COMMERCIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 55, 6 March 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

J WEEKLY MARKET REPORT,

WELLINGTON, March 2. . Potatoes remain steady at from £4 10s to £o, while aspeciallm© of extra large Hutt grbwn- realised £6. Southern grown are!; now .quoting freely. Onions are at bedrock; sup-:, plies of good quality Canterbury grown are offering freely. Vegetables are in good demand, but cabbages and marrows have, with larger supplies, come back in price. Fruit.—Dessert, applet rather slow, cooke,rs good demand: peaches, plnms and nectarinea, good sale. Eggs have risen rapidly, and are now selling at Is Bd, with keen inquiry. Butter is now keenly wanted, and an improvement in values may.bf looked for henceforth. Oats are firming, and scarce. Wheat is dull of sale. Potatoe-'i—Prime, £4 10s to £5 per ton. Oi.icns—Globes, £4 10s to £5 pc*r ton. Cabbage—2s 6d to 3s 6d per sack. Green Pea&—Hutt, Is 3d per peck French Be*a,ns—3d per lb. Carrots —3s 6d per sack. Swedes—ls 6d to 2s per sack. Cauliflower—Bs to 10s per sack. Marrows—Ts 6d to 2s per sack. Turnips—Whitay 4d to 5d dozen. Lettuce —Choice, Is to Is 6d per case. ■- ' .' ~ .'",■.■;:., Rhubarb—ls 6d to 2s dozen. Blackberries —3d per lb. Cucumbers —2s- 6d per half-case. Peaches)—4s 6d to 5s per half-case. Pl',ims—Ogans, 3s' {; Burbanks, 4s 6d; October Purple,-0s; Diamonds, 4s per half-case. -' Neotarines—43 6d to 6s 6d per halicase. ...I'--'' ■'■■■■ Dessert Apples—ss 6d to 6s 6d per ■'case. ;.-■■■ Cooking Apples—ss to 5s 6d per case. ' ,■ ■ f ~' -:'■' ■ " ; Tomatoes—ls 6d to 2s por half-car;e. Pears^—Dessert, os 6d to 6a* cookers 4s 6d to ss^ per CKeeir Grapes— lOd to Is per lb. Maize—3s 6d per bushel. Wheat-—4s per bushel. Barley (feed) —3s per bushel. , Barley, Cape-—3s 6d to 3s 8d per bushel. , Dun Peas—4s pei**'Unishel. Pollard—£7 per ton; £6 15s in ton lots. , , Oat Pollard—2s.6d sack of about 901b. _ • Brat.—£s per ton. Chair—Oatensheaf, £5 per ton. Hay—Prime, £3 10s to £4 per ton. Straw--Wheaten, £2 7s 6d per ton Butter—Separator, 9 J-d to lOd . bulk, 9id; dairy, 9d per lb. Chess©—Best factory mediums," s;}d per lb; loaf, 7d per lb. • Eggs—Fresh, Is 8d per dozen. Biacon—Factory sides 7d, rolls 9d, liams, 9|d per lb. Hor-ey—3id per lb. Slow of sale. Beeswax—ls 6d per lb.- • Fungus—44d per lb. | Walnuts-6d par lb.

Tallow—Tins, 26s cwt. Poultry—Cockerels, 5s 6d for good birds; small, 3s; table roosters, os: table hens, 3s to 3s 6d; ducks, 4s io 5s per pair; turkey gobblers, lOd per lb; Lens, 8d per 1b live weight. Poor demand.