Wellington Markets.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 41, 14 August 1894, Page 2

Wellington Markets.

George Thomas aud Co , report whole ealo produce prices as follow* : — Wo see □o alteration in the flour maikot although persistent reports continue to reach us from South of an imminent riso «f 10s ppr ton, owing to an alleged combinaiion amongst the millers. Prices are R9 last quoted — £~ 1O.« to £7 15s per ton for 200's; bran 60s to sos ; pollard, still iv ammarrd request at 85s. Whole fowl wheat 19 the ouiy line «v which a scarcity nrny be looked for during the balance of the season prices ru'o from 2s 5d to 2s 9d f.>r boat samplo O.Ms remain stead/ at Is lOd to 2* for best short and Is 8d to Is lU<) for long feed ; duns la lid to 2s and Bl»ck Tartars 2s Id. Maize, 2s 9d to 2s lid per bushel ; feed barley 2s 3-t to 2s 4d. Prussian Bluo peas. 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; Partridge, 3s 2d Table Derwent Potatoes 50s per ton ; seed samples, including L ip»tone. Flukes, Baths, Early Rose E->rly Regent, Snowflake. Magnum White Elephant. Kar'.y Goodrich &c , command prices from 80s to 100s per t >n. Prime factory cheese 4«d to 5d per t< n ; bams, 8d ; bacon f>^d to 7d, or bams and bacon equal numbers, 7£.l to 7sd tier Ib. Fresh cream separator butter, 6carco ai Is to Is Id ; good dairy lots, from 8d to lOdper lb Lard almost unsaleable at 3d. I lie demand for fungus in Chin* Las stopped, in consequence of the war, and values have dropped to 2d and 2J<I per Ib. Poultrj is enquned for at the follow ink rates — fowls 3s 6d, ducks 4& 6d, geo»e 6s 6d, and turkeys 7s 6d to 8s per pair. Large quantities of fruit have been landed during the week, and the weather having been more favourable, trade brightened somewhat.