COMMERCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 931, 3 January 1890, Page 23

COMMERCIAL NEWS

Laery and Co. report prices for the past week as follows : —Potatoes, 20a to 50s, according to quality ; ne.v potatoes, £3 to £4 ; onions, 9d ; oats, 2s Id to*2s 4d ; pollard, 75s to 85s ; bran, 70s to 753 ; oaten sheaf chaff, 853 to 100 s ; straw ohaff, 60s ; oatmeal, £l3; maize,3s to3s4d, nominal; vheat, 3s to3a Sd ; fowls' wheat, 2s 9d ; malting barley, 3s to 3b 6d ; beans, 3s to 3s 7d ; peas, 3s ; pearl barley, £18; flour, £9 10s to £IQ j bacon, Dimock's cure, 7d ; hams, 9d ; ou.tside cure hams and baoon, Id lower; cheese, to 4d for large size ; loaf cheese, 5d to 5Jd; fresh bu,ttsr, 7d to 8d; salt ditto, 7d ; eggs, 942 turkeys, 6s 6d ; geese, 6s ; ducks, <is fid ; fowls, 2s 9d to 3s per pair j figs, 7s and 22s ; dates, 4|d ; inferior sorts, 4d; apples, 6s to Ss; Barcelona nuts, almond huts, 9£d; peanuts, to 3d; oranges, 9s to 12b 6d ; lemons, 203 ; pines, 43 6d to 6s : cocksfoot grass seed, ;. rye grass seed, 2s 6d to 3s Gd. The Customs duties, collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending Saturday amounted to £2032 12s. Beer duty, £231 12s lOd. Georga Thomas and Qo, report produce prices as follow ; —Values of all descriptions of grain are greatly depressed, and the holidays do not tend toward improving either prices or demand, business in leading l\nea is practically at a standstill, and wo therefore recapitulate last week’s quotations. Oats command from 2s 2d to 2s 3d per bushel ; oat sheaf chaff, £5 ; oatmeal, £ll IQs to £l2; ff° ur ) 5a ; stone do, £8 5s ’ Vifheatmeal, £§ 5s ; bran, £3 5s ; pollard,. £3 10.3 \ whole fowls’ wheat, 3$ Id^^’broken do, 2s 6d ; maize, 3s 6d; feed barley, 2s 9d : pearl do, £lB 10s ; peas, 4s j split do, £ls; beanß, 3s lOd, j old potatoes are uninquired for ; now. round samples, £3 ; kidneys, £4 lQa ; onions, £8 straw, £3 10s ; meadqw ffay, £3 15s j hasas and bacon are hq, brisk demand at ?|d all round ; be.°t cheese, sd; egga, IQd ; butter, 7d. Tub aexuand fop poultry has been very i great, U n d turkeys have commanded 7s 6d | to B,s ; fo.wls, 2s 6d to 3s ; geese, 5s 6d to 6a j : ducks, 4s per pair. Good prices havn been ; realised for fruit, especially that for Ohristma3 requirements. A large shipment of bananas, over 400 Q bunches, came to hand yesterday, and bold from Is 3d to 5s 6d per bunch, according t<?. condition, Messrs Edwards ana Mcßeath report on j the labour market;—The market is upset owing to holiday keeping, Messrs Arthur Warburtonand Co. report on the share market for the week :—Banks— New Zealand, old issue £5 53, new issue £4 I 15b ; National, 38s ; Colonial, 43s Insur-ance-New Zealand, 663 to 6Ss ; South , British, 30.3 to 32s ; National, 15s to 16a ; I Union, 26s 6d cum div; Standard, 13s Gd to 14s ; Colonial, buyers 5s 6d ; Accident, 7s 6d. Miscellaneous —Loan and Mercantile, 66s to 68a ; Land Mortgage, \7s ; National Mortgage, 11s 6i ; Nqv? Zealand Shipping, 755; Union Steam, £l2 10s ; Mosgiel Woollen, Kaiapoi Woollen, 57s ; New Zealand Drug, 19s 6d to 20s; Wanganui Gas, sellers £l2 j Gisborne Gas, QOs ; Wellington Building and Investment, £6los ; Wellington Trust and Loan, £6 15s ; Equitable Building, £7 53; Wellington Gas,. £ls, £7 10s, and £1 10a j Gear Meat, 90s oum div ; Wellington WoolleD, 45s ; Manawatu Railway, 14s. Gold shares —Keep-lfc* Dark, Bales (23rd inst), 2ls. Mr D.. T. Stuart reports on the share market for the. week to date :—Banks— Bank of New Zealand, old, £4 17s 6d to £5 2s 6d ; Colonial, 42s 6d. InsuranceColonial, sales 5s lid to 6s ; National lfis to 16s 3d ; New Zealand, 65s to 66s 6d ; Standard, 133 3d to 14s ; Union, 263 6d cum div. Financial—New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, C7s to 69a ; Drug Co,, ssllers 19s 3d ; Wanganui Gas, buyers £lO 10a, sellers £ll 10s ; looal building companies unchanged;. Wellington Gas, (£lO paid), - tilers £ls 12s 6d ; do, (£5 paid), last sales t‘7 15s ; Manawatu Railway, 13s to 15a ; Gear Meat, buyers 90s cum div; tjon Woollen, 43a to 45s ex div,

