WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 25, 25 October 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT

Provisions. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Bread —Per 2ft. loaf 0 0 7 .. 0 u; ft .Bee/---Fresh, carcase per ft.. .. 0 0 9 .. 0 0. 0> Salt, per tierce 5 10 0 .. 6 0 0 1 Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 0. ft ■ Butter —Irish, per ft 0 1 9 .. 0 2 0 > Fresh 0 3 3 .. 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcase per ft 0 0 9 .. 0 Q 11 Porte —Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 7 .. 0 a 8 Irish, per barrel 5 10 0 .. 0 0 ft Potatoes —New Zealand,per ton 8 0 0 .. 0 ft ft: ft Cheese —Cheshire, (no stock).. 0 1 6 ,. 0 ft Pine Apple 0 0 0 .. 0 l 2 Dutch 0 0 0 .. 0. 1 ft Hams —Yorkshire, per ft. (none). Rice —Common,per cwt 0 1 9 .. 0 2 ft Good 1 7 0 .. 1 10 ft Tobacco (in bond.) Tobacco —Negrohead, per ft in bond 0 1 0 .. 0 0 ft per 1000.. .. 3 0 0 .. 4 0 ft Inferior 1 18 0 .. 2 0 0 Havannah, per ft 0 16 0 .. 1 0 0 Chinsurah, 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 ft Ditto, per dozen 1 4 0 .. 2 0 ft Brandy —First quality, per gallon, in bond.. .... 0 5 0 .. 0 8 0 Rum —P. B. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 .. 0 5 ft Gin —Pale, in bond 0 3 0 .. 0 4 5 Cases, 4 gal. 4-5 in bond 1 2 0 .. 1 G 0 Arrack —Per gal. in bond .... 0 1 6 .. 0 1 9 Ale —In bottle, per doz. (none). Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout —per hhd 0 0 0 .. G 0 0 Porter —Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. (in demand, none) Live Stock. Mares —Brood 50 0 0 ..90 0 ft Working Bullocks —Per pair .. 40 0 0 ..GO 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 Cows— Mileh 15 0 0 ..30 0 0 Poultry —Fowls, per pair .... 0 8 0 .. 0 16 0 Ducks, ditto 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Geese, each 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turkeys, each 1 0 0 .. 0 0 ft Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 . 0 2 0 Ducks, do. do 0 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Miscellaneous. Eggs —Per dozen 0 2 6 .. 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 ft Flour—1st quality, per ton of 2000ft s 25 0 0 . 0 0 0 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). 13 0 0 . 18 0 0 Mustard —Per dozen 0 0 0 . 0 18 b 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.... 1G 0 0 . 0 0 0 Sperm 75 0 0 .90 0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts 0 16 .0 . 0 0 0 Pitch —Stockholm, per barrel.. 0 0 0 . 1 15 0 Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 feet 0 0 0 . 1 1 ft Sugar —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Refined loaf, per ft. 0 0 9 . 0 0 0 Manilla, per cwt. (heavy stock) ..... 1 5 0 . . 1 10 0 Salt —Liverpool, per ton, (overstocked 3 0 0 . 4 0 0 Soap —Hawes’ London, per ton Liverpool (heavy of sale) 30 0 0 . 0 0 ft 22 0 0 . 0 0 ft Starch —Per ft 0 0 9 . 0 0 0 Scantling —Per 100 feet 0 0 0 . 1 0 0 Shingles —Per 1000, N. Z.. .. Ditto, V. D. L 1 0 0 . . 1 7 0 1 10 0 . 0 0 ft Tar —Coal 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 Stockholm 1 15 0 . 0 0 0 Tea —Hyson skin, per chest .. 9 0 0 . 10 0 0 Congou 10 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 d . . 1 0 0 With hands .... 1 10 0 . 2 0 0 Wages —Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 . 3 0 0 Labourers 1 10 0 . . 1 16 0 Rates op Freight. Valparaiso £ 2 s. 10 d. ft Sydney 2 0 0 Nelson 2 5 0 Taranaki 3 0 0 Akaroa 3 0 0 Auckland, London 4 0 0

Exchange on Sydney. Bank Bills, Thirty days after sight, 2 per cent, preminm. On London, nominal. Private, nominal. Duties. • £ s d. On Spirits, per gallon, British 0 4 Ditto Foreign 0 5 0 0 Snuff, ” ” 1 Cigars, ” ” f 0 2 0 J Tobacco, manufactured 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured 0 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent. ") With 10 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat and other j. additional on grains, 5 per cent. J Invoice. Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts, 10 per cent. ' Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays.