Wellington Markets.
Mr- George Thomas reports produce prices as follows : — Business during the week has been well sustaiued, and considerable activity has been noticeable m oats, Urge lines having changed hands at prices ruling from 2s to 2s Id for good short feed. Old and fully ripe potatoes are now m general request, the demand being fully equal to the supply ; for blue Derwents I quote £3, nnd for kidneys, 50s. Colonial flour, £8 15s to £9 ; fowls' wheat. 2s 6d to 2s lOd ; cheese, 5d ; bacon and hams, 9£d. Salt butter ia reported from Sydney as being m somewhat less demand, prices having fallen 3d per lb ; this has affected Wellington rates, and buyers cantiot advance on B£d. Fresh butter is m fair request at 9d to lOd ; eggs are very scarce, and fresh laid are worth 2s fid per doz. ; honey, s£d ; turkeys, 10s ; geese, 6s ; ducks, 4s ; fowls, 3s 9d per pair.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 122, 27 April 1885, Page 2
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155Wellington Markets. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 122, 27 April 1885, Page 2
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