WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 57, 6 February 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Monday Morning. ' Cfeorgc Thqma?( report^ pycKjucp ' prices; as follows : — Flour, £l\ ; oitmeal, £11' 108^ wheat (milling , 4s 2<l j fowls' do, 3s; barley, 2s 9d; maize, 3s ■ 9d t<tf4»j -bran,.. £4, 5s ;;^pollard, £5 : pia^isl4U.;^iieanV 4s j >go^topg, £4 10s to £5; bacon aud hams,~*"FiT W 9|d ' "all round ; old cheese, 3d to 3|d ; new ••doy^(itpr6d;.:Salt butter has been inijiiii&iot'iat o];'io ( nions, supply rather limited at ; chaff, scarce, £5 5,h. ' 4 fe\p busiupss h&* bqeh done, m pats' ajnd' flrfuVvbut otiiet! [lines : mo^e. <Metlr :in retail lines. TKe fruit 'marker* lias been 'exceedingly brisk, and prices ibr c Certain fr uits naye become quite phei^o'ifleoaT,, but^ag \W J %bs\fyj s^on i iss nbtf abowt over, 1 dq nqt except t)ie ;1 present >ates to be maintained. Plu^ns 0 ftave ruled 1 fc&m Qs _6d tp/,l i* : pev halfv ca-fi^ a,priqots, 10s to 14s j pears, fsi td l6s f greeiigages, 9s 6d; peaches, t3s per qase : apples, 3s Qd to Qs ; eggs' in' 'de'ttitinittMSd^fowls, 3s 9d to Ufduoks, 4s to 4s 6d. ll ' HassflU and Oo report prioes of fl pur and grain without any material alteration. Oats are firm, with inclinatW i to> ftirthei v .a«flyivnce, bub the demkrid--is not large. Onions are scarce at %^d ponlb. /The Baarket..is )^ifeqtly .glutted with new potatoes, ai^d as tlie tTemand is very limited, holders "are ahxiouj} to quit, and .'some lines have been ofieied at £3 per ton, but for good samples ' £5 is still obtainable. Fruit is very 1 sca\'ce,and most unusually high priced have beim obtained. Butter is difficult t6;quita l tv'6d per Ib. ; "eggs, Is per doajeif j' fowls, 3s 6d to 4s ; ducks, 4s to ss|per pair. •