MARKETS.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1136, 9 January 1884, Page 4

MARKETS.

(Corrected by-latest. Reports.) i Prices. ; • Buying Selling. I Butter (per lb) * * > ’’lOd p -':- • 'life Od | Cheese (colonial)..7d 104 j Eggs per dep,; i< >, /10^1,■•;*(> Is Oil ; Potatoes (cwt) hew 9i 44 1441b ! Butchers, Meat- f 3tl ta ; t steak,j ’4(140*54 | mutton', 3d to 44'; : poi k/Stl arid j 6d ; veal, 4d to 64. i Fldixr; MdaXi 14s per 1 lOOlbs-; Dam am, \ 14s per lOOlbs ; : chick wheat, 3s 64 pen bushel, oatmeal, 4s 6-i per 25;lbs ; -bread,; 4d|lV ! lQaL; ' T „ ( V. si .. .. v. ;jIV . .'l,l ' ■ ’ Retail prices. ’ *" J ' Buying- .Selling . £ *"ftd .s ‘d s(1 'ls d Buttep; flb 0 6to 0 8 ’ 0 8 to 010; Cheede’(Gan) O T*„ 0 8 —„ 010 Eggs, dozen ;<a 10 • —-',r 1 0 Potatoes, new Fl<?ur,Qan. : —„l3 0 V— AA V 4 0. (Oatmeal .r—. » A 4 . . -r-. , t . -A, .6 NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PIIICES. Butchers’ Meat—Beef, 2d to 54 per lb; steaks, 6d ; mutton, 2d to 54 ; pork, G4 r ., Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 44 pdquart ; butter, 8d per lb ; cheese (colonial) 9d per lb ; eggs, 104 per dozen ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per‘pair ; ducks, 5-< per pair; lard, 8d per lb ; bacon, 104 ; bams, Is Breads!utfs—Best (41k dressed Hour, 13s per lOOlbs ; household, 12s per 100 bs , wheat meal, Pis; sharps, per sack, 9s; bran, per sack, 4s ; oatmeal, 25ib bags, 4s 64;' wheat (fowls’), per bushel, 4s; oats, 3 n 44 ; crushed oats, 3s 64 ; maize, 4s per bushel. AUCKLAND. Produce. —Butter (fresh), 84 per lb ; salt, 54 to 7d ; eggs, Is 3d per dozen ; bacon and hams, provincial, 64 to 84 ; barns, 84 to 94 ; Canterbury hams and bacon, 94 ; in cloths, barns only, lid. Hides, Skins, &e.—Hides, 34 per lb ; best skins, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; tallow, 23s to, 25s,per cwt. Stock. —Mr Backhand reports sale of ; 11 steers, £9 16a ; 7 steers, £9 ; 7 steers, £8 15a ; 9 steers, £8 9a ; 8 steers, £BB a; 10 steers, £8 8s ; 8 steers, £7 ; 42 sheep, 18a; 30 lambs, £l3 2s ; 32 sheep, 13s ; 240 wethers, 13s. WELLINGTON. ' • ; Produce, &c. —Flour, £ll to £ll 15s ; oatmeal, £l3 per ton ; wheat, 3s to 3a 6d ; potatoes are dull, at £3 15a per ton ; oats, 2s 2d to 2a 44 ; maiz’-, 3a 64 to 3s 91 ; cheese, to terbury) to 104 ; country-cured, 6d ; fresh butter (quite a drug), 74 to 7£d per lb; salt butter (unsaleable), 6£4 ; eggs, Is 4d to Is 64 {»er doz ; onions, £7 petton ; new potatoes are hard to quote. CHRISTCHURCH. Produce—Wheat, 3s 81 to 4s, and for choice lots 4s 2d is asked. Flour, £lO to £lO 10s ; oatmeal, £l2, Oats : •Prices, 2s to 2a Id for milling, and Is 64 to Is lid for feed samples. Barley, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel ; cheese,- 414 to 54 per lb ; butter (fresh), Gd to 7d ; hams and bacon (cloth), to 84 ; potatoes, 27s 64 to 30s per ton at country stations ; onions, 14 to I£d per lb. Live Slock—Beef, prime, 22s per lOOlbs; seconds, 17s 6d to 20a per lOOlbs ; mutton, per lb in wool, and 2-\d shorn per lb. Demand light and pric-is dull. Pigs, about to 64 per In. Horse Markets—Good sales at prices ranging from £2 10s, £6 10s, £8 10s to £lO. DUNEDIN. Live Slock. —Beef, prime, 22s 64 to 25s per lOOlbs ; medium, 22s 64 ; mutton, shorn,' 34 per lb. Produce. Wheat, 3s 94 to 4s‘; flour, £lO to £lO Jos per Ion; oatmeal, £lO 10s to £lO 15s ; potatoes, £2 to £2 5s per ton ; oats, milling, 2s ; feed oats, Is 94 to Is 104 per bushel ; cheese, 54 ; bacon, rolled, 7d ; hams, 104 ; sides of bacon, Bid (grain fed) ; fresh butter, best quality, 8d to 94 ; good ordinary butler, 6d to 74 per lb ; eggs, Is 64 per doz ; good salt butter in keg, 6d per lb. SYDNEY (N S W.) ‘ Brendstuffs —New Z -aland oats, 2s 44 per. bushel ; New Zealand wheat, 3s 9d per bushel; maize baa risen to 3s 5d per bushel. Sugar—Sugar Go’s No 1 pieces, £34 per ton. ADELAIDE. Breadstuff's—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 54 ; .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 sale.