Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 May 1913, Page 1

Commercial.

NEW ZEALAND KAUMEItS , COOI'EiiATIVE DLSTRII3UTI \(i CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. (Spociul to The Horowhoinm Chronicle.^ WELLINGTON, May 1. PoLiitoes are in excellent demand and tho nmrkot is steadily supplied. Ouioiis are slow of sale at advanced rates. Porkers are in excellent demand, as also are cliopers, baoonors, and suckers. The market could absorb much larger supplies. Eresh eggs arc very scarce, and keenly enquired for, while preserved lines are inclined to be easier. Wheat has advanced. Oats aio firm. Chaff unchanged. The winter season is bringing in a demand for barloy meal, of which considerable quantities have been shippod during the last lew weeks,. Heavy bookings for present and forward delivery of slag and supcrphosplnate are also taking place, in view of a possible rise in ocean freights shortly. We havo a spelndid line of southern grown dressed Algerian seed oats to offer, and farmers would be well advised to secure their supplies early this season. We are prepared to book for forward delivery. FRUlT.—Cooking apples have taken a sharp rise, with keen demand ; dessert fair. Dessert pears are freely enquired for, and early arrivals would meet good values. Quinces arc selling freely. VEGETABLES.-Cauliflowers are slightly lower, while cabbage has advanced somewhat. Marrows and pumpkins are in fair demand, but swedes arc dull of sale at low rates. Potatoes.—Prime, £fi to £6 10s. Onions.—£7 por ton. French Beans.—2Jd per lb. Cabbage.—Choice. 4s to Cs pei sack. Carrots—Choice, 3s to 4s per sack. Cauliflower.—Choice. 6s to 8s 6d. others 4s to 5s per sack. Marrows.—3s to 4s per sack. Parsnips.—3s to Is per snek. Pumpkins.-4s to 4s fxl por sack. Swedes.—2s to 2s fid por owt. Turnips.—Whito Is Gd to 2s per uack. Lettuce.—Choice, Is to 2s per cast Apples.—Cooking. 4s 6d to 5s Gil per case; dessert, os Gd to 7s per case. Cape Gooseberries. —od lo sid pci lb. Pears.—Dessert, 7s Gd to 10s per case. Tomatoes.—2s Gd to Is per case. Cheese—J3ost factory mediums. Gel. Loaf GJd por lb. Eggs.--Fresh 2s od to 2s 6d poi dozen. Preserved Eggs.—ls Jd per dozen. Butter. Separator, lOid, milled 9Jd to 10(1, dairy SJd per 1!.. Dressed Pork.-70's to 90\s Gd; 90\s to 100's 53d; baconers ojd; choppers (heavy) 3;] dto Id; slips, Gsd ; suckers 7jd por llj. Honey.—4d to <lkl per lb. New season's sections Gs Gd por dozen. Beeswax. —Is Gd por lb. Fungus.—l id per lb. Walnuts.—Gd per lb. Tallow.-Casks 27s Gd; tins 19.-. to 245. Poultry.—Cockerels Is to Gs foi good birds; table roosters 3s Gd ; hens. 3s to 4s; good table hens ss; good ducks Gs; Indian Runners, 4; to os per pair; turkey gobblers lid per lb; hens 9d to 10d per lb live weight. Maize—ss 3d por bushel. Wheat.—4s Gd por bushel. Ten sack lots, 4s 4d. Feed Barley.— .Is 8d per bushel. Ten sack lots 'Is fid. Peas, Partridge.—-Feed, Is :3d per bushel. Prussian Bine Seed Peas.— Is Gd per bushel. Horse Beans. ■- Is Gd per bushel. Pollard.—£7 10s por ton; 5,s loss for ton lots. Bran.—£s us por ton ;5s loss for ton lots. Barley Meal.—£7 per ton ; os loss for ton lots. Molasses Fodder.—£s por ton. or 5s Gd per cwt. Chaff.-----Oaten sheaf. £5 por ton, ex store. Special quotations for largo lots. Hay.—Prime, £4 10s per ton. Lucerne Hay—£4 15s per ton. Sucrosine.—£7 per ton in 200's. Straw.—£3 por ton, ex store. Linseed Oil Cake—Genuine £12 10s por ton or 13s per cwt. Onts.-Feed 2s lid to 3s; Duns. 3s to 3s 2d por bushel. Oate.— Discoloured, 2s 7d to 2s 9d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 3s 3d por bushel. Seed Cape Barley.-3s 10d. fippd Oats. -Specially dressed. Algerians 3s 8d por bushel. Gartons, Spnrro-H-bills. Duns. Storm Kings 3s Gd por bushel. •