Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 April 1914, Page 4

Commercial.

WELLINGTON MA.KK.IiTS

Apples, choice dessert, 7s to 8s; prime, Gs to Gs Gd case; cookers, choice, 4s Gd to 5s case; prime, 3s Gd to 4s; pears, choice dessert, 8s Gd to 9s Gd case; prime, 7s to 8s; stewing, choice 4s to ss; prime 3s to 3s Gd; peaches, choice, 4s to 4s Gd half-case; prime, 3s to 3a Gd; quinces, 2s Gd to 3s case; grapes, choice large, Is to Is 3d lb; Cape gooseberries, 5d to lb; passions, 2s 6d to 3s Gd box; tomatoes, choice, 3s to 3s Gd halfcase; prime, 2s-to 2s 6d; green, Is to Is Gd. Potatoes, prime samples, £4 10s to £5 per ton; onions, to .£0 10s per ton; pickling onions, £8 10s to £9. Cauliflowers, choice 43 Gd to Gs sack; prime, 3s to 4s; cabbages, choice, 4s Gd to 5s Gd sack; prime 3b to 4s; parsnips, 4s to 5s sack; green peas, choice. 10s to 13s three-quarter sack; turnips, 2s Gd to 3s 6d sack; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s 6d sack; beetroot, 4s to 5s sack ; artichokes, 3s Gd to 4s Gd sack; Ifrencli beans, 4s to Gs half-sack; spinach, 2s Gd to 3s 6d case; spinach 2s 6d to 3s Gd case; pumpkins, 4s to 5s sack; 2s to 2s Gd case; cucumbers, 4s to 5s case. Eggs—ls 9d to Is lOd for fresh and Is 5d to Is 6'd per dozen for preserved.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED REPORT. Butter.—The market is quiet. Danish 118s to 120s per cwt.; New Zealand 104s to 106s, exceptionally choice 108s, unsaltecl (supply limited) 114s to 116s; Australian 102s to 106 a; Argentine to 104 a; Siberian 100s to 104s. Cheese.—The market is quiet, but steady. Prices for Canadian are nominal. Canadian white GSs to 70s; coloured 69s to 71s; New Zealand, white 61s to 625; coloured G4s to 64s 6d; Australian 60s to 645. Hemp.—The market ; s quiet but steady. Good fair per ton £25 15s; fair £2:3. Stock of New Zealand hemp on hand af the end of March was 12,000 tons. Manila : Fair current, £26 per ton, nominal quotation for all positions. The output from Manila for the week was 21,000 bales. Tow.—The stock on hand at the end of March was 558 tons.