Wellington Markets.
Messrs Laery aud Campbell report that there is nothing partioular-to note ■iv the produce' market. During the past week there has been a steady business.doing, but mostly iv small lines. We should quote for wholesale import lines of best brands of , flour, £8 to £9 ; fowls' wheat, 2» 6d per : bushel ; oats, for bright short feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6>l ; discolored, 2s to 2s Id. Good bright samples of honey are worth 5d to s^d ; butter is without inquiry ; eggs, f»r guaranteed fresh, 2d 61 per doz ; poultry is without alteration ; cheese continues worth i>d to s£<l per lb ; bacon and hams m cloth, KM and Is per lb ; onions are somewhat soared, and may bo quoted at J£7 to £8 a ton ; potatoes are har leuiug considerably, and may be quoted at £3 5s to £3 7s 6d . Ho-ses of the right stamp continue to be inquired for, but extravagent prices are not be obtained. Prices continue such, however, that breeders or dealers who buy tight have no cause for complaint. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 143, 22 May 1885, Page 2
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175Wellington Markets. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 143, 22 May 1885, Page 2
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