FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 110, 11 May 1932, Page 10

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, reports values of fruit and vegetables sold 9th May as follows:"—Delicious apples, 4s to 5s per; case; Statesman, 4s* to .ss* per case; Jonathans, 4s to 5s per case; lemons, ss' to 13s 9d per case; walnuts, 4d to 4%d per lb;- coloured tomatoes,; 2s 6d to'3s 2d per, case; ripe tomatqes,' 2s 6d to ,4s 4d permease; round tomatoes, 4s to 5s 4d per case; passion fruit, 5s to'Bs per case. CaTbbage, "6d "to Is 2d per 7 ca^e;;;carrots,- 2s 3d'per case; cauliflowers, Is 3d to 4s9d per. case; spinach,- 9d; to 2s. 6d per case; beans, 7s'tcrßsper case;, sjyedes/ Is to 2s per ease;' beetroot, ls,6d: per case; artichokes, 4s 9d per' case; :pumpkins, Is 2d tb.ls-6d.per. case; lettuce, ls.l'Od to 2s 6d per case; red cabbagej 2s 6d pet case; marrows,: Is. to' Is 9d- per case; rhubarb, 4s to 8s per dozen bunches; potatoes, £6 10s to £7 10s per'ton; onions, 8s to'*9s'per cental bag. 4 ,7 HEMP iMDUSTRY. Some five or six flaxmills in the Manawatu district are.operating in expectation of an'improvement in the market, but the output is limited. TDemand is indifferent from all quarters, and any business offering at.all is on a low price basis. 7 PRICE OF GOLD. (Received.llth May, ,11.' a.m.) . ' y, . - .'' '. -"-; LONDON, 10th May. Price of gold, 112s 9d. The price on 25th' April was 110s lOd; on 28tk April, 112s 8d;. on'3rd Maj-, 113s Id; on 4th May, 112s 6d; on sth May, 112s pd; on:9th May, 112s 78d. : TALLOW TRADE STATISTICS.' (Received llth Ma)', 10.15 a.m.) . :. . - LONDON, 10th May. Tallow stocks.are 2320 casks; imports 1083, deliveries 696.' - BURNS, PHILP, AND CO. Following' a 1 fall of £72,255 in gross profit, Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., discloses a net prpfit of* £202,407 for the year ended 31st March, a decrease of £24,806: Dividend is at the usual rate of 10 per cent, absorbing £150,000. A transfer o£ £50,000 to reserve Tis. £2^ooo less than in preced- s mg i years, and raises the reserve to £625,000.-.. The balance carried forward is £36,295, against £33,888-brought forward. PACIFIC TRADING. The Pacific Exploration Company, Ltd., capitalists'*■ and financiers, scientific and technical researchers and experimenters, etc., has been • -registered. in Auckland; capital, £10,000 -in. £1 .shares. Subscribers: The Sterling Investments Company (New Zealand); Ltd.. 9999 shares; Madge Gregory, 1 share. .The main object of the company is to seek. for. .and secure openings for the employment of capital in the Pacific, or in any other part of the world.