PRICES CURRENT. 351 for about a week or two, as high as 6d. Pork, 2^d. to 5d. Mutton, 2d. to 5d. Veal, 2d. to 5d. Butter, 8d. to Is. Cheese, 6d. to lOd. Partridges, 4d. to 6d. Hares, in abundance, 6d. Codfish, fresb, weighing from 121bs. to 201bs., 6d. each. Salmon, 2s. to 2s. 6d. each. Herrings, fresh, 3d. to 8d. per dozen. Lobsters, very fine, |d. to Id. each ; other kinds of fish in propor¬ tion. Ham, 12s. to 25s. per cwt. Wheat, 4s. to 6s. , per bushel. Oats, Is. 3d. to 2s. Barley, 2s. to 3s. Potatoes, lOd. to Is. 3d. Turnips, Is. to Is. 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, 6s. to 8s., all duty paid. Good souchong tea, 4s-_tojSs. 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.