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Kvshiio Post Onriox. Saturday Afternoon. The onßtoms dntlea collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending to-day, amounted to £3389 15s 9d. Beer duty, £104 10s 9d ■BAKU BIPORIB. Meson Arthur Warbnrton & Co. report for the week :— Sales— Colonial Bank, 42s fid; Kaiapoi Woollen, £25 Sa i N.Z. laud Mortgage, 26a; Colouial Insurance, Ss 6d; Acoident Association, 1* Ikl | N.Z. Shipping, 655 ; Union Insurance, 2-Js az dir. QtrormoHS : Banks— N.Z., £21 18s <sd; Colonial, 42b 6d. Insnrance— N.Z. 75s ez dir ; P. nth British 49a; National, 2f>s; Union, 83s; Standard, 13s ; Colonial, 5s 6d j Equitable, la 4d ; N.Z. Acoident, 4a 3d ; Acoident Association, li 8i Miscellaneous— loan imdfilorcautile, £5 2a ; Land Mortgage, 255 ; Mosgiel Woollen, 83s 6d ; N.Z. Drug, 18s 6d j Wanganut Gag, £12 10s ; Westport Coal, 10s 6d (80s paid) ; WellinTrust and Loan, £8 lit; Equitable Building, £6 2a; Northern Land and Loan, 50s to 60s t Wellington Gas, £17 and £8 10« ex dir; Manawatu Railway, 16s; Gear Meat, buyers, 62a 6d ÜBOUE IURKIT. Meisrs Cooper it France report as follows :— Carpenters, 10s i bricklayers, 12a ; painters and glaziers, 9s to 10s ; plumbers and gasntters, 10s; fclaaksmithi, 9s to 10s ; labour and pick and shovel men, 7a to 9a ; draymen, 42s to 50s; coaohmen, 80s to 35s j grooms, 20s to 40s; storemen, 80s to 60s; gardeners, 7s; hotelmen, 2ns to 40s; cooks, 85s to 00s; female do, 15s to 30s; housemaids, 10s to 20s } general servants, 9s to 15s; nursegirls, 6* to 10i; barmaids, 25s to 80s; milkmen, ISa to 255 ; farm hands, 15a to 255 ; boys 6s to 12s ; waitresses, 15s to 20s ; laundresses, £80 to £50 ; married couples, £70 to £90. We have been very tnsy during the week. The demand for farm hands still remains slack. General servants and nursetfrls have been plentiful. Country employers can be supplied on short notice with flrstolass hands. We have several first-class barmaids, housekeepers, waitresses, housemaids, &o , who are open for engagement
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Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 11 July 1885, Page 2
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329COMMERCIAL. Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 11 July 1885, Page 2
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