RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 288, 1 September 1931, Page 2

RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY

Foodstuffs Remain Steady Having fallen to 1/- a dozen, egg prices are unlikely to go below that figure. All other provision prices are steady. In the following list the prices nic for goods sold for cash over the counter in city shops Groceries—Best eggs, 1/- a dozen; first-grade butter, 1/2 lb.; whey butter, 1/1b; cooked ham, 2/- lb.; prunes, tid. lb.; mild cheese, Bd. lb.; matured cheese, 1/- lb.; condensed milk. Cd. and lOd. tin: loose apricots, Sd. lb.; dates, Orf. packet and 3d. lb. loose; sugar, 10/9 a 7011) bag, or 2d. lb.; bulk honey ?"'* clover honey, Sd. lb.; rice, sago, barley and tapioca, all od. lb.; Californian muscatels, Bd. packet. „ un Vegetables.—Cabbages, 3d. to Sd. each; turnips, parsnips and carrots, 3u. bunch; potatoes, best grade, 121 b, to 101 b. 1/-: new potatoes. 4d. lb.; lettuces, 3d to Sd each- white turnips, 3d bunch; onions, lid. and 3d. lb; pumpkins, 2(L lb.; cauliflowers, -Id. to 1/- each; beetroot, 3d. to Od. hunch; leeks, 3d. bunch; celery Cd to 1/- head: knmeras, 4(1 lb.: marrow, 2d. lb.; spinach, 3d. bunch, silver’beet, 4d. to Bd. bunch; rhubarb, 4d. to Gd. and 1/- bunch; table celery, lOd. to 1/4’stick; garlic, 1/6 lb.; marrows. 2d. lb. Fruit.—Apples, tiust-grado dessert, 4d. to Gd. lb.; cooking apples, 3d nnd 4d, lb.: pineapples, 1/- to 1/8 each; Californian grapefruit, od. and Gd. each; Californian lemons and oranges, 2/- and .1/- dozen; Island oranges, 1/6 to <</- dozen; Seville oranges, 2/6 to 4/- dozen: New Zealand lemons, 1/6 to 2/- dozen, bananas 1/- to 1/G dozen; pears, 4d. to Cd. lb.: hothouse tomatoes, 1/6 to 2/0lb.; tomatoes, Gd. to Bd. lb.; mandarines, 1/- to 1/G dozen; cooking pears, 4d. lb.; passlonfrv.it, 1/- to 1/6 dozen; Australian grapes, 1/4 lb. Moat—Mutton legs. (Id. and 7d. lb.; chops, sd. to Bd. lb.; shoulders, fid. lb.: dripping Od lb. Beet: Sirloin, Sd. lb.; ribs, fid. lb,; rump steak, lOd. lb.; stewing steak, fid. lb.: beef steak, Cd. lb.; tripe. 5(1. lb.: mince, 4d. lb.; sausages, 4d. lb,: pork sausages Sd lb.; corned beef, fid nnd 7d. lb.; stewing chops, 4d. Ib.; pickled pork, 1/- lb.; pork chops, 1/- lb.; gravy beef. 4d. lb. Fish—Smoked cod, 1/2 lb.; smoked ling, 1/-; smoked roeflsh, 1/-; terakihi, 1/2 lb • hake 10(1.; cod (fresh), 10d.: schnappcr, Gd.; fillet, Od.; butterfish, 10d.; hapuka Od • oysters. lOd. dozen (in shell. Cd. dozen): warehou, (id.: flounders and soles 1/-; rabbits l/-; klppers, 1/-pair; crayfish, Gd.; whitebait, 1/6 and 2/0 jar.