COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 6497, 27 April 1888, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

WEUJNGTON MARKETS. Saturday Afternoon. George Thomas and Co. report produce prices as follows s— Contradictory information respecting the quantity and ultimate steady value for oats and wheat, continue to reach us from the southern districts; advices also notify a steady and increasing demand from Australian ports, and large consignments are being forwarded. We regret to notice, however, by latest cable from Sydney, that both lines, with the addition of potatoes, show a downward tendency on a weak market; we hope that shippers are not too sanguine of this proving s satisfactory and payable outlet for accumulated stock, which will only have the effect of causing a. rise in quotations locally, which can only be temporary and quite unwarranted. We quote oats from ) s 9dfco2s; oatmeal, £9 ss ; oaten sheaf chaff, £4; straw do, £3; nulling wheat, 3s to os 2d; fowV ditto, 2s 6d to 2s lOd; flour, roller £9 to £9 10s, stone £6 10s to £8 15s; bran, £3 ss; pollard, £4; beans, 3s 6d; peas, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; maize, 3s lid; feed barley, ?s ]Od to 2s lid; potatoes, £2 10a to £2 15s; onions, £4 10s to £5 per ton; cheese, 4d to 4id; salt batter, 6d; fresh, j 6d to 7d; eggs, Is 8d per dozen; hams and bacon, 7idj honey, 4jd; rye grass seed (best), 3s 6d to 3s 9d, cocksfoot (best), 4d. The fruit market is almost dependent upon Hobart for supplies, and apples and pears are the only lines offering, rilling at prices from 6s 6d to' Bs, and 9s to 17s respectively. Fowls at 2s 9d, ducks at 3s 6d, geese 6s, and turkeys Bs, ore unaltered.