased quotations, by £1 per ton ; jujdging from tfe& Jnrni tone of the London wheat market it is only fair to;: assume that the Increased rates will be fully maintained, in fact some advices point to further additions to present prices; the. local market, is somewhat tardy in Accepting the alteration, and some holders are still offer%jg' at? -old values—this however, /will last with present supplies; we '.^[irote roller process (•sacks) £9 ■'-. 10s to -td'*£9 l'ss a.nd stone do £9 per ton. .Good whole foils' wheat w how beioming; scarce, and 'prices rule, at 2s 9d to 2s lid pec bushel ; wheatmeal, £8 15h ; prime 'short feed oats are firm at last rates, 2s 4d to 2s sd ; long ditto, 2s 2d to 28 4d; oatmeal £10 os ; maize, 3s 6d*;. ; . beans, 3s 4d ; peas, 3s 3d v t^ -6d j bran, £3 10s; pollard, r £2; turnips, |t 30s ; Der,went. potatoes, are not so> firm and no w standat £3 to ; £3 10s according to -quality; prime onions, £6 10s ; common sampjes-from £4 ; cheese is now .becoming 'a trifle scarce, and .very choice sacbples ale worth 4|d per ' lb ; 'fresh butter, *le 2d ; salt ditto, T from lid to Is '3d; pastry samples from 2d pur lb; bacon, 7d; hams, 9d; lard, 6d; honey, 4|d to sd. There is a better demand for poultry at 3s per jjair.for fowls, 4s ducks, . 8s turkey, and 78 geese; . A slightly better demand and inquiry seem to exist for friiit, althoilgfai -prices are not vyet satisfactory to shippers. "Island 'oranges are ruling: from 16s to lis 6d per c^se ; Sydney ditto from 3s 6d to 9s;, lemons, 8s to. 10s; mandarins^ 1 2s ■; apples f rom ;6s 9s ; cocoa- * inuts, 6s ; 'peanuts, 2d per lb. ,