WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 45, 21 January 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Saturday Morning. ■ Business- is geneially reported as being exceedingly dull, particularly town trade. An increase m the piice of kerosene is reporlqd from . America by last mail. .Messrs R. \V, Forbes !and Co. m their circular.; report as; follows:—^"Kerosene shows an advance of £cent. per gallon over last quotations." It is difficult W-a'ssign a reason for this advance, "as bdtn domestic and export demand is reported alack, and 'there has been no rise m ciude to account for such an advance." From the Australasian of sth instant wo learft the rise is confirmed by cable, and that oil was advancing, with. a : very firm market ; some business has been done, to arrive, at Is Id per gallon, m bond, for test oil,, but importers; are not anxious to quit. _ Fencing wire has had some inquiry ; we quote Ll2 15s, LlO ss, and Ll3 15s for Nos. 6, 7, and 8 respectively, the latter number is very scarce i bapb wire, galvanised, is quoted at .lA\. to L42 \ galvanised iron ki'ully stooked, and quoted at L2l 15$ to. L22 ss, ex ship, according to b. rand. . |Oats are firmer ; on Thursday morniug sever rul telegrams were received from Southern ports, adding an advance o( equal to 44 P c ? bushel, m couquence of .the }ate harvest, Butter is 'ovei-stdckeH and values very low ; by last mail ih« advices regarding New Zealand butter were most nnaatiafectorv, New Zealand butter being quoted m London as being, worth from 50s to 60s per cwt, according to quality.