THE MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9251, 28 November 1891, Page 4

THE MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH— November 27. Retail Prices. — Country settler* must un derstand that the New Plymouth dealers sell at these prices. Botcher's Meat. — Beef : Sirloin, 4d'; prime ribs, 4d ; rump steak, 5d ; other roasts, from 2d ; boiling beef, from 2d ; corn rdund beef, 4d ; other corn beef, from 2d per lb, Mutton : Hind-quarter, 3£d ; forequarter, 2^d ; legs, 4d ; loins, 4d ; chops, 5d ; shoulders, 3d ; necks and breasts, 2d per lb. Lamb : Fore-quarter, 3s; hind-quarter, 3s 6d. Pork : Fresh, 5d porlb. Veal: 3d tosd per lb. Sausages Beef, 4d ; pork, 7d per Jb. — 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, 8d per dozen; fowls, 3s 6d per pair ; ducks, 5s per pair ; lard, 6d per Jb ; bacon, 7d ; best hams, 8d ; turkeys, 4s to 4s 6d, Fruit. — Bananas, 4d pei lb. ; cocoanute, l^d to 4d each; lemons, 2d and 3d each ; oranges, 2s and 2s 6d (Island); limes, Is per dozen; apples (dessert), 8d per lb; apples (cooking), 6d per lb; dates, 8d per lb ; figs, 9d and Is per box; pineapples, 6d to Is 6d each; strawberries, Is per box; cherrios, Is per lb; rhubarb, 4d and 6d pr bundle; gooseberries, 3d and 4(1 per quart. Vegetables. — Onions, 6d per lb. ; cauliflower, 2d to 4d each ; cabbages, 2d each; potatoes, 2s 6d per sack (market glutted). Breadstuffs. — Bread, 8d per 41b loaf. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. BUYING PRICES Butter — prime roll, 7|d, less 6 per cent, in lump ; separator, 8d per lb ; cheese, 5d per lb ; eggs, 6d per dozen; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, 4s per pair; bacon (colonial), 5d per lb ; hams, 6d per lb ; lard, 5d per lb; fungus, 2d. MILLERS' RETAIL CASH PRICES. Bestsilk dressed flour,l4s pr 1001 b; wheat meal, lls: pigmeal, 9s ; sharps, per sack 1501bs, 8s ; bran, per sack of lOOlbs, 4s 6d; oatmeal, 251 b bags, 3s 6d; oats, 2s 6d; crushed oats, 2s 9d ; chaff, per sack, Is 9il; wheat, 33 9d; barley, 3s 6d; maize, 3s 6d.