WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 90, 11 March 1884, Page 3

WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKETS.

; George" Thomas reports pfdcftteeprices as follows :— Oats have slightly i reduced m value, consequent upon large: shipments being placed on the market,! and rule from 2s 4d to 2s 7d ; thei samples of new grain have all proved | to be of very good color and quality, i Flour still remains quiet at £l\ ; oat- j meal, steady, ; £12 IDs; pol-' laul, £s ; bran, fully supplied at £3 Iss to £4 ; fowls' wheat; 2s 6d to 3s ; ; baiiey , 2s 6d ; maize, 3s 9d ; potatoes, , Derwents; frond 60s, kidneys,' demand abodt over, from 655; onions, overstocked, from £7; oaten chaff, £5; bheese, slilla great quantity to move off, 4|d id s|d ; salt butter, inquired for at 8d for shipment, focal demand limited; fresh is easily placed at 8d ; eggs, brisk demand, Is 8d ) fowls' 3s lOd to 4s; ducks, 4s. The fruit ship- ; ffients thisAveek have ; not been heavy, antf ; ! consequently the market is m a "feietier state to receive further consignmeats'; really good fruit will poy shippers, but to' give quotations wei'e quite misreading, as buyers, must soe the diiferent parcels before', 'making any offer. . . i . . lias'eil shd Co. report as follows : — New oats are offering at 2s 3d to 2 s 6d, but transactions aite limiied to immediate requirements^ m anticipation •of cbnsiiderk'ble fall m price So soon as Southern ;cro^is are 'ready for market. Flour reruains 1 firm at £10 lOstoXll'; bran; .£3 IDs to £1 ; pollard, £4 10s to £5, with very little d'eniaiiii ; potatoes arenbw coining^ m freely, and quotations vary from 50a to 1 60s, without any prbspect of improvement.; onions, 6s to Bs^ percwt; salt butter, 7d to'Sd ; cheese, 4fd to s£d; egg^, scarce, at Is 6d. to. r lf 8d per dozen. The fruit market is perfectly glutted, with apples difficult to sell at lirtri 4s per case; pears, 5s lo 6s; clam sons, 4s to ss ; plums, 6s to 7s ; greengage? have been' scarce this seasbh, "and find ready sale at 8s to 9s per half case; Sydney fruit, rio'ne m market ; bananas, 3d per 1b; fdwl'i, 3s6tl to 4s; ducks, 5s per pair. '- '■''■ ' '