SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1372, 24 February 1912, Page 16

SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

TEE COST OF LIVING IN NELSON'S , EARLY DA VS. Tho cost of living is always an interesting subject, nncl appended is a list of figures, which show how much the first settlers of Nelson had lo pay for their commodities in ISI3, tho year after the founding of the province:— ■ Price.' Article. £ s . d. Ale, per dozen 0 12 G llarley, per bushol 0 5 0 llricks, per 1000 0 10 0 Latter, Jrish, per lb 0 15 Latter, fresh, per lb 0 2 0 Candies, sperm, per lb -0 2 0 Candles, mould, per lb 0 0 0 Candles, dips, per lb.. ~. ,0...0.,.JCheese, Wiltshire, per lb 0 10 Clietsc, Dutch, per lb 0 1 -1 Cigars, Havana, per lb. 0 1G 0 , Coffctyv.pcr lb , .--0 0.9 l-'laur, "first quality! per ton 21 0 0 Flour, second quality, per ton ... 18 0 0 Gin, per gallon 0 10 0 Hams, N.Z., per lb. '. 0 0 8 lfains, Yorkshire, per lb 0 11 Tin, per ton 28 0,0 Leather, per solo 0 13 Leather, kip 0 3 0 Maize, per bushel 0 5 0 Oats, per bushel 0 8 0 Mustard, per doz. bottles 0 IS 0 Pickles, per doz. bottles 0 15 0 Pork, Irish,'per barrel 5 0 0 Pork, New Zealand, per barrel .'.. 3 10 0 Potatoes, per ton , 5 0 0 Kite, per cwt 110 Salt, per ton ...; 10 0 0 Scantling, per 100 ft. sup 0 12 G Shingles, Van Diemen, per 1000... 0 19 0 Shingles, New Zealand, per 1000 0 1-t G Soap, Liverpool, per ton 28 0 0 Soap, London, per ton 45 0 0 Starch, per lb: ..: 0 0 8 Sugar, Mauritius, per cvrt 1 G 0 .Sugar, refined lonf .0 0 10 Tea, per chest 7 0 0 Tobacco, Negro Head, per lb. ...0 2 0 Turps, per gallon < 0 8 0 While load, per cwt 2 0 0 Zinc, per ton 70 0 0 Dread, per 21b. loa.f 0 0 5 Carts 25 0 0 Kgsr«, per dozen 0 3 0 Milk, peT pint 0 0 5 Mutton,' per lb 0 0 9 Muskets 0 10 ,0 Fowls, per pair 0 G 0 Ducks, per pair 012 0 Geese, .per pair 0 15 0

Pigeons, wild 0 1 3 Milking Cows 10 0 0 Working bullocks, per pair 45 0 0 Mares • 50 0 0 Sheep, wethers 1 5 0