FINANCE AND TRADE

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4293, 28 February 1901, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE

The Customs returns fo.r yesterday amounted to £1715 3s lOd. Laery anil Co., Limited, report the following wholesale selling prices on the Wellington produce market;—Wheat, 2s 8d per bushel ; oats, Is lOd to 2s Id per bushel; barley, Is 10J jicr busho’ : maize, 3s per bushel; flour, £7 os pc: ton; pollard, £>l 10s per ton; bran, £3 15s per ton: oatmeal, £lO per ton; chaff, £3 5s per ton; bay, £-1 10s per ton; hold beans, 3s per bushel ; field peas, 3s 4d per bushel; potatoes. £4 10s to £4 15s per ton; onions, CG 10s per ton ; ryegrass seed, 2s 9d to 4s Gd per bushel; cocksfoot seed, 2',d to 3-1 d per lb ; butter, 7d per lb, separator 9d per lb; cheese, s)d per lb: bacon, 61d per lb; hams, 7Jd per lb; fowls, 2s 9d per pair; roosters, 3s per pair; dinks, 3s 6d per pair; turkeys, 7s to IQs per pair; goose, 5s per pair; fros'h eggs. Is 2d and Is 3d per dozen. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. PKESS ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY, February 27. Wheat, chick, 2s to 2s 2d; milling, 2s 6ld to 2s 74d. Flour, £6 to £6 10s; Manitoban, £io 10s to £lO 15s. Oats, feeding, New Zealand, Is lid to-2s Id; local, Is 7d to Is lOd ; milling, 2s 4cl. Barley, Now Zealand, 2s 4d; Cape, 2s to 2s 4d. Maize, now, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; old, 2s lOd. Peas, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Bran, B.Vd. Pollard, Bd. Potatoes, Circular Hoads, £5 to £5 ss; local, £4 to £4 ss. Onions, £6 to £6 ss. Butter, dairy 8d to 9d, creamery 9d to lOd. Cheese, large, sd. Bacon, New Zealand, flitches, 5d to S^d. The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent the slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers. p MELBOURNE, February 27,. Wheat, 2s 7|d to 2s Bjd. Oats Algerian, Is 5d to Is 7d; stout, Is lOd to 2s. Maize, 2s 7-Jd to 2s lOd. Bran, Ojd to lOd. Pollard, lOd to 10j-d. Potatoes, £2 10s to £3 15s. Onions, £4 10s to £5. ADELAIDE, February 27. Wheat, 2s 74d to 2s Bd. Flour, £6 os to £6 7s 6d. Oats, Algerian, l s 8d to Is lOd; stout, 2s 2d to 2s Bd. Bran, lOd to Pollard, lid. LIVE STOCK MARKET. PKESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, February 27. At tho Addington market fat and .store cattle were easier. The fat sheep were’ of mostly inferior and secondary quality, and prices for all sorts ware 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 stubbling. Small pigs were not wanted,