RETAIL HOUSEHOLD MARKETS

Wednesday, March 26. Boasting beef, 5d to 8d per lb j steaks, 5d to8d; boiling, 2d to 4d; mutton, 2£dtosd; pork, 9dj veal, 4d to 7d. To hotels and boardinghouses the charge all round is 4d to sd. Fresh butter, Is 3d to Is 4d per lb ; salt, Is Id to Is2dj fresh eggs, 2s 3d to 2s 6d per dozen; bacon, lOd to Is per lb j ham, Is to Is 2d|; cheese, lOd to Is ; milk, 4d to 5d per quart ; honey, 8d per lb j bread, 4£d over the counter, 5Jd delivered ; flour, 501bs, ss6dj oatmeal, 251bs, ss; dried, apples, 6d to 8d per lb. ; jam, lib tin, Bdto 9d. Ame rican Salmon, lid, lib tin. Fowls, 6s to 7s per pair ; geese, 12s to 16s per pair ; ducks, 7s to 9s per pair j turkeys, 10s to 20s each ; rabbits, 2s per pair. Cabbages, 2d each, or Is 6d per dozen ; car rots and turnips, Is Gd per dozen ; lettuces, Is per dozen 5 rhubarb, 3d per lb ; asparagus Is 6d per bunch j potatoes, 121b to 141b Is ; peas, 61bs, Is ; cauliflowers, 3d to 4d each. Cucumbers, 6d each ; onions, 81bs Is. Apples — best eating, 6d to 8d per pound; baking, 3d ; pears, 6d to 8d per lb 5 pine apples, Is each ; plums, 4d to 8d per lb ; grapes, Is per lb ; peaches, 9d to Is per lb ; apricots, 9d to Is per lb. Flounders, 2s to 6s per dozen ; mullet, 2s per dozen ; garfish, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen ; crayfish from 3s per dozen ; red cod, 6d to 9d each ; blue cod, 2d to Is 3d each ; soles, 6s to 10s per doz. ; groper, 5s to Cs each ; baracouta, 6d each ; soles, 4s per dozen ; garfish, Is to 2s per dozen ; oysters, not in season.
