COMMERCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 780, 11 February 1887, Page 15

COMMERCIAL NEWS

WELLINGTON MARKETS. Wholesale Prices, farm and dairy produce.

The Customs duties collected at the port off Wellington for the week ending on Saturday amounted to L 3206 7s 4d. Beer duty* Lll4 11s 3d. Messrs George Thomas and Co. report produce prices as follow :—“ Further changes, aIK of a downward tendency, are noticeable ins. various lines; and potatoes, with stocks accumulating, are now ruling from L 3 to L 3 lOs-i Onions have receded, in consequence of the* advent of large supplies, and now rule from L7' upward per ton ; grass seeds are offering at? reduced quotations, but as purchases would require holding for a considerable timai business is not brisk. We quote rya grass 2s 9d to 3s; cocksfoot, 3gd; oats,, 2s to 2s 3d; flour, Lll ; fowl wheat, 4s to» 4s 3d ; oatmeal at Lll; and bran and pollard, at L 4 to L 4 ss, are unaltered, but we look for slight reductions on these figures at any moment ; barley has somewhat slackened off as e* feeding grain, and no doubt will continue to> do so, should fowl wheat (new grain) open, at lower figures than has been ruling through last season; maize commands a quiet trade at 3s 7d to 3s 9d ; chaff, both, sheaf and straw (new season), Ib now in fullsupply, and the quality is excellent; prices are from Li to L 4 10s for former, and L 3 5s to L 5 10a for latter description. Fresh butter, in consequence of the prevailing hot weather, is very scarce, dairymen being quite unable to forward supplies in anything like marketable condition—prices now rule from 9d ; there is no demand for salt butter; cheese, bacon, and hams are unaltered ; eggs are firm at last quoted rates, with an upward tendency. With the exception of bananas the arrivals of fruit have been confined to the Nelson products, which are ruling somewhat as follow ; —Plums, os ; gages, 6s 6d to 8s ; peaches, 7s 6d ; nectarines, 6s 6d; apricots (in order), 8s to 9s; pears (greatly affected with the moth), 33 to 6s per half-case ; apples (common), 3s ; good cookiug sorts, 5s to 7s per case. Poultry—Turkeys, 10s ; geese, 6s ; ducks, 4s ; fowls, 3s 6d per pair, with only limited inquiry. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report for the week: —Banks—New Zealand, Ll 6 17s 6d ; National, 33s to 34s ; Colonial, 4ls6d. Insurance—New Zealand, 655; South British, 28s ; National, 13s 6d ; Union, 19s ; Standard, 10s 6d ; Colonial, 4s 3d; Equitable, Is; New Zealand Accident, 3s 6d ; Accident Association, 2d. Miscellaneous—Loan and Mercantile, 80s ; Land Mortgage, 21s ; National Mortgage, 19s; New Zealand Shipping, 30s to 335; Union Steam, Lll 15s to Ll2; Mosgiel Woollen, 735; Kaiapoi, 80s; New Zealand Drug, 15s to 15s 6d; Napier Gas, L 13,. cum dividend; Wanganui Gas, Ll2 10s; Kaitangata Coal, Ll 3 ss; Westport Coal, 18s ; Wellington Trust and Loan, sellers, L6ss ; Equitable Building, L 6 5s ; Wellington Gas,. LIS 5s and L 9 2s 6d, ex div ; Manawatu Railway, sellers, 17s; Gear Meat, sellers, 80s. FREEMAN JACKSON & CO.’S STOCK REPORT. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. report of their Johnsonville sale this week : —Scock was yarded in usual numbers. Beef was of middling to prime quality. Ox beef showed a slight improvement on last sales prices. Fat cows are without alteration. We quote best ox beef at 14s per 1001 b ; cows_, 12s 6d ; sheep were on a par with our previous quotations. No pigs were put forward. of various descriptions found buyers at low prices. Best bullocks, L 6 7s 6d to L 7 7s 6d : average, L 6 14s 3d ; inferior animals, small, L 5 to 1.6 5s ; average, L 5 11s; fat cows, of good quality, L 4 53 to L 4 10s ; average, L 4 6s ; smaller cows, L 3 10s to L 3 17s 6d ; average, L 3 14s; w others averaging 651 b made 7s 6d to 7s 9J : ewe wethers, 6s to 7s 6d ; old ewes, 5s 6d; fat lambs in wool, 7s 2d, shorn, 5s 6d to 5s lOd ; store lambs, 3s 5d to 4s Id ; aline of Rouiney Marsh rams made from 20s to 87s pack. Horses —Light draughts, L 8 to Ll 3 2s Off ; unbroken fillies, L 7 2s 6d to L 7 5s ; hacks, L 3 15a toLS; scum and weeds, LI I7s 3d to L 3.

£ s. d. £ 8. a. Milk, quart 0 0 4 to 0 0 5 Butter, fresh • - scarce 9d lb Salt butter - . 0 0 7 to 0 0 8 Cheese, Col. • 0 0 54 to 0 0 6 Eggs, dozen - 0 1 2 to 0 1 3 Lard, lb. - 0 0 54 to 0 0 64 Bacon, lb. - • 0 0 0 to 0 0 7 Ham, lb. - 0 0 74 to 0 0 0 Fowls, pair - 0 3 6 to 0 0 0 Ducks, pair - 0 4 0 to 0 0 0 Geese, each - 0 3 3 to 0 3 6 Turkeys, each - 0 5 0 to 0 6 0 Hay and COBN Market. £ 0. d. £ s. a. Maize, Poverty.Bay - 0 0 0 to 0 3 9 Oats, feed - • 0 2 1 to 0 2 4 Wheat do - - 0 3 9 to 0 4 3 Carrots - 2 5 0 to 2 10 0 Hay, ton - 4 0 0 to 4 10 0 Oaten, ton - - 4 15 0 to 5 0 0 Straw, ton . 3 0 0 to 3 10 0 Chaff,— - - 0 0 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten hay - - 4 0 0 to 4 10 0 Wheat straw - 3 0 0 to 3 5 0 Onions, per cwt - - 0 6 10 to 7 0 0 Potatoes, per ton - 3 5 0 to 3 10 0 Flour Market. Wholesale. 4 S. d £ s. a. SharpB, per ton - - 5 5 0 to 5 10 0 Adelaide, per ton 11 15 0 to 12 0 0 Bran, - 4 0 0 to 4 5 0 Colonial Flour . 11 10 0 to 12 0 0 Oatmeal , 12 10 0 to 13 0 0 Pearl Barley . 15 0 0 to 16 0 0 Seeds £ s d £ a. d Ryegrass, bushel - 0 6 0 to 0 6 6 Cocksfoot, lb. . 0 0 0 to 0 0 44 Wt. Clover, lb. - . 0 0 10 to 0 . 0 0 Red, do . 0 0 9 to 0 0 10 Alsyke, lb. - - 0 0 10 to 0 0 0 Cow Grass, lb. - - 0 0 7 to 0 0 9 Timothy, lb. - 0 0 6 to 0 0 0 Rape, lb. - 0 0 4 to 0 0 0 Linseed, per cwt. - 0 16 0 to 0 0 0