THE MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11933, 5 April 1902, Page 1

THE MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH— APBIL 4. BHTAIIi .PBIOBB — Country tattlers mutt understand that the New Plymnfth dealers sell at these prices Butchers' Meat. — Beef: Sirloin, sd; prime ribs, 4£d ; rump steak, 6d ; other roasts, from 3d ; boiling beef, from 4d ; other corn beef, from 4d per lb. Lamb : Hind - quarter, 5a ; fore - quarter, 43. Mutton: Hind-quarter, 4d ; fore-quarter, 3d; legs, sd ; loins, 4d ; chops, 6d j shoulders, 3Jd ; necks and breasts, 2sd per lb. Pork : Fresn, 5d per lb. Veal : 5d per ft. Sausages: *Beef 4d ; pork, 8d rer lb. Ducks, 5a pair ■Fowls, 4s pair. — 7%**e prices or* for cash etUy. Jd per lb for booking over 1 week. Pabi* and Dairy Pkoduob. — Milk, 3d perauart; butter, dairy 9d to lOd, separator lOd* to lapettb; cheese, 6d per tb ; eggs, Is 6d ; fowls, 3s 8d pe* pair ,* ducks, 4s to '58 6d per pair; turkeys, 4s 6d each; lard, fid ; bacon, 8d ; beat hams. Bid per lt». Floub, Grain, &c.— Flour (local and Imported roller), 11s per lOOlbf, 5s 9d per 601ba. ; wheatmeal, 2s 6d per 251bs ; sharps, per 2001 b sack, lls Od; oran, per 1001 b sack. 53 61; oatmeal, 251 b bags. 3j 3d; fowls' wfieat, 4s to 4s 3d per busfcel ; oats. 3s to 3s 3d: crushed oata. 3^6*l; barley, 2s 9d; maize 3a 9d to 4s; beano (whole), 4s 3d; crushed,4B 6d: pijfmeal, per 20mb sack, lls 6d; straw chaff, Is 6d; sheaf ch&ff, 2s per sack. (These are retail cash prices only). tfRDIT.— Bananas, 3d per id ; cocoanuts? 2d to 3d each ; lemons, la to Is 8d per dozen ; apples, 2d per lb; walnuts, lOd per lb; dates, 6d per lb ; dried figs, Is per lb; pineapples, 6d to Is each? cucumber-, Id to 3d; grapes. Is per lb; tomatoes, 3d per lb. Vegetables. — Onions, 3d per ib j cabbages, Id and 2d each ; cauliflowers, 2d to 8d each : potatoes, 9s per^ack; new potatoes, 2d per lb. Bbeadstttffs,— Bread, 6d per 4ft loaf, cash; 7d booked. CoAli, ex yard— Westport 435, Mokau 325. FIBEWOOD from- 10s 6d to 13s Bdper load. BUYING PBIOES. Butter— dairy, 8d; separator, 9d ta lid'per ft, in bulk; cheese, 5d per ft'; eggs, Is 3d doz; fowls, 2s 9d per pair ; ducks. 3s per pair ; bacon, 5 1 to 8d per lb ; hame,Tf J<i per lb ; lard, 4*d; fungus. 2fi t>er lb.

Business in the shar&market has opened dull after the Easter haUdays. v Bp.nk of New Zealand shares are offered at 535, at which price J have a sinajl parcel fpr sale. Sash and J)opr have- been tlonp at £5 10s. ■Ne\v Plymputh Gas are enquired foy but .no sellers are quoted. Co-oper- ' ativo shares are offered at par without buyers. Land is firm, with enquiries for small lots in ' town or suburbs. Houses to let are scarce with several enquiries. Money is in demand and can be placed at from 5 to 6 per cent, on good security. New Plymouth, 4th April, 1902,

STOCK AND £ Mb J. C. Daviks' Si IHABE M nek and SI [ARKET. harerepoi rt:— H r Company. 1" •a i fell !Uil Jas-s Price. £. £. £. £ s. d. BANKS — New Zealand ... National 10 74 2i 2 12 6 3 17 0 I H lNBTTBANOB«New Zealand ... South British... National Standard Accident 10 19 10 10 1 2 1 i 13} 12* n 10 3 10 0 4 2 0 I 0 it 0 17 ,0 17 6 8 6t H H 2 Miscellaneous— N.Z. L. & Mercantile Nat. Mortgage & Agency, &c.... N.Z R Plate &( L. M'rtgage < 10 3J 10 I 10 3} 2 H »*i 1 12 6 N.Z. Shipping...! Union St'm Ship Nortnern Steam Eaiapoi Wooll'n N.Z. Drug ... ( 5 1 o 10 14/6 5 2 1 1 1 1 8 , 10 ?/- 5 2 1J 1 A 0 4 7 7 7 7 7 5 1 2 1 3 6 12 11 5 0 8 6 6 2 11 2 10 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4* 6i 6 H H SharlandJE C 0... Local — N.P. Gas ... ( N.P. Sash & Door Factory 5 5 5 4 9 8 7 16 14 0 0 4 5 6 12* 5 10 0 HJ • N.P. Co-opera-tive Society... Stratford Bacon Curing Co. ... Stratford ElectricSupplyCo 1 100 i 1 100 i 8 l 1 0 0 8 1 2 0 15 c