THE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1536, 7 August 1901, Page 57

THE MARKETS

Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd., report th© following wholesale selling prices on the Wellington produce market:—Wheat, 2s lOd to 3s • oats, 2s Id to 2s 4d, seed oats, 2 S 6d; barley, 2s Id; maize, 3s Id; pollard, £sj bran, £4 10s; barley meal, £4 10s; partridge peas, 3s lOd; chaff, £3 10s ; hay, £4 10s to £5 10s ; potatoes, £5 10s to £6; early seed potatoes, £5 15s to £6 10s; ’ butter, dairy 9d to lOd, separator 10jd to le; bacon, 6£d; hams, 7£d; fowls, 3s to 3s 6d; ducks, 4s to ss; turkeys, hens 6s to 7s, gobblers 8s to 10s; geese, 5s to 5s 6d; fresh eggs, Is 5d to Is 7d, limed Is 2d pears, cooking 6s to Bs, dessert. 6s to 11s; apples, cooking 6s 6d to 8s 6d, dessert 7s to 9s bananas, 7s to 7s 6d per case; cauli/ flowers, 5s to 10s per sack; cabbages, Is to 3s per sack; walnuts, 5d to 6d per lb; pumpkins, 6s to 6s 6d per sack; celery, Is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen.

JOHSONVILLE STOCK SALES.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on their Johnson.ville sale as follows :—A full entry of bullocks of irregular quality but comprising some prime heavy weights, met with ~ a strong demand at improved prices for prime cattle, but light bullocks and cows did not sell so well. A somewhat short entry of sheep sold freely, especially prime ewes, which were at better values. A few nice porkers sold well, and made, up to per lb; prime ox beef brought from 21s to 22s per 1001 b; cows, 18s to 19s; heavy bullocks, £9 12s 6d to £lO ss; medium do, £7 15s to £9 2s 6d; sfifall do, £7 to £7 10s; prime cows, £6 17s 6d: others; £4 15s to £5 15s; prime ewes, 15s 7d; ethers, 12s 9d to 13s lid; medium wethers, 14s 4d to 14s 6d; good porkers, 295; others, 10s 6d to 12s 6d. ' .