MARKETS.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1134, 4 January 1884, Page 4

MARKETS.

——— — : —— (Corrected by Latest Reports.) PATEA RETAIL PRICES, Buying , Selling. Batter (per lb) lOd la Oil Cheese (colonial) 7d 10d Eggs per doz. lOd IsOd Potatoes (cwt) new 9s 4 1 14d lb ; ; Bulcbers Meat—Beef, 3d to 5d ; steak, 4d to 5d ; mutton, 3d to 4tl ; poilc, 5d and 6d ; veal, 4d to 6d. Flour, local, 14s per IOOIbs ; Oamard, 14s per IOOIbs ; .chick wheat, 3s 6d per bushel ; oatmeal, 4s Gdper 25 lbs ; bread, 4d 21b loaf. lIAWERA RETAIL PRICES. Buying Selling • s d sd" s d s d Butter, flb 06 to 0 8 08 to 010 Cheese (Can) 07 „ 0 8 Eggs, dozen Potatoes, new Flour, Can. Oatmeal NEW PLYMOUTH KETAIL PRICES. Butchers’ Meat—Beef, 2d to 5d per lb ; steaks, 6J ; mutton, 2d to sd-; pork, 6d. Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 4d per quart ; butter, 8d per lb ; cheese (colonial) 9d per lb ; eggs, lOd per dozen ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per pair ; ducks, 5s per pair; lard, 8d per lb ; bacon, lOd ; hams, Is. Breadstuffs—Bust silk dressed Hour, 13s per IOOIbs ; household, 12s per lOObs , wheat., meal, 12s ; sharps, per sack, 9s; bran, per sack, 4s; oatmeal, 251b bags, 4s 6d ; wheat (fowls’), per bushel, 4s; oats, 3s 4d ; crushed oats, 3s 6d ; maize, 4s per bushel. AUCKLAND. Produce. —Butter (fresh), 8d per lb ; salt, 5d to 7cl ; eggs, lOd per dozen ; bacon and hams, provincial, 6d to 8d ; hams, 8d to 9d ; Canterbury hams and bacon, 9J ; in cloths, hams only, lid. Hides, Skins, &c.—Hides, to 3d per lb ; sheepskins, Is Id to 3s 6d ; tallow, 25s per cwt; bags and bundles of wool from 4d to s£d per lb. Stock.—Mr Backhand reports sale of : 24 steers, £9 10s; 7 steers, £9 ; 9 steers, £8 17s ; 9 steers, £8 13s 9d ; 50 lambs, 10s. WELLINGTON. Produce, &c.—Fionr, £ll to £ll 15s ; oatmeal, £l3 per ton ; wheat, 3s to 3s 6d ; potatoes are dull, at £3 15s per ton ; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; maize, 3s 6cl to 3& 9d ; cheese, s£d to terbury; to lOd ; country-cured, 6d ; fresh butter (quite a drug), 7d to 74d per lb; salt butter (unsaleable), 6£d ; eggs, Is Gd per doz ; onions, £7 per ton ; new potatoes, £5 per ton. CHRISTCHURCH. Produce —Wheat, 3s lOd to 4s 2d , .second samples, 3s 3d to 3s Gd. Flout, £lO to £lO 10s ; oatmeal, £l2. Oats: Prices, 2s Id to 2s 2d for milling, and Is lid to 2a for feed samples. Bailey, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel ; cheese, 4£d to 5d per lb ; butter (fresh), to 7d ; hams and bacon (cloth), 7£d to 8b ; potatoes, 27s 6d to 30s per ton at country stations ; onions, id to 1 |-d per lb. Live Stock—Beef, prime, 22s per lOOIbs; seconds, 17s 6d to 20s per IOOIbs ; muttori, 3£d per lb in wool, and 2-|d shorn per IU. Demand light and prices dull. Pigs, about 4£d to 6d per lt». Horse Markets —Medium draught, £l6 to £24; light plough, £l2 to £IG ; 3-year-old unbroken cart colts, £8 to £l4 ; 2-year-olds, £5 to £8 ; hacks, from £5 to £lO ; well-bred do, £ls to £2o'. DUNEDIN. Live Slock.—Beef, prime, 25s to 27s 6d per lOOIbs.; medium, 20sj mutton, shorn, 3d to Sni per lb. Produce.—-Wheat, 4s to 4s 2d ; ordinary samples, 3s to 3s 9d ; flour, £lO to £lO 10s per ion; oatmeal, £lO 10s to £lO 15s ; potatoes, £2 to £2 5s per ton ; oats, milling, Is 10v! to Is lid ; feed oats, Is 9d to Is lOd per bushel ; cheese, ; bacoiß rolled', 7d ; bains, lOd ; sides of bacon, B|d (grain fed) ; fresh butter, best quality, 8d to 9d ; good ordinary butter, 6d to 7d per lb ; eggs, Is 6-1 per doz ; good salt butter in keg, 6d per lb. SYDNEY (NSW.) Breadstuffs—New Z aland oats, 2s 6d peV bushel ; New Zealand wheat, 3s 7d per bushel ; maize has risen to 3s 5d per bushel. Sugar—Sugar Go’s No.l pieces, £34 per ton* ADELAIDE. Breadstuffs —Wheat, 4s 6d per bushel ; town flour, £lO to £lO. 10s per ton ; country brands, £9 10s to £9 15s per ton. MELBOURNE. Breadstuffs —Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 5d ; malting barley, 3s 6d to 4s •; New Zealand oats : feeding qualities, 2s lid to 3s Id ; milling do, 3s 2d to 3s 3d, and slow of