THE MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9290, 16 January 1892, Page 4

THE MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH— January 15. Retail Prices. — Country settlers must un : dera'tand that the New Plymouth dealers" sell at these prices. ■ ■ •'"y" y "■ Botcher's Meat. — Beef : Sirloin, 4d ; prime ribs, 4d ; rump steak, 5d ; other roasts, from 2d ; boiling beef, from 2d ; cornround beef, 4d; other com beef,from2d per lb, Mijtton : Hind-quarter, 3£d ; forequarter, 2sd ; legs,' 4d ; loins, 4d ; chops, 5d ; shoulders, 3d ; necks and breasts, 2d perlb. Lamb : Fore-quarter, 3s; hind-quarter, 3s 6d. Pork : Fresh, 5d por lb. Veal: 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages ' Beef, 4d ; pork, 7d 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, lOd per dozen; fowls, 3s 6d per. pair ; ducka, 5s per pair ; lard, 6d per )b ; bacon, 7d ; best hams, 8d ; turkeys, 4s to 4s 6d. • t ; JFroit. — Bananas, 4d pei lb. ; cocoanuts, l^d to 4d each; lemons, 2d to 4d each ; oranges (Sydney), Is doz; limes, Is and Is 6d per doz; apples (dessert), 4d anid 6d per lb; apples (cooking^, 4lb, 61b and 81b for Is; dates, 8d per lb ; figs^ 9d and Is per box; pineapples, 6d to Is each; strawberries, 9d per box; rhubarb, 4d and 6d per bundle; gooseberries, 3d per quart; plums, 6d.toßd pr.lb; grapes, 2s6dprlb; tomatoes, 8d per lb; pears, 6d per lb. „; , Vegetables. — Onions, 3d per ■ lb. : cauliflower, 2d to 4d each ; , cabbages, 2a each; potatoes, 6s per cwt. Breadstuffs. — Bread, 8d per 41b. loaf. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. ' , BUYING PRI.CES Butter — prime roll, 7£d, less, 6 per cent, in lump ; separator, 8d per lb ; cheese, 5d per lb '; eggs, 8d per dozen; fowls, 3a per pair; ducks, 4s per pair; bacon (colonial), 5d per lb ; hams, 6d per lb ; laitl, 5d per lb; fungus, l^d. , MILLERS' RETAIL, CASH PRICES. Best silk dressed flour r l,4s pr 1001 b; wheat meal, lls; pigmeal, 9s ; sharps, per .sack j 1501ba, 83 ; bran, per sack of lOOlbs, 4s;6d; oatmeal, 251 b bags, 3s 6d; oats, 2s, 6d; crushed oats, ,2a 9d ; chaff, per sack, la 9d; wheat, 3s 9d; barley, 3s Gd; mdizqj' 3a 6d. ;