MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 52, 15 May 1852, Page 2

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Dunedin, May 13. Flour (Otago produce) W 100 lbs., 18s. to 255.; no imported in the market; Bread, #" 4 It) loaf, ls. ; Beef, sd. to s\d. W tt>. ; Mutton, od. to o\d.: Pork, s\d. to Gd. ; Fresh Butter, Is. 2d. ; Salt do., Is. Od. to Os. Od. ; Ground Coffee, U. lOd. ; Tea, 2s. 3d. ; Raw Sugar. 3 x d. to Od. ; Loaf do., 7 x d. to Bd. ; Mould Candles, Sd. ; Cheese, Is. ; Milk, 3d. to 4d. W quart ; Potatoes , 4s. to ss. Od. #•' cwt. ; Eggs, Is. 6d. \} ' doz. ; Firewood, <\} : ' cord, 12s. to 145. ; Sawn Timber, 10s. to 12s. tf' 100 feet; Shingles, 12s. \? 1.000. WELLINGTON, May o. First Flour, 20s. to 245. per 100 lbs. ; Bread, per 21b. loaf, 3d. ; Beef, sd. to Gd. ; Mutton, 4d. to Gd. ; Pork, 4d. to (id. Fowls, per pair, 2s. to 4s. ; Ducks, per pair, 4s. to 55. ; Geese, 4s. to ss. each: Turkeys, 6s. to 7s. each; Fiesh Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. ; Salt Butter, Is. 2d. per lb. ; Potatoes, 4s. per cwt. ; Eggs, Ls. 6d. per dozen ; Cheese, ls. 2d. per lb. ; Maize, 4s. per bushel; Bran, Is. per bubhel ; Raw Sugar, 3d. to sd. per lb. ; Loaf Sugar, 6rl. to Bd. per lb. ; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7d. pei 1 lb. ; Firewood, per cord, 16s. to 225. ; Onions, 2d. per lb. [We cannot vouch for the correctness of the above market prices, as our Wellington contemporaiies \ary considerably iv the rates quoted.] Nelson, April 10. Good wheat may be quoted at ss. per bushel, barley 55., oats us. 6d. Flour is selling at £14 a ton, but the supply has been short lioin a scarcity of water at the mills. Lyttelton, May 1. First Flour, 3,35. to 40s. per 100 lbs. ; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 7d. ; Beef, 6*d. to Od. per lb. ; Mutton, 6 4d. to Od. per lb. ; Pork, Od. per lb. ; Fowls, per pair, 7s. 6d. : Ducks, none ; Fresh Butter, ls. lOd. per lb. ; Salt Butter, ls. 6d. per lb. ; New Potatoes, £4 per ton ; Eggs, 2s. 6d. per doz. ; Cheese, New Zealand, ls. 3d. per lb. ; Maize, 6s. Od. per bush. ; Ale, 6s. Od per t\\ o gallons ; Ham and Bucon, 9d to lOd. per lb. ; Firewood, per cord, 225. to 305. ; Sawn Timber, 12s. to 16s. Sydney, April 15. Flour — £15 per ton fine. £13 seconds. Maize — Prime samples are fetching from 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per bushel. Butter is fetching from 10d. to ls. per lb. for best samples ; inferior qualities unsaleable. Cheese varies from 6d. to 7d. per lb., according to samples. Eggs sell readily at about ls. per dozen. Tobacco is very plentiful; sales dull, and prices on the decline. . lloeaut Town, February 17. Wheat, ss. to ss. 3d. per bushel ; Oats, 6s. do. ; Barley, 6s. do. ; Flour, £17 per ton ; best Bread, 4d.* per 2 Ib. loaf; Potatoes, £0 10s. per ton ; Onions, £16 per ton; Butter, ls. 3d. ]ier lb.