Commercial.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3328, 7 October 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

George Thomas & Co, report produco prices as follows: —Tho low values now ruling (or oats have caused considerable speculation among local buyers, and there is no doubt that prices must advance during the month of November, as large parcels will leavoNcw Zealand (or Victoria, to participate in the increased duties which take effect there on Ist December; wo quote short feed, 2s lOd ; long do, 2a 8d; blaok Tartarian, 3s; oatmeal, £l3 10s; oaten sheaf chaff, £5: straw do, £2lss to £3. The only other lino in which we note any alteration is potatoes, owing to an advance in the Sydney market, they aro linn hero at £4 to £5. but t)ie demand is entirely from outside sources, local requirements being ijuilo retail in oharaotcr. Woo in simply repeat last week's quotations for other lines— Flour, £9 to £10; bran, £i) 10a;. pollard, £3lsa; whole fowls' wheat, 3s -Id; broken do, 2s 9d; feed barley, 3s; pearl barloy, £2O; field peas, 3s (Id to Is; split peas, £ls; maize, 3s 3d to 3s Cd; beans, 3s Cd; ryegrass 3s (Id to 'ls GJ; cocksfoot, 3d to 3Jd; clovers 8d to lOd j Inpstone seed potatoes, £5; checso, old sd, new (just arrived) 5Jd; linns and bacon, 8W; new butter, dull, (id to 7d \ eggs, 8d to t'Jd. Large shipments of Fiji fruits to hand ruled as follows : Bananas, 3s b'd to k ; pjne.», 7s per dozen; cocoanuts, 7s per sack; peanuts,' 3d per lb; C|irislchurcji rhubarb is value at 6s to Cs Cd per dojs; pew potatoes, 1J to 2d per lb Fowls, *; ducks, -Is; turkeys, 7s; geese, 6s per pair, Loudon, October i. The wool sales close on the 15th October,