WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 7, 23 August 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT.

Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts, 10. per cent. Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays.

Provisions. £ s. d. £ s. d.. Bread —Per 21b. loaf 0 0 7 .. 0 0 O' Beef—Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Salt, per tierce 5 10 0 .. 6 0 0 Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 0 0 Butter —Irish, per ft. (none). Fresh 0 3 3 .. 0 0 0 Mutton —Cai'case per ft 0 0 9 .., 0 0 11 Pork —Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 7 .. 0 0 8 Irish, per barrel 5 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Potatoes —New Zealand, per ton 4 0 0 .. 6 0 0 Cheese —Cheshire, (no stock).. 0 1 6 .. 0 0 0 Pine Apple 0 0 0 .. 0 1 2 Dutch 0 0 0 .. 0 1 0 Hams —Yorkshire, per ft. (none). Rice —Common,per cwt. (none). Good 1 7 0 .. 1 10 0 Tobacco (in bond.) Tobacco —Negrohead, per ft in bond 0 1 0 .. 0 0 0 Cigars —Manilla, per 1000.... 3 0 0 .. 4 0 0 Inferior 1 18 0 .. 2 0 0 Havannah, per ft 0 16 0 .. 1 0 0 Clvnsurah, per 1000.. 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Alexandrian 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Spirits (in bond.) Wine —Sherry, per pipe 28 0 0 ..40 0 0 Ditto, per dozen 1 4 0 .. 2 0 0 Brandy —First quality, per galIon, in bond 0 5 0 .. 0 8 0 Rum —P. B. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 .. 0 5 0 Gin —Pale, in bond 0 3 0 .. 0 4 6 Cases, 4 gal. 4-5 in bond 1 2 0 .. 1 6 0 Arrack —Per gal. in bond .... 0 1 6 .. 0 1 9 Ale —In bottle, per doz. (none). A lsop’s, per lihd. (none). Brown Stout —per bhd 0 0 0 .. 6 0 0 Porter —Dnnbov, in bottle, per doz. (in demand, none) Live Stock. Marcs —Brood 50 0 0 ..90 0 0 Working Bullocks —Per pair .. 40 0 0 ..60 0 0 Hire of ditto —Per day, a team and driver .. 1 0 0 .. 2 0 0 Sheep —Each 1 3 0 .. 1 8 0 Cotvs —Milch 20 0 0 ..30 0 0 Poultry —Fowls, per pair .... 0 8 0 .. 0 16 0 Ducks, chtto 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Geese, each 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turkeys, each 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 .. 0 2 0 Ducks, do. do 0 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Miscellaneous. Eg c/s —Per dozen 0 4 0 .. 0 0 0 Coffee —Java, per ft. (well supplied) 0 1 0 .. 0 1 3 Candles —English wax, per ft.. 0 3 6 .. 0 0 0 Mould 0 1 2 .. 0 0 0 Dips 0 0 11 .. 0 0 0 Flour —1st quality, per ton of 20001bs. (heavy stock) 25 0 0 ..28 0 0 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). 13 0 0 ..18 0 0 Mustard —Per dozen 0 0 0 .. 0 18 0 Muskets —Walnut stocked .... 0 0 0 .. 0 15 0 Milk —Per pint 0 0 3 •• 0 0 4 Oil —Linseed, per gallon .... 0 5 0 .. 0 7 0 Black, in cask, per ton.... 16 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Sperm 75 0 0 ..90 0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts 1 1 0 .. 0 0 0 Pilch —Stockholm, per barrel.. 0 0 0 .. 1 15 0 Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 feet 0 0 0 .. 1 1 0 Sugar —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Brown ditto, (heavy stock) 2 0 0 .. 2 2 0. Refined loaf, per ft. (scarce & in demand). 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Manila, 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 0 Liverpool (heavy of sale) 26 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Starch —Per lb 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. D. L 1 10 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 0 0 Whalebone —Per ton 85 0 0 100 0 0 Boat Hire —Per day, without hands 0 10 0 .. 1 0 0 With hands .... 1 10 0 .. 2 •0 0 Wages —Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 .. 3 0 0 Laboui’ers 1 10 0 .. 1 16 0 Rates of Freight. £ s. d. Valparaizo . 2 10 0 Sydney 0 0 Nelson . 2 5 0 Taranaki . 3 0 0 Akaroa . 3 0 0 Auckland, T/Onrlnn .......... . 4 0 0 Exchange on Sydney. Bank Bills, Thirty days after sight, 2 per cent, premium. On London, nonrud. Private, nominal. Duties. £ s d. On Spirits, per gallon, British .. . 0 4 0 Ditto Foreign . 0 5 0 Snuff, ” ” 1 . 0 2 o Cigars, ” ” j ' Tobacco, manufactured . 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent. 1 With 10 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat, and other > additional on grains, 5 per cent. Invoice.