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for about a week or two, as high as 6d. Pork, Qéd. to 5d. Mutton, 2d. to 5d. Veal, 2d. to 5d. Butter, 8d. to Is. Cheese, 6d. to 10d. Partridges, 4d. to 6d. .1 Hares, in abundance, 6d. Codfish, fresh,weighing from 121bs. to 201bs., 6d. each. Salmon, 2s. to 28. 6d. each. Herrings, fresh, 3d. to 8d. per dozen. Lobsters, very fine, 23d. to 1d. each ; other kinds of fish in propor- ' tion. Ham, 12s. to 25s. per cwt. Wheat, its to 6s. v per bushel. Oats,»_1s._3yd. to 2s. Barley, 2s. to 3s. Potatoes, 10d. to 1s. 3d. Turnips, Is. to 1s. 3d. Car- rots, cabbages, and other vegetables, are usually very low. Rum, 3s. 6d. to 5s. per gallon. Port Wine, 8s. to 12s. Madeira, 10s. to 15s. Brandy, 7s. to 9s. Hollands, 65. to 85., all-duty paid. Good souchong tea, 4sjg6s. Good hyson, 5s. to 7s. Sugar, 6d. ‘to 8d. per lb. These prices are in Halifax currency, nominally more, but always one-tenth, and some-

times one-sixth, less in value than British sterling.