WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT.

Current Rate of Interest.. Bank Discounts, 10 per cent. ’ v' Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays.;

Provisions. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bread—Per 2ft. loaf 0 0 5*.. 0 0 0 Beef- —Fresh, carcase per lb.... 0 0 7 0 0 0 Salt, per tierce ' G 0 0 .. 6 10 0 Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 0 0 Butter— Irish, per ft 0 I 4 .. 0 1 6 Fresh 0 2 6 .. 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcase, per ft 0 0 7 .. 0 0 9 Pork —Fresh, carcase per ft. .. 0 0 4 .. 0 0 0 Irish, per barrel 5 10 0 6 0 o Potatoes —New Zealand, per ton 2 1C 0 .. 5 0 o Cheese —Cheshire, (no stock).. 0 1 6 .. 0 2 0 Pine Apple 0 0 0 .. 0 1 0 Dutch 0 0 0 .. 0 1 o Hams— Yorkshire, per ft 0 0 9 .. 0 1 n Rice —Common,per cwt 0 14 0 .. 1 0 o Good 1 10 0 .. 1 15 0 Tobacco (in bond.) Tobacco — Negrohead, per ft in bond 0 0 10 .. 0 1 0 Cigars —Manilla, per 1000 3 0 0 .. 4 0 0 Inferior 1 18 0 .. 2 0 0 Havannah, per 1000 .. 4 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Chinsurah, per 1000 .. 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Alexandrian 1 10 0 .. .0 0 0 Spirits. Wine — Sherry, per pipe 28 0 0 ..40 0 0 Ditto, per dozen 1 4 0 .. 2 0 0 Brandy — First quality, per galIon, in bond 0 5 0 .. 0 8 0 Rum —r. 11. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 .. 0 5 0 Gin — Pale, in bond 0 8 0 .. 0 0 0 Cases, 4 gal. 4-5 in bond 1 2 0 .. 2 0 0 Arrack — Per gal. in bond .... 0 1 6 .. 0 1 9 Ale — In bottle, per doz. 0 12 0 .. 0 14 0 Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout — per hhd. (none) Porter — Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. 0 12 0 .. 0 14 0

Live Stock. Mares —Brood 50 0 0 ..90 0 0 Working Bullocks —Per pair .. Hire of ditto —Per day, a team 30 0 0 ..40 0 0 and driver .. 1 0 0 .. 2 0 0 Sheep —Each 0 18 0 .. 1 5 0 » Cows —Milch 15 0 0 ..25 0 0 } Poultry —Fowls, per pair .... 0 8 0 .. 0 16 0 l Ducks, ditto 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Geese, each Turkeys, each 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 .. 0 2 0 Ducks, do. do 0 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Miscellaneous. Eggs— Per dozen Coffee —Java, per lb. (well sup0 2 0 .. 0 2 6 plied) 0 0 6 .. 0 1 0 Candles —English wax, per lb.. 0 3 6 .. 0 0 0 Mould 0 1 2 .. 0 0 0 Dips 0 0 10 .. 0 1 0 Flour —1st quality, per ton of 20001bs. (heavy stock) 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). 18 .0 0 ..22 0 0 Mustard —Per dozen 0 ,0 0 .. 0 18 0 Muskets —Walnut stocked .... 0 0 0 .. 0 15 0 Milk —Per pint 0 0 2 .. o 0 3 Oil —Linseed, per gallon .... 0 6 0 .. 0 7 0 Black, in cask, per ton.... Sperm 16 0 0 .. 0 0 0 75 0 0 ..90 0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts 0 16 0 .. 0 0 0 Pitch —Stockholm, (heavy stock) Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 0 0 0 .. 1 10 0 feet 0 12 0 .. 0 16 0 Sugar —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Refined loaf, per lb. Manilla, per cwt. (heavy stock) ..... 0 0 0 .. 0 0 10 1 0 0 .. 1 5 0 Salt —Liverpool, per ton, (overstocked 3 0 0 .. 5 0 0 Soap —Hawes’ London, per ton 30 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Liverpool (heavy of sale) 22 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Starch —Per lb 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Scantling —Per 100 feet 0 0 0 .. 0 14 0 Shingles —Per 1000, N. Z.. .. 0 14 0 .. 0 16 0 Ditto, V. D. L 1 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Ta) —Coal 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Stockholm (heavy) 1 15 0 .. 0 0 0 Tea —Hyson skin, per chest .. 9 0 0 ..10 0 0 Congou 10 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turpentine —Per gallon 0 8. 0 .. 0 0 0 Whalebone —Per ton (scarce).. 85 0 0 100 0 0 Boat Hire —Per day, without hands 0 10 0 .. 1 0 0 With hands .... 1 10 0 .. 2 0 0 Wages —Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 .. 3 0 0 Labourers 1 8 0 .. 1 10 0 ' Rates of Freight. £ s. i. Valparaizo ... 2 10 0 Sydney . .. 2 0 0 Nelson ... 2 0 0 Taranaki.. .. . t . .. 3 0 0 Akarna .. . t . T ... 3 0 0 Auckland, ... GO 0 Exchange on Sydney. Bank Bills, Thirty days after sight, 2 per cent, prerainm. On London, nominal. Private, nominal. Duties. £ s 1. On Spirits, per gallon, British.. . ... 0 4 0 Ditto Foreign 0 Snuff, ” ”1 . .. 0 2 o Cigars, ” ” J Tobacco, manufactured ... 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured . .; 0 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat and other l With 10 per cent. ►. Additional on grains,. 5 per cent. - Invoice;