Freeman R. Jaekaon and Co.’s Johnsonville stock report Fat cattle came forward in average supply, all of good quality, suitable in size for tho requirements of this time of the year. A brisk demand existed, prices improving as the sale progressed. A moderate entry of sheep were penned, which also sold rapidly. Lambs made better rates. Pigs, in fewer numbers, maintained late values. Cattle—Bulloeks, from £5 2s 6d to £6 10s, averages £5 6s and £5 16s. Sheep— Fat wethers, 10s Id to 10a 5d ; lightweights, S 39d ; fat ewes, Ss 4d to 9s Id ; merino wethers, 6s 4d ; merino ewes, 53 ; fat lambs, 6s 7d to 7s 3d. Pigs—Good porkers, 26s to 27s 6d; small stores, 10s 9d to 13s 6d ; others, 6s 7d to 10s. Ox beef, 14s 6d the lOOlbs ; wether mutton, lfd per lb. WELLINGTON MARKETS. Wholesale Prices. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE,

£ s. d. £ a. d Milk, quart 0 0 4 to 0 0 0 Butter, fresh lb - 0 0 6 to 0 0 8 Salt butter - 0 0 7 to nominal Cheese, Col. 0 0 3b to 0 0 4§ Eggs, dozen 0 1 0 to 0 0 0 Lard, lb. 0 0 5 to 0 0 0 Bacon, lb. « 0 0 6 to 0 0 t Ham, lb. c 0 7 to 0 0 9 Fowls, pair 0 2 9 to 0 3 0 Ducks, pair 0 3 6 to 0 4 G Geese, each 0 3 0 to 0 3 ■ 0 farteys, pair 0 7 0 to 0 8 0 Hay and Corn Market. £ 8. d. £ a a Maize, Poverty Bay 0 3 0 to nominal Oats, feed - 0 2 0 to 0 2 3 Wheat do - 0 2 6 to 0 3 6 Carrots 1 10 0 to 2 0 0 Hay, ton 3 10 0 to 4 0 a Oaten, ton - 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 Straw, ton 2 10 0 to 3 0 0 Chaff,— - 5 0 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten hay - 3 L0 0 to 0 0 0 . Wheat straw 3 0 0 Onions 0 6 0 to 0 7 0 Potatoes, per ton (old)2 0 0 to 3 0 0 do do (new) 2 10 0 to 3 10 0 Flour Market. £ S. d £ s. d Sharps, per ton • . 3 15 0 to 0 0 0 Bran per ton . 3 10 0 to 0 0 0 Colonial Flour - - 9 0 0 to 9 10 9. Oatmeal . 14 0 0 to 0 0 a Pearl Barley 18 0 0 to 0 a © Seeds. £ s. d. £ ». 6 Ryegrass, bushel • 0 3 6 to 0 4 G Cocksfoot, lb. - * . 0 0 2 to 0 0 2£ Wt. Clover, lb. - • 0 0 30 to 0 0 0 Red, do • 0 & 8 to 0 0 9 Alsyke, lb. - - 0 e 10 to 0 0 C Cow Grass, lb. - 0 0 7 to 0 0 9 Timothy, lb. * 0 0 6 t; Q 0 0 Rape, lb. » - 0 0 2 to nominal Linseed, perewt. * 0 14 t& nominal