THE MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7113, 10 July 1886, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH— JuIy 9. EitAil Prices. — Country settlers must understand that the New Plymouth dealers sell at these prices. Butchers' Meat. — Beef : Sirloin, sd; prime ribs, 6d; rump steak, 6d; inferior steak, 4d; infei ior roasts, 3d to 4d; boiling V.3ef. 2rt to 3d; corn round beef, 4<l; inferior corn beef, 3d per lb. Mutton: Hind-quarter; 4d; fore-quarter, 3d; legs, 4id; loins, 41; chop 3, sd; shonlders, 3Jd; necks, 3d per lb. Pork: Fresb, 5d to 6d per lb*. Veal: Fillets, 6.Jd; loins, sd ; shoulders, 4d pertb. Sausages: Beef, 6d ; pork, 7d per lb. Farm and Dairy Produce. — Milk, 3d to 4d per quart; butter, lid per lb ; cheese, 8d per lb.; eggs, Is 3d to Is 6d per doz.; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s par pair; ducks, 6b per piir; lard, 8d per lb ; bacon, 8d; best hams, 9J; turkeys, 4s to 4b 6d. -- Vegetables. — Onions, 3d per lb. (scarce); carrots, 3d per bunch ; potatoes, 6a per cwt, ; turnips, 3d per bunch. Fruit. — Apples, 3d to Gdper lb; pears, 6J per lb; lemons, 2 1 to 4d each; oranges, 2s to 3s per doz.; bananas, 6d per lb. Bbeadstupks. —Bread, 7d. per 41b loaf. Firewood, from 8s to I2s"per load. HUYINQ PRIOES. Batter — bist and favorj^p brands, 9d per lb ; cheese, 6d per lb; eggs, Is to Is 3d per doz.; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, 4s per pair ; bacon (colonial), 6d per lb ; hams 7d per lb; lard. 7d per lb. MILLERS' RETAIL CASH PRICES. . Best B'lk dressed flour, 13s per' lOOlbs, wheat meal, Us ; sharps, per sack of ISOlbs, 10s 6J ; bran, per sack, ss; oatmeal, 251 b bags, 4s; wheat (fowls'), per bushel, 4 s 6d; oats, 3s 3d; crushed oats, 35 6 1; chaff, per sack, 2a 3d; maize, 43 6d; potatoes, per sack, 8s; barley meal, 11s.