Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 January 1914, Page 3

Commercial.

Laery and Co. Ltd. Wellington report wholesale prices as under:—Oats, per bushel, 2s (id to 2s lid; wheat, fowl, 4s lOd to ss; maize, 4s 9d to 4s lOd; barley, Cape, 3s 3d, feed 3s Id; malt 8s; peas. Prussian blue, 5s 6d: linseed nuts, per cwt, 13s Ud; crushed linseed cake, 14s; whole linseed 15s; pollard, per ton, £6_to £6 10s; bran £4 10s to <£4 15s; flour £11; oatmeal, £13 10*; chit it, oaten sheaf, £5 to £t>; baled straw, £3 10s to £3' 15s; superphosphates, £4 15s; basic slag £4; rolled oats, 4's, ' per dozen, 10s; potatoes, »iew, per ton, £3 to £4; onions .£l2 to £13 10s; cheese, medium, per lb, (i l t il: loaf, 6^d; fresh eggs, per dozen, Is Id; butter, prime milled, per lb, 9id; bacon, rolls lid, sides lOd; liains, Is: noney, bulk, 4|d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, Jan. 12. Mutton.- North Island 4d per lb. Lamb. —Canterbury itwps, OAd per lb: this season's Gear lambs, ex Athenic, have sold at an average price of to as high as according to qaulity. Beef.—New Zealand hinds, 4gd per lb; fores, 3£d; chilled hinds, per lb; fores, 4d. Butter —New Zealand continues in moderate demand. Danish, I per cwt., 12<s to 130s; New Zealand, 116s to 12Us; Australia?*, 110s to 115s: Argentine, 110s to 114s: Siberian, 10$s to 112s.

Cheese.—Canadian, white, per cwt., 66s to 68s; coloured, 68s to 695; New Zealand white, 65s to (His: coloured, (i6s to 675: Australian, 64s to 665. Ilemp. —Manila : Fair current, per ton, £27 10s: forward shipment, £27. New Zealand : Good fair, £25 10s per ton; fair, £2 : > ss: January to March, good fair, per ton £25 15s; fair £2o 1-Js. Stock at end of December was 1667 tons. Sisal: Quotations are equal to £26 per ton for fair ayetage quality, and £27 for superior. Tow.--Third grade, per .on, £10 17s 6d: Second grade, £U os !)<1 - ' 1 4. Wool. The wool market remains firm.