PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2921, 25 August 1879, Page 2

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS. Waitaki, B.s.,Edie' from the South. DEPARTURE 3. Oreti, s.s„ MoArthur. for the South.

Southern flour continue at last quotation. Southern and other advices are in favour ot continued firmness in .this market. We quote: Oats from 2s; .Id to 3s 3d; maize, 3s 4d to 3s 9d ; bran, £5 10s to £G ; pollard, £6 ; oatmeal, £15 ; malt, 9s Gd; hams and bacon-(in cloth) have firmed and are worth IOJ-d; Canterbury cheese, best,,Bd per lb.; potatoes, £5 10s to £6.105; corned butter, 7d to lOd; fresh butter,.ls 3d; eggs, lOd.

[By Telegraph,] ■ # : '" ; . D.UNEDIN, this day. -Potatoes dull and market weak. * Some small market export orders hayc eased the market from the extra supply at the beginning of the week. A large quantity forced on tho market would cause prices to .recede considerably. Butter is in small demand at lower rates ; cheese firm at 7d to Sd ; hams and bacon in good demand, prime Sd to 9d per lb. Shares : Bank of New Zealand, £1S to £18 5s ; National, 62s Gd ; Colonial, 41s to 41s Gd ; Insurance—Union, £12 13s; National, 21s Gd to 22s ; South British, 60s; Standard, 10s to 12s ; Colonial, 4s. LABOUR MARKET. There is a very slight improvement in the domand for odd hands about farms, Other lines are very quiet. Wages have declined considerably." Gardeners are now Wanted. Couples and shepherds are still dull; female servants are more plentiful than usual. ■'.'•!