RETAIL HOUSEHOLD MARKETS

Otago Witness, Issue 1432, 3 May 1879, Page 13

RETAIL HOUSEHOLD MARKETS

Wednesday, April 30.

Roasting beef, 5d to 8d per lb ; steaks, 5d toßdj boiling, 2d to 4d; mutton, 2jdtosd; pork, 9d; veal, 4d to 7d. To hotels and boardingbouses the charge all round is 4d to sd. Fresh butter, Is 5d to Is 6d rjer lb ; salt, Is Id to Is 2d j fresh eggs, 2s 9d to 33 per dozen ; bacon, lOd to Is per lb ; ham, Is to la 2d ; cheese, lOd to Is ; milk, 4d to 5d per quart ; honey, 8d per lb j bread, 4£d over the counter, 5Jd delivered ; flour, 501bB, 58 6d ; oatmeal, 251bs, 5s ; dried apples, 6d to 8d per lb. ; jam, lib tin, 8d to 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 ; rabbits, 2s per pair ; wild ducks, 5s to 6s per couple ; pigeons, 2s per couple ; swamp hens, 2s per couple ; teal, 4s per couple. Cabbages, 2d each, or Is 6d per dozen ; carrots and turnips, Is 6d per dozen ; lettuces, Is per dozen ; rhubarb, 3d per lb ; asparagus Is 6d per bunch ; potatoes, \Glb to 181b Is ; peas, Gibs, Is; cauliflowers, 3dto4d each. Cucumbers, 6d each ; onions, 81bs Is. Apples — best eating, 6d to 8d per pound; baking, 3d ; pears, 4d to 6d per lb ; pineapples, la each ; plums, 4d to 8d per lb ; grapes, 9d to Is per lb. Flounders, 2s to 6s per dozen '„ /millet, 2s per dozen ; garfish, Is to 2s per dozen ; crayfish from 3s per dozen; red cod, 6dto9>l each; blue cod, 2d to Is 3d each ; soles, 6s to 10s per doz. ; groper, 5s to t»s each j baracouta, 6d each ; soles, 4s per dozen ; oysters, 1b per dozen, in the shell.