WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 26, 28 October 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT

Provisions. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bread —Per 211>. loaf 0 0 .7 .. 0 0 Beef —Fresh, carcase per ib.... 0 0 9 .. 0 0 t> Salt, per tierce 5 10 0 .. G 0 0 Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 0 Butter —ilrish. per lb.. 0 1 9 .. <0 2 *0 Fresh 0 3 3 ... 0 0 .0 Mutton —Carcase per lb 0 0 9 .. 0 0 11 Pork —Fresh, carcase per Ib 0 0 7 .. 0 0 8 Irish, per barrel 5 10 0 .. 0 0 1) Potatoes —New Zealand,per ton 8 0 0 ., 0 <0 0 Cheese —Cheshire, (no stock).. 10 >1 6 ... to D '0 Pine Apple ........... 0 JQ 0 .. 0 1 .2 Dutch 0 0 0 ... 0 1 0 Hams —Yorkshire, per lb. (none). Rice —Common,per cwt 0 1 9 .. 0 2 0 Good 1 7 « .. 1 10 0 Tobacco (in bond.) Tobacco —Negrohcad, per lb in

bond 0 i 0 .. 0 0 0 Cigars-i— Manilla, per 1000 3 0 0 ... '4 0 0 Inferior 1 18 0 .. 2 0 0 Havarmah, per ib... 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.) i 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 Bum —i*. B. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 .. 0 5 0 Gin —Pale, in bond. , 0 3 0 .. 0 4 G 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). Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout —per hhd 0 0 6 - 6 0 0'Porter —Dunbar, in bottle, per ‘ doz. (in demand, none) Live Stock. Mares —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 Cows —Milch 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 0 Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 .. 0 2 0 Ducks, do. do., 0 5 0 .. 0 0 a Miscellaneous. Eyas —Per dozen 0 2 G .. 0 0 0 Coffee —Java, per lb. (well supplied) 0 1 0 .. 0 1 3 Candles —English wax, per lb.. 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 2000ths 25 0 0 .. 0 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 0 16 0 .. 0 0 0 Pitch —Stockholm, per barrel.. 6 0 0 .. 1 15 0 Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 feet 0 0 0 .. 1 1 0 Sugar —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Refined loaf, per lb. 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Manilla, per cwt. (heavy stock) i 5 0 .. 1 10 0 Salt —Liverpool, per ton, (over-

stocked 3 0 o . 4 0 0 Soap —Hawes’ London, per ton 30 0 o . 0 0 0 Liverpool (heavy of sale) 22 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 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 . a 0 0 !Turpentine —Per gallon 0 8 0 . 0 0 0 Whalebone —Per ton Boat Hire —Per day, without 85 0 0 100 0 0 hands .0 10 0 . i 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 1G 0 Rates of Freight. £ s. d. Valparaizo, 2 10 0 Sydney 2 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 Auckland, 4 0 0 Exchange on Sydney. Bank Bills, Thirty days after sight, .2 per cent.prcminm . On London, nominal. Private, nominal. Duties. £ s d. On Spirits, per gallon, British 0 4 0 Ditto Foreign 0 5 0 Snuff, ” ”\ 0 2 0 Cigars, ” ” ( Tobacco, manufactured 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured 0 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent. 1 With 10 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat and othei V additional on grains, 5 per cent. J Invoice. Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts, 10 per cent. Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays.