Sydney Markets
FEB. 11, 1828.
New wheat, 9s. 6d.
maize, 9s. 0d.
barley, 8s. 6d
oats, none
fine flour, 20s. per 100lbs.; seconds ditto, 17s.
fine bread, 7d. per 2lb. loaf; second quality, 6d.
potatoes, 18s. per cwt.
fresh butter, 2s. 6d. per lb.
salt ditto, 2s. 0d. per ditto
eggs, 2s. 6d. per dozen
Colonial cheese, 1s. 4d. per lb.
fowls, 3s. 6d. per couple
ducks, 5s. 6d. per ditto
geese, 6s. each
turkies, 9s. each
hay, £11 per ton
straw 25s. per load
turnips, 4½d. a bunch
carrots, ditto
onions, 3d. per lb.
beef by the quarter, 4½d. — per joint, 6d.
mutton, 7d.; pork, 8d.; salt ditto, by the joint, 10d.
veal, 9d.
oranges, 1s. per dozen
peaches, 4d. to 1s. per dozen
maize, 9s. 0d.
barley, 8s. 6d
oats, none
fine flour, 20s. per 100lbs.; seconds ditto, 17s.
fine bread, 7d. per 2lb. loaf; second quality, 6d.
potatoes, 18s. per cwt.
fresh butter, 2s. 6d. per lb.
salt ditto, 2s. 0d. per ditto
eggs, 2s. 6d. per dozen
Colonial cheese, 1s. 4d. per lb.
fowls, 3s. 6d. per couple
ducks, 5s. 6d. per ditto
geese, 6s. each
turkies, 9s. each
hay, £11 per ton
straw 25s. per load
turnips, 4½d. a bunch
carrots, ditto
onions, 3d. per lb.
beef by the quarter, 4½d. — per joint, 6d.
mutton, 7d.; pork, 8d.; salt ditto, by the joint, 10d.
veal, 9d.
oranges, 1s. per dozen
peaches, 4d. to 1s. per dozen
The prices of some articles above quoted in the Sydney market, it is said, are in the old fashioned currency. The truth is not however vouched for.
Source: Sydney Markets. (1828, March 1). Colonial Advocate, and Tasmanian Monthly Review and Register (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1828), p. 50.
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