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* Evbwino I'ost Omen, Wednetday Afternoon. XiAinr & CiMPnixr. reoort j— Holiness has bcon fairly brisk, with little or no alteration in prices Flour, £8 158 to £919 1 pollard, scarce, £5 Ss. Oats raroaln at about last week's quotation!, bat the )irl«ei demanded by lonthern growers are n shade lower. Brnn, oatmeal, liny, straw and chaff, are •wUhont alteration. Barley continues hard to Miiifc for either waiting or food pnrposos, bnt Tearl barley maintains its mine. Ctrass seed is scarce, and no alteration in price. Honey, jams, flutter and cheese, are also the same as lait week In onion* stocks are working down slowly, but no improvement in price can yet be qnoted. Potatoes ire Armor, and better prices miiy shortly be anticipated if the demand for tho Sydney market cantinnefl. No poultry or eggs have come forward worth mentioning. Fruit has been excep. -tion'lly short in supply, and all good sort« hare retliied fair tslhos. At ft sale of prize poultry on ttatarday the attendance wa« good nnd prices ¦were aatlsfnotorr. The hone sale, bowerer, was 'ffoitV, ta both entries and buyers. Another mob ot Kood ««otul horses direct from the country disttrlots ii looked for anxiously by many buyers aaiaa siroitT. Mr D. T. Bvoktct reports for week to date :— Sams: Colonial lusurnßce, 7s 3d, 7s W, 7s Gd; N.Z. Land MortfC»«o (80s paid), 24a 6d i Manawi\tn BAllway, par (Us). Qdotatjojs: Banks— N.Z , £21 ISs to £82 1 Colonial, 42* | Rational, 60s. Colonial Insurance, 7s Gd ; National, 20s 61 j N.Z , 7K» to 795; Standard, ISaSd; South British, (Onto i*>l*t Union, 32s U>2isM; N.Z. Accident, 4s 6d; Aoelilent. Association, 2s id ex dirtr t Eqnitoblo, 4d. NZ. Shipping, 47s (W. to Ms: National Sin 9d to 245 ; N.Z Lsan and Merean. file, £5 5b to £5 7a «d ; NZ. Drug Co , 33' to par (20s) ex dir ; MotKlol Woollen, Nils 6d ; Koiapoi Woollen, £20 Ss; Napier Qua, £12 10s; Wiuncanui dm, t\2 los ; WnlUngton Oat, £16 10 a and £8 Ss ; flour M«itt, Ms (firm) ( NZ. Land Mortgage, 24s 6il to 25s
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Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 76, 1 April 1885, Page 2
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345COMMERCIAL. Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 76, 1 April 1885, Page 2
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