Retail Prices Current, June 2, 1848

First flour, 18s. to £l per 100 fbs.; Bread, per 2ft> loaf, 5d.; Beef, 4d. to 7d; per fb.; Mutton, od. to 7d. per fb.; Pork. 4d. to 6d. per fb.; Fowls, per pair, 2s, to 35.; Ducks, per pair, 4s. to 55.; Geese, os. to 7s. each; Turkeys, ss. to 7s. each. Fresh Butter, Is. 9d.; Salt Butter, Is. 6d. per fb.; Potatoes, 4s. per cwt,; Eggs, 2s. 6d. per doz.; Cheese, Is. 2d. per ft.; Maize, 3s. 6d. per bushel; Bran, Is. 6d. per bushel; Raw Sugar, 4d. to 6d. per fb.; Loaf Sugar, Bd. to lOd. per fb.; Honey, Os. Od. per fb.; Ale, os. per two gallons. Ham and Bacon, 6d. to Bd. pep fb.; Firewood, per cord/16s. to 245,



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