Wellington Markets.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 320, 22 May 1894, Page 3

Wellington Markets.

George Thomas & Co. report wholesale produce prices as follows : — A fair amount of business is passing m oats, wheat, and flour, at late rates, but there is no indication of any ad^auce in values, Onions have further responded to a bare market by a rise of 20s per to Pollard is scarce, millers beiug un--ible to keep up with the demand. We quote F.vounu brands roller flour, £7 15s to iB ; *tont process, £7 to £7 10s ; pollard. 85s ; bran 60s to 65s ; fowls' wheat, 2s 6d •<» 2s 7d per bushel; prime sh-»rt oais, Is lid tc 2s; long feed. Is &I to Is lOd ; dun and black tartnrs, la lid to 2s ; oaten sheaf chaff, £3 10s to £3 15s ; oatmeal, £8 h:e to £10 , maize, feed barley, peas and beans, are in poor request at iate rate* ; prime Derwent potatoes are dull at 62s 6d to 55s per ton ; onions, scarce at £i 0 ; Sweede turnips, £2 10s per ton, che.-se, 4Jd to 5d ; hams and bacon, Bjd ; bacon, 7£d ; fresh eggs, Is 10s ; limited do, r.ver Btncked at Is to Is 2d per doz ; fresh butter (separator), lOd ; dairy, 7d to 8d ; pastry lots from 4d. Poultry, dull— f'owis 2s 6d ; ducks, 33 6d ; tuikeys, 7s per pair. The truit market exhibits some signs of improvement, and we look for an early revival in late rates for apples and pears. Fungus is fairly saleable at 3d per lb