LATE SHIPPING. BY TELEGRAPH. Melbourne, 27th May DAILY MARKET REPORT OF DAIRY AND FARM PRODUCE. PRICE AND WEIGHT OF BREAD. TO THE EDITOR.

Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 124, 27 May 1898, Page 6

LATE SHIPPING.

BY TELEGRAPH. Melbourne, 27th May

DAILY MARKET REPORT OF DAIRY AND FARM PRODUCE.

PRICE AND WEIGHT OF BREAD. TO THE EDITOR.

«. ENTERED OUTWARDS May 27—Mararoa, &s, 1381 tons, Phillips, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Pab&enj;ers: CabinMisses Lcnliy, Wheeler, Peafce, Aitken, Wlntson (2), Airow&uiith, Hart, Ale&dtimes Holdsworth, family and nurse, M'Kenzie, Dowdie und family, Arrowsmith, Charters und son, Hart, Sewell, Judge Denniston, Messrs Allen, Myers, Dowdie, Holds,worth, Henry,, Harding; Dunlop, Cattell, Wheeler, Shields, King, Charters, Hart, Sewell, Green, Remington, Cone, Aldred, Findlay, Master Arrowsuiith; 17 steerage The Tutauekai, after discharging- her cargo of sleepers at Dunetiin, will go on to the Bluff to take in a quantity of railway material. After that the will go round to ililCord Sound aud take up to Groymouth tho road party which has been working in the Sound for some months. The steamer will then come on to Wellington. It is understood that Captain Waller's transfer from the Anglian to the Eliugamite is owing to Captain Thorpe, of the latter vessel, haviijtf been put in charge of the Webtralia, vice CuptajUi< Bull, who has been appointed marine superintendent to the company in Australia. When the Haupiri left Westport the Poherua, which had been in the roadstead for several days, was about to enter.

Arrived—Monowai, from Bluff and Hobart Sydney, 27th Jilay Arrived—Wauakn, from Dunedin New Plymouth, 27th May Sailed, 11.30 am—Takapuna, for Wellington Gbcyjioutu, 'J7tu May Amved, 11.30 am—Herald, from Wellington

Evdnino Post Offipe, This Day. Fresh eggs, 2s per dozen ; limed, Is 2d Factory bncou, tijd. per lb Fnrmcrs'-cure do, -tsd do Factory liiuns, 8d d<» 1 Funners'-cure do, 7id do Dairy cheese, 4id to 4jd do Factory do, tjd do Fowls, 2s 6d per pair Ducks, 3s 6d do Turkeys, 7s to 9s do Geese, 5s do Butter—Separator, Is Id to Is 2d per lb ; dairy, 9d to lid do ; pastiT. 8d to Od

Sir —Your correspondent " Anti-Short Weight," writing in your Friday's' issue, infers that 3id per 2lb loaf is a fair price for bread. Like many another anonymous writer, he shows the greatest ignorance of the subject-matter with which he deals, aud I say any man is a coward who casts slurs at aud libels his fellow-men under a norn de iilitme. I say it's a disgrace to the Empire City that bread js selling at 3£d per 21b loaf when we consider the present price of flour. I will prove what 1 say by giving a few details. Suppose a baker bakes a ton of Hour a week, and pays £13 10s for his flour, and suppose out of that ton of Hour ho makes 1400 loaves (this is an outride estimate, and I maintain that it cannot be done, but I want to make" everything appear most favourable)—l4oo loaves at 3id, £20 Ss 4d. Now let us come to expenses :—1 ton flour, £13 10s; 1 foreman, £2 10s ;' 1 second hand, £1 10s ; 1 carter, £1 ; 1 horse \fead), 12s j rent, say £1 os; yeasl, 5s ; board (carter and second hand), £1 ; wood, 10s. Total, £22 2s. Debit, £l 13s Bil. No daylight robbery here ! Besides incidental expenses — such as repairs to trap, horse-shoeing, &c. — not to mention time spent in book-keeping, minding shop, and hunting customers for money. Besides being hampered by one of the most unjust Bread Laws that ever hampered any trade, which compels a baker to sell fancy bread the same weight as household bread. Suppose you weigh two pieces of dough, each 2lb 3oz, make one a batch loaf, and one a i'anry loaf, the batch loaf will come out full weight, and the fancy loaf will come out perhaps 3oz short, according to the amount of crust it has. Take each loaf after it is baked and soak each in water for half-au-hour and both loaves will weigh the same, showing that more moisture evaporates from the fancy loaf than from the batch. Let the bakers of Wellington charge a lair price for their bread, do away with cutting prices, aud by so doing r.iihe their trade to the position it ought to occupy among the skilled crafts of the colony. I am, &c, W. K. Howitt. Patea, 21st May, IS9B.