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Evening Star, Issue 8529, 30 May 1891, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

The amount of revenue collected at the Custom-housG on s-ooda cleared to-diy fos oonsuraptlon L 292 12s 4d. Business during the week in the import m*r*et has not been active. Sugars move off at L 27 for nnett whites and L 2"5 to L 26 10s for gojd grey to white. Tbe usual trade is passlrg in teif, low to medium Chinas meeting with more notice. Kerosene is selling freely at Is 6d in trade lots. There is not much doing in dried fruits Currants bring sd, sultanas 81, elemes 7|il. Tinned fish continues slow of sale, rdlnaiy brands of salmon being offered from fa 9J up. Dressed rice is in full supply with slightly lower quotation. Patna remains uncbangedin price. An averago business has been carried through in spirits and beers at agent's quotations. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skese reports an txoellent demand for farm, station, and dairy people, and f»r any number of labbittrs. Wages: Cooks, 20s and 25 >; groom?, lbs and 20*; gaideners, 303; couples, L6o to L 75 ; shepherds, L 55 and LfiO ; plc.ughmen—top 20s, second 15s and 57b 6d; laborer?, 15'; milkers, 10* to 20*; boys, 7s to 10.;bnshmen, 4s to 8s per cord; rabbiters all sorts of term.'. MINING NOTES. The manager of Roxbargh Amalgamated Mining and Sluicing Company, Limited, tele ertphs that he washed up on Friday for 450z 2d*t from No. 1 elevator, and 350z 12dwfc from Mo. 2. The dredge-roaster of the Deep Stream syndicate's dredge, which is perhaps better known as ' Benjamin's Patent Dredge," is now in towD, and has reported that the dredge has been tried and works well in every way, the pump and machinery giving every satisfaction. He expects to work on gold at the beginning of the we?k.