FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 151, 23 March 1938, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices

Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce iu the Wellington markets this week are quoted by Laery and Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., AV. Burbidge and Co., Ltd., D. Bowie and Co., Ltd., lownsend and Paul, Ltd., and Geo. Thomas and’ Co., Ltd., as follows: —' Apples: Jonathan, 3/- to D/- per bushel; Cox Orange, 4/- to 7/-; Deliaous, 3/6 to 5/6; cookers, 3/- to 5/-. ’Pears: W.8.C., 4/6 to 9/6 per J-case; LB.J., 6/- to 10/-; Winter Cole, 4/- tc 7/6. Quinces, 7/- to 10/6 per bushel; passion fruit, 8/- to 10/6 per 4-case. Peaches, 4/- to 8/6 v_er Lease; cape gooseberries, 5/-to 6/6 jier .Lease. Lemons, 10/- to 18/- rer bushel; grapes, hothouse, 7d. to 1/10 per pound. Tomatoes, 9d. to 4/- per case; beans, 2/- to 11/- per case; cucumbers, outside, 2/- to 6/6 per case; potatoes! 3/- to, 7/- per sack; pie melons, 6/- to 8/- per sack; cauliflowers, 7/- to 12/- per sack; kumeras, 4/6 to 5/6 per sugar-bag; onions, 4/- to 5/- per sugar-bag; peas, 10/- to 21/- per sack; pumpkins, 4/- to 7/- per sack. Lettuce, 5/- to 46/- per sack; cabbage, 6/- to 10/6 per case; Savoys, 10/- to 15/3 per sack; spinach, 3/- to 8/6 per case; swedes, 1/6 to 4/9 per case; carrots, 3/to 6/9 per case; .parsnips, 3/6 to 5/6 per case; beetroot, 1/6 to 276 per case,; marrows, 2/- to 4/3 per case; celery, 6(1. to 1/9 per case; rhubarb, 4/- to 6/- per dozen bunches. Eggs: A grade. 2/- per dozen; medium, 1/10.

Auckland Produce Markets

Dominion Special Service. Auckland, March 22. The chiet feature ot the local grain and produce markets is the large quantity of potatoes available, Pukekohe growers are digging their second crop, but local merchants prefer to deal in Manawatu tubers, which are of excellent quality and are available in ample quantities. The price has now been reduced by 10/- to £8 per ton. . . ±1 There has been an easing m the price of Garton oats and B grade are now quoted at 4/5 to 4/6 per bushel. Chaff is unaltered at £lO per ton. There has been no alteration m the prices of pojiltry foods. There has been a further easing in Australian pollard, which is now quoted at £9/10/- per ton through store, and at this figure business is brisk. Bran is steady at £6/15/- per ton, and onions from Pukekohe are unchanged at 11/6 per cwt.

LUSTRE HOSIERY, LTD.

Increased Profit Shown Lustre Hosiery, Ltd., Sydne)-, reports a net profit of £33,457 for the year ended December 31, compared witli £22.530 the previous year and £31,251 tor 1935. A fiiiql ordinary dividend of 4 per cent, is recommended, making 7J per cent, for the year, compared with 7J per cent, the previous year. The ordinary dividendjor the year requires approximately £17,852, and the preference dividend, also 75 per cent., requires £6560. A sum of_£Booo is transferred to reserve, and £15,097 is carried forward. It has been the custom to declare directors’ fees of £l6OO from tlie amount carried forward, so that if this is* continued the amount actually caroied into the current year will be £13,497. Depreciation provided for the year amounted to £20,792.

The report states that the new plant installed in 1936 and the new mill block were in full operation during 1937, and proved fully satisfactory. The policy of modernisation is still proceeding, and an amount exceeding the depreciation was spent during the year on new plant.

Year ended Dee. 31. 11)35. £ 1936. £ 1937. £ Gross profit 1 100,73-1 141,466 148,012 Net profit .. 31,251 22,530 33,457 Div., Pref. . 6,458 6,458 6,560 Div., ord., p.c. Do., amount 12,917 16,363 1V,852 To reserve . 10,000 — S.000 Forward • • * ‘17,544 *15,653 15,097' *Less £1600 directors’ fees voted in March or April of the following year.