44 KLOOF AND KARROO. 



Butter, 200 Ibs., per lb., 4Jd. to gd. 



Chaff, 8,000 Ibs., per 100 Ibs., gd. to is. 3d. 



Ducks, 40, is. 3d. to is. gd. 



Firewood, 40, per load, 155. to 243. 



Fowls, 40, each, gd. to is. 2d. 



Meal, 40, per 200 Ibs., 125. to i6s. 



Mealies, 40, per 200 Ibs., 55. to ys. 



Oat-hay, 8,000 Ibs., per 100 Ibs., 33. 6d. to 53. 6d. 



Oranges. 



Onions. 



Ostrich Feathers, 200 Ibs., per lb., los. to g IDS. 



Peas, 200 Ibs., per 100 Ibs., 6s. to 8s. 



Peaches (unpeeled), 200 ibs., per lb., id. to 2d. 



Do. (peeled), 200 Ibs., per lb., 4d. to 6d. 

 Pigs. 



Potatoes, 1,000 Ibs., per 100 Ibs., 33. to 8s. 

 Pumpkins. 

 Quinces (dried). 

 Raisins, per lb. 



Sweet Potatoes, 10, per bucket, gd. to is. 6d. 

 Sheepskins, 1,200, is. to 33. 

 Soap, 100 Ibs., per lb., 3d. to 4d. 

 Stinkwood. 



Tobacco, 2,000 Ibs., per lb., 2d. to 3d. 

 Tallow, 200 Ibs., per lb., i^d. to 2d. 

 Walnuts. 



Wool (unwashed), 6,000 Ibs., per lb., 4d. to 5^d. 

 Yellowwood, per foot, 3d. to 3^d. 

 Wheat, per 200 Ibs., gs. to us. 



A. B., Marketmaster. 



At the time I write of, some items, such as 

 ostrich feathers or mohair, were higher in price, but 

 as a whole, this list fairly illustrates prices in recent 

 years. Various calls and matters of business occu- 

 pied our first day. That evening a great musical 

 event took place at the Town Hall, for no less a 

 personage than Madame Anna Bishop a lady well 

 known in Europe in the forties as a prima donna 

 and concert singer was to appear. Of course we 

 attended on such an occasion. The hall was 



