AUCKLAND MARKETS.
"Wheat and Flour. —Messrs. Low and Motion's. Prices -.—Fine flour, £25 ; seconds, £23, per 2000 Its.; -wheat, Bs. Cd., to 9s. Od. per bushel; bran, Is. 6d. per "busheL^-Mr. Fletcher's Steam Mill. Pine flour, £25; seconds, £23, per ton; bran, X 6d. per bushel; wheat, Bs. 6d. to 9s. Od. do. do. —Mr. Partington's Mill. Fine flour, £25; seconds £23, per ton; pollard, Is. 8. per "bushel; bran, Is. 6d. per'bushel; wheat, Bs. 6d. to 9s. per bushel. Bread. —7d. the 21b. loaf. Biscuit.—Best Cabin, 365.; Pilot, 345.; Ship, 325. per cwt. Butchers Meat. —Wholesale Prices : —Beef, per ft., 6d.; pork, 6d. per lb. —Retail Prices: —Beef, per lb., 7d.to Bd.; mutton, per lt>., 7d. to Bd.; veal, per fb., 7d. to Bd.; lamb, per quarter, 65.; poik, per lb., 6d. General Markets. — Retail prices. —Butter, fresh, per ft., Is. 6d.; do., salt, Is. 4d.; cheese, New Zealand, per lb Is. 3d.; do., English none; lard, per lb., 7d.; "bacon, per lb. Bd. to lOd.; eggs, per dozen, 2s. Poultry. —Fowls, per couple, 4s. to 4s 6d.; ducks, per couple, ss. to ss. 6d.; geese, scarce; turkeys scarce. Potatoes. —l2s. to 14s. per cwt. Bricks. —£3 10s. per thousand. Flax. —2oZ. to 251. per ton.
Timber. — Kauri. From 14s. to 16s. per 100 feet. Settlers "Wholesale Price Current. Wheat. — Best, samples, 9s. Od. per bushel. Flotjr. — Fine £25 ; seconds £23 per ton. Maize. — 7s. to Bs. per bushel. Baklet. — 6s. (scarce) per bushel. Oats. — 10s. per bushel. Butter. — Fresh Is. 3d. per ft., salt Is. 2d. per ft. Cheese. — New, Zealand, Is. per lb. Bacon and Hams.— 9d. to Is. per ft. Eggs. — Is. 9d. per dozen. Potatoes. — New— £l2 to £14 per ton. Hay.— £6 to £7 per ton. Straw.— £4 to £4 10s. Spirits.— ln bond, brandy, per gallon, 18s. ; rum, per gallon, ss. 6d. 20 O.P. ; geneva, per case, 4 gallons, 2Js. The duty on spirits is 6s. per gallon. Ale and Porter. — Duty paid, Bass' Burton ale, £11 11s. perhhd. ; Colonialale £4perhhd. ; Truman's double stout, £9 per hhd. ; Colonial porter, £4 15s. per hhd. Tobacco. — In bond, per lb. lOd. to Is. 6d. The duty on tobacco is Is. per Ib. Coals. — £4 to £5 per ton.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume X, Issue 674, 13 December 1853, Page 3
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373AUCKLAND MARKETS. Daily Southern Cross, Volume X, Issue 674, 13 December 1853, Page 3
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