FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4330, 13 April 1901, Page 2

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs returns for yesterday amounted to £1336 4s 2d.

At ille lime of the arrival of WO Uns of Now Zealand cheese in London by the Rnkaia, which'arrived Home at the end of February, the market was very quiet, and prices easier.

Writing under dale of Loudon, Ist March. Messrs - Wedde! and Co. state that there* is an easier feeling in the Australian and Now-Zealand butter market for both “choicest” and “finest” grades, and. prices are 2s lower. ' The Rakaia, with 28,607 boxes of New Zealand butter, was commencing to unload at. the time of writing. The following week the Orizaba was duo from Australia with a cargo of 34.000 boxes, which wo (fid bo the last great arrival of the season, the next three vessels bringing 18,000, 14,700 and 9500 boxes respectively. The total arrival of Australian butter in February was 54,373 cwt.,_ against 60,096 cwt, last year, thus showing a deficiency of 5723 cwt. The total shortage from Australia for the present season compared with last was 33.000 cwt., . every colony showing a deficiency. New Zealand also showed a shortage of 7135 cwt. for the season. DAILY PRODUCE REPORT. The following wholesale quotations ruled yesterday in Wellington with Messrs Laory and Co. : Wheat, whole fowl, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; oats, 1 short. 1 feed,' Is lOd to 2s, dun Is TOd to 2s; barley, feed Is lOd to. 25.;: maize, 3s; pollard, £4 15s; bran, £3 15s; chan, £3 ss; . hay, £4 10s to £6; j potatoes, £3 6b to £3 10s; onions, £5 10a; partridge peas, 3s 9d. Butter, dairy 7d to 8d (pats), 7d to , Sd (bulk), separator 8d to 9d. Bacon, factory, sides 6fd, rolls G.fd to : 6jd; hams, 7fd; fowls (mixed), 2s 6d 1 per pair; roosters, 3s'per pair; ducks. 3s 6d to 4s per pair; turkeys, 6s to 10s: geese, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; eggs, fresh Is 6d to Is 7d; preserved, Is lid; honey, 4d. , Apples, dessert. 5s to 9s 6d 401 b case, cooking, 4s to ss; pears, dessert, 6s to 10s 6d, cooking 5s to 6s; quinces, 4s to 4s 6d; peaches, 6s to 7s 63; watei melons, 4cl to Is 2d each; pie melons, '■ 4s per cwt; grapes, 6d to lOd per lb. Tomatoes, 2s to 3s 6d per half case; cauliflowers, Is 6d to 2s 6d per sack ; cabbages. Is 6d to 2s 6d per sack; parsnips, 9d per dozen bunches; carrots , 6d per dozen bunches; turnips, 3d to 6d per dozen bunches; turnips (swede) j £1 10s to £2 per 1 ton-' French beans. Id ! to Id per lb; vegetable marrows, Is to 2s per dozen; pumpkins, 2s to 3s cwt • 1 | celery, Is to Is 6d per, dozen. 1 [ YESTERDAY’S WOOL AND SKIN I SALES. Messrs Levin-and Go. report;—We offered 45 kales wool ami 750 skins. There is no change in prices to record. We quote—Medium crossbred fleece, 3d to 3fd per lb; inferior and crossbred fleece, 2id to 3Jd: crutcbings,; coarse, 2d to 2Jdcrutcbings, lambs,) lid to 2d; halfbred skin, 4d to 4|d;j crossbred skins, 3jd to 4d; dead skins, 2d to 3d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited,., reports: At ; our fortnightly sale we offered a catalogue of. som& 20 -halos,., and- 1200 • sheepskins. There was a.good attend-; anoe of buyers. ' ’Prices for. wool were ~ about the same Us at last sale. Skins ' were eagerly competed for, with the-re-'. suit that prices were (slightly higher. - i We quote—Locks, id to ltd per lb: . bellies and pieces, ld ! to 2jd; coarse crossbred, up to 4fd, and fine crossbred up to 4Jd per lb. Sheepskins—Good crossbred, full-woolled, 4!d per lb; half-; bred, 4-Jd; medium crossbred up to 4'dj per lb; a good line of merino skins' fetched sfd per lb. . | M-” r ay, Roberts and Co. reportWej offered 20 bales and bags of wool and; 1600 sheepskins. ' The wool consisted j chiefly of mixed parcels 'of inferior quality, and only met with a moderate de-; ! mand. Our catalogue included several) good lines of well-saved short-woolled I skins, and the bulk <3f these were taken j j For export at better prices than the local. | trade was prepared te pay. Sound pelted lambskins also met with a good injuiry. AVe quote—Wool—Mixed fleece md lambs, 3ld to 4d per lb; dead —--lit, tyd to 3ld. per lb; locks and pieces, Id bo 2Jd per lb. Skins—Woolly skins and lambs, 3Jd to 4d per lb; short wools,) 1 3d to 3|d; inferior, 2d to 2|d per lb; pelts (sound), 6d to 9d each. j The date of next sale is April 26th.- | |