WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

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

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT

Provisions.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Bread —Per 2ft. loaf 0 0 7 .. 0 u 6 carcase per lb.... 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 0 1 9 . ,. 0 2 0 Fresh 0 3 3 . ,. 0, 0 0 Mutton —Carcase per lb., 0 0 9 . .. 0 0 11 Pork —Fresli, carcase per ft— 0 0 7 . .. 0 0 8 Irish, per barrel 5 10 0 . .. 0 0 0 Potatoes —New Zealand,per ton 8 0 0 . ,. 0 0 O Cheese —Cheshire, (no stock).. 0 1 6 . .. 0 0 0 Pine Apple 0 0 0 . ,. 0 1 2 Dutch 0 Hams —Yorkshire, per ft. (none). 0 0 . . 0 1 0 Rice —Common,per cwt 0 1 9 . .. 0 2 0 Good 1 7 Tobacco (in bond.) 0 . . 1 10 0 Tobacco —Negrohead, per 1b 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 Chinsurah, per 1000 .. 1 10 0 . . 0 0 0 Alexandrian 1 10 Spirits (in bond.)' 0 . . 0 0 0 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 I 9 Ale —In bottle, per doz. (none). Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout —per hhd 0 0 0 . . 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 .. Hire of ditto —Per day, a team 40 0 0 . .GO 0 0 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 0 Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 . . 0 2 0 Ducks, do. do 0 5 Miscellaneous. 0 < . 0 0 0

Eggs —Per dozen 0 2 6 .. 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 LI .. 0 0 O Flour —1st quality, per ton of 20001bs 15 0 0 .. 23 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.. 0 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) 1 5 0 .. 1 10 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) 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 o 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 0 .. 1 0 0 With hands .... 1 10 0 .. 2 0 0 Wages —Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 .. 3 0 a Labourers 1 10 0 .. 1 16 0 Rates of Freight. £ s. d. Valparaizo 2 10 0 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, premium On London, nominal. Private, nominal. ■ Duties. £ s d. On Spirits, per gallon, British .. 0 4 oDitto Foreign 0 5 0 Snuff, ’’ ”1 Cigars, ” 0 2 0 Tobacco, manufactured 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured 0 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent. 1 With 10 t>er cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat and othei additional on grains, 5 per cent. J Invoice. Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts, 10' pe? cent. Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays.