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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 1898. 



(Compiled from the Grocer^ 



Description. 



March. 

 1898. 





Apr 

 189 



1. 





May. 

 1898. 



Butter : 



Cork, ists - 



s. 



106 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. 



0 — 



d. 



s. 



96 



Per Cwt. 

 d s. 



0 — 



d. 



s. 

 80 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. 



6 - 



d. 



2nd.s - 



97 



0 







88 



0 







77 



0 







,, 3rds - 



91 



0 







83 



6 







74 



6 







4ths 



04 



0 







70 



6 







71 



0 







Friesland 



90 



0 to 



99 



0 



87 



0 to 



91 



0 



77 



0 to 



79 



6 



Dutch Factories 



99 





103 



0 



90 



6 



93 



0 



78 



6 „ 



82 



6 



French Baskets 







121 



0 



lOI 



0 



109 



0 



91 



0 ,, 



98 



0 



Crocks and 

 Plrkins 



104 



0 



no 



0 



91 



0 



96 



6 



84 



0 



88 



0 



,, 2nds and 3rds 



OO 



6,, 



100 



(■ 

 0 



83 



0 



87 



0 



79 



0 



82 



0 



Danish and Swedish - 



107 



6„ 



112 



0 



97 



0 ,, 



lOI 



6 



88 



0 



92 



0 



Finnish 



93 



0 jj 



103 



0 



87 



0 ,, 



93 



6 



80 



0 ,, 



85 



6 



Russian 



80 



0 M 



90 



0 



80 



0 



91 



0 



78 



0 



83 



6 



Canadian ^nd States - 



OU 



0 „ 



97 



0 



60 



0 



95 



0 



00 



0 „ 



90 



0 



Argentine 



lOI 





III 



0 



98 



6 



103 



6 



90 



0 



94 



0 



Colonial, fine- 



90 



6 ,, 



107 



0 



88 



6 



98 



6 



86 



0 



96 



0 



5, good and - 



























inferior - 



70 



0 



93 



/r 

 0 



70 



0 



84 



6 



70 



0 



80 



0 



Fresh Rolls (Foreign) 

 per doz. 



II 



0 



14 



6 



10 



0 



13 



6 



9 



0 



12 



6 



Margarine : 

 Margarine 



28 



0 5, 



56 



0 



28 



6 



56 



5 



30 



0 



56 



0 



Mixtures 



50 



0 ., 



80 



0 



50 



6 



84 



0 



49 



6 „ 



83 



6 



Cheese : 

 Cheddar 



47 



0 ,, 



70 



0 



48 



0 



70 



0 



48 



0 



72 



0 



Somerset 



50 



6„ 



64 



0 



50 



0 ,, 



64 



0 



49 



0 ,, 



65 



6 



Cheshire 



71 



6„ 



81 



6 



76 



0 



80 



0 



76 



0 ,, 



80 



0 



Wiltshire 



60 



0 ,, 



70 



0 



60 



0 



64 



0 



58 



0 ,, 



62 



0 



Double Gloucester - 



48 



0 ,, 



60 



0 



47 



0 



60 



0 



44 



0 55 



55 



6 



Derby 



















51 



0 „ 



54 



6 



