Wellington Markets.
Friday, June 17, 1859. • No alteration has taken place in the price of wheat or flour since our lost quotations.' The following are the prices quoted at the different Mills, v\z.:—-Schiillzc's Mill—flour, ;£lB to .£23 per ton; sharps, 10s. .to I2s.,per 100 lbs; wheat, Bs. to 9s. per bushel; bran, Is. bd. do. Renall's Mill, Flour, £23 per ton; sharps, Uls.to 12s. per 100 lbs.; wheat, Bs. to 'fls. per bushel; bran, Is. 9d. do. Britannia Mill —Flour, per ton ; sharps, 10s. to 12s. per 100 lbsi; wheat, 83. to Ods. per bushel; bran, Is. 9d. do. Kebbell's Uteam Mill—Fine Flour, JS23 per ton; second quality do., £18 do.; sharps, 10s. per 100 lbs; wheat, Bs. to 9s. per bushel; bran, Is. Od. do. VEOETABLEST-Potntoes, 4s. to ss, per owt.; cabbages, Is. od. per dozen; turnips, 6<K per,bunch; apples, 6d. to Bd.'pet lb.; carrots, os. per cwt.; onions, 4d. per lb. . Butcheks' Meat—The market has been abundantly supplied this week with hoof, mutton, and veal. The following are the retail prices.r-Beef, Id. to Od. per lb.; Mutton, 3d. to fid, per lb.; Pork, 7d.to Bd. Poultry Aim Daiiiy Phoduce—Tlie followingare the prices at which the undermontio tied are selling—Butter, fresh, Is.Bd to Is. 9d. per lb.; eggs, 3s. Od. to 4s. perdoz. (scarce); ham & bacon, Is. to Is. od. per lb. (scarce); turkeys, 7s. 10 Bs. each: geese, os. to Gs. each; ducks, os. to (Is. per couple ; fowls ss. Od. per couple. Building Matehials.—Sawn timber, hoards from 15s. to 18s. per] 00 feet; Kanri pine, 23s do. scantling, from 12s. to 17s. per 100 feet; bricks £3 10s. per 1000; lime, 2s. Od. per bushel,
The follow ing are the prices at which a few ofthe loading articles are selling in this market,-— Aif. anii I'oßTnn—Dotiled, from lis. (Id. to 12s (Id; per doz., duty paid; Bunoo A\e, £0 per hhdi (scarce.) CANnLEs—Belmont speim, Is. 6d. per lb. Sydney moulds, OJd. per lb. Coals—English, £2 10s. per ton ; N.S. Wales do., £2.105, to £2 16s. Coitee—Eow, from 81. to lOd. per lb.
DiiAPEnr—Seasonable assoitments for the winter trade, are worth 40 to 50 per cent udvanoe on English cost. Fi.oun —WAdelaide' Flour £28 par ton. lilmbn's St-ohijk—Dried Fruits, Spices, &c. are saleable at fr-im 1-!) to 50 per cent on cost.Itioß—Putna, .'lds. to 38s. per bug. Sua,ins—ltelincdloaves, £fl JOs. per cwt.; No.I Co.'s Pieces, MHO to ,£sl per ion ; Oo.>. Crystals, .£*>o io .£OB do.; Mauritius, iMO to X'OOdo.; I'auip.unga, .£3O to £10. j Spirits, (in bond) —Tlrandy, (Hennessey's and l Marteli's), 10a. Od. to 13s. pcrgal.; inferior Brandy, unsaleable, snd market'full; Rum, W.I:, from. 55,0 d.; gin (pure white), indraught, 4s, Od.; case giti, JDKZ, or key brand, 18s.; Old Turn in case, 10s. to 17s. for good brands; Whisky, 5s Od. to Cs. Od. per gallon,—case, 18s. Spirits are very •dull of sale. Tea—We notice there has been no ten in the lute arriva's from Sydney. Iv chests, i! 10; half ahests, £0 ss. Good Tea very scarce. Tobacco—ls. lOd. to 2s. per lb., very scarce ; uegrohead most «aleable. Wines—(lri'bond) Port incases, 3«*. to 3es.; in wood, lis. lo 12s. per gallon. Sherry, in cases, 30s. to 81s.; in wood, 10s. to lis. per gallon.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1339, 17 June 1859, Page 3
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540Wellington Markets. Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1339, 17 June 1859, Page 3
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