Markets.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1819, 12 April 1886, Page 2

Markets.

George Thomas & Co. report produce prices as follows; The month has opened f.i ily «ell, and considerable business is be ug transacted in liorse and cattle feed. Quotations are unaltered, and rule as billows Oats from 2s 4d fo 2s 6d, with a somewhat weakening tendency; oatmeal, £l2 lbs; floor from £8 15s to £lO, according to br»nd ; wheat meal, £0 lbs ; wood whole fowls’ wheat, 3s 5d ; common, 3s to 3s 3d ; fowls' bar ey, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; maize, 4s: pollaid and bran, £6 all round ; henna, 3s 9d ; peas, 4s (id ; rye grass, 5s to 5s Gd ; Cocksfoot, 4id ; onions are-some-n hat overstocked, ami ruling from £6 to £G 10s; potatoes, ibo quality ot which is very uncertain and irregular, maintains last week’s values, £3 15s to £4. Advices iust Jo hand from Sydney by the ss

Wakatipu report the butter market in • mi’Rt UURtri;; acti . v POllditi'oi, II colieequence of an t-xees.-- of supplies from New Zealand, prices having reduced quite 6d per lb, and t’n ■ nominal quotation is now 8d per lb. Should (lie N.S. W. CioveM.ment succed in carrying their tar iff proposals, the recen'ly impon-d duty of 2d per lb on inis article will odiously alleet the New Zealand trade. Dairy plod nee is only meeting with moderate enquiry. Eggs are scarce at Is 9d per doz. The ftuit market remains in a very stagnant condition, and it is almost impossible to make sales at anything 1 ke satisfactory prices. The fruit offering at present comprise oranges, lemons, apples, pears, quinces, and plums, all of which are without any strong demand. Poultry remains as last quoted.