SYDNEY.
T.AHOVIt MAIIKET. TT.\rou axn Brown.—Tmictivily characterises the labour market. Orders for servants for the country ! districts are limited, owins to the failure of the wheat harvest and the late disastrous floods. Sighs of returning energy manifest themselves, and the patience and perseverance so necessary lo success in every n.iw country will soon overcome our present dillieulties. Large numbers of applicants for situations are in constant attendance, consisting not merely of the labouring classes, but also of educated persons, viz., clerics, bookkeepers, tutors, governesses, ifcc. The immigrants per Sandvinglmm have further augmented the supply. Female servants are sufficiently numerous to meet present requirements. The current rates of wages avc in accordance with subjoined list, viz—Compositors (Si/due;/ Momi/it/ Ifmil<l), Is. 2d. per 1000; ditto (Empire), Is. ditto. "With board and loduing, or hut room and rations, per annum: carpenters and blacksmiths, XPO to ,CRO ; married farm and domestic servants, I't o to.CfiO: grooms, coachmen, and gardeners, CIO to £50 : fann and carden labourers. ;C3O to £32 ; surveyor 1 -.' men and bushmen, ti tO to £50 ; men, f tn CaS ; stockmen and shepherds, £35 to £10; sl\enher,liu2 families. £55 to £70; female servants, £20 to £2(l.—.Tuly 20. I.E.mil'H M A KKKT. AY. Dk.av.—Prices ha ve ruled throughout the mouth with little vnrintion from those cunvnt nfc the ilepnrturo of the hi?t umil. The hoavv rains ami Hoods in the interior have greatly interfered with (lie regularity of supplier, and caused much loss nt many of the tanneries ; hut during the hist few days large parcels have arrived, and chocked any further advanec in price. Price? current according to quality : Kip. Is. -Id, to Is. 7d. ; ?ole, heavy, lOd. to 11d.; light, Sd. to 0-Vd. per lb. ; coloninl c:\lfsldns. 2s. -Id. to 2?. lid. ;'yenrl\ng?. 2s. to 2s. 3d.; hasils, shoonuikers 7s. to 7. (Id. hnrnessmaker's $)?. to 125.; hrown harness leather, o.\d. to Is. ; black ditto, lOd. to Is.; bridle, 12s. to 14?.; strao, 10s. to 125.-. kangaroo -ikins, 21 s. to 2 t-s. Od. ; calfskins. -Is. 3d. to yd. ; Knglish ditto, 3s. 4d. to 3s. (Id.— Julv 20.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 227, 4 August 1864, Page 3
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