COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4880, 19 November 1894, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Mastkrtox, Monday, 1 Messrs. R. E. Hornblow and Co., auctioneers and' produce merchants, report as follows for week ending Saturday, November 17tb. Business during'; tlio week showed'% decided improvement,, mtli tho'exception o£ prices inpotatoes andoate.wliiclißhow a doH'nwardtendency.vjPonltiy re. main at last week's quotations; ;as do also butter and-eggs.:The latter should go up this week, as a demand from outsido WurceS, In horses, we had at} exceptionally good week, iind Bold several at satisfactory prices. Other lines, enumerated below call for little of no comment. Wo quote';— I. Oats: Goodfedfl fi'oiii ! 2sto2s3d per bushel. Chaff : From Is 2d oaten sheaf, from 2s 3d petffljfL' Wheat ; Good milling, 3s 3d to 3s bd per bushel, '" ' ; Potatoes: Old,' from,2s 6d to 3s per cwt,; new,'fromi Id to Hd pcr [lb; seed Dements, 2s 6d to 3s per cwt.; Flukes, we are disposing of : to clear consignments, front la 9d to 2a per cwt. ' " ! 1 ,•

, Hams and Bacox: FroniOdtoVd P® lb. ' " : ; '

• Poumr: Fowls, 2s 3d to 2s 9d per pair; ducks, 8s 3d per pair; geese, 1 7s 3d; turkeys, 6s to 7s 6d per pair. . Pios: Wean era,'Bs tolOa each, Horses i 'Hacks' from' £2 10s to £l2; light harness do., from &110s to £l3, draught, £9 to £l7los PuoihßTihs: Town sections are being onquired foiybut with the ox* ception of disposing of ono section wo did no: othor business in this direction last week. Leaseholdfarnis aro going o£E well, and wo havo H61e83 than fivo undertreaty at thoprosehfc time. " ''"' -' 'V ■' - ••■"r-'i..