Wellington Markets.
. Laery and Cainpbeli "report that business has been moderately ' Brisk. : Oats •' are decidedly easier with 'large quantk .'jties^pfferangyi'but sales 'for parcels are hard if not impossible to effect.! [Chick wheat, 2s 6d tp 3s for prinjo, inferior, unsaleable,;. old potatoes, 80s to 90s p9r ton , new potatoes, 9s per cwt ; cjnions, more " plentiful and easier ; flour, £9 ; prime salt butter, 6d ; fresh do, 7d per lb ; cheese 5d to s^-d ; hams and bacon, m cloth 1 9£ dto lOd ; eggs, lid to Is Id ; fowls, 4s to 4s 6d,; ducks, 4s 6d to 5s per pair ; turkeys, 5s each ; geese, unsaleable ; honey, £45 tp £50 per tqn .; cherries, at auction W-day, brought about 6d per lb on packing weights ; green peas, B^d per peck. Useful hories are still being enquired for. .v' '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 13, 13 December 1884, Page 2
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134Wellington Markets. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 13, 13 December 1884, Page 2
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