March 1897.] 



PRICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



455 



in. — Prices of Butter, Margarine, and Cheese. 



Mean Wholesale Prices of Butter, Margarine, and Cheese, 

 in the months of December 1896 and January 1897, and 

 in the Fourth Quarter of 1896. 



(Compiled from the Grocer.) 



Description. 



4th Quarter of 

 1896. 



Month of 

 December 1896. 



Month of 

 January 1897. 



Butter : 

 Cork, lsts 



107 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. d. 

 0 — 



112 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. d. 

 0 



Per 

 s. d. 

 116 0 



Cwt. 

 s. d. 



„ 2nds 



94 



0 







101 



0 







112 



0 







„ 3rds 



80 



0 







79 



0 







93 



0 







„ 4ths 



62 



0 







55 



0 







66 



0 







Friesland - 



97 



OtolOO 



0 



94 



0 to 97 



0 



100 



0 to 104 



0 



Dutch Factories 



101 



0 



,,106 



0 



99 



0 



,,103 



0 



105 



0 



,,108 



0 j 



French Baskets 



104 



0 



,,112 



0 



105 



0 



„H3 



0 



114 



0 



,,123 



0 ; 



„ Crocks and 



Firkins. 

 „ 2ndsand 3rds 



92 

 82 



0 

 0 



„ioi 



„ 89 



0 

 0 



93 

 84 



0 

 0 



,,102 

 ,, 89 



0 

 0 



104 



92 



0 



0 



„no 



,,100 



0 

 0 



Danish and Swedish 



115 



0 



,,120 



0 



115 



0 



„H9 



0 



113 



0 



„H7 



0 



Finnish 



95 



0 



,,109 



0 



95 



0 



,,108 



0 



95 



0 



,,108 



0 



Russian 



84 



0 



,, 95 



0 



83 



0 



„ 94 



0 



84 



0 



„ 94 



0 



Australian - 



98 



0 



„no 



0 



90 



0 



,,108 



0 



84 



0 



,,107 



0 



Canadian and States 



52 



0 



„ioi 



0 



50 



0 



„ 97 



0 



57 



0 



„ 99 



0 



FreshRolls (Foreign) 

 per doz. 



10 



6 



„ 15 



0 



10 



6 



„ 15 



6 



11 



6 



„ 16 



0 



Margarine : 

 Margarine - 



26 



0 



„ 54 



0 



26 



0 



„ 54 



0 



26 



0 



„ 54 



0 



Mixtures - 



52 



0 



„ 74 



0 



50 



0 



„ 74 



0 



49 



0 



„ 74 



0 



Cheese : 



Cheddar - 



62 



0 



„ 78 



0 



64 



0 



„ ^8 



0 



65 



0 



„ 80 



0 



Somerset - 



62 



0 



» 68 



0 



66 



0 



„ 70 



0 



67 



0 



,, 72 



0 



Cheshire - 



66 



0 



„ 81 



0 



70 



0 



„ 84 



0 



72 



0 



„ 84 



0 



Wiltshire * 



62 



0 



„ 66 



0 



65 



0 



„ 68 



0 



67 



0 



„ 69 



0 



Double Gloucester - 



58 



0 



„ 65 



0 



59 



0 



„ 66 



0 



64 



0 



„ 69 



0 



