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Current Prices at Maitland, as at 29th May, 1843
from the Maitland Mercury of that date
| GOODS | £ | s. | d. |
| Ale & Porter, per hogshead | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Dunbars, per dozen | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Annato, per lb..............7s to | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Beer, Hunter brewery, per hogshead | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Bread, per loaf of 4lbs ... 6d | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bricks, per 1000 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Butchers Meat: Beef, per lb | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mutton, ditto | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pork, ditto | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Veal, ditto | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Butter, fresh per lb | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Calf Skins, each | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Candles, mould, per lb | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| dip, per lb | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Cheese, per lb | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Coal, per ton | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Coffee, per lb | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Currants, Zante, per lb | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eggs, per dozen | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Firewood, per load | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Flour: (Nicholson's Mills, for cash First quality, per 100 lbs | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Second ditto | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ration, ditto | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bran, ditto | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| (At Portus's Mills, for cash) | |||
| First Quality, per 100 lbs | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Second, ditto | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ration, ditto | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bran, ditto | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Fruit: Oranges, per dozen ... 1s to | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lemons, per dozen | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Grains: Wheat, per bushel | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Maize, ditto ..... 2s 2d to | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Oats, Derwent, ditto | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barley, ditto ..... 3s to | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Hay, per ton ....... £6 to | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hides, green, each ....... 6s to | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dried, per lb ....... 1¼ to | 0 | 0 | 1½ |
| Hops, per lb | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Lemon Syrup, per dozen | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Lime, per bushel ....... 1s 6d to | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Milk, per quart | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mustard, per 1 lb bottle | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| per ½ lb, ditto | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Nails, three-inch, per 1000 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Batten, ditto | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| GOODS | £ | s. | d. |
| Nails: Shingle, ditto | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Flooring brads, ditto | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Spike, per lb | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Oil, boiled and raw, per gallon | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Paints, per cwt. ....... £2 to | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Poultry: Ducks, per couple | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fowls, ditto | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Geese, each | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raisins, Cape, per lb | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Rice, per lb | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salad Oil, per bottle | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Salt, Liverpool, per cwt | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| per basket | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Saltpetre, per lb | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sheep Skins, clipt, each ..... 3d to | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| With wool, each ....... 1s 4d to | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Soap, Colonial, per lb | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Spirits: Brandy, per gallon | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gin, per case | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Rum, per gallon ....... 13s to | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Stock: Bullocks, fat, per cwt ..... 8s to | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| ditto, working, ech ..... £3 10s to | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Cows, good milch ....... £3 to | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Sheep, ewes, each .......3s 6d to | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ditto, wethers, ditto ...... 6s to | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Horses, each ....... £16 to | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugar, per ton ....... £18 to | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritius, per lb | 0 | 0 | 2½ |
| Fine, ditto | 0 | 0 | 4½ |
| Loaf, English, ditto | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Colonial, ditto | 0 | 0 | 6½ |
| Tea, per lb | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Timber: Cedar, cut, per foot | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hard Wood, per 100 feet | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joists | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shingles, per 1000 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tobacco, Negrohead, per lb | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Colonial ....... 1s 2d to | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Cigars, best, per 1000 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Turpentine, per gallon | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Vegetables: Potatoes, per cwt ... 5s to | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cabbages, each | 0 | 0 | 1½ |
| Onions, per lb | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pumpkins, each ....... 3d to | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wines: Port, Wardell's, per dozen | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Other brands ....... 24s to | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Sherry, ditto ....... 24s to | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Champagne, ditto | 3 | 10 | 0 |
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