A Government blockade on nearly all trade with the Tiger-controlled north except for basics like food has driven prices skyward; a gallon of gasoline sells for $140 here.

A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was selling yesterday for an average of $3.03 nationwide, down from $3.04 on Wednesday, according to AAA.

AAA reported yesterday that a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was selling for $3.03 on average nationwide, down from $3.04 on Wednesday.

A gallon of it would sell for enough to keep a whole family fed and clothed for a year.

The contract allowed them to import 45,000 (later increased to 60,000) gallons of rum to sell to colonists and was signed on 6 November 1810.

In France and Germany, a gallon of gasoline sells for as much as $6, with taxes accounting for about 80 percent of that.

A gallon, which treats from 1,000 to 4,000 square feet, sells for $76.50 at Nemo Tile, 49 East 20th Street; (212) 505-0009.

A gallon of gas, which normally costs the equivalent of 50 cents, now sells for $7.

Another Iranian newspaper, Seday-e-Edelat, reported that five gallons of petrol sold for US$15 in the southeast regions on Iran on the black market.

The news conference yesterday was held at a Mobil station near Los Angeles International Airport, where a gallon of regular gasoline sells for $2.80.