Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 September 1912, Page 4

Commercial.

— — — EITOHINGS, HANKINS AND CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT F. 0.8. WELLINGTON. Hitchings, Hankins and Co., Ltd., Levin, report as follows: Potatoes are slightly easier for moet lines. Porkers in great demand and realising high value; we also have many enquiries for Btore pigs of all descriptions. Pollard and other stock foods remain about the same yaluee with a tendency to fall in prices. Poultry in good demand, also laying hens. We have a good market for vealers in unlimited quantity. Fruit iB selling well for all sound lines on offer. Horse carrots.—3ss per ton. Potatoes.—Prime £6 5a to £6 10s; seed £6, £8 to £10. Onions.—£lo. Apples.—Dessert, per case, 7b to 9s 6d. Cheese.—Beet factory, 7d; loaf, 7Jd. Butter.—Separator, lljd; beat dairy, lid. Eggs.—Fresh, is 4d per doien; preserved, is per dozen. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's, 6Jd; 90*8 to 100's, BJd; baooners, 6d; choppers, 3}d to 4d; sucking pigs, 7|d. 1 Tallow Casks, 27b 6d; tins, 25s Gd per cwt. Poultry—Cockerels, 4s 6d to 6s; henß, 4s to ss; ducks, 5a 9d to 6s od. Maize.—ss per bushel, to arrive. Wheat.—:4s 6d per bushel; 10-sack lots, 4s 4d. Feed barley 3s lOd per bushel. Peas.—3s 9d per bushel; 3e 8d 10 sack lots. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£s lOls per ton. Barley meal —£6 17s Gd per ton. Oats.—Feed, 2s 8d to 2s 10d; Duns, 2s 10(1; seed, 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Straw.—Baled, £3 per ton. Sucrosino.—£7 10s to £7 15s per ton. Pig meal.—£7 10s per ton. Linseed oil cake.—£l3 7s 6d per ton. Chaff.—Oaten sheaf, £5 per ton; Straw.—7os per ton. Hay.—£3 10s to £3 15s per ton. Fungus.—3Jd to 4& per lb.