WELLINGTON MARKETS

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 69, 20 February 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON MARKETS

■ ■•*■--■- i .Mtmdaj Morjungi r « . George Thomas- reports fruit and produce prices as follows :— The season) tor old oats and flour being, close upon termination, prices show a tendency to still advance, therefore present prices, are not a guide for the latter portion of the month when; the. new* grain will no doubt be fairly m the market. Flour of the best quality is: inquired for at <£11 to £11 ss, and oats, from 2s 8d to 2s 9d. A considerable J advanee%B taken place m oatmeal,. r \vhich is nbw quoted at £l2^ .10^ to : £l^ A ft s j pollard, £4 15s; maize, stead y at 4s: barley, 2a 6d, t0. 2~s gd; .fowls"', wheat, 3s to % 3s 3d; bacon and hatnsi 9d. Cheese is quite overstocked, and were shipments to be made for absplute Fale^not a higher bid than 4^4 wonlTbe re-' received. Potatoes, from £4 to £4 ss; salt butter, 7d> fresh, do, 7io\. to 8d ; eggs, scarce, ,1s: 6(1^0 Is 'W ; fowls, 3s 9dto3s_lQd f " "' "'"" -.Hasell and Co., report the oat market m a very unsettled state. "Old stocks are nearly cleared out, and holders ask high prices-^2B 6d to 3s. • The. samples of new crop .yet to. hand are., veryjjriferior, and farmers looking for hi°-h prices. Flour, £10 to £11 ; maize, 3s 9dto4s; fowls' wheat, 3s; pollard, £5 10*;. foan* £4 10s 6d;, potatoe market very. unsettled, 'prices dB3 10s to £4 10s per ton ; okcn sheaf : ch'A £5 ; bacon and hdms, m very little d& maud at B|d ; salt butter," 6d to ! Ytf tf eggs, scarce, Is 4d to Is 6d. • Fruit jnarket overstocked, and prices <Jurih3 last' week were very lbiv. Pdultry Tfii entirely without attention. " .' ; V ,