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Prices of Dairy Produce. 



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



Mean Wholesale Prices of Butter, Margarine, and 

 Cheese in the under-mentioned Months of 1897 and 1898. 



(Compiled from the Grocer^ 



Description. 



December. 

 1897. 



January. 

 1898. 



February. 

 1898. 



Butter : 



Cork, ists 



s. 

 102 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. 



9 — 



d. 



s. 



102 



Per Cwt. 

 d. J. 

 7 — 



d. 



s. 



1 10 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. 



6 — 



d. 



2nds - 



87 



6 







98 



7 







102 



9 







3rds - 



75 



0 







86 



0 







87 



6 







,, 4ths 



61 



9 







63 



0 







62 



0 







Friesland 



95 



0 to 



98 



0 



96 



10 to 100 



0 



107 



0 to 109 



0 



Dutch Factories 



98 



6„ 



102 



0 



98 



6„ 



lOI 



6 



105 



6„ 



108 



0 



French Baskets 



104 



0 „ 



no 





106 



0 



113 



0 



112 



0 



120 



0 



Crocks and 

 Firkins 



93 



6„ 



99 



0 



94 



0 



100 



0 



100 



0 



108 



0 



2nds and 3rds 



85 



6 



8q 



6 



86 





QO 



0 



84 



0 .. 



96 



0 



Danish and Swedish - 



III 



0 



lit; 



0 



105 



0 ,, 



109 



0 



no 



6„ 



113 



0 



Finnish 



82 



6 ,, 



104. 



6 



77 



0 



100 



6 



85 



6„ 



104 



0 



Russian 



70 



0 





0 



69 



0 „ 



89 



0 



68 



0 „ 



89 



0 



Canadian and States - 



56 



0 



99 



0 





0 



96 



6 



59 



0 „ 



95 



6 



Argentine 



97 



6 „ 



108 



6 



99 



6„ 



106 



6 



89 



6„ 



103 



0 



Colonial 



60 



0 



104 



6 



60 



0 „ 



98 



0 



64 



6„ 



104 



6 



Fresh Rolls (Foreign) 

 per doz. 



10 



9 



14 



1 



J 



10 





14 





10 



6„ 



15 



0 



Margarine : 

 Margarine 



28 



0 „ 



56 



0 



28 



0 ,, 



56 



0 



28 



0 „ 



56 



0 



Mixtures - : 



52 



0 



80 



0 



52 



0 



80 



0 



51 



6„ 



80 



0 



Cheese : 

 Cheddar 



47 





71 



6 



49 





72 



0 



50 





70 



0 



Somerset _ - 



52 



0 



66 



0 



52 



0 ,, 



66 



0 



52 



0 



64 



6 



Cheshire 



60 



0 ,, 



76 



0 



62 



6., 



78 



6 



66 



0 



80 



0 



Wiltshire 



60 



0 



63 



6 



54 



6„ 



64 



0 



56 



0 ,, 



64 



0 



Double Gloucester - 



48 



6„ 



60 



0 



48 



0 „ 



60 



0 



48 





59 



6 



Derby 



56 



0 



60 



0 



56 



0 ,, 



60 



0 











