FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4488, 16 October 1901, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs returns for yesterday amounted to £5393 8s 2d. Messrs Gr. Thomas and Co. report the following wholesale prices on the Wellington produce, market: —Wheat, 3s Id per bushel; broken, 2s 9d per bushel; oats, 2s 7d to 2s 8d per bushel; seed,2s 9d per bushel; barley, 2s 3d per bushel; maize, 3s Id per bushel; pollard, £4 15s; bran, £4 10s per ton; chaff, £3 10s per ton; hay, £4 10s per ton; partridge peas, 4s 3d per bushel; Prussian Blue, 4s 9d per bushel; potatoes, old, £4-10s per ton; new potatoes, £l4 per ton; seed potatoes, ■ £4 10s to £5 per ton; onions, American, £lB per ton; butter, choice 9d per lb, medium 8d per lb; bacon, per lb; hams, 7jd per lb; fowls, 3s 9d to 4s6d per pair; ducks, 5s to 5s 6d per pair; turkeys, 7s to 12s per pair; geese, 5s 6d per pair; fresh eggs, lOd; cabbages. Is 6d to 2s 6d per sack; cauliflowers, 5s to 7s per sack; pump, kins, 4s to-ss'per sack; marrows, 4s to 4s 6d per sack;,, lettuce, Is to Is fid per dozen; celery, Is to 2s per dozen; parsnip* 2a to 3s per sack; rhubarb, 2s 6d to &s per dozen; carrots, 35s to 40s per ton. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. (in conjunction with Messra AbraJjam,

and Williams) report as to their Johnsonville sale yesterday that they had an average entry of bullocks of good quality throughout. Notwithstanding the presence of a Southern buyer, the demand was not so keen as last week, and prices were easier by Is per 1001 b. A short supply of sheep were well competed for. The wethers were only light weights, but the ewes were of prime quality. Only one pen of lambs came forward, for which good value was offered and refused. Quotations are: Best bullocks, £9 15s to £lO ss; medium weight do, £8 17s 6d to £9 12s 6d; small do, £8 to £8 10s; wethers, 14s 6d; prime ewes, 15s lOd to 17s; light ewes, 14s 3d; sow in pig, 325.