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MELBOURNE MARKETS.
|Wei).nk8day, 2nd Dkcumueu.
Eastern' Makrkt.— Tho market was well supplied
this morning. Poultry is becoming more plentiful.
Vegetables wero abiuidant. There was a glut of
cherries, some of the samples being exceedingly line.
Strawberries are not quite so plentiful. Prices ruled
about the same as last market, aud wero as follows
VLViitnblws : asparagus, fld. to Is. per 109; beans.
kidney, 3d. to 4u. pur lb. ; broad, 0£u. do.; beet, Sd.
to 9d. per dozen ; bouquets, 2s. to fis. do.; cabbages.
Is. (Jd. to 2s. (kl. do. ; cauliflowers, 2s. to 4s. do. :
carrots, UU. to Is. pur Ud&eu Punches : cress (water),
fid. do. : ' horseradish, 2s. to 69. per dozen
sticks ; lettuces, Od. pur dozen ; marjoram, Sd. to
9d. per dozen buuclies; mint. Is. do.; onions,
drv. 20s. tier cwt.: do. green, Cd. tu Sd. per uozcu
bunches; parsley, fid. do,; parsnips, 9d. to Is.
do. ; peas, Id. per lb. ; potatoes, (to. to 8s; per
cwt.; radishes, 4u. to fid. per dozen hunches ;
rhubarb, fid. to 2s. do,; sage, Sd. to Od. do. : thyme, Cd.
do ; turiifps, fid. do. Fruit : Apples, dessert, 3d,
to 4d. nor lb. ; do., cooking, fls. per bushel ;
cherries, Id. to 4d. per lb. : gooseberries, 2d. to
fld. per quart; do,, ripe, 4d. per 1h.; loquats, 2jd.
to 4d. do.; lomons, Is. to Is, fid. per dozen;
oranges, 9s. Od. per case ; raspberries, 7d.
,.to fid. per lb. ; strawberries, 3d. to Od. per
fib. Dairy Produce : Bacon, Sd. to lOd. per in.;
butter, Sd. to lid. do.; cheese, Sd. to lOd. ao.:
ducks, 4b. fid. to fis, per pair: eggs, Is. per dozen ;
geese, 6s. to Ss. per pair; haul, 10(1. to
Is. ffer lb.: bens, 3s. Od. to 5s. per pair: lioney, Cd.
per lb. ; Diircous, Is. fid. to 2s. per pair; nortc,
fid, to 7d. per lb.; rabbits, Is. <kl. per pair;
turkeys, :10s. to 25s. do.; Pigs, .10s. each.
IUy Market.— Messrs, Butler' and Moss report:—
The market lias been better supplied during tiie
week. Prices ore not quite so firm as last quoted,
but firmer prices are ruling Old hay, £0 to £7;
new trussud, £5 to £G: new bundled, £3 5s. to
£4 10s.; straw, £3 : to £3 lGs. Mr. James FextoN
rc|H>rts Tho supply duringtho week lias been rather
in excess of requirements, and in consequence prices
arenotqultosolirm. Hay, old, from £6 to £7 10s.;
hew "truASod, £6 10s. to £0 ; new bundled, £3 15s. to
£1 10s. ; straw, £3 to £3 16s.
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