FINANCE AND TRADE

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4319, 30 March 1901, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE

The Customs returns for yesterday amounted ut £2199 11s 4d. Lfiery and Co., Limited, report, the following wholesale selling prices on t lies Wellington produce market: —Wheat, 2s 8d per bushel; oats, Is lOd, 2s per bushel; barley, 2s per bushel; maize, 3s per bushel;~ flour, £C 15s, £7 per ton ; pollard, £4 15s per ton; bran, £4 per ton; oatmeal, £lO 5s per ton; chaff. 65s per ton;, hay, 90s per ton; held beans, 3s per bushel; field peas, 3s Cd per bushel; potatoes, £3 10s per ton; onions, £6 pur ton; ryegrass seed, 3s to 4s 3d per bushel; cocksfoot seed, 2;d to 3’d per lb; butter, dairy 7d, BUI. separator 9d; cheese, s.'d; factory bacon, Old; hams, 7f|d; fowls, 2s 9d per pair; roosters, 3s per pair; ducks, 3s 6d to 4s per pair; turkeys, 6s to 10s per pair; geese, 5s per pair; fresh eggs, Is 5d to Is Od per dozen. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cable from its London house, dated 2Sth instant; —Wool— The sales closed firmly this day at an average advandc of 7.J per cent, for merino and about 5 per cent, for fine crossbred, on last sale’s closing rates. Medium and coarse crossbred show a decline ol 5 per cant, on last sale’s closing rates. DAILY PRODUCE REPORT. The following wholesale quotations ruled yesterday in Wellington with Messrs Townsend and Paul, Thoinpsm , Bros, and Co - ., and Mr J. Gandy: Wheat—Whole fowl, 2s 7d to 2s 9d; broken, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; oats, short feed Is lOd to 2s 2d, dun Is lOd to 2s; barley, feed Is 10d to 2s, pearl, 13s; maize 3s; flour, roller, £6 15s to £7 ss; pollard, £4 15s to £5 6s; barley, dust £4 ss, to £4 10s: bran, £4 to £4 ss; oatmeal, £lO to £lO 10s; split peas, £l2 10s; chaff, from £3 5s (os store) and £3 10s (delivered); hay, £4 to £4 10s; potatoes, £2 15s to £3; onions, £5 to £5 10s; partridge peas* 3s 9d. ' Butter, dairy 7d to 8d (pats), 7d to 8d (bulk), separator 8d to 9d; cheese, factory, medium sid to '5Jd, loaf 5Jd to 6d. Bacon, farmers’ 5d to 5! ri, factory, sides 6d to Gjd, rolls 6jd to7d ; haras, 7jd ; fowls (mixed), 2s Gd per pair; roosters, 3s per pair; ducks, 3s 6d to 4s per pair; turkeys, 6s to 10s; geese, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; eggs, fresh Is 5d to Is 6d, preserved Is 2d: honey, 4d to 4-Jd. Apples, dessert, 4s to 6s, 401 h case, cooking 3s Od to ss; pears, dessert 4s to 10s Gd, cooking 3s Gd to 4s Gd; quinces, 3s to 4s; peaches, 4s to 7s Gd.; water melons, 4d to Is 2d each; pie melons, 4s per cwt; grapes, outdoor 2d to 4d per lb, hot-house Gd to lid. , Tomatoes, 2s to 2s Cd per case r green peas, 4d to 8d per peck; cauliflowers, Is Gd to 2s Gd per sack ; cabbages, Is to 2s per sack; parsnips, 9d per dozen bunches; carrots, 6d per dozen bunches; turnips, 3d to Cd per dozen bunches; turnips (swede), £1 10s to £2 per ton ; French beans, id per lb; vegetable marrows, Is to 2s per dozen; pumpkins, 3» to 0s per cwt; celery, Is to Is Gd per dozen. ' Tlie prices quoted are the highest and , lowest returns' on the market yesterday, the difference in price being regulated by the quality and the supply and demand at the different marts. In many cases the extreme prices dio not rule with all the firms, the lowest and highest prices supplied being 1 quoted above, •