WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 43, 18 January 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Laery and Campbell report that, notwithstanding the wretched weather, business ha? be.«?n prptty ty-isk during the past week. Fowls may bo quoted at 3s to 3s 6d, and ducks 3s 6d to 4s ppr-pair. There were no turkeys, and shippers ate warned against sending geese, as they are quite unsaleableFresh butter is impossible to place satisfactorily ; eggs arc sought .for keenly at Is per dozen, but shippers are wsirned thatpripe. capnqt b,e maintained ; prince salt butter may be quoted at 6d pei'lb; old cheese, 5d per* lb, new. cheese^ 6d ; Imcon, 8d to 9il ; hums, 9d to 10d; Zealand maize, 3s 6d to 4s ; oats '3b 2d to |s 6d \ fowl wheat, 2s Jjd to 6d; potatoes, .£5 per ton ; oriipns, £7 ; chaff, £o ; pollard, £4 15s to £5, sacks m; bran, '£4; colonial flour, £\0 to £1J 10s; Adelaide do, £14; oatmeal, £12 to £12 ss; barley tailings unsaleable] peaßj'.-none m minkpt- Tjie season |s now over for gys^a s^ed. Tlie aiibve qttqtatiqns .fe>r- farin:. produce are nwde fdr import; liijea, Jbtyt at the preHent moment £to!would 1)6 unwise to mako large shipments, as veiy moderate lines affect prices immediately. At the horHC sale on Saturday there was very little business doing, the effects of the holidays being evidently felt. Such lines as were -placed obtained prices satisfactory to the owners.