THE MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1456, 11 October 1879, Page 13

THE MARKETS.

GROCERIES. Fresh butter, la 3d to Is 6d per lb. Salt, Is 3d to Is 4d per lb. Freih egfZß, 1b per dozen. Bacon, lOd to Is per lb. Ham, Is to Is 2d. Cheese, lOd to It*. Milk, 4d to 6d per quart. Honey, 8d per lb. Bread, over the counter, 4£d ; do, delivered, 6Jd. Oatmeal, 251bs, 4s 6d. Dried tpp'o3, 6d to 8d per lb. Jam, Ho tin. 8d to 9d. American salmon, lib tin, lid.

MKAT. Roasting beef, Ed to 8d per lb. Steaks, 5d ti Bd. Boiling, «d to 4d. Mutton, 2Jd to 6d. Pork, Bd. Yea', 4d to 7d. To hotels and boarding-houses tbe charge all round ii4dto6d.

POULTRY.

Fowls, 5i to 7s per pair Turkeys, 7s 6d to 17s 6d Geese, 12s to 16s per pair each Bucks, 8s to 9s per pair Rabbi Is, 2s per pair VEGETABLES. Cabbages, 3d each : Potatoes, 161b to 181b, Is Do per dozen, 2s Cauliflowers, 3d to 4d Carrots and turnips, Is Gd each per dozen Onions, 41bs, Is FRUIT. Apples— eating, 6d to 8d Pineapples, Is to ?s each per pound Oranges, 4 and 5 for 1b Apples— baking, 4d FISH. Red cod are plentiful this week. The following aro Mr Melville's quotations :— Flounders, 2s to 6s per doz I B'ue cod, 6d to Is 3d each Mullet, 2s per doz j Soles, 6s to 10s per doz Garfish, Is to 23 per doz Uy»ters, Is per doz, in the Crayfish, from 3s per doz Bheil. Red cod, 6d to 9d each • oats. Mr Fleming informs us that oats are offering freely at present at from 2s to 2s 2d per bushel. SEEDS. Messrs Mmmoandßlair report:— Prices remain much aa before, though the tendency, from advices received, lead to the belief that they will harden considerably. The demand keepj active for clovers, and inquiries are being made about turnip seeds. PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports, under date the 3th instant : — Wheat, 4s 9J to 6s per Round white potatoes, £5 bushel per ton Fowl's wheat, 3s 6d to 3s Hay. &£ per ton 9d Chaff, £4 to £4 5u per Milling wheat is firm at ton present prices Straw, £2 5s per ton Oats, 2g to 2s 2d per Bran, £5 5s per ton bushel Pollard, £5 10 a per ton Barley, 5a to 5s 6d per Flour, large sacks, £11108 bushel to £12 per ton I Feed, 8s to 3s 6d per Oatmeal, £13 per ton ' bushel ' Pearl Barley, £'6 per ton Potatoes, £4 15s to £5 per Onions, 20a per cwt ton Cheese, 8d per lb Kidney seed potatoes, £6 Bacon, rolled, B£d per lb. per ton

>t millers, report, under date

Messrs Anderson and Co. the Bth instant :— Flour, £11, £11 ss, £111

Pearl Barley, £22 per ton Fowl's wheat, 3s 6d per busnel Oats, 2s per bushel Sacks, 6d each.

103 per ton Oatmeal, £14 per ton Pollard, £5 10s per ton Bran, £5 5s per ton Barley dust, £5 per ton