OOMMERCIAL.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 May 1917, Page 1

OOMMERCIAL.

'i'llF \ K\Y ZEAT.aXT) cx>-<>p i<:rativk DisriHßn ENti OOMPAXY, UMiTED. WEEK iiY REPORT. Wellington, iM'ay 25. Large supplies of potatoes are arriving from the South Island, and prices are weaker. There is no change in wheat, there being a fair enquiry for seed varieties. [Little is doing in o*ats, recent prices having been maintained. Maize is in good clemand, and there is little movement in price. Pollard andi bran are in good demand. Eggs are scarce, and show 110 change in price since last report. There is an excellent enquiry elasses of poultry are in good demand fo,r prime dressed pork, and much larger supplies could l>e dealt with. All at satisfactory rates. Vegetables.—Cabbages andi cauliflowers are in good demand, and choice lines sell readily at satisfactory rates. Green peas and French beans are practically 'finished. Choice linss of lettuce bring satisfactory prices, i but inferior lines are hard to f|nit Swedes are in fair supply. Pumpkins are selling well. The supply of marrows has fallen off, and good lines are selling at fair rates. l'arsnips are in fair demand. Beetroot, leeks, spring onions and' celery are selling well. i Fruit.—Choice lines of dessert and cooking apples arae in fair supply and prices are satisfactory. Dessert and cooking pears meet fair demand at recent quotations. Tomatoes are scarce and sell readily at good rates. .'Grapes are in short supply, and high prices aare ruling. Piotatoeis.—Pj'ime £6 los per ton. Cabbage.'—Choice, Cs to 7s per sk. Cauliflower.—l2s to- 14s per sack. Carrots.—Best. 5s to 6s per sack. Onions.—Local, £9 per ton Turnips.—White, 3s to 4s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice, 4s per case; for others Is 6d. French Beans.—3d to 4d per lb Beetroot.—los to 12s per sack Soring Onions.—Bdi per bundle Parsnips.—6s to 7s per sack. Marrows.—2s 6cl to 3s per sack Swedes.—3s 6d to 4s per cwtHutt Tomatoes.—los per half-case. Artichokes.—*l id per pound. Kumeras.—2d per lb. , Pumpkins.—4s to 6s per sack. Celery.—2s to 4s (id. Hutt Rhubarb.— Gs to 8s per do?. Truit. Apples.— Dessert, choice, Cs >to 7s per full case. Apples.—Cooking, 4s 6d to 5s Od per full case. „ Grapes.—2s 6d per lb; seconds, 1» 9d. Pears.—Local W.B.C. choice sert, ' 10s per half case; medium, 8s per half case; cooking, 3s 6d to 5s 6d Onions.—£B to £8 10s per. ton. Pears.—Choice dessert 6s 3d per half case; medium 4s per half case. Pollard.—£B to £8 10s per ton. CaiTots.—-ißest 6s 6d per sack. .. Turnips.—White 10s per sack. Lettuce.—Choice, 5s 6d per case. French beans.— 2d per lb. Beetroot.—4Jd per bunch. Spring onions. 6d per bundle Green peas.—ls 9d per peck. Marrows.'—3s per sack. Hutt tomatoes.—4s per half case Nelson tomatoes. —3s 6d per half case Hutt Rhubarb. 10s per dozen. Apples.—Choice dessert 7s per half case. Apples.—Cooking 4s to 5s per full caso. • Grapes.—2s 4d per lb. tSoconds I ' Is 8d per lb. Pears.—Local W.B.C. dessert 5s 6d per half case; cooking 3s Gd per half case. Wheat:—Good whole fowl 6s 9d to 6s lOd per bushel. Maize.— 5s 6d per bushel. Oats.— Feed 4s 6d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed 4s !)d per bushel. Oats.—Crushed, 4s 9d per bushel. Seedf Oats.—Australian.—A%>jerians .dressed and clipped, to arrive os; others 4s 9d: Gartons and Sparrowbills •4s 9d; Duns 4s 9d per bushel. 'Russian barley, Cape Seed.— Gs per bushel. , r - • Barley, feed.—ss per bushel. i Barley meal.—£7 15s per ton. Pollard.—£B per ton. Bran—£s 10s per ton. Linseed oil 'cake.—Slabs, .meal and nuts £13 pet" ton of 20001bs; 100's 13s; 50's 6s 9d. Chaff.—"Oaten sheaf £7 per ton. Molasses. In casks. 28s per cask. iStraw.—£4 per ton ox store. Dresssd pork.—7o's to 90's (ijd; 90\s to 100's 6d; baconers Dd<; choppers (heavy) 3d to 4d per lb. Honey.—3d to Gd per lb. Tggs.—Fresh 2s 9d per dozen. Meat and bone meal.—lßs per IPO, 10s per 50; and 5s 6d per 251b bag.

Greengages.—Bs per half case. Grapes. —Is 6d per lb. .Ncctarines.—Gs per half case. Plums. —3s Gd per half case. Blackberries.—3d per lb. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. Strnu'berrus. —Ls f?d planet . Cherries.—Local Choice 2s per lb. Pears.—Local W.B.C. choice dessert 3& Gd per half case. Medium 2s Gd per half case. Pollard.— £7 15s to £8 per ton. Blackberries.—3-Jd per lb. Cherry Plums.—2s to 3s per J-case. Honey.—Gd per lb. Beeswax.—ls Gtl par lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Watnuts.—Bd ?€>r t!i. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's, Gd to G jd; 90's to 100's, Gd; Baconers, sd; Choppers (heavy), 3d to 4d per lb. Our weekly pork, sales held 'each Wednesday evenings or Thursday Thursday. Pigs should arrive on noon. "'Blue Bell" Arsenate of Lead.—At list rates. "Blue Bell" Lime Sulphur.—2s per gallon, in casks. Vapourite CStrawson's). —Kills all soil insects, 25s uer ewt.; 15s per ,-cwt Basic Slag.—£7 '10s per ton. Superphosphate.—£7 5s per ton. Waingnwa Manures and W.M.K. ■ fJoy's, as per price list. Tea.—s and 101b boxes, ls Sd to 2s 2d; Chests, ls Gd to 2s lb.