COMMRCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 June 1916, Page 1

COMMRCIAL.

iHKxNJsw ZEALAND I AIUVLBRS' CO-OPJ£RA'i'l VJS DLSXRIBUTIN(* COMPANY, LIMITM). WJSEKLY REPOUT. Wellington, Majr 26. Potatoes are coining in fairly iarge quantities and the demand ia good. ■I'lices axe iirmer. Oats hare liuu'Hitused slightly in price and oomud&raole buaiiioiia lias been clone. Wheat shows a aliigntly weaker tendency. Pollv-d and wan are scarce and pi-ices linn at late xateg. Fair business le passing in oUatt. Pork is in good demand) at tatiatactory pnices. Cabbage and cauliflower are in fak supply and cause keen competition. Well-packed lines 01 lettuce are bringing good prices, but interior lines are Hard to quit. Carrots, wihite turnips, and p&rsmps are in good demand and satisfactory prices are realized. itlarrowg and pumpkins are plentiful. Choice de eert apples are in iak supply, and < good demand exists lor well packec lines. Cooking apples are in bettei demand and prices have improv ;d. <Jiiouce assert pears are keenly sought lor and high pa-ices are realized. vVaiuuts are enquired for. Wheat. —Oood whole I'owl, os 3d per bushel. 10-ak lots 5s la Maize.—Local, 5s 3d pen- bushel, imported, 5s bushel. Oats.—l''eedij 3s 3d per bushel. Special' quotes for large lots. Oats.—Crushed 3s 7a per bushel. •Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerians, Algerians, dressed and clipped, be; Uaitons and 4a; Laiu;, 'jd I'a-iridge Peas seed.—j.ei Una an iiarley Cape jom «• b.i per bushel. iiarley Feed.—4s 3d per bushel. liarley xVieai. —£8 per ton. Fine pig teed. Pollard.—£6 5s per ton. Smaiier lots, £tf 10. nice Pollard.— £7 10s per ton. is ran.—£s IDs per ton. Linseed Oil Cake. —Aleal and jN'uUs £11 llfo> per ton oi iOUO lbs. This is the best and cheapest stock food; procurable. Chaif.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10s to £o per ton. Molasses—in casks. Splendid stock lood, per e cwt. oaaks extra. riuciosine.—£B Ills per ton. Straw. —£3 lite per ton. Quicklime. —in 2tilb air-tight tius, 3s per tin.

•Aleat and bone meal. —17s per 101); Us per ol> and 5s per 251b bag. fotatooi.—£& to ±17 pea' tau. Uakoage.—<Jiioice Us to J.Us; medium 4s OU to 06 6d per sack. Cauiillower.—Oboioe, 18s to £1; medium, 6s to ICfa par sacK. C&now.—beet, t»s to tts; othere, 4s to os sack. Oinorw.—£s per ton. Turnips.—White, 4s to Us per ack. -L-eeks.—(id to yd per bundle, spinach.—3s to 4s per oase .beetroot.—cis tkl to 4s Od per sack, tipriajj onions.—3d to tjd buncn. A'reach Beans.—4d to 6d per lb. Marrows.—2s to 3s per case. ■Swedes.—4s to 5s per case, i'mupkins.—4s (xi to as Od per sask. Apples.—Dessert, choice 6s 6d to 7s (id pur oase. Apples.—Cooking 4s to bs per ca&e. i'ears.—Choice Uessert, as to 10s per cane. Tomatoes.—Hutt, 7s to 8s J-case. Lemons. —£2 2a tid per case. X'assions.—Os per 4-case. Dressed Pork.—7o's to 90's 6Jd to t>id; 90's to 100's Od to 6id; baoonars 6d; choppers (heavy) 4d per ib. Honey.—ln 60's 6Jd per lb. Hooey Motions. —tia per dosou. Kggs.—fresh 2s 6d per dosen. Eggs, Preserved Is 7d to l l Bd. Beeswax—ls 6d per ib. Fungus.—6id to 7d per lb. Walnuts.—Bd per lb. Poultry.—Light liable hens 3s to 3s 6d; heavy hens 4a to ss; 3s to 4s; heavy cockerels 5s to bs; good heavy duoks 6s 6di, to 7s 6d; >ndiuvn runners 3s 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkey gobblers Is to la Id per lb; hens lid to Is per lb lire weight.