WELLINGTON MARKETS

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1413, 16 March 1860, Page 2

WELLINGTON MARKETS

MARCH 10th, 1860.

Tub Mills. — The Flour, Market U in rniher nn unsettled state, and prices nomina', with a downward tendency. The supply of wheat bus lately been very limited ; but now it is coming more fre« ly to market, there it a prospeot of the Mills being fully

employed, which they have notbjen for some time past. I'ne following prices are quoted at the different Mills, vi«. ; — Schuttze's Mill—F\orxr. fine, £25 to £27 per ton ; sharps, lls. per 100 lbs.; wheat, 9s 6d. to 10s. 6d. por bushel ; bran. Is. Bd. do. Renall's Mill. Flour, £25 to £17 ; sharps. lOs.to 12s. per 100 lbs., wl'ear, 9s. to 10a. per bushel ; bruit, Is. 3d. do, Britannia ilftH— Flour, 4*25 to £27 ; sharps, 10s. to 12s per 100 lbs. : wheat, i)». to 10b. per bushel; brail, j^s.-JJd. do.

••_ Yeoj^abi^? — Potrttoes, 4a. to ss. per cwt. ; cabbages*." Is. 6i. per dozen ; turnips, 6d. per bunch; carrots, ss. per cwt.; onimis, 4d. per lb.; peaches from 4s. to Is. per dozen; p'ums4d. to 6*d; per lb. ; tipple" 3d. to Gd. per lb. ; pears Bd. to Is . grapes 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb.

BuTorifi'Kg' Meat— The market has been abundantly supplied with be»f, mutton, lamb nn.J real. The following are the retail prices. — Beef 2d. to f>d. per lb.; Mutton, 3d. to 6d. per lb.; Pork 7d.to Bd., lamb sa. to 7s. per quarter.

PoptTBY and Daiby Piioduce — The following are the prices at which the undermentioned are selling — Buiter, fresh, Is 4d per Ib.; eggs, Is Bd. per doz.; ham & bacon, 9d. to .la. 4d. per lb. ; turkeys, 7s. Od. to 8s; Od.each; geese, sss. t« 6s. each ; Sticks, 3s. to*Os. per oouple; fowls 5a Od. per oouple.

Building Matrriai.B. — Sawn timber, board from lls. to 14s. per JOO feet; Kauri pine, 21s do scantling, from fls. to 12s. per 100" feet; bricks £3 10s. per 1000 ; lime, 2s. 6d. per bushel,.

The following are the prices at which a few of the leading articles are selling in this market: —

Ale ANn Porter — Bottled, 9s. Od. to 10s. Od. per doz., duty paid ; Burton /. le, £8 to £6 15s. per hb.4.

Gandleb — Belmont sperm, Is. sd. to Is. 6d per lb. ; Sydney moulds, 9d. per lb.

Poat.8 — Rnglish, =62 5s to £i ISa. p«r ton ; N.S. Wales do., £2 5s to £2 10s.

Coffee — Raw, lid. to Is. per lb. Dbapert — Goods of this class dull ef sale,

OiTiMßN's Stores — Dried Fruits, Spices, &c, prioes nominal, from 25 per cent, to one third advance.

Rice— Patna, £20 to £22 per ion, Tea.— £9 to £10 per chest.

Sugars— Refined loaves, £3 per cwt. ; No. 1 Oo.'s Pieces, £55 to £ftfl per tou ; Co.'s Crystals, £')8 10 £60 do.; Mauritius, £48 to £.52 do. ; Painpnnga, (none in the market).

Spirits, (in bond) — Brandy. (Hennessey's anil 3Vfarteil's),lTs.6d. to 12s. per gal. ; inferior Brandy, unsaleable, nud market fall; Eum, W. T., 3s. 6d. to 45. ; (»in (pure white), indraught, 4s Od. ; case pin, JDKZ, or key brand. 14«. to Ifis. Od.