A. LOME AND COS. PRICES CURRENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1933, 25 February 1892, Page 22

A. LOME AND COS. PRICES CURRENT.

February 24, 1592.

Kabbitskins at last quotations ; suckers and runners, 3d to 4d ; full-grown, 6d to 9d. Sheepskins : Slaughtered merino, 4Jd to 5d ; halfbreds, 5d to sid ; lambs, Is (id to 2s ; fallen merino, 4d to 4Jd ; halfbreds, 4Jd to 5d ; pelts, 9d to Is ; dead wool, 3d to 5Vd ; locks, ljd to 3Jd. Horsehair, 12Jd to 13d. Hides : Ordinary (if in good order) 2d ; heavy, 2Jd to 3d ; damaged, Jd to Id. Beeswax, Is. Fat : Rough, 11s to 12s 6d ; rendered, 10s to 19s. Lard J 4dto4Jd. Pigs (1301b to 1601b wanted, 3d to 3Jd. Good roll bacon wanted, s}d to s}d. Hams 7id. Fowl wheat, 2s 6d to 3s 3d ; milling, 4s to 4s 3d. Oats : Feed, Is 5d to Is 6d ; milling, up to Is 7d. Cocksfoot : Very dull, inferior, 3d to 3}d ; clean heavy, up 4}d. Poultry : Small ducks, 3s to 3s 6d ; good birds, 4s Id to 4s b'd ; hens and old cocks, 2s to 2s sd ; smalliyoung cocks , 2s 5d to 3s 3d ; good young birds, 3s 9d to 3s lid ; geese, 7s ; turkeys— hens, 51d to 6Jd, cocks 9d. Fresh butter, fairly plentiful ; prime salt, 6£d (kegs returnable). Eggs, easier. Potatoes, 45s to 50s. Onions, 6s 6d. Cheese: Factory, 4-fd. Honey, no sale. Fruit: Apricots, nearly done, 2Jd to 4d ; peaches, 2d to 4a; plums, unsaleable except at nominal prices, Id to 2d ; nectarines, 3d to 4d ; grapes, 4d to Bd. Tomatoes, 3d to 4d. Prime cooking apples, lid to lid ; eating, l}d to 3d ; inferior, Id ; prime eating pears, 2d to 2Jd ; oranges, 7s 6d ; lemens, 15s ; mandarins, 7s 6d ; passion fruit, 7s Gd ; pines, 5s per doz .