WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 37, 6 December 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT. Provisions.

Wines, 15 per cent. ] With 10 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat and other > additional on grains, 5 per cent. J Invoice. Current Rate op Interest. Bank Discounts, 10 per cent. Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays. .

£ s. d. £ s. d. Bread —Per 2ft. loaf 0 0 7 .. 0 u 0> Bfi'ef— Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 9 .. 0 0 o Salt, per tierce 5 io 0 .. 6 0 a Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 0 a Butter —Irish, per ft.'. 0 1 9 .. 0 2 a Fresh 0 2 6 .. 0 0 » Mutton —Carcase per ft 0 0 9 .. 0 0 li Pork —Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 7 .. 0 0 » Irish, per barrel Potatoes —New Zealand,per ton 4 10 0 .. 5 10 08 0 0 .. 0 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. Rice —Common,per cwt Good 1 7 Tobacco (in bond.) 0 .. 1 10 O Tobacco — Negrohead, per ft in bond 0 1 0 .. 0 0 o Cigars — Manilla, per 1000. ... 3 0 0 .. 4 0 o Inferior 1 18 0 .. 2 o o Havannah, per ft 0 16 0 , .. 1 0 o Chinsurah, per 1000 .. 1 10 0 . .. 0 0 o Alexandrian 1 io Spirits (in bond.) 0 . .. 0 0 0 Wine— Sherry, per pipe ...... 28 0 0 . .40 b 0 Ditto, per dozen .. .. .. 1 4 0 . . 2 0 0 Brandy —First quality, per galIon, m 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 .... (none) 0 0 0 . . 0 0 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. 0 12 0 . . 0 0 0 Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout — per hhd 0 0 0 . . 6 0 Porter — Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. 0 Live Stock. 12 0 . . 0 0 O Mares —Brood 50 0 0 . .90 0 0 Working Bullocks —Per pair .. 40 0 0 . .60 0 O Hire of ditto —Per day, a team and driver .. 1 0 0 . 0 0 Sheep —Each 0 18 0 . . T> 25 0 Cows — Mileh 15 0 0 . .30 0 0 Poultry — Fowls, per pair .... 0 8 0 . . o : 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 0

Miscellaneous. Eggs —'Per dozen 0 2 6 .. 0 0 0 Coffee —Java, per it., (well supplied) 0 1 0 .. 0 1 3 Candles —English wax, peril).. 0 3 6 .. 0 0 a Mould 0 1 2 .. 0 0 0 Dips 0 0 11 .. 0 0 0 Flour —1st quality, per ton of 2000lbs. (heavy stock) 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—Vex pint 0 0 3 .. o 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 0 Tea —Hyson skin, per chest .. 9 6 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 0 Labourers 1 10 0 . . 1 16 0 Rates op Freight.

Valparaizo . Sydney Nelson „ £ 2 2 2 s. 10 0 5 d. 0 0 0 Taranaki 3 o o 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 0 Ditto Foreign 0 5 0 Snuff, ” ” { Cigars, ” ”J 0 2 0 Tobacco, manufactured .. .,. 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured 0 0 9