DUNEDIN WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
Provincial flour, £12 10s ; bran, 75s to 80s ; oatmeal, £16 10s per ton ; good barley, 2s9dto 3s 3d; pearl barley, L2O ; chaff, 80s ; potatoes, 70s, nominal. Colonial butter, prime, 8d to 9d ; Akaroa cheese, 6£dto 7d ; colonial hams, lOd ; do bacon, 9d.
Tea, duty paid, common, Is 9d ; good •nedium, 2s d to 2s 6d ; superior kinds, 2b 9d to 3s 3 ; boxes, 30s to 36s ; orange peteoe, 2s 9d to 3s 3d Sardines — qrs, 7s 9d ; halves, 12s 6d. Candles, Is to Is Id. Kerosene, 4s 6<i, duty paid. Dried Fruits.— Currants, 6£d to 7d ; Sultana raisins, 7Jd to 8d ; Elemes, 6d.
Sugar, duty paid — Fine whites, £51 to £55; grey cryfltalß, £49 to £52 ; yellow do, £47 bo £50 ; yellow counter, £46 to £47 ; ration, none. Victorian whites, £54 to £56. Prices advancing. Spirits (in bond): Brandies, Msrtell's or Hennessy's, 8s 6d to 8s 9d per gal., case, scarce ; Otard'a, 8s ; ether brands, 7s 6d to 8s ; MarteU's, in case, 32a ; Hennessy's, do, 335. Whisky, Scotch, 5s to 5s 6d per gallon ; Irish, 7s ; Stewart's do in case, 13s 6d. Rum, 4s 9d to ss. Geneval JDKZ, per case, 14s to 14s 6d. Old Tom. per case, 15s 6d. Markets firm. Porter (scarce), duty paid — Blood's, 12s; Byass's, 11s ; Arrol's 11s 6d. Christchuroh, March 4th. Flour, Lll to Lll 16s ; wheat, 3s lOd to 4s ; oats, Is 9d to 2s o£d ; barley (new), 2s 4d to 2s 9d. Hokitika, February 27th. Flour, Ll4 ; oats, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; potatoes, without quotation, except for local grown. Auckland, February 23rd. ! Flour, Ll3 to Lls ; wheat, 5554 d; oats, 3s 6d to 3s 7d, scarce ; barley, 3s 6d. Melbourne, February 25th. Flour, Ll4 to LI 4 5s ; wheat, 6s ; oats, 3sßdto3s9d. i Mr Abchibald Moir, Manse street, re- ! ports the following as the latest quotations :—: — Flour— Ll 2 10s to Ll3 per ton. Oatmeal— Lls 10s to LI 6 per ton. Pearl Barley— L2o per ton. Bran — L 4 15s per ton. Pollard — L 4 15s per ton. Chaff— L4 per ton. Hay— L4 per ton. New potatoes — L 3 10a per ton. Carrots— L3. Turnips — None. Wheat — 4s 6d to 4s 9d per buahel. j Barley~2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel. Oats— 2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel. Butter— 7d to 9d per lb. j Cheese— 6d to 8d per lb. Bacon and hams — 9d per lb.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1006, 11 March 1871, Page 12
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404DUNEDIN WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. Otago Witness, Issue 1006, 11 March 1871, Page 12
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