HOBERT TOWN MARKETS.
Mercury Office, Monday Afternoon, April 28 "Wheat is not so firm, we cannot quote higher than 4s. lOd. now, for the best samples, and should the present low prices in the other colonies continue even lower rates may be looked for ■Flour is in good demand, and steady at £13 wholesale, and £14 retail. Bran Is. 3d. to Is. sd. Hay loose from the boats is advancing in price, £5 10s. to £6 being now the ruling rate for good
samples of loose; pressed liny is not' affected, and sales are effrotod with difficulty. Onions have considerably improved in Value, and are now saleable at £16 to £17 per ton. Potatoes are at present dull of Bale, but there isevery prospect ot a better price being obtained for them during the winter, as the crop at the Huon is known to be light, we quote at present £4 to £4 lfts. per ton. " ' Oats in fair demand at 4s. English Barley 6s. Cnpe 4s. to 4s. 3d.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 151, 10 May 1862, Page 4
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