I note down the prices of live stock, labour, some of the necessaries of life, &c. _Dollars_ _Cents_ Price of a young male negro, arrived at puberty, 800 -- Hire of ditto per annum, with provisions and clothes, 100 to 150 -- Price of a young female ditto, 600 -- Hire of ditto, per annum, with provisions and clothes, 120 -- Price of a work-horse, from 100 to 120 -- Price of a fine saddle horse, 200 to 300 -- Hire of a four horse team and driver, without provisions, 4 -- Hire of a saddle horse per day, 1 -- Mechanics per day, with board, ³⁄₄ to 1 -- Labourers per day, with board, ¹⁄₂ to 75 Wheat per bushel, 1 to 75 Rye, 50 Corn, (Maize) 37¹⁄₂ {115} Oats, -- 33¹⁄₃ Potatoes, -- 33¹⁄₃ Flour per 100 lbs. 3 -- Beef, per pound, from 5 to 6 Pork, ditto, from 4 to 5 Mutton, ditto, from -- 3 to 4 Turkeys, from 50 cents to 1 -- Hens and Ducks, 12¹⁄₂ Eggs per dozen, -- 12¹⁄₂ Butter per lb. -- 25 Cheese, ditto, -- 18 Whisky per gallon, -- 40 Tobacco, per 100 lbs. 5 -- Hemp, 8 -- Wool, per lb. 33¹⁄₃