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The amount of rcvenuo coltcoted at the Custom- **** 'o' consumption was slight %*£* during the week. Sugars are lp good demand. Current quotation for finest white Is G26 to L 2610 5, «eV", L 26 to L 25105. ??»« b "» fn new teas. The sales tftepted have been prlnoipai y In medium half-chests and. boxes. Fruits continue in steady inquiry. Currants bring Md to sjd, sultanas, ejd to e*d; Blames, SW. Figare wanted, butmarket is quite bare. Since of the Star of the East, from New York, kerosene
is a shade easier. We quote Noonday at laßdl to Is lOd. A fa'r trade is being donirln flan. Salmon Js very firm at Ss Od to 9s 8d accord ing £ brand. Swdlnes are also firmer; halves are rilling | lrom 8s to 89 6d, quarter* from 4s Wto Be 3d. New ling, M to 6jd. There is hot much doing in woolpaoka but the pTiee is firm. Coarse oaator oil is sellißg at Ba, raw and boiled oil, Ss Id and 8a 2d ; Patna rice. L 24 The Tasmanian f a-mers aro agitating for the following measure of protection in their favor.--On all ce?e.Ts? 91 per bushel; on flour. U per ton; on hay and chaff. 10a per ton; on butter, 4d per lb; on carca-e ...eat, 2a 8d per 1001b; on horses, L 6 per head; „„ natt.li- 30a ner heaii; on sheep, Is 6d per head. Tc^railway P reportofNo* South Wafea for 18861s not satisfactory. The gross earnings of the opened lines were L 2,160,000, and the expenditure L 1.492,000 The not earnings were L 667.000, being a deoreasa of L49.0C0 on the previous year; in Other words, the pe'eentage of interest fell from 3.37 in 18S5 to 2.9 in 1880. On tho other hand, the tramway system is p»ying handsomely, jielding L 24.000 net, against L 15.000 in 1886. The tramways of Sydney and suburbs carried 32,000,000 passengers during tho year. CUSTOMS REVENUE 1 , Tho Custoas revenue for the month was L 108,868, against 1.114,222 for Septt mbcr last year. The contributions from the pi incipal ports wore : Auckland .. .. .. £19,606 Wtlington .. .. .. 21,766 Christchuroh .. .. ~ i 5,627 Dunedin .. .. .. 25,787 Tho total revenue for the six months is L 622.646 Tho beer duty for September was L 4.084, against L 3,774 for the stme month last year. The amounts in four cities were—Auckland, L 808; Wellington, (.439; Christchurch, L 883; Dunedin, LBSO. for the eix months the total revenue was L 23.288. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports that spring orders aro coming in faat for the country ; but there is no doorease in the number of the unsuitable unemployed class. He has placed during the week 7 boys and lads at 8s to 16s ; 1 groom, 20.<; 2 ploughmen, 20s; 3 farm laborers, 16s; 1 shepherd, L6O; 3 housekeepers, ISs and 20s; 4 fam girls, 12s,
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Evening Star, Issue 7331, 1 October 1887, Page 3
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