Wellington in Markets.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1502, 10 November 1885, Page 2

Wellington m Markets.

Messrs Georee Thomas and Co: report, produce prices as follows :—Notwithstanding the now. abundant, supply of new potatoes, there is still a really gooddemand for approved samples of the old', crop ; quotatiqns rule from £3 10s, withu perhaps a tendency to reduce* as * good, many tons still remain m farmers' hands.. Several leading flour millershave advan-. ced prices of their products quite 12s Gd: per ton, somewhat injudiciously, as it ; will cause a reaction m favor of otherlesser known but equally good brands,, which rule a* the old. figures — £8 to iB» 10s. Oats, unaltered, with only small! inquiry, 2s Id to 2s 4d per bushel ; fowls" wheat freely sold at 3s to 8s 3d, market . almost bare. - Rye grass, 8s 9d ; cocksfoot, 3s 2d ; hams and bacon, 6d to B£d ;: eheeae, none ; honey (m tins), 5d per lb ;: onions, 2d per lb. New potatoes are* moving off briskly at Id per lb ; green< peas, Is 2d to Is 3d per peck ; green: gooseberries, 5d per quart; eggs, 10£d< with prospect of reaching lid to ls< shortly ; fresh butter isahnost unsaleableat 8d per lb ; salt do,not the slightest in* quiry.