Dried fruits are quoted ab bhe following rates :—Currants, 4|d ; elemes, 6'id ; sul» tanas, 7£d to' B£d ; figs, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; dried apples, 8d ; muscatels, Is 2d to Is 3d ; date*, 2d l-Bth to 3d ; Jordan almonds, new, Is 3d to Is lOd ; rice, fine table, £16 to £16 10s ; second quality, £13 5s to £15 10s ; sago and tapioca, 2|d ; coarse salt, 80s to 85s; fine, 90s to 955; rock salt, white, 65b; red, 80s. Oilmen's stores: Salmon, 5s 6d to 7s; half sardines, 5s 9d to 6s 6d; quarters, 3s 3d to 3s 7£d; fresh herrings, 4s to ss; kippered ditto, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; lobsters, lis. Oysters, 5s 6d to 6s. Preserved milk, 6s 6d. Pickles : Cro3se and Black well's, 10s 6d; Moir's (silver label), 9s; red, 5s 9d to 6s 6d; Wliybrow's, 6s IOAd ; Mor ton*s, 6s 9d ; other brands, 5s 66V to 6s 6d. Vinegar: Bulk, Champion's, Is 3d to lssd ; other brands, 9d and upwards; case, Champion's, to 6s 6d; Crosse and Black well's, 6's 6d to 6b 9d ; oth_r brands, 5s to 5s 6d. Starch : Hoffman's, scarce, £32 to £33; Harvey and Neville's boxes, £29, packages, £24; Column's packages, £27, boxes, £33; Onderwater, pack ages, £23 10s, boxes, £27 10s. Salad oil : French, half-pints, 4s to 4s 3d, pints, 7s 3d; Crosse and Black well's Lucca, quarts 235; English, halt-pints, 5s 3d, pints, 9s ; castor, half-pinte, 4s 3d. Keen's D.S.F

mustard, lb, 15s-3d, half, 7a 10_td toSs.i quarters, 4s 7Jd. Keen's Durham mustard, 6_d and 6|d. Oxford blue, 6£d. Jams : Crosse and Blackwell's, 7s ; ditto, glass jars, 7s 9d. Moir's jams, tins, 7s 3d to 7a sd; glass jars, 8s 6d to i_s 9d; Morton's 6s3d to 6s 6d. Tasmanian, 4s 9d to ss. Day and Martin's paste blacking, 3s 6d per gross; vestas, 2s 9d to 3s; whiting, 60s to 655; devilled ham, lis ; Californian tinned fruits, lis to 12s 6d; C. and B. bottled fruits, 12s ; Morton's ditto, lis 6d; York hams, lljd to Is l^d; clothespegs, 3s to 3s 3d. Pepper: W T hole white, 8d to B£d; whole black, 5-id to s|d ; ginger, 5d to 5Jd; nut megs, 2s 9d ; soda crystals, £6 (Colonial) ; £6 103 to £7 (English). 