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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. 

 9 





s. 



102 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. 

 7 — 



d. 



1 10 



Per Cwt. 

 d. s. 



6 



d. 



„ 2nds - 



87 



6 







98 



7 







102 



9 







n 3r<k - 



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 u 



102 



0 



98 



6„ 



101 



6 



105 



6„ 



108 



0 



French Baskets 



104 



0 



no 



0 



106 



0 „ 



"3 



0 



112 



0 



120 



0 



Crocks and 

 Firkins 



93 



6„ 



99 



0 



94 



0 



100 



0 



IOO 



0 .. 



108 



0 



2nds and 3rds 



85 



6 „ 



89 



6 



86 



0 



QO 



0 



84 



0 .. 



q6 



0 



Danish and Swedish - 



in 



0 



j 



0 



105 



0 „ 



109 



0 



no 



6„ 



113 



0 



Finnish 



82 



6 ,, 



104 



6 



77 



0 „ 



IOO 



6 



85 



6„ 



IO4 



0 



Russian 



70 



0 



9T 

 y o 



0 



69 



0 „ 



89 



0 



68 



0 



89 



0 



Canadian and States - 



56 



0 



99 



yy 



0 



56 



0 



96 



6 



59 



0 » 



95 



6 



Argentine 



97 



6„ 



108 



6 



99 



6» 



106 



6 



89 



6„ 



103 



0 



Colonial 



60 



0 „ 



IO4 



6 



60 



0 



98 



0 



64 



6„ 



104 



6 



Fresh Rolls (Foreign) 

 per doz. 



10 



9 > t 



14 



•2 

 0 



10 





14 





10 



6„ 



15 



0 



Margarine : 

 Margarine 



28 



0 „ 



56 



0 



28 



0 „ 



56 



0 



28 





56 



0 



Mixtures 



52 



0 „ 



80 



0 



52 



0 



80 



0 



5i 



6„ 



80 



0 



Cheese : 

 Cheddar 



47 



0 „ 



71 



6 



49 



0 



72 



0 



50 



0 



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 



6„ 



59 



6 



Derby 



56 



0 



60 



0 



56 



0 



60 



0 











