THE MARKETS.
NEW PLYMOUTH— March 28. Retail Prices. — Country settlers must twi • derstand that the New Plymouth dealers sell at tliese prices. Botcher's Meat. — Beef : Sirloin, 3d ; prime ribs, 3d ; rump steak. 4d ; other roasts, from 2d ; boiling beef, from Id ; corn round beef, 3d ; other corn beef, 2£d per lb, Mutton : Hind-quarter, 3d ; forequarter, 2d ; legs, 3sd ; loins, 3d ; chops, 3d and 4d ; shoulders, 2Jd ; necks and breasts, lsd per lb. Lamb : Fore-quarter, 3s; hind-quarter, 3s Gd. Pork : Fresh, 4d per lb. Veal: 3d to 4d per lb. Sausages: Beef, 4d ; pork, 6d per lb. — These prices are for cash only. Farm and Dairy Produoe. — Milk, 3d to 4d per quart ; butter, 8d per lb ; cheese, 6d per lb. ; eggs, Is per dozen ; fowls, 3s 6d per pair ; ducks, 5s per pair ; lard, 6d per lb ; bacon, 7d ; beßt hams, 8d ; turkeys, 4s to 4s 6d. Fruit. — Bananas, 4d per lb; cocoanuts, 3d to 4d each; apples, 2d to 6d per lb; lemons, Id to 2d each; oranges, 2s per doz ; tomatoes, 4d per lb ; grapes, 2s per lb; pears, 4d to 8d per lb; quinces, 2d per lb; passion fruit, 6d per doz.; pineapples, 9d to Is; water melons, Is to 2s each. Vegetables. — Onions, 4d per lb. ; cauliflower, 2d to 4d each ; cabbages, 2d each; potatoes, Id per lb; eschalots, 2d per lb.; rhubarb, 4cl to 6d per bundle; cucumbers, 2d each. Breaustufks. — Bread, 7d per 41b loaf. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. buyincTprices. Butter — prime roll, 6d per lb; salt butter, or butter in lump, 5d per lb ; cheese, 3d to 4d per lb ; eggs, lOd per dozen ; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, 4s per pair ; bacon (colonial), 6d per lb ; hams, 7d per lb ; lard, 5d per lb; fungus, 2jd. MILLERS' RETAIL CASH PRICES. Best silk dressed flour, 10s 6d per lOOlbs; wheat meal, 10s ; sharps, per sack of 1501bs, 7s Gel ; bran, per sack of lOOlbs, 4s 6d ; oatmeal, 251 b bags, 4s ; oats, 28 6d ; crushed oats, 3s ; chaff, per sack, Is 6d ; wheat, 3s 6d; maizo, 3a 6il ; barley, 3s 6d.
POST OFFICE HOLIDAY. On Good Friday the Post. Office will observe a close holiday. Mails usually closing at 6 a.m. on Friday Avill be closed at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3rd. Tho Railway Travelling Post Office will run as usual. Telegraph Branch. — On Good Friday and Easter Monday the hours will be 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. F. D. HOLDSWORTH, Chief Postmaster.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8741, 29 March 1890, Page 2
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420THE MARKETS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8741, 29 March 1890, Page 2
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