WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 4, 12 August 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

; . CORRECTED U?R TO LAST NIGHT. *' • , .... '' . ■ - . ; .ni.s.

Wines, 15 per cent. , 1 With 10 percept.Tea, Sugar,' Flour, Wheat, and other v additional*’ o&? grains, 5 per/cent.'’' . J InVoiceV . . Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts, 10l'per cent. Discounting days,Tuesdays and 1 Fridays. ' . i '’ ' -

Provisions. • ' ■'> i.yj.r-;; . . • ; • If ■ £ 4j-d. s. d.< Bread—Yev 2fti loaf ... 0 0 7 .. o o o ! Beef— Fresh, carcase,per ft.... 0 0 9'v. v(o .o i o Salt, per tierce..;.... 5 10 0 ... . .6 0 o- . Do., per barrel ..;.. .. 3. 3 ,0 .0.00 RiGtfer’—-Irish, per'ft.' (none). Fresh y.' . ........ . 0. 3 3.. 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcasepfer ft....... 0 0 9 .. 0'bii Park— Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 a 5 .. 0 0a 7 Irish, perbarrel,.. ....... 5 10, 0 .. 0 <0 ,0 Potatoes —New Zealand, per ton 4 b- o .,. 6 0 0 Cheese —Cheshire, (no stodc). 1 0 T 6 .. 0 0 0 Pine Apple" 0 0 J 0 /. 0* i 2 .Dutch i .. 0 b o .. 0 10 Hams —Yorkshire, per ft.- (none). jRice—-Common,pefcwt. (none). Good 1 lb 0 .. b o o Tobacco .(in bond.), , Tobacco —Negrohead, per ft jn bond 0 i b .. 0 0 .0 Cigars —Manilla, per 1000. . 3 b b .. 4 0 O 1 is* b .. 2 0 O Havannah, per. ft>.:. O' 16 0 v bo ; , Chinsurahy per 1000'.; ; 4 lb O ;. 0 0:0 Alexandrian' V lb o ,. 0 0, i: 0 Spirits*(in bond.) ?.. . Wine —Sherry, per pipe.. ...... 28 b b .. 40 0 O Ditto, pfer dozen 1 4 b .. 2 0 0* 1 Brandy —First quality, per gal- ! loii; in bond; b 5 o .. O' 8 O Rum —P. B.- P.-, per gal. in bond •o 4 b .. 0 5 ib* Gin— rPale, in bond 0 3 0 .-. • 0 : 4’S> Cases, 4 gal; 4-5 in* bond l 2 0 .. 1 : 6 0 Arrack —Per gal. in bond .... ,.o 1 6 ... 0 1 r 9 Ale —In bottle, per doz. (none). Alsop’s, per hhd. (none) Brown Stout— per hhd. o f 0> 0 ! .-. 6 0 0 Porter —Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. (in demand, none)* Live Stock. Mares —Brood .... 50' 0 0 .. 9b 0 0' Working Bullocks —Per pair .. 40 0 0 .. 60 0 0 Hire of ditto —Per day, a team and driver ..- i 0 0.. 2 0 i 0 Sheep— Each ........ ... . • i 3 0... 1 8 0 Coitus —Milch • ;. .. 20 0 0.. 30 .0 O' Poultry —Fowls, per pair .... 0 8 0.. 0 16 0 Ducks, ditto-. 1 0 0.. 0 0 0 Geese, each 1 0 0 .. 0 Turkeys - , each 1 0 0 .; 0 0 0 Pigeons, (wild,) per • • pair ...-.- 0 0 ,0 .. 0 . 2 . f ,p Ducks, do. do..:. 0 5 0.... 0 0 0 Miscellaneous. ", Eggs—Per dozen . 0 4 0;.. 0 0 ;P Coffee— Java, per ft. (well supplied) 0 10.. b J! i , 3 Candles— English wax, per ft.. 0 3 6 .'. v o - b o Mould & Dips (Our 1 market has been- bare • , / of both descriptions for many months). Flour —1st quality, per ton of 2000fts. (heavy stock) 22 o b.. .28 0 0 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). 18 0 0 .. 20 0:0 Mustard —Per dozen .; .. ...;. 0 0 <0 ... .0 18 O' Muskets —Walnut stocked .... o fb 0w,. 0 lJjr.,0 JMilk —Per pipt 8 V . 0 pdr gallon .... .0’ • 5%. -0 .. 0 7 'Of Black, in cask, per ton... ./16Ml -0 .-. o Sperm .. a . 75 o: o^i. iWf0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts i . .. 1 1 0,. 4 o. ,0' Pitch —Stockholm, per barrel.. 0 0 0 V. 1 15 b Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 * 5 ‘ 1 -feet 0 0 0.. i o Sugar —Mauritius, p&r-cwt. (none). ■ wi Brown ditto., (heavy stock) 2 0 0.. 2 2 0 Refined ./paf, per ft. (scarcest in demand). 0 0 9.. 0 0 0 Manilla, per cwt 0 0 0 .. 3 0 0’ Salt —Liverpool, per ton, (overstocked 3 0 0.. 4 0 0 Soap —Hawes’ London, per ton 30 0 0.. 0 0 O’ Liverpool (heavy of sale) 26 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Starch —Per ft 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 ' Scantling —Per 100 feet 0 0 0 .. 1 0 0 Shingles —Per 1000, N. Z.. .. 1 0 0 ... 1 7 0' Ditto, V. 1). L 2 5 0 .... 0 0 0 Tar — Coal 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Stockholm...... ’ 1 15 0 .. 0 0 0 Tea—Hyson skin, per chest .. 0 0 0.. 10- 0 0 , , Congou 12 0 0.. 0 0 0 Turpentine —Per gallon 0 8 0. ; 0 0r,:.0Whalebone —Per ton ........ 85 0 0 1 100 ,01 a Boat Hire —Per day, without hands ........ 0 10 0 .. 1 0 0 : With hands .... 1 10‘ 0. .. 2 0 O Wages— Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 ., 3 0 O Labourers - 1 10. 0 .. 1 16 0< Rates* op Freight. , T.IJ5V:. £ s.d, Sydney 2 r 0 0 Nelson 2 5 0 Taranaki 3 0 ! 0‘ Akaroa 3 0 0 Auckland, ' 1 5 ' ■ 4 0 0' Exchange on Sydney: Bank Bills; Thirty days after sight', 2 per cent, premium On London, nominal. Private, nominal.- : • : ; Duties. £ s d. On Spirits,* per gallon, British ; . .. . .... 0:4 0 Ditto Foreign ........ -.-. . 0 5 O' Tobacco per ft. "I - , . .f . Snuff, ” ” }. . . , V , , , O r 2r> 0 Cigars* ” ” j , J - ‘ ■ Tobacco, manufactured 0 d 0 Tobacco, - unmanufactured 0 0 9