Wellington Markets

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 99, 24 October 1893, Page 3

Wellington Markets

» Consequent upon cable advices from Australia, reporting a sharp advance in the value of old potatoes, the price has bjen raised fully LI per ton by New Zealtnd holders, and the local rates n-w rale from L 6 per ton ; it i< impossible to fsuse the capabilities of this line, as faT as further increases are concerned ; suf fice to say that dealers arc operating rery eautiouslj ; fairly large quantities of the new crop are to hand and commanding Lll to Ll2 per ton. In other lines we note no alteration, and therefore repeat last week's quotations :—Best brand? roller flour, L 8 to L 8 10s ; bran, L 3 5s • pollard, L 3 10s; whole fowl wheat. 2* 9d to 2s lOd; broken samples, 2s Id to 2* 6d; wheat meal (25's), £9; primeshort oats, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; long feed, 2s sd; black and dun seed Tartanans, 2s 7£d to 2s 9d ; oatmeal, Lll to Lll 10s ; oaten sheaf chaff, 90s to 95s ; ruaiz<\ 3s 6i; feed barlej, 2s 7d ; beins (uncrushed), 3s 6d ; bine pea?, 3s 9J ; split peas, LIS ; pear! barley, L 18; Derwest table potatoes, L 6; Melbourne onions, Ll4 per ton ; grass seeds are now almost unenquired for, the spring sowing beinjj now almost over ; prime factory cheese. s^d ; Canterbury bacon, 7{d ; hams, 9d ; hams and bacon (equal numbers), 8d; honey, 4d ; fresh bu'ter is j>reatly overstocked, and selling ns follows—separator, 8d to lid; dairy, od, 6d, lo 8d ; eggs, still firm at 8d per doz ; poultry in demand at fowls, 3s Cd ; ducks, 4s 6d ; turkeys, 7s lo Ss. The arrivals of spring products to date are new potatoes (round), 11s to 12s; kidneys, 18s to 20s cwt; rhubarb, 4$ 6d to 6s 6d, according to size; asparagus, 5c to 6s 6d per doz; cucumbers, 9s doz ; cabbages, Is 3d doz; cauliflowers, 6s doz.