298 MARKET AT GRAHAM'S TOWN. 



A considerable portion of this produce has been 

 shipped from Port Elizabeth direct to Europe, but 

 the greater part was remitted to mercantile houses in 

 Cape Town, in exchange for the manufactures of 

 Europe and India, the demand for which is so con- 

 siderable^ that the balance of trade is largely against 

 the district. 



" The public market at Graham's Town, which is 

 held every day, except Sundays, exhibits a very 

 lively and amusing scene. Here is to be met the 

 farmer from the most distant extremities of the 

 Colony, with his waggon laden with curiosities, such 

 as skins of wild animals, ostrich feathers, ivory, and 

 the rude, but deadly weapon of the Bushmen and 

 Bechuanas. Here also is to be seen the enterprising 

 settler, just returned from a six months' trading 

 journey to the interior, with a cargo of hides or ivory, 

 together with the rich fur dresses or cloaks of the 

 natives of distant regions, visited by him in his 

 peregrinations. By the market register it appears, 

 that between the 1st of October 1831, and 30th 

 September, 1832, one thousand nine hundred and six 

 waggons entered the market laden with produce, and 

 that the following quantities of the several articles 

 enumerated, were there sold to the highest bidders. 

 The average of the current prices is also given. 



£ s. d. 

 Brar.dy ;. . 89 leaguers .12 



Wine 



4 ditto 



5 







Meal 



4,042 muids 



1 



1 



Wheat 



320 ditto 



1 







