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retail prices remain steady. The following list of cash retail prices gives a fajr indication of what is being charged over the counter in the city. The quotations do not include delivery. Suburban prices are not quoted: fruit. Hothouse tomatoes, 1/- lb.: lemons 2d. and dd. eacn , pears 4d. and Bd. (eating), and 3d. lb., or 51b. for I/- (cookin grapes (Sydney) I/- to 1/6; mandarines, 1/6 to 2/- dot ~ Cap gooseberries, Bd. lb.; figs, 6d. lb. ; Island tomatoes, Bd. lb., tree tomatoes, lOd. lb.; quinces 6d. lb.; persimmons 6d. lb.: grape frui 6d. each; bananas, 1/- to 1/6 a doz.; passion fruit 2/6 doz.; pineapples 1/- to 1/6 each; oranges 3/- and 4/- doz.; Island oranges 1/6 to 3/- doz.; Poorman oranges 3/- doz. Vegetables.—French beans 1/- lb.; cauliflowers range from bd. to lOd. ; kumeras 3d. lb.; cabbages 4d. and lOd.; marrows, Bd. each; carrots and turnips 2d. bunch; parsnips 3d. bunch'. beetroot ’ ' bundle; onions 2d. lb.; piemelon 121 b. for 1/-; celery 4d., .an |/. head: potatoes 81b. for I/-; lettuce 2d. and 3d. each; pumpkin 81b. for I /-; spinach 3d. bunch; Brussels sprouts, 1/- lb.; rhubarb 4d. bundle; leeks 3d. bundle; sweet turnips I id. lb.; artichokes 4d. lb., pickling onions, 6d. lb. . , ~ -m. Fish. Oysters, 1/- doz. (opened), and Bd. doz. (in shell), all round fish, 4d. lb.; flat fish. 10d.; smoked fish. I Od. to 1/1; hapuka. 6d. , _ , ~ Meat. —Chops for stewing, 7d. lb.; corned pork, 9d. lb.; gravybeef, sd. lb.; sirloin of beef 9d. lb.! ribs of beef, 7d. lb.; legs of mutton, 9d. and 1 Od. lb., and mutton chops at 9d. lb. I rlPe 6d. lb.; mincemeat sd. lb.; beef sausages, 6d. lb.; pork sausages bd. an I Od. lb.; corned beef sd. and 7d. lb. ’ . Groceries—Good table butter, 1/7 lb.; pure whey butter, 1/3 lb.', cooked ham, 2/2 and 2/6 lb.; prunes, 6d. lb.; mild cheese, I/lb.;' matured cheese, 1/4 lb.; N.Z. Stilton cheese, 3/; lb.; condensed milk, 6d. and 1/- per tin; dates. Bd. packet, and 4d. 1 . loose; sugar, 15/9 (delivered) for 701 b. bag; bulk honey an c over honey, 9d. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca, all 3d. lb.; _panisi muscatels, 1/6 packet; Californian muscatels. I Od. packet; lur js figs, I/- lb.; new season’s French walnuts (shelled), 2/o I •• a 1 fornian prunes 30-40’s, Bd. lb.; best eggs, 2/8 doz.; medium eggs. 2/4 doz. Egg prices are not expected to change this week it t eco ti’SAther lasts.