THE MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2298, 17 April 1875, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH— ApriI 10. Retail Prices. — Country seitlcrs must ?mderstand that the New Plymouth dealers sell at these prices. Butchers' Meat.— Beef, 4d. to 6d. per lb. "> mutton, 4d. to 6d. ; pork, 6d. to 7d. Fakm and Dairy Produce. — Milk, 3d. to 4d. per <mart; butter, Is. 3d. per lb. : cheebe (colonial), Is. to Is. 2d.; eggs. Is. Sd. per doz.; fowls, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per pair; ducks, os. per pair; geese, 6s. to 6s. 6d. each; turkeys, 4s. to 55. ; lard, Bd. per lb. ; bacon, Is. ; hams, Is. to Is. 4d. Vegetables. — Potatoes, Gs. per cwt. ; cabbages, Id. each; onions, 3d. per lb. ; carrots, 3d. per bunch ; cucumbers, Id. to 3d. ; pears, Gd. per lb. ; apples, 3d. to 6d. BreadstUFFS. — Bread, sd. per 21b. loaf. Firewood, from 9s. to 12s. per load. BUYING PRICES. Butter, U. 4d. per lb.; cheese, 10d.; eggs, Is, 6d. per doz.; fowls, 2s. 6d. to 'is. per pair; ducks, 35..6 d. per pair ; geese, '3s. to 4s. each ; turkeye, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each ; bacon (colonial), Bd. to lOd. per lb. RETAIL PRICES. Egmont Mills.— Flour (household), 125.; first Egmont Mills brand, 145. ; silk-dressed, superfine, 155. ; sharps, 7s. per 100 lb's. ; bran, os. per sack; wheatmeal, 12s. per 100 lbs.; oatmeal, Id. per lb. ; wheat (fowls' food), 4s. per bushel ; wheat (crushed), 6s. 6d. ; Canterbury oats, 53. ; provincial oats, 4s. Gd. ; maize, 6s. 6d. Union Mills.— Flour (household), 12s. per 100 lbs. ; best brands, ditto, 145. ; best Canterbury Star brand, 155. ; wheatmeal, 12s. per 100 lbs.; shai'ps, 7s. 100 lbs., or 10s. per sack; bran, os. per sack; best Canterbury oats, 55. ; provincial oats, 4s. Gd. per bushel ; oatmeal, 4d. per 11). ; maize, os. 6d. per bushel; fowls' wheat, 4s. per bushel ; canary seed, 6d. per lb.