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Evim»o Post Ottioe, Saturday Afternoon The Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending to-day amounted to £7012 2s 9d. Beer, £2IOUi -3IOROS Tbokab 4 Co. report wholegalo prod«ce prices as fallows :— During the present political excitement attention to bußinesa seems to have become almost a secondary feature, and consequently a general dnlness pervades the toue of tbe grain and produce market. We note no alteration >in the value of leading- descriptions, ana therefore repeat last week'a quotations as follows :— Favourite brands of roller flour, £8 to £8 10s ; stone process, £7 155 ; bran, 655 ; pollard, 70s; whole fowl wheat. 2s 9a to 3s; broken samples, up to 2s 6d bushel ; prime short oats, 2s 7d ; fair to good long feed, 2s Sd to 2s 6d ; oatmeal, £11 to £11 10s ; oaten sheaf chaff, 90s for prijie clean descriptions; wholn beans, Ss 6d: maize, 3s 6dj blue peas, 3s 9d ; other sorts. 3s Gd; split peaa. 15s; feed barley, 2s 8d; rearl barley, ]8s; old Darwent table potatoes, £8; eeed Derwenta, £7 10s: onions, old 17a. new Md to 2d perlb; fresh eggs, Sd to B}d ; hams and bacon, 8d ; prime new cheese, 6id ; old, 4Jd ; fresh separator bntter WtolOJd; dairy. 6d to 8d; honey, 3Jd to4d; mutton birds, Sid each; fungus. 3d per lb. Arrivals of spnn; products inclnde rhubarb at 5s to 7a doz ; gooseberries, lireo, 4d ; do small. 2}d per qt ; green peas. 6d to 7d peak : new potatoes, round, 9s to 12s ; kidneys, 14s, Tvith a downward tendency. Fair snppliea of fruit from Sydney and Nelson have kept the market steady ; oranges, in good order, commanded 7s 6d toßsGd; mandarins 10s ; lemons, 7a to 9s : plums, 4s to ss : apricots, 10s to 12s ; cherries, 15s to 20s ; red onrranta, 7a. .Poultry :— Fowls, 33 3d to 3s «d ; ducks, 4a «d ; 'geese, ssfti s turkeys, 7s to 81 per pair Messrs Edwards & M'Beath report wages for lost week as follows :— HarrMl couples, £70 to £90 j carpenters, 10s; bricklayers, 12s; blacksmiths, 9m to 10a; painters and glaziers, 10s: plumbers and gasfltten, 9s to 10a ; atoremen, 42s to 60s; draymen, 42s to SOs; coachmen, 30s to 35i; rrooms, 25s to 355; gardeners, 6s to 8s; 'arm handa, 15b to 255 ; milkmen, 25a to 275 ; - notel men, 20s to 40s ; barmaids, 25s to SOs : waitresses, 15s to 20s; cooks, 25a to 40s; female 00, ,25s to Sss ; housemaids, 12s to 20s ; general • f»van ts. 10* to 14s ; nnisepiris and boys 7s to 15s. There is a rood demand for domestic servants, principally for country places SHARE MARKET. Saturday. 25th November. The undermentioned shorebrokera report on the slare market as follows :— Last rlnyei a. Sellers. Soles. tocil— £ ». d. £ ». d. £ a. d. w .Woollen, ex — 860300 Tmst&Loan ... — 66 0 65 0 Enmt.B. 6 10 0 — — Wei. B. *I. ... — _ 610 0 W& 11 Bails ... — 019 6 — Gear Meat — 5 0 0 4 15 0 Rakks— N.Z. (oW) sl6 0 118 0 - — 11 (new) — * 17 6 — Colonial 1 ... 12 0 1 1 3\l 0 6 U 1 0 Thsubahck — NewZtaUnd ... 83 0 34 0 33 0 National, ex .., — 017 9 Standard ... 016 S — 016 3 Miscr.LLimoDa— Mosgiel W., ex ... — — 312 0 Katapoi W. ... 418 0 800 — N.Z. Drug — 0 19 6 — Napier Gaa .. . . — 15 5 0 W'stp'rt Coal ... _ _ 21» » . Gisborne Gas ... 1 4 0 — — Mokihlnui Coal ... — 08 6 — Palm. Gas _ 210 0 2 7 6 D.T.Stnart I. Drananeli E. W. Kirkby Horcourt * Co. A. T. Bate Geo. Fishor & Co. Trasbndre, MlUer. and Beich.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 126, 25 November 1893, Page 2
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585COMMERCIAL. Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 126, 25 November 1893, Page 2
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