Wellington Produce Markets.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 110, 4 April 1884, Page 2

Wellington Produce Markets.

., — : ♦ ■■"■■■■ Laery and Campbell report : — Business has not been very brisk during the past week. In dairy. r^Poduceitherei^ vevy little alteration to v reportr s ~]Jutter is now nominally worth Bil p«r lb for prime, hut we knowof no .^ales. Cheese ' may be quoted at 4d to 4|jl ; hams and bacon, 8d to B|d ; fowls, 3s co 8s Gd per pair; ducks, 3s 6d to 3s 9d per pair ; turkeys, 3s 6d l to 4s each ; geese are never .Very saleable, but may he quoted at 2s to 2s 6d each ; eggs, Is 8d to Is lOd pet dozen. Milling wheat is worth. about 3s 8d to 3s lOd, but there is-no town demand, owing to the absence of mills; feed wheat, 2s 6d to 3s 6d, according to sample. For oats we can only 1 1 : repeat our remarks of last week. Jifalting ; barley is worth aboat 3s 6d, but 'there iirlittile 6r no business ; feed barley is quite unsaleable. Onions may be again quoted at £6 to £7 but business very slack. Maize is still very scarce. Oatmeal may be quoted at £12 55.: Cocksfootscid to 4|d per lb; rye giass seed, 4s to ss, according to sample. In other produce thelje^ np. ; alteration to report. Fruits-has not come forward very plentifully, and as there will be no, arrivals from Hobavt for about ten days, we anticipate a scarcity of apples and pears during the lafctor ppd pjf ihis and early part of next » r eefc.'