MARKETS.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1173, 7 April 1884, Page 4

MARKETS.

(Corrected by Latest Reports.) PATE A RETAIL PRICES. Buying Selling. Butter (perlb) lOd IsOd Cheese (colonial) 7d 10d Eggs per doz. Is 3d ls6d Potatoes (per baa:) new 7s 8s Butchers Meat—Beef, 3d to 5d ; steak 4d to 5d ; mutton, 3d to 4d ; pork, 5d am 6d ; veal, 4d to 6d. Flour, local, 13s per IOOIbs ; Ouinaru 14s 6d per IOOIbs ; chick wheat, 4s pe bushel ; oatmeal, 4s 6d per 25 lbs ; bread 4d 21b loaf. HA WEE A RETAIL PRICES.

NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. Butchers’ Meat —Beef, 2d to 5d per lb ; steaks, 6d ; mutton, 2d to 5d ; pork, 6d, Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 4d per quart; butter, lid per lb ; cheese (colonial) 8d per lb ; eggs, Is 2d per dozen ; fowls, 3s (id to 4s per pair ; ducks, 5s per pair ; lard, 8d per lb ; bacon, lOd ; hams, Is, Breadsluffs—Best silk dressed flour, 13s to 14s per lOOIbs; household, 12s per lOOibs, wheat meal, 12s ; sharps, per sack, 10s ; bran, per sack, 4s; oatmeal, 251b bags, 4s 6d ; wheat (fowls’), per bushel, 4s ; oats, 3s 6d ; crushed oats, 3s 9d ; maize, 6s per bushel.

AUCKLAND. Produce. —Butter (fresh), Is per lb ; salt, 8-1 to lOd ; eggs, Is 6d per dozen ; bacon and hams, nmvinf.bil At n. s-i , hams, bit to 9d ; Canterbury hams and bacon, 9d ; in cloths, hams only, lid. Hides, Skins, &c.—Hides, 3£d to 4£d per lb ; sheepskins, 7d to 2s Id ; tallow, 25s 6d to 29s 6d per cwt. Stock.—Mr Backhand reports sale of : 8 cattle, L 8 10s ; 7 steers, L 8 4s ; 16 steers, L 8 Is ; 24 steers, L 7 10s ; 16 steers, L 6 15s ; 24 steers, L 6 8s ; 250 wethers, 17s 6d, WELLINGTON. Produce, &c, Flour, £ll ; oatmeal, £l2 10s per ton ; wheat, 3s 6d to 4s; potatoes, £2 15s per ton ; oats, 2s 8d ; maize, 3s 9d ; cheese, s£d ; hams and bacon (Canterbury; to lOd ; country-cured, 6d ; fresh butter, 8d ; eggs, Is 9d per doz ; onions, £8 per ton, CHRISTCHURCH. Produce—Wheat, 3s 4d to os 6d. Floui, £9 10s ; oatmeal, £l2. Oats : Prices, 2s 2d for milling, and Is 8d to Is lOd for feed samples. Barley, 3s 6d to 3s 9d per bushel ; cheese, 3£d to 5d per lb ; butler (fresh), Gel to 7d ; hams and bacon (cloth), 7d to 8d ; potatoes, 27s 6d to 30s per ton at country stations ; onions, Id to l£d per lb. Live Stock—Beef, prime, 18s to 21s per lOOibs ; mutton, 2£d to 2|d per lb; Pigs, about 4d to 6d per lb. Horse Market—Medium draught, £l7 to £26 ; good draught, £2O to £32; 3-year-old unbroken cart colts, £l3 to £lB ; 2-ycar-olds, £5 to £8 ; hacks, from £5 to £lO ; well-bred ditto, £ls to £2O.

DUNEDIN. Live Stock.—Beef, prime, 20s to 22s 6d per lOOibs ; medium, 17s 6d ; mutton, 2£d per lb. Produce. —Wheat, Bs 6d to 3s lOd ; flour, £lO to £lO 15s per ton ; oatmeal, £ll to £ll 10s ; potatoes, £4 per ton ; oats, milling, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; feed oats, Is lid to 2s per bushel ; cheese, 5d ; bacon, rolled, 7d ; hams, 9d; sides of bacon, B£d (grain fed) ; fresh butter, best quality, 8d to 9d ; good ordinary butter, 6d per lb ; eggs, Is 6d per doz ; good salt butter in keg, 6d per lb. SYDNEY (N S W.) Breadstuffs—New Zealand oats, 2s 8d per bushel ; New Zealand wheat, 3s 3d per bushel ; maize, 4s 6d per bushel. Sugar—Sugar Go’s No 1 pieces, £34 per ton. ADELAIDE.

Breadstuffs—Wheat, 3s lid to 4s per bushel ; town flour, £9 per ton ; country brands, £8 10s per ton.

Buy inSel 1 in s d s d s d 8 ’d Butter, f,, lb 0 7 to 0 9 0 8 to on Cheese (Can) 0 7 „ 08 i) 0 10 dozen J7 1 3 » i 4 Potatoes, new )) o i v 0 3 4 Flour, Can. JJ 13 0 _ 14 0 Oatmeal JJ 44 4 6