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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 40, 15 February 1872, Page 2

NELSON RETAIL MARKET.— February 15. Beef, 3d to 6d per lb j Bread, 2lb loaf, 43 Mutton, 3d to 4d i Butter, lOd to Is per lb Pork, 5d to 6d Cheese, col., 6d to 8d Bacon, 8d ! Ducks, 4s to 5s per pair Ham, Is ! Fowls, 4s Lard, 9d ! Turkeys, 4s to 5s each Eggs, Is 2d per doz \ Onions, 3d per lb Geese, ss. each. "" Flour. — Messrs. N. Edwards & Co. quote Brightwater Mill fine silk-iressed flour at £15 per ton; Adelaide, £16. Redwood's, £18. Rutherford's, £15. Wheat, 5s 6d per bushel; barley, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; oats, 3a 3d to 3s 6d. gjßaddisb, 2d per bunch. Onions, 2d per bunch. Carrots, 3d per bunch. Rhubarb, Is. per bunch. New potatoes, ld. per lb. Hay, £4 per ton. Beer, 6/ per hhd; 8s per dozen. Bricks, per 1000 4/ ; Lime, per bushel, 3s Od. Boards and Scantling— White Pine, per 100 feet, 9s to 10s; Red Pine, 15s; Totara, 18s to 20s; Rimu, 12s 6d. Palings— V.D.L., 6ft., 225.; 5ft.,-18s. Shingles— V.DL., 21s. 6d.

The State Board of Health in Massachussets is very desirous of investigating the effects produced on the health of women by the use of sewing machines, and has selected Dr. Lucy Sewall^ of Boston, to prepare' a report on the subject. This is said to be the first instance of the appointment of a female physician to draw up a medical report for the Government.