Commercial News
.WELLINGTON MARKETS. Wklmn&ton, M<arch 30. ' tJebrge Thomas and Co. .report produce "prices as follows.: — Values and demand -are muobJ upon the same bases as when we quoted last week. The inquiry for grassi jejgeds still continues brisk, , and. some speculation is taking place in oats, in anticipation of a rise in Australia, consequent on the damage occasioned to feeding. crops by the recent floods. -Bran and pollard for winter feed continues in active demand locally. The demand for feeding barley has departed; wheat being 'so low has taken the premier position. Inquiries for maize irom Sydney have • caused price*, to. advance 4d per bushel, - and . tnp 'remarks apply to i)e'rwent pota- • • toes,- which- are now quoted at an advance • of 10s per ton. .We report— Flour, roller £9 to £5 58,, atone do, £8 to£B ss; bran, £3 10s ; pollard, £3 Ids-; fowls' wheat, 2s fid to 2s lid:; black Tartarian, 2s 6d ; oataeili'^l'd to £10 10s; maize, 3a 9d; feed barley, 2s 6d ; beans, 3s 73 ; peas, 4s Id; onions, £4 10s; Derwent potatoes, £2 15s to £3 ; rye grass, 4s 6d to to 5s 3d; cocksfoot, 3d to 4d ; pearl barley;, j6lß-; ; eggs are scarce, and worth Is ocfjjer dozeu-; ; chefese, 4d to 5d per lb ; hams'and*acpn, 7d to -7£d.; fowls, 2s 6d, to 28j9d.; o turkeys, 9s ; geese, $s6d; : •ducks, 38 6d per pair. Apples and .pears •are; overstocked, and moyiug off at low iprices— too low to ohow a profit to ship.-: pers v ' \
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 119, 1 April 1890, Page 4
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250Commercial News Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 119, 1 April 1890, Page 4
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