PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND l7 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     It may be interesting to give the prices charged in the market. The list will 
     
     enable readers to form an idea of the variety of articles offered for sale, and the 
     
     prices will be sufficient to prove that P. E. Island is a inexpensive place to live in. 
     
     The list is copied from the market reports of The Daily Examiner: Apples, 3c. 10 
     
     12c. per dozen ; and from 20c. to 75c. per bushel ; Barley, 35c. to 65¢. per bushel ; 
     
     Brant, 50c. to 70c. a pair; Beef, live weight, SC. to Sc. per lb; Beef, small, So. to 12c. 
     
     per lb; Butter, fresh, from 15c. in summer, to 25c. in winter; Butter, tub, 15c. to 20c. 
     
     per lb ; Beans, green, 4c. per lb; Blueberries, SC. to 7c. per quart ; Black Currants, 
     
     SC to 156. per quart ; Beets, 25c. to 40c. per bushel ; Cabbages, 20c. to 30c. a dozen ; 
     
     Celery, 3c. to 7c. per head; Cheese, 12c‘ to 20c. per lb; Codfish, fresh, SC. to 15c. 
     
     each, according to size ; Codfish, corned, 3c. to 12c. each ; Corn, green, 12c. for a 
     
     dozen ears; Cranberries, 8c. to 14c. per quart; Carrots, 25c. to 50c. per bushel; 
     
     Ducks 40c. to 60¢. a pair ; Fresh Eggs, 7c. to 25c. a dozen, according to the season ; 
     
     Fowls, 30c. to 60c. pair; Flour, Island made, $1.75 to $2.00 per cwt; Goose- 
     
     berries, SC. to 15c. per quart ; Hides, 5c. to 7c. per lb ; Hay, 35c. to 70¢. per cwt ; 
     
     Hake, 4c. to 12¢. each; Herring, 5c. to ICC. per dozen; Huckleberries, SC. to 12c. 
     
     per quart; Lamb 30c. to 60c. per quarter carcass; Lobsters, SC. to 10¢. each; 
     
     Mackerel fresh, SC to 15c. each, according to supply ; Oats, 25c. to 30¢. per bushel; 
     
     Oatmeal, $1.75 to $2.00 per cwt; Onions, 2c. to Sc. per lb; Green Peas, 10c. to 
     
     15c. per quart; Potatoes, 16c. to 30¢. per bushel; Pork, 3c. to 6c. per lb; young 
     
     Pigs, $1.00 to $3.00 each ; Parsnips, 20c. to 30¢. per bushel ; Partridges, 25c. to 40c, 
     
     a pair; Radishes, 3c. a bunch; Raspberries, SC. to ICC. per quart ; Red Currants, 
     
     10c. to 20c. per quart; Sheep pelts, 40c. to 60¢. each; Straw, $1.25 to $3.00 per load; 
     
     Strawberries, 10c. to 20c. per quart; Smelts, 3c. to Sc. per dozen; Sausages, 12¢. per 
     
     lb; Turkeys, 60c. to $1.50; Turnips, 16c. to 200. per bushel; Tomatoes, green. 10c. 
     
     per peck; Veal, 8c. per lb; Wild Geese, 50c to 80c. each. These prices cover the 
     
     variations due to long or short supply. When the season is a bountiful one the lower 
     
     price rules; when the opposite is the case the higher price given will be found to 
     
    
   
   
    
     cover the cost. 
     
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     POST OFFICE 
     
    
   
   
    
     Near the Market House stands the Post OEice Building. In this building is the 
     
     Dominion Savings Bank Department, the Custom House, the offices of the Agent of