COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 6480, 22 December 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The amount cf revenue collected at the Onetoa* nuuse on goods cleared to-day far consumption wis L56614s lid. Business during the week' has- continued good, ijfcgar has been largely dealt in both privately and by, auction. The importers of the cargo ex Chtfrite', from Mauritius, which arrived this week* report the disposal of fully half the cargo; arid the shipment ofQueensland, ex Hugh Ewmg, was alio nearly all placed at auction by Mr Pym on Thursday. The whites which were then withdrawn, bidding not reaching the. reserves, have since been sold at an advance on auction rates. Current quotation for Mauritius snowdrop is "LS2to L 3210 5; fine to finest whites, L3l to LSI 103 ;> greys,, LBO to LSO 10s; good to best yellow, L 29 to L3O. Teas arc in demand, especially fpr the lower grades, and considerable sales of common Traces and half-ohesljß have been made; In dried fruits the market has been bare of sultanas and currants. We quote currants at sjd; sultanas, 7Jd; elemesj, 6jd to 6Jd ; muscatels, Is 4d to Is sd. Some lines of ale and stout are low in stock, the BulWog brand and Guiness's being all out of first hands. Column's white starch is scarce at 37s 6d; cream of tartar at 1b Bd. TUere is not muoh doing in fish. We quote salmon, 7s 9d; kippered herrings, 10s 3d; sardines halves, 9s6d to 9s9d ; quarters, 5s to 5s 3d; ling fish; 6d. The arrivals have been the Charite" from Mauritius and the Marlborough from London. Messrs Donald Raid and Co. report:—We held our first sale of this season's clip to-day at our warehouse, .Cumberland street, and submitted a catalogue of 547 bales 54 sacks. Bidding all through the sale was quiet, and as prices offered did not come up to our values a considerable quantity was held over for future sales. We sold 224 bales 45 sacks at, for greasy merino, 7d to lOd ; half-bred, light in grease, 7|d to 9d; cross-bred, 5d to SJd ; pieces, 33d to 6id ; locks, lJdto4d. M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co. report that they this forenoon sold the refreshment booths at the Hibernian sports, to be held on Boxing Day at the Caledonian Society's Grounds. There was a large attendance iof parties interested, and the several booths were keen}}' competed for. Booths 1 and 2 fell to N. Ball for LIS, 4 and 6 to P. FaganforLU; 6 and 7 to Lestonfor Ll£ ; 8 and 9to Armstrong for L 7 ss; fruit booths to Elliot for LI ss. Total, L 47 10s, being an advance of Lll 10s on last year's prices. , "THE SHARE MARKET. ■ '; ' Messrs R. and A. J. Park report for week ending 22nd December, 1833 :—Banks : New Zealand, L 22 se; National, 72s ; Colonial, 435. Insurance : National, 225; Colonial, 8s 3d; Standard, 12s 6d. Miscellaneous: Mosgicls, 78s 6d; National Mortgage, 275; New Zealand Drug Company, 235.' Mines: Welcome, L 8 6s; Keep-it-Dark, 625; Hopeful Extended, 3s 6d ; Premier, 6s 3d; Homeward Bound, Is 6d ; New AH Nations, Is 9d; Garibaldj, 2s (id; Keep-it-Dalk (Macctvwn), 2s 6d ; White's Reef, Is Od. Money to lend at 8 par cent, per annum. •i MINING. NOTES. Our Arrowtown correspondent wires that the Gladstone and Homeward Bound Companies have cleaned up with the following results: —Gladstone 3600z, Homeward Bound 990z of retorted gold. ! The yield from the Mount Aurumea reef at the Shotover (late Nugget and Cornish) is 2230z, equal to. Joz to the ton.' The reef is worked by tributers. Messrs J. and W. Gage received a telegram, frdm Recfton to-day' announcing that' the weekly return from the Koep-it-Dark Company was 4400z of amalgam from 198 tons of stone. The mine manager of the Gladstone Company telegraphs the result of the crushing as 3Gooz 12dwt from 400 tons stone. . THE LABOR MARKET. . , Mr Skene reports:—Wages: Day labor, 7s and 8s; town and light weights, 5s ; busbmen and roadmen, 7s, Bs, and 9s; ploughmen, 20a, 22s 6d, and 255; shepherds, LOQ, L 65, and L7O; couples (farms), Lf4s;to L 75 ; couples (stations), LSO, LSS, and L9O; overseers*. LlOOand upwards; station cooks,3os to 508, according to time; shearers, 16s Sd to 20s; musterers, 50s; shed hands and laborers, 20s, 255, and 80s; hotel men (cooks, waiters, bar, etc.), 20s to 30s; and extra, L 3; hotel females (cooks, bar, etc.), L4O, L 45, L 52, and L7B; female servants (stations, farms, and town), ÜB6, L4O, L 4 5; dairy people, LI ss, LI 15s to 10s; boys for town, 5s to 10*, and no allowance; country do, Bs, 10s, and 15s, and every comfort; country stoVemen and clerks, 30s to 60s; smiths and carpenters. HOs to 42s and found ; builders' tradesmen, 9s to 125, , but very quiet. ] THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE. Advices received by yesterday's mail from a wellknown London firm state:—" The frozen meat by the Catalonia and British King arrived in fine order, but, owing to the bad management of the principal consignee, buyers have been' a*ble to play off one salesman as against another, and this has resulted in a fall in price. We quote present rates 5Jd and 6id." ■- [By TBWaBAPH.I . Sydney, Decamber 20.—New Zealand. wheat, per bushel, 3s 7d ; New Zealand oats, 2a 6d. Maize, 3s sd. Sugar Company's No. 1 pieces, per ton, L 24. i ■ Adelaide, December 20.—Wheat *rm at 43 I6d. Flour-Town brands, LlO to LlO f-3; country do, L 9 10s to L 9 15s; market steady. Freights firm at last week's prices. ~, •,,,-.; A \j. *