44 KLOOF AND KARROO. 



Butter, zoo lbs., per lb., 4Jd. to gd. 



Chaff, 8,000 lbs., per loo lbs., gd. to is. 3d. 



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



Firewood, 40, per load, 15s. to 24s. 



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



Meal, 40, per 200 lbs., izs. to i6s. 



Mealies, 40, per 200 lbs., 5s. to 7s. 



Oat-hay, 8,000 lbs., per 100 lbs., 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. 



Oranges. 



Onions. 



Ostrich Feathers, 200 lbs., per lb., los. to £g los. 



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



Peaches (unpeeled), 200 lbs., per lb., ijd. to 2d. 



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

 Pigs. 



Potatoes, 1,000 lbs., per 100 lbs., 3s. to 8s. 

 Pumpkins. 

 Quinces (dried). 

 Raisins, per lb. 



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

 Sheepskins, 1,200, is. to 3s. 

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

 Stinkwood. 



Tobacco, z,ooo lbs., per lb., 2d. to 3d. 

 Tallow, 200 lbs., per lb., ijd. to 2d. 

 Walnuts. 



Wool (unwashed), 6,000 lbs., per lb., 4d. to s^^d. 

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

 Wheat, per 200 lbs., gs. to iis. 



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 hst 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 



