Commercial News

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 43, 18 September 1888, Page 3

Commercial News

WELLINGTON MAEKETS. Wbllinoton, September 15 George Thomas and Co. report produce prices as follows: — The market is still agitated in favour of upward tendencies in the leading descriptions of grain. Keports of shortness of the wheat crop in Europe is causing much speculation in flour for forward delivery. Oats have advanced another Id to 2d per bushel, the Dunedin market being relieved this week of 16,000 sacks for shipment to Melbourne. Potatoes, in the face of latest Sydney advices, are firmer, and 1 worth £4 per ton readily. We quote prime short oats, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; long feed, 2s 3d to 2s sd ; seed samples, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; oatmeat, £1 0 10s ; oaten chaff, £3 Ids to £4 ; straw do, £2 Ids to £3; flour, roller. £10 10s, stone £9 10s, firm; bran, £3 15s; pollard, £4 to £4 sa; wheatmeal, £9 10s ; maize, 3s 4d to 3b 6d ; feed barley, 2s 9d ; pearl do, 19s ; field peas, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; split do, 16s; grass seed are dull; potatoes, eating £4, seed £5 to £5 ,10s ; onions, prime, £6 10s ; cheese, jbest quality, 5d second quality 4d ; fresh butter reduced to lOd and lid; eggs are not so plentiful, and should improve beyond 8d — the present rate — daring the coming week; bacon, 7d; hams/^d; lard, sd; honey, 4d to 5d. " Bananas were in more active .inquiry this, month f;han has been the case" for some time, and ruled from 3s to 5s 6d per bunch; Sydney oranges, '4s* to 9s; lemons, 10s ; peanuts, 2d ; dates, 4^d ; the demand for apples is falling off: Table poultry is somewhat scarce and commands full rates. A sale of prize poultry yesterday was very successful.