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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 21 November 1887, Page 2

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George Thomas and Co, report produce prices :—A considerable demand exists for old samulcs ot Herweut potatoes, principally for late seed; the! c-n lition is still excellent, and for best Camara’s 50s is obtained, while other descriptions rule from 40s to 50s per ton. New potatoes are steady at £0 to £3 10s, and wc do not auticipat' a reduction on the former fi arcs for a little time, those being lower t u the present ruling ptices in Auck- , land. Onions st’ll command £l7 per ton, I but, ; n early anticipation of the now crop sales at this figure 0”0 confined to refer l parcels. Flour continues to rule at £9 10s to £lO 5s for stone and roller process respectively. Fowls’ wheat, 3s 7d to 3s Ud : pollard, £4 ; bran, £3 10s ; long feed oats, Is lOd ; short do, 2s. to 2s 2d; oatmeal, £9 5s to £9 10s ; maize, scarce, 4s ; batley for feed pir poses is quite out of the market and the nommal value is 3s ; blue peue, 3s 10d; beans 3s 9d green peas are now on the market in large quantities, and are selling at lid per peck; gooseberries, 3d per quart; rhubarb, 4s to 5s 6d pes doz. Eirgs arc slacker and arrivals large; we quote Bjd to 9d for guaranteed parcels, Hams and bacon ?d; cheese, 2d to 3d ; fresh butter, 5d to Gd; salt ditto, Id per lb old season’s. Fowls, 4s ; ducks, -4s Gd ; turkeys, 8s Gd ; geese, 7s per pair. Sydney fruit varied in condition, and, therefore, the rca’ised prices for oranges, lemon, Sea., would prove misleading. In rcpoiu ng prices for grain and faun produce, we may remark, to prevent misunderstandings, that our quotations are for wholesale parcels, and not for retail quantifies; p nees of fruit, &c., are according to auction realisations. Router’s Telegrams. Melbourne, Nov 18. _ New Zealand wheat lias receded in value, and is now quoted at 3s to 3s 3d per bushel; New Zealand oats, also declined Id, are now Is 9d to 2s 2d pe bushel; maize ; s about the same as las : week, id to 3s lid per sGlbs ; potatoes continue in good supply, and on’y com maud 18s to 20s per ton. Adelaide, Nov IS. Wheat is steady at 3s Gd, a sl'gh improvement upon last week’s quo bilious Flour is unchanged in value, LS 10s fe L 9 per ton. London, Nov 17. Three per cent consuls have advanced and are now cpioted at LlO3 as. Nov Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock i quoted at L 97. The Market rate of discount is 8 pe cent, and the Bank rate 4 per cent. Tallow and breadsluffs maintain las quotations. _ i The weekly returns of the Ban a r England published to-day show the tut' reserve in notes and bullion to 1: L 12,400,000, an increase of Lloo,oo during the week. The proportion of re serves to liabilities is 48 per cent, as com pared with 47 percent last week.