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Duneuln, March 12. First Flour, IP' 100 lbs., 275. ; Bread, V 41b loaf, Is. Or].; "Wheat, <F bushel, 0«.; Onts, ss. to 65. ; Beef, 4d. to sd. 4P' lb. ; Mutton, sd. to Gd. ; Pork, 4d. to 5d. ; Fresh Butter,
Is. 2d. ; Salt do., Is. 2d. ; Ground Coffee, Is. 4d. ; Raw do., Is. ; Tea, 2s. 3d.; Raw Sugar, 3|d. to 5d. ; Loaf do., Bd. to B|d. ; Mould Candles, Bd. to Od. ; Cheese, Bd. to Is. 2d. ; Milk, W quart, 4d. ; Potatoes, W ton, £4 ; Eggs, W dozen, Is. 2d. ; Hay, W ton, £5 10s.; Straw, £3; Sawn Timber, 12s. to 14s. ty 100 feet; Shingles, 14s. W 1,000; Firewood, W cord, 14s.
Auckland, January 22. — Flour, Auckland, 30s. per 100 lbs. ; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 6d. ; Wheat, 9s. per bushel ; Barley, 75. ; Oats, 7s. j Maize, 55. ; Beef and Mutton, sd. per lb. ; by the carcase, 4d. ; Butter (fresh), Is. per lb. ; ditto (salt), Is. ; Potatoes, per cwt., 4s. 6d. Taranaki, February 9. — Fine Flour, per ton, L.23; Seconds, L.20; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, sd. ; Wheat, per bushel, Bs. j Maize, 4s. 6d.; Oats, 45. ; Butter, per lb., lOd. ; Potatoes, per to*!, L.3. WeIiMGTON, February 26. — First Flour, £20 peri|n ; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 6d. ; Mutton, Beerf^ind Pork, sd. to 6d. per lb. ; Fresh Butter, Is. per lb. ; Salt do., Is. 4d. j Potatoes, £1 per ton.
Nelsox, January 8. — Flour may be quoted at L.22 a ton, but there are holders who are asking L.24. There is but little of last year's grain now remaining in the settlement, the prices for which are almost nominal. Lyttelton, January 29.— Flour 21s. to 255. per 100 lbs. ; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, Id. ; J?resh Butter, Is. 6d. to Is. Sd. per lb. ; Mutton and Beef, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Potatoes, 7s. per cwt.
List of Unclaimed Letters in the Post-office, Otago. John Buchannan. 11. Crook. Esmond Dunne, Esq. John Kirkland. Peter Leith. John Laurie. Maurice Lawson. W. Mitchell. Miss Ann Mackay. "W. Macleod. James Sinclair, 4 lettrrs. W. T. Spottswoodafc Captain Stevens, Otago. W. Stirling, the Bldff » A. W. Shand, Deputy-Postmaster. Post-office, Otago, 26th Feb.
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Otago Witness, Issue 95, 12 March 1853, Page 2
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