THE MARKETS.

Marlborough Press, Volume XXVI, Issue 1769, 4 May 1886, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH. Bariev (feed), 2s to 2s 2d per bushel; barley (malting), nominal; beans, 3s 9d; butter, id to 9d per lb; cheese, 4d to 6d ; fowls wueat,2s 6d to 2s 8d per bushel: flour,£B to £Blos per ton; hama and bacon, in cloth, B£a per lb ; h&v. £2 108 to £3 0s per ton; oats. Is lid ,o 2s Id per busuel; peas, 3s 9d to 4s 6<?; wueai, nulling. 3s Od to 3s 4d j ryegrass seed, 3s 3d to 5s 3d] bran, £ . 10s per ton; pollard, £ils3 ' DUNEDIN. Wheat. 3s Idto3s 8d per bushel; fowl s wheat! 33 *d to 8s sd: Oats, Is 9d to 2s 4dper b shel; barley, 2s 3d to 8s Od per bushel; potaoer £3 Cd to £4 per ton. Chaff, (oaten), £3 5s to £3l2s 6dper ton; bran, 50s per ton; pollard, £5 10s per ton; Jour, £8 10s to £9 per ton ; bacon, 6d to 7d per lb ; oatmeal, £l2 ner ton; cheese, 5d per lb; onions, 9s 6dp ir cw;; hams, BJd per lb; hay, £35 per ton; butter, 9d to Is. WELLINGTON. / Flour £9 to £9 10s per ton; fowls’ when; from 3s to 3s 3d per bushel: Maize, 4s 3d pea bushel; feed barley, 2s 8d to 2s4d pe.- bus. elr Oatmeal £l3 to £l3 ?0s ton: Oaten ciaff, £4 to £5; Oals, 2s 3d to 2s 6d per Diishel; Onions, £8 to £lO per ton; Beans, 8s 9d per bushel; Hams and Bacon 7}<l to 9d ; Cheese s’d to 6d ; fresh butter, 7d to 8d per lu; said batter, BJd to 9d. per lb; eggs, Is 2d to Is 4d per doz. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,860,000 quarters N. Z. Frozen mutton is unaltered in value.