WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 74, 26 February 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKETS.

" aS3 Co ~ repof t*>^Potatofes — large quantities sire being forced on the market,, and difficult to sell at £3 to £3 10s. A few samples of neW , crop of oats; have come tor hand, bat I prices asked are ridiciilously high j ; prime old,t2s 6d: to ,2s 10d. Fowls* wheat, 2s, 0d to 3s 3d ; maize, 3s 9d tcj ; 4s; barley, 8s per bushel. Pollardi apd. bran, arc very slow of sale, , at £4 , to £5."-'- Onions haW^come in' pretty ; freely.,during the- past week, and majr; ■ now 'be' quoted at 7s to 10s : per cwt. • Fruit market 'perfectly -glutted ; very . large 'shipments ; have arrived- 'front ! Australia and Nelson. Eggs, scarce, ],». 6d.,,petr doz. Poultry ; very ; slow i sales. , : ■'■_■■■ VJ "^ r ■; " '" : | 6ep%b Thojnas •ire^bris ' prodnee i prices far. the past "week sis follows i-^r-The first shipment 1 of new 6&ii are no-w m, and prices have rule<jl from. 2s 6|d to 2s 7d for prime' s|fo'r;t .^mpibs bitt; When tiafvesc ig oVei Fi kind th'e ih'avfffefc ■' steady, prices 'may reduce quite 8d per; i bushel. The, reports, from the South , state that the': yields' of all produce will be very large. ' Oid'-o^tk '■ are : about i d6ho. ; Flou'rj gbpd 11 / quality,. 1 £Vl td? i £11 ss; fowls' 'vtt^eat (whple grain;» » rather '/scarce' at 1 '3^'to ' 3s' 3d [ Friwls* bariey," r 2§ 6^ to ;f 2y'9d- fiiai^'Ss-.Gd to 3s 9d ; oatmeal hr übseiifec of nfew product still maintains Jg2-10s7 new oaten chafi; ■- £4 1 0s v . Potatoes— ■■ Flukes, £4j ; round Berwenls^ £3 10s; tbe maiket still largely depends on ; Hutt supplies; Cheese is quUe a drug and hard to move atvi:sd . ' JHams and | bacon, 9d to 9£d=; bran, £#^ r pollard, £4 15s ;- prime salt -buttfcr^lfe readily • at 7d to 7^d ; tresh butter, 7d to Bd. Fruit hits.donie to <^ontiuao«§Jy " durlhg"ttie A week, _; 6vW"^l2oo ' casVs ; having passed unde^ thej jammer, and| satisfactory prices were realispd; for 'clicffcW fruit comi>eiiftidflis Tei'y Aninia-! ted. Eggs, and lsM; .fowls, 3i 9d f to'3s 'lOd;- ducks, 4s.