THE MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8829, 12 July 1890, Page 4

THE MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH— July 11. Retail Prices. — Country settlen must un d inland that the New Plyiiuoulh dealers . sell at these priest. ' Butoheb's Meat,— Beef ; Sirloin, 3d ; prime iito, 34 i w»v »twkr 44 ) eflw

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, 3£d ; loins, 3d ; chops, 3d and 4d ; shoulders, 2£d ; necks and breasts, l£d per lb. Lamb : Fore-quarter, 3s; hind-quarter, 3s 6d. Pork : Fresh, 4d perlb. Veal: 3d to4d per lb. Sausages: Beef, 4d ; pork, 6d per lb. — These prices are for cash only. Farm and Dairy Produce. — Milk, 3d to 4d per quart ; butter, 9d per lb ; cheese, 6d per lb.; eggs, Is 3d per dozen; fowls, 3s 6d per pair ; ducks, 5s per pair ; lard, i6d per Jb ; bacon, 7d ; best hams, 8d ; turkeys, 4s to 4s 6d. Fruit. — Bananas, 4d per lb; cocoanuts, 3d to 6d each; apples, 4d to 6d per lb; lemons, Id to 2d each; oranges, Is 6d to 2s per doz.; pineapples, Is each. Vegetables. — Onions, 3d per lb. ; cauliflower, 2d to 4d each ; cabbages, 2d each; potatoes, Id per lb; eschalots, 2d per Ib. Breadstuffs. — Bread, 7d per 41b loaf. Fibbwood, from 8s to 12a per load. BUYING PRICES. Butter — prime roll, 7d per lb ; lump and Keg, 6d per lb ; cheese, 5d per lb ; eggs, Is per dozen ; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, 4s per pair ; bacon (colonial), 6d per lb ; hams, 7d per lb ; lard, 5d per lb; fungus, 2d. MILLEKS' RETAIL CASH PRICES. Best silk dressed flour, 10s 6d per lOOlbs; wheat meal, 10s ; sharps, per sack of 1501bs, 7s 6d ; bran, per sack of lOOlbs, 4s 6d ; oatmeal, 251 b bags, 3s 6d ; oats, 2s 6d ; crushed oats, 3s ; chaff, per sack, 2s ; wheat, 3s 6d ; maize, 3s 6d ; barley, 3s 6d.