March 1896.] 



PllICES OF MEAT, CORN, ETC. 



503 



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



Mean Wholesale Prices of Butter, Margarine, and Cheese, 

 in the month of January 1896, and in the Third and Fourth 

 Quarters of 1895. 



(Compiled from the Grocer.) 



Description. ! 



1 



3rd Quarter of 

 1895. 



4th Quarter of 

 1895. 



Month of 

 January 1896. 



Butter \ 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. s. d. 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. s. d. 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. s. d. 





Cork, Ists 



84 



0 to — 





112 



0 to — 





121 



0 to — 





2nds 



81 



4 „ — 





99 



9 „ - 





114 



3 „ _ 





„ 3rds 



78 



8 „ - 





89 



2 „ — 





96 



0 „ — 





„ 4th 



71 



6 — 





78 



3 „ - 





82 



0 „ — 





Friesland - 



87 



8 „ 92 



0 



98 



8 ,,103 



H 



103 



0 ,,107 



0 



Dutch Factories - 



91 



9 „ 96 



3 



102 



8 ,,107 



9 



107 



0 ,,110 



6 



French Baskets 



101 



'r 1 n-t 

 7 vlU* 



/ 



119 



LIZ 



lUj„117 



1 n 



iU 



116 



0 ,,122 



0 



„ Crocks and 

 Firkins. 



88 



10 „ 97 



0 



102 



5 „109 



3 



104 



0 ,,112 



0 



„ 2ndsand 3rds 



80 



2 „ 85 



3 



93 



2 „ 98 





91 



6 ,,100 



0 



Danish and Swedish 



101 



0 „104 



9 



114 



5 ,,120 



H 



112 



6 ,,116 



6 



Finnish 



80 



9 „ 95 



0 



96 



9 ,,110 



5 



96 



0 ,,110 



6 



Russian 



76 



7 „ 87 



9 



89 



1 ,,103 



3 



84 



0 „ 90 



0 



Australian - 



75 



6 „ 98 



9 



106 



3 „H4 



10 



101 



0 „lll 



0 



New Zealand 



75 



6 „ 98 



9 



104 



1 ,,114 



10 



101 



0 ,,111 



0 



FreshRoUs (Foreign) 

 per doz. 



9 



13 





11 



5 „ 14 



9 



11 



0 „ 15 



6 



Margarine : 

 Margarine - 



34 



0 „ 52 



2 



37 



0 „ 57 



0 



38 



0 „ 58 



6 



Mixtures - 



56 



0 „ 77 



1 



63 



0 „ 86 



8 



64 



0 „ 88 



6 



Cheese : 

 Cheddar 



40 



0 „ 67 



8 



38 



8 „ 64 



8 



41 



0 „ 68 



0 



Somerset - 



42 



0 „ 61 



7 



40 



0 „ 60 



0 



40 



0 „ 60 



0 



Cheshire 



31 



6 „ 72 



6 



31 



7 „ 75 



7| 



30 



0 „ 81 



6 



Wiltshire - 



27 



6 „ 55 



8 



36 



8 „ 59 



4 



40 



0 „ 60 



0 



Double Gloucester - 



29 



8 „ 54 



1 



35 



8 „ 54 



8 



39 



0 „ 56 



6 



Derby 



33 



0 „ 48 



6 



80 



4 „ 48 



1 



31 



0 „ 55 



6 



