RETAIL HOUSEHOLD MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 13

RETAIL HOUSEHOLD MARKETS.

Wednesday, January 22nd. Boasting beef, 6d to 9d per lb ; steaks, 6d to 9d j boiling, 3d to sd ; mutton, 3d to 6d ; pork, Bdj veal, 5d to Bd. To hotels and boarding-houses tlie charge all round is s|d. Fresh, butter, Is to Is 6d per lb ; salt, lOd to Is ; fresh eggs, Is 8d to Is 9d per dozen j bacon, 9d to lOd per lb ; ham, lOd to Is ; cheese, lOd to Is ; milk, 4d to Bdper quart j honey, 8d per lb ; bread, 5d over the counter, 6d delivered ; flour, SOlbs, 5s 6d ; oatmeal, 251bs ; ss ; dried apples, 6d to 8d per lb. j jam, lib tin, Bdto 9d. American Salmon, lid, lib tin. Fowls, 5s to 7s per pair ; geese, 12s to 16s per pair ; ducks, 7s to 9s per pair ; turkeys, 10s to 20s each j rabbits, 2s per pair. Cabbages, 2d each, or Is 6d per dozen ; carrots and turnips, Is 6d per dozen ; lettuces, Is per dozen j rhubarb, 3d per lb ; asparagus Is 6d per bunch ; new potatoes, lOlbs, Is ; peas, 51bs, Is ; cauliflowers, 3d to 4d each. Cucumbers, Is each ; ©nions, 51bs Is. Apples— best eating, <5d to 8d per pound; baking, 4d ; oranges, 3s to 4s per dozen ; pineapplos, Is to 2s each ; cherries, Is to Is 6d per lb ; gooseberries, 3d per lb ; plums, 6d to B<i per lb j strawberries, Is per lb ; grapes, 2s por lb. Flounders 2s to 6s per dozen ; mullet 2s per dozen ; garfish, 2s to 2s 6d por dozen ; crayfish from 3s per dozen ; red cod, 6d to 9<i each ; blue cod, 2d to Is 3d each ; soles, 6s to 10s per doz. ; groper, 5s to (>s each ; baracouta, 6d each j soles, 4s per dozen ; garfish, 1b to 2s per dozen j •ystors, not in season.