Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 October 1912, Page 4

Commercial.

HJTCHINGS, HANKINS AND CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT F. 0.8. WELLINGTON.

Hitchings, Hankins and Co., Ltd., Levin, report as followa: Potatoes are slightly easier for moat lines. l'orker3 in great demand and realising high value; wo also have many enquiries for Btore pigs of all descriptions. Pollard and other stock loods remain about the same values with a tendency to fall in pricea. L'oultry in good demand, also laying hens. We have a good market for vealers in unlimited quantity. Fruit is selling well for all lound lines on offer. Horse carrots.—3ss per ton. Potatoes Prime £6 5« to £6 10s; seed £6, £8 to £10. Onions—£lo. Apples.— Deßaert, per caae, 7b to 9 s 6d. Cheese.—Best factory, 7d; loaf, 7|d. Butter.—Separator, lljd; test dairy, lid. Eggs.—Fresh, 1b 4d per dozen; preserved, la per dozen. Dressed pork. — 70's to 90 9, 6id; 90's to 100's, 6id; baooners, 8d; choppers, 3Jd to 4d; sucking pigs, 7 id. Tallow.—Casks, 27b 6d; tins, 25b lid por cwt. Poultry.—Cockerels, 4s Cd to 6s;' hens, 4s to sa; ducks, 6a 9d to 6s 6d. Maize.—ss per bushel, to arrive. 'Wheat.—4s 6d per bushel; 10-iack lots, 4s 4d. Feed barley.—3s lOd per bushel. Peas —3s 9d per bushel; 3a 8d 10-sack lots. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Bran.—£s 10b per ton. Barley meal —£6 17s 6d per ton. Oats.—Feed, 2s 8d to 2s lOd; Duns,,2s lOd; seed, 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Straw.—Baled, £3 per ton. Sucrosine.—£7 10s to £7 15s per ton. Pig meal.—£7 10s per ton. Linaeod oil cake.—£lß 7s 8d per ton. Chaff.—Oaten sheaf, £5 per ton; Straw.—7os per ton. Hav—£3 10s to £3 15 s per ton. Fungus.'—3Jd to 4d per lb.