WELLINGTON MARKETS.
August 3nD, 1860. The following prices are quoted at the different milla, viz. : Schultze's mill— flour, fine; "£23 to d'2s per ton ; sharps, 83. to 10s. per 100 lbs. } bran , j la. to Is. 3d. per bushel; wheat, 9s. Gd. to 10s. do. Britannia mill - flour, £23 to £25 ; sharps, Bs. to 10s. per 100 lbs. ; wheat, 9s. 6d. to 103. per bushel ; bran, Is. 3d. do. Vegetables. — Potatoes, 6s. to 7s. per cwt. ; cabbages, Ba. per dozen ; turnips, 6d. per bunch ; carrots, sa. per cwt.; onions, 4d. perlb; apples, Gd. per lb.; pears, Bd. to lOd. per lb. Butchers' Meat. — The market has been abundantly supplied with beef, mutton, and veal. The following are the retail prices: — beef, 2d. to sd. per lb. : mutton, 3d. to 6d. per lb. : pork, 7d. to Bd. Poultry and Daihy Produce. — The following are the prices at which the undermentioned articles are selling : — butter, fre3h, Is. Bd. per lb. ; eggs, 2s. per doz. : ham and bacon, lOd. to Is. 4d. per lb. ; turkeys, 7s. to to Bs. each • geese, ss. to 6s. each ! ducks, sa. to 6.1. per couple ; fowls, ss. 6d. per couple. •* Building Materials. — Sawn timber, boards, from 11s. to 14s. per 100 feet ; kauri pine, 21s. do. ; scantling, from 9s. to 12s. per 100 feet ; bricks, £3 10d. per 1000 ; lime, 2s. (3d. per bshl. The following are the prices at which a few of the leading articles are selling in this market : — Ale and Porter. — Bottled, 9s. Od. to 10s. Od. per dog., duty paid; Burton ale, £8 to £8 10a. per hhd. Candles. — Belmont sperm, la. 6d. to Is. Bd. per lb. ; Sydney moulds, 9d. per lb. Coals.— English, £3 to £3 ss. per ton; N.S. Wales do., £2 15s. Coffee.— Raw, Is. to Is. 4d.per lb. Duapbhy. — Saleable goods from 33 per cent, advance. Market full. Oilmen's Stokes. — Dried fruits, spices, &c, prices nominal, from 25 per cent, to one-third advance. Kick.— Patna, £20 to £22 per ton. Tea.— £9 to .4'lo per chest. Sugars, — Refined loaves, £3 per cwt. ; No. 1 Co.'.s pieces, £55 to £ofi per ton ; Co.'s crystals £58 to £60.. d0. ; Mauritius, £48 to £52 do. ; Pampanga, (none in the market.) Spirits, (in bond.) — Brandy, (Hennessey's and Martell'a), L3s. to 14s. per gall. ; inferior brandy, unsaleable), and market full ; Rum, W.1., 4s. Od. to 4s. (sd. per gall. ; gin, pure white, in draught, is. 6d. do. ; case gin, JDKZ, or key brand, 17s. to 18s. do.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1443, 3 August 1860, Page 2
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415WELLINGTON MARKETS. Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1443, 3 August 1860, Page 2
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