THE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1514, 7 March 1901, Page 54

THE MARKETS

Laerv and Co., Limited, report the following wholesale selling prices on- tne Wellington produce market: neat, 2s 8d per bushel,;., oats, Is 10d tv> 2s la her bushel; barley, Is 10d .per. liushel, maize. 3s per bushel;/ flour,. £7 5s per ton; pollard, £4 10s per ton; bran, £3 ids per ton; oatmeal, £lO per ton; chaff, £3 5s per ton : • hay, £4 10s per toil- field beans, 3s per bushel; heal peks, 3s 4d per bushel; potatoes, -sA 10s to £4 15s per ton; onions, £0 10s per ton; ryegrass . seed, 2s Jci to 4s 6di per bushel: cocssfoot seed., to 34di per lb; butter, 7 cl per lb, separator. 9d per lb; cheese, SU! per lb; bacon, per lb; hams, 7-Jd per lb y fowls, 2s 9d. per pair; roosters, 8s per nail'; ducks, 3s. 6d .per.•pair ; turkeys, 7s to 10s per pair; geese, 5 s per- pair; fresh eggSj Is 2d and Is 3d per dozen.. ' LIYE.STOCKTMARKET. . - CHRISTCHURCH, February' 27. _ At the Addington market fat and store cattle were easier. The fat sheep were of mostly inferior and secondary Quality, and prices for, all sorts, were easier. Fat lambs were fully Is down. Good store sheep about held their own. Short supply of fat pigs caused brisk sale. Skinny stores were in demand for stubblihg. Small pig® were not wanted. ' AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MAR- ■ ..... ..... , kets. • ; SYDNEY, February 27. . Wheat, chick, 2s to 2s 2d; milling, 2s 6ld : to;. 2s. 7-|d. ■. Flour, £6 to £8 ICs ; Manitoban, ,£10; IQs to £loJlss, Oats, feeding,-New Zealand, Is lid to. 2s Id ; local, Is 7d to Is lOd; milling, 2s 4d. Barley, New Zealand, 2-s 4d;- Cape, 2sid 2s 4d. Maize, new, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; old, 2s IQd. Peas,'3s•• 6d to 3s 9d‘. Bran, Pollard, Bd. Potatoes, • Circular -Heads,-£5 to £5 ,ss; local,. £4. to £4 ss. Onions.; £G to £6 'ss. 'Butter, 'dairy 8d • to : -9d, creamery 9cli to . IQd. Cheese,. • Targe, s<B Bacon; New Zealand, flitches, 5d to 5Jd.'‘■ u •;* ;;• v 't . The above quotations-;'are those rpling, 'between, merchant and retailer.,, ; and; do; . hot represeiit ..the. slighily lower , valued ' obtained by' recognised brokers; " 1 > ; - MELBOURNE, February 27U~ Wheat, 2s 71 d to 2,s 8.1 d. Oats Alge-

rian,• Is- 5d to Is 7d; stout, ,1s lOd--to 2s. Maize, 2s 7id- to 2-s 10a. Brari, 9jd to 10d. Pollard, lOd to-. IOUI. Potatoes, £2 10s to £3 15s. Onions, £4 10s co £5. ADELAIDE', February 27. Wheat, 2s 74d to 2s Bd. Ficur, £6 Ss to £8 7s Gd. Oats, Algerian, Is Sd f-o Is 10d: stout, 2-s 2d to 2s Bd. Brian, lOd to 104 d. Pollard, lid.