Commercial.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2018, 17 January 1887, Page 2

Commercial.

George Thomas and Co report produce prices as follows The market for grain is still in a very unsettled condition, and pro* duce dealers are very chary in accumulating stocks, the majority being under t;.e belief that prices for the new crops are to open at considerable reductions on present values. There is not the slightest doubt that a really good average yield is anticipated by farmers and ptices all round must be lower than those which ruled throughout last season, bat not, we think, to such au extent as some piediot. We quote flour, from LU to Ll2, bran Li 10s, pollard LI 15a, fowls’ wheat 3s 6d to 4a 6d according to quality, wheatmeal LU 10a, nld oats 2s to 2s 4d; new samples, first class quality 2a 4d to 2s sd, oatmeal Lll 10s, feed barley shows no prospect of alteration, and is in first rate demand at 2s 9d to 2s lid ; it will be a mouth belore the new yield ia on the market; maize, quiet at 3s 7d to 3s 9d, beans 3a 9d, peas 3s (Id, prime onions are somewhat scarce and worth Ll2, second quality L 9. Potatoes are now coming lu very fast from local quarters, and rule from L 4 lOstoLo; these figures are likely to reduce during next week. Hams and bacon, cheese, laid and honey, are unaltered ; egga have lair business at lid per doz. Both foreign end home fruit have come to baud rather languidly during the current week. The demand for poultry is depressed ; fowl* 3s; ducks 8s bd, geese &s, and tarkey* 10s per pair.