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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 306, 4 February 1910, Page 7

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HOME MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Lnodon, February % Australian choicest butter 120s'. New Zealand 122s to 1245. Copper.—Supplies 41,284 tons, deliveries 39.11!) tons, stocks 104,(558 tons, afloat from Australia 3800 tons. Silver, 23% d per oz. Tin.—Stocks 24,071 tons, on spot 8703 tons, alloat 4395 ton*, deliveries 253(5 tons. Tallow.—At the .-rle- 707 casks were offered and 488 sol''. .Fine mutton 37s Gd, medium 335; lieu, fine 3(!s, medium 32s Cd. Stoi-k 3!i(i2 casks, imports 2792 casks, deliveries 1889 casks. L. A. NOLAN AND CO.'S REPORT. Poultry.—On Saturday we had a small entry owing to the inclemency of the weather. Prices ranged as follows: — Hens Is 1 4d to Is 10d, pullets Is 8d to 2s Id, cockerels Is Id to Is lOd, chickens 7d to 10d, ducks Is 4d to Is 10(1. Fruit.—During this week prices have been much lhmer. The closing prices arc as follows:—Peaches, No. 11 4s 9d to Gs' 9d, No. 2 4s Od to ss, No. 3 3s 3d to 4s; plums, Bur banks 2s 9d, Wicksons 4s, Ogons 181b 2s 3d, Jefferson gages 3s 3d to 3s Gd; tomatoes, Nelson 4s to ss, small cases 2s 3d to 3s 3d; nectarines 7s Gd to Ss, apricots 7s to 7s Od; grapes, Black Hamburg's Is 2d to Is 3d, Golden Champions Is 3'/ad to Is 4d; pears, W.B.C. (very green), 4s 9d to ss; American oranges, 15s' (id; apples, dessert, half-cases 2s 9d to 4s (id, cookers Is 9d to 2s (id; cabbages 3s (id per sack, cucumbers Is 3d to Is (id per dozen. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirioin Cd, prime ribs sd, rump steak Bd, beef from 3d to 4d, corned beef from 3d to 5d per lb. Mutton: Legs Od, chops 6d, loin Od, shoulders od, necks' 4d per lb. Pork: Fresh, Gd per lb. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork Gd. Lamb, 4s to 5s a quarter. Fowls, 5s per pair, ducks Gs per pair. These prices are for cash only. General Groceries.—Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers': —Sugars: No. la 9s Gd, No. 2 9s 3d. Kerosene 9s Gd per case. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s per 251b bag; ]our, roller, 100..

Gd, 501b 7s, 251b 3s 9d. Cereals, etc.—Oats, white 2s Gd per bushel, duns 2s Gd per bushel, crushed oats' 2s 9d; barley, 3s Gd; maize, 5s Gd; wheat, ss; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s Gd; pollard, 5s Gd per 1001b; bran, 5s Gd per 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter factory Is Id, dairy lOd, best separator Is per lb; cheese, 9d per lb; eggs, Is per dozen; lard, 9d per lb; bacon, lOd per lb; hams, BV 2 d per lb, rashers lOd; milk, 3d per quart. Fruit.—Bananas 3d per lb, lemons Is to Is Gd per dozen, apples 3d to Gd lb, pines Gd to 9d, cocoanuts' 2d to 4d, walnuts 8d per lb, dried figs Gd per box, tomatoes 4d to Gd per lb, strawberries Is Gd per box, cucumbers 2d to Gd, gooseberries 3d per lb.

Vegetables—Cabbages 3d to 4d, earrots l ] /gd, turnips iy 3 d, rhubarb 4d per bundle, new potatoes 2d per lb. Buying Prices.—Dealers offer for farm produce: Butter, factory (he rolls) ll'Vid, dairy (in rolls) 9d, separator 30d. Factory cheese 7y>d, dairy G'/od, bacon 7y 2 d, hams' 7y s d, eggs lOd per dozen.