WELLINGTON MARKET.
» • — =• ' Town, business has been exceedingly quiet during the Week, oouutry trade, however, shows some slight improvement, but transactions have been confined to supplying Christmas requirements. Fencing wire, No. 8, has had good inquiry, and sales aye reported at Ll4 to Ll4 5s per ton. The market was glutted with this gauge a few weeks ago ; there is now little or no "iuquiry, and is quoted at L&5 to JAQ for fourbarb galvanised; there is no demand for block barb wire. Galvanised iron is fully stocked and prices are unaltered. Kerosene oil is quoted at Is 7d per gallon for test oil; the market is quite bare of 150 test. Colonial produce:, Flour, leading bi-ands, are quoted at LlO 15s to'Lll; second-class LlO to 14 Q IQ%. Qats have only a moderate demand, common feed being quoted at ■ 2s 2d to 2s 3d, and short ffeed" 2s 4s M? \ 2s 6d. 'they are somewhat easier down South, the export trade having fallen off considerably, and m view ot the approaching season, holders there prefer accepting lower to holding stocks. Brau is worth L 4; pollard, Li 10s to L 5 ; oatmeal, lls lOd ; wheat, 3s ; new potatoes, L 7 to LB.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 December 1883, Page 2
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202WELLINGTON MARKET. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 December 1883, Page 2
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