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Evening Star, Issue 4419, 28 April 1877, Page 3

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The amount of revenue received at the Customhouse on goods bleared for consumption this day was 1486 10a 7d. A fair business has been done daring the week orders for up- country have increased, and carriers are short of the demand, rates having consequently advanced 10a to ‘JtOa per ton. The short supply of candles is felt, and advanced prices have ‘been offered, and refused, for parcels tdrarWe. *We quote them firm at losd to 10£ d j kerosene is also better held, Devoe’s and Noonday may bo quoted nt 2s fijd to 2s 7d, and Diamond at 2s 5d j J. B. Hennesay's brandy remains at 10s for bulk, and 33s 6d for case. Sugar is unchanged; stock being held by one merchant ; the present high price is likely to be maintained. Oats are in good demand for shipment; good feed commands 2s Sd to 2s 4d. Batter is abundant, and the prices easier. The Labor Market. Mr Skene reports that inquiry is steady and in* creasing for ordinary laborers and for farm people, trained to their work. Female servants in all branches are in great demand. Couples are always moving off. The winter is beginning to tell on builders , and their men. Shepherds are ont of season. Very little doing among storemen, clerks, &c. Wages: Couples, L 65 to LBO ; day labor, 7s, Bs, and 9a ; ploughmen, L 52 to L 55 ; special, L 8 0; dairy hands, 15s, 20s, and 255; house girls, 10s, 15s, and 20s; hotel do, 12s, 15s, and 20s, and up to 30s; carpenters, 10s, lls, and 12s; cooks, waiters, barmen 20s, 255, and 80s; boys and girls, 6a to 10s. Share Market. Messrs E. Seaward and Co. report soles for the week ending 28th inst. as follows:—lnsurances Standard, 15a. 14a 9d 14s 6d; National, 30a 6d, 30b 3d, 30s; South British 77s 6d; New Zealand 925. Banks—Colonial, 39a fid 395; National, 68s. New Zealand, L2O com. div. Miscellaneous— Walton Park, 10s, 9s 6d. [Br TuiiiQaiPH.J Stdnxt, April 27.—Heimessy's 81s; quarters, 9s 3d, firm; kerosene, 2s 8d to 2s 9d, Adelaide flour very firm; large sales at Ll7 and L 18; Adelaide wheat, firm at 7a fid ; New Zealand wheat, 6s to 6s; a cargo sold for shipment to England a\ 5s 9d cash. A cargo of New Zealand oats has no inquiry. Barrett's twist. Is 6d; Black Swan, Is 6W. A largo parcel of New Zealand flax sold in Melbourne at L2O per ten. Auckland, April 27.—Dunedin and Canterbury flour, Ll6los ; Adelaide, LlB to Ll9; oatmeal, Ll6; pearl barley, 245; wheat, 5s 9d to 6d; barley, 4s 6d; oats, 3a 8d; bran, L 5; potatoes, L 4 9a fid; butter, Is; cheese; 10d; hams and bacon, lOd. Cheistchukch, April 27.—Milling wheat, Sa ; second quality, 2s fid to 4s; oats, 2s Sd; barley, 3s to 4s fid; flonr, Lls in sacks; bran, 4s; sharps, L 5; cheese, 7d; butter, lid to Is; potatoes, L 3 Wheat shipments to England are heavy, and market very firm for prime quality.