Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 February 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

NEW ZEALAND i<\ABALERS' COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTING CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Special to the Horowh«nuA Ghroniclej. WELLINGTON, Eob 6. Potatoes, although somewhat oa#ie rthan last week, are still roalising high values, and tho supply is short. A decline may bo looked for shortly and we recommend growors to market thci rcrops more freely during this month. Onions are slow ot J salo, and quoting for forward delivery at low rates. Eggs are scarco and present values are firm. Porkers mot ready sale. Cheese ifi dull of sale. Poultry of good quality is in goo ddemand, but poor lots are slow ol" sale. Pea meal is soiling freely in placo of pollard which has advanced in price lately. Trade in chaff and grain is quiet, and both buyers and sellers aro holding off. EHUIT.—Is in hotter demand than last week, and values aro higher. Tomatoes especially are realising fancy prices; 0110 line of choice Hutt grown realised to-day 13s (id per half case. VEGETABLES.—Aro all woaker and more plentiful, except green poae which aro in satisfactory demand at fair prices. Now Potatoes.—9s to 10b 6d per cwt. ' Australian onions £7 por ton. French Beans.—ld por lb. Cabbage.—Choice, 6s to 8a Dor

sack, others 4s to Be. Carrots.—Clioico 3s to 4s per sack Cauliflower.—ss to 63 per sack. Cucumbers.—2s 6d to 3e 6d per half case.

Green Peas.—ls per peck. Rhubarb.—3s to 4s per dozen. Parsnips.—4e to 5s por sack. Marrows—ls 6d to 2s por dozen Swedes.—4s 6d to 5s por cwt. Turnips.—White, 2s to 3s por sack Lettuce.—Choice Is to Is Gd por caso. Apples.—Cooking, 4s to 5s per case; dessert 6d to 8s per half caso. Notarince.—3s Gd to 4s 6d per case. Strawberries— Auckland, 6d to 8d per lb punnet. Gooseberries.—4a to 4a 6d per case. Poaches.—4s to os por caso; others 2e to 3s. Pears.—Dessert, 3s to 3s Gd per half case. Green gages.—ss to 6s per half case. Apricots.—3s to 4s per case. Plume.—Dessert, 3s to 4s; cooking 2s to 3e per case. .Tomatoes.—Bs 6d to 10s por caso. Black Currants.—6s 6d to 7s fid per caso. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 6d per dozen. Cheese.—Best faotory mediums, 3R loaf 7d por lb. Butter.—Separator, 9jd to lOd Milled 9§d; Dairy, 9§d. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90'e,5d; 90's ;o 100's 4£d; baooners 4J<3; choppers heavy) 3<T to 3|d; slips, 6d; euekers 'id por lb. Honoy.—3}d por lb. Beeswax.—lb 6d per lb. Fungus.—4d per lb". Walnuts.— 6Jd per lb. Tallow—Casks, 27s Gd to 28s 3d; ins 19s to 24s por cwt. Poutry. —Cockerels, 4s to 6s for

good birds,; tablo roosters 3s Gd; table hens 3a 6d to 4s; good tablo hens, 5s j good ducks, 6g 6d; Indian Runners 4s to 5s por pair ; turkey gobblers Is per lb; hons, 10d por lb live weight. Maize.— 5s 3d per bushel. Seed Maize.—Hickory King, 6s per bushel. Wheat,—4a 5d per bushel. Ten sack lots, 4s 4d. Wheat— Seconds, 3s 9d to 4s per bushel. Feed Barloy.-3s 8d per btwhsl. Seed Capo Barley.—3s lOd por bushel. Peas, Partridge.'—Feed, 4s per bushel. Prussian Blue Seed Peas.—ss por bushel. Horso Boars.—4s 6d per bushel. Pollard.—£7 por ton. 5s less for ton lots. Brian. £5 5s per ton; 5g less for ton lots. Pea and Wheat Meal.—£7 10s per ton. Barley Meal— £7 per ton. Pure Pea Meal.—£7 per ton. Pea and Wheat Meal.— £7 per ton. Mollasses fodder—£s per ton, or 3s per cwt. Chaff—Oaten Sheaf, £4 10s per ion, ex store. Special quotations or largo lots. Hay.—Prime, £4 to £4 10s per ton. Meadow hay.-For stock feeding, 63 15s per ton, ex store. Sucrosine.—£7 per ton. Straw.—£B 5s per ton ex storo. Linseed oil cake—Genuine °,12 IQs per ton. Soya bea D cake.-£l2 10s per ton. Oats.' Oats—Feed 2s Bd, Dnn% te 9d per bushel. Oate.—Discoloured, 2s to 2s 3d per uishel. Oats.—Crushed, 2s 9d per bushel. Seed Oats—Algerians 8a 8d per >iishel, Gartons, Sparrowbills, Btorm iings, 3s 6d per bushel. Seed Cape Barley.-Sq lid per )ushel. 1