COMMERCIAL.
The amount of revenue oolleoted at th; Custom-house on irooda olaared to-dar '<>' c T«Timotton *as L2ll lis 4d. Business during the week in tho import m»rket has continued fairly active. Stocks of sugar are greatly reduced, with advanced prices. Snowdrop l ) and Company's No. 1 bring, ia trade lots, L 26 10a to L 2 7; grey to white, L? 5 lO.i to L 26. T-jas have been in some it quiiy. Only a small trade la pacing in dried frt. in •. Currants sell up to oi ; sultana?, 6Jd; elemes, 6d; Valencia. 5|J. Kerosene in email lotp, moves iffat Is 4'. In flab, salmon Is bsiter stock. Good brands brio* 7s 6d up ; sardines- halves 7', quarters 4s; liug, 4|d tj 5.1. Hales of ppirits and beers run up to the avenge. rice id low in stock; current quotation Is 122, and Patna L2l. In jute koch'r sales of cornsacks, 44's, are reported at 5s 10$ d, with firm market. TUB LABOR MARKET. Mr Skeno reports:—As f.rai country work is concerned it Is all plain s\iling, as the demand Is fully equal to the tupply. Given a few months of fiae weather, all will go well, and our graud cropa will scon react on the towns. Wages keep stoady,
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Evening Star, Issue 8718, 9 January 1892, Page 3
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210COMMERCIAL. Evening Star, Issue 8718, 9 January 1892, Page 3
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