COMMERCIAL.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 June 1917, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

Greengages.—Bs per half case. Grape;.—ls Gd per lb. •» Xc'-'tarLwe.j.—6s per half case. Plums.—as Gd per half ease. .'llb.'.cli berries.—3d per lb. Gooseberries.—3d per lb. iStr.HvbeiTi'S.--!s fM punnetCherries.—Local Choice 2s per lb. Pears.—-Local W.B.C. choice dessert 3s Gd per half "base. Medium 2s Gd per half case. Pollard.— £7 15s to £8 per toil. Blackberries.—3£d per lb. Cherry I'iuins.—2s to 3s per £-case. lloney.—Gd per lb. .—] 3 g-j p-or lb. lungus Gd do Gd per lb. YTdiu-it.'..—9d «er la.' Dressed pork. —70's to 90's, Gd to o£d; 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 Boll" Arsenate of Lead.—At list rates. "Blue Bell" Limo Sulphur.—2s per gallon, in casks. Vapourite fStrawsoh's).—Kills all soil insccts, 25s per cwt.; 15s per .-cwt Basic Slag.—£7 10s per ton. Superphosphate.—£7 5s per ton. • Waiugawa Manures. and W.M.E. Coy's, as per price list. Tea. —5 and 101b boxes, Is 8d to 2a j 2d; Chests, Is Gd to 2s lb.

nip vrw '/i-ia!. \\*r> j.'' a>' >i" Isi! A'!'! v[ ■ Ij I ti; 1M i F;V I.\<; (XtMI'AW, I'.IMiTKD. WEEK LY REPORT. Wellington, iM'ay 25. Large supplies of pototoes al'c arriving from the South Island, and prices are weaker. There is 110 chango in wheat, there being a tail" enquiry for seed varieties. Little is doing in oats, recent prices having been maintained. - Maize is in good demand', and there is little movement in price. Pollard andi bran are in good demand. Eggs ;tre scarce, and show no change in price since last report. There kan excellent enquiry classes of poultry are in good demand for prime dressed poi'k, and much larger supplies could be dealt with, . All at satisfactory rates. Vegetables.—Cabbages andi cauliflowers are in good demand, and choice lines sell readily at satisfactory rates. Green pens and French beans are practically finished. Choice lines of lettuce, bring satisfactory prJces, i but inferior lines are hard to quit Swedes are in fair supply. ' Pumpkins are selling well. The supply of marrows has fallen off, and good lines are selling at fair rates. Parsnips are in fair demand. Beetroot, leeks, spring onions and' celery are selling well. Fruit.—Choice linos 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. Plotatoeis.—Pjrime £6 15s per ton. Cabbage.'—Choice, 0s to 7s per sfc. Cauliflower.—l2s- to 14s per sack. Carrots.—Best, 5s to 6s per sack. Onions.—Local, £9 per ton Turnips.—White, 3s to -Is per sack. Lettuce.—Choice, 4s per ease; for others Is (3d. French Beans.—3d to 4d per lb Beetroot.—los to 12s per sack Soring Onions.—Bc]i per bundle Parsnips.—Gs to 7s per sack. Marrows.—2s 6d to '3s per sack Swedes.—3s 6d to 4s per cwt. Hutt Tomatoes.—los per half-ease. Artichokes.—*l.ld per pound. Kumeras.—2d per lb. Pumpkins.—4s to Gs per sack. Celery.—2s to 4s 6d. Hutt Rhubarb.—Gs to 8s per doz Fruit. Apples.—Dessert, choice, Gs ,to 7s per full case. Apples.—Cooking, is <kl to 5s Gd per full. ease. Gd per lb; seconds, Is 9d. Pears.—Local W.B.C. choice dies* sert, 10s per half case; medium, 8s per half ease; cooking, 3s Gd to os Gd Onions.—£B to £8 10s per ton. Pears.—Choice dessert Gs 3d per half case; medium 4s per half case. Pollard.—£B to £8 10s per ton. . Carrots.—Best 6s 6d per sack. Turnips.—White 10s per.sack. Lettuce.—Choice, 5s 6d per case. French beans.— 2d per lb. Beetroot.—4Jd per bnnch. Spring onions. 6d per bundle Green peas.—ls 9d 1*61" peck. f Marrows.'—3s per sack. Hutt tomatoes.—4s per half case Nelson tomatoes. —3s Gd per half case Hutt Rhubarb. '10s per dozen. Apples.—Choice dessert 7s per half case. * Apples.—Cooking. 4s to Os per full case. Grapes.—2s 4d per lb. Seconds Is 8d per lb. Peara.—Local W.B.C. dessert 5s Gd per half case; cooking 3s 6d per half case. Wheat..—Good whole fowl Gs 9d to Gs lOd per bushel. Maize.— 5s 6d per bushel. Oats.— Feed 4s Gd per bushel. Oats.—Crushed 4s 9d per bushel. Oats. —Crushed, 4s 9d per bushel. S'eedf Oats.—Australian.—Algerians dressed; and clipped, to arrive os; others 4s 9d; Gartons <yul Sparrowbills 4s 9d; Duns 4s 9d per bushel. \ Russian barley, Cape Seed.— Gs pel bushel. % Barley, feed.—os per bushel-Barley.itieal.--£7 15s per ton. Pollard.—£B per ton. . Bran.—£s 10s per ton. Linseed-a)il cake. —Slabs, moid and nuts £13 per ton of 20001 bs; 100's 13s; 50's Gs 9d. Chaff.—'Oaten sheaf C 7 per ton. Molasses. In casks. 28s per cask. Straw.— £4 per. ton ex store. Dressjd pork. — 70's to !)o's Gld; 90's to 100's lid ; baconers sd< ; choppers (heavy) 3d to 4d per lb. Honey.—sd to Gd _per lb. Tggs.—Fresh 2s 9d per dozen. Meat and bono meal.—lßs per 100, 10s per 50; and 5s Gd per 251b bag.