Commercial News.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 602, 18 August 1883, Page 14

Commercial News.

The Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington during the past week amounted to L 6625. The amount collected.in the colohy for the month of July was L 111,056 ; arid the beer duty, £3998. George Thomas reports produce prices for the past weok as follows :—ln oats there is a slightly increased demand, but prices show at present no alteration, although I have been advised of an advance in the southern market of 2d per bushel. Flour, best brands, dull, at Lit 5s : fowls’ wheat, from 3s 3d to 3s 6d, according to sample ; oatmeal, Ll 3 : bran, L 4 10s ; pollard, from L 5 to L 6: oaten chaff, L 4 5s ; maize, 3s 5d to 33 9d ; barley, 2s Od ; potatoes have been rather active, and prices show an increase of 5s per ton, being now quoted at L3ss to L 3 10s; cheese, well supplied, at 6id ; hams and bacon, prime smoked, B{d to 9d ; farmers’ cure, 3d to Od ; salt butter remains quite unsaleable, the season being now too far advanced to anticipate any improvement; for prime quality, 8d is obtainable with difficulty ; fresh, from Is to Is 4d ; eggs. Is 3d ; fowls, 3s 6d ; turkeys, 8s Od ; geese, 7s. Fruit is exceedingly hard to move off at prices to oven bring out shippers clear of loss. There was a fair attendance at Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co’s Land Sale yesterday, when a number of town and country properties were submitted. The bidding for some of the properties was spirited. The property, part of Town Acre 677, Sussex srjuare, 45ft frontage, was sold to Mr W. Miller, as agent, for L 350. Two cottages on part of Town Acre 122, Waiter-street, with a frontage 33ft, sold to Mr Robert Miller for L 230. The property in Sydney - street was bought in at L 750. Sections at Petone and Woodville were bought in, and are now open for private sale. THE LABOR MARKET. France, Jenkins, and France report wages for past week ts follows : —Married couples, L 75 to L 100; day labor, 7s to 8s ; quarrymen, 8s to 9s ; carpenters, 10s to 11s ; bricklayers and plasterers, lls to 12s : painters and glaziers, 8s to 10s ; plumbers and gasfitters, 8s to lls : blacksmiths, 8s to lls; bakers, L2 to L 3 ; draymen, 403 to 50s ; storemen, 403 to 60s ; gardeners, 7s to 93; milkmen, 203 to 30s ; hotelmcn, barmen, and night porters, 25s to 40s ; waiters, boots, and kitchenmen, 15s to 25s ; cooks, 30s to. 603 ; female ditto for. hotels, 25s to 30s ; grooms, 25s to 35s ; housemaids, 12s to 153 ; hotel do, 15s to 20s ; general servants, 10s to 14s; nursegirls, 5s to Ss ; laundresses, 4s to 5s per day ; female cook, 16s to 18s; barmaids, 25s to 30s ; boys, 6s to 12s Gd. SHARE REPORT. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report sales for the week ending August 11th : Bank of N.Z., £22 10s. Insurance—Colonial, 8s 3d ; National. 255; Manawatu Railway, 03. Mines : Torawliiti —Golden Crowns, lls, 12s Cd, 13s, 14s; Albions, 8s 6d, 9s, 9s Od; Success, 2s 3d to 2s Od ; Wealth of Nations, 2s Cd, 2s 9d; Enterprise, 2s 3d ; Eureka 3, Is, Is 2d; Caledonians. Is, Is 3d ; Dukes, lOd ; Lord Nelson, 9d ; Lady Gordons, 2s 3d, 2s 6d; Meropes, Is ;3d, Is 4d ; Golden Spur, 2s 2d, 2s 3d ; Keep It Dark, lOd ; Empire, Is, Is 3d ; Occidental, 2d, 3d. 4d ; Reefton—Welcome,’£6 ss; Keep It Dark, 54s ; Globes, 7s 3d. Quotations : Banks—N.Z., £22 10s ; National, 703; Colonial, 465. Insurance—N.Z., 73s 6d ; National, 25s ; South British, 565; Union, 245; Colonial, 8s 3d; Standard, 13s 3d. Loan & Mercantile, £5 17s Gd ; N.Z. Shipping, 86s ; Union S.S., £l3 : Mosgiel Woollen, 82s 6d ; N.Z. Drugs, 24s 6d ; Wellington Gas, £lO pain, £12,8a ; Manawatu Railway, 9s. Mines—Terawhiti—Golden Crown, 16s ; Albions, 10s 6d ; Success, 2s 9d ; Wealth of Nations, 3s ; Enterprise, 23 Gd ; Eureka, Is 2d ; Caledonians, Is 2d ; Dukea, Is ; Lord Nelsons, 9d; Lady Gordon, 2s 6d; Merope, Is 4d ; Golden Spur, 2s 3d ; Keep It Dark, lOd ; Empire, Is; Occidental, 4d. Reefton—Welcomes, £6 6s ; Keep It Dark, 55s ; Globes, 7s Cd ; Fiery Cross, lls. TERAWHITI STOCKS. Messrs Arthur Warburton, and Co., sharebrokers, report for Wednesday a tone of confidence in the market. There were many transactions in Albions, whioh were eagerly bought at advancing prices, sales having been effected at 10s and 10s 6d ; sellers, lls Od; buyers, 10s. Sales also took place of Meropes, at Is 4d : Success, 23 6d ; Golden Spurs, 2s ; Dukes, lid ; Lord Nelsons, 9d ; Caledonians were in demand at 9d ; Eurekas, 9d ; and Darks, 9d.

WELLINGTON MARKETS,

Wholesale Prices. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Milk, quart - - - 0 0 4 to 0 0 7 Butter, fresh - - - 0 11 0 to 0 1 0 Salt Butter - - - no demand Cheese, Col. - - - 0 0 to 0 0 7 Eggs, dozen - - - 0 1 6 to 0 1 7 Lard, lb. - - 0 0 10| to 0 0 11 Ham, lb. (in cloth) - none Bacon, lb. - 0 0 Gs to 0 8 7b Fowls, pair - Ducks, pair - - - 0 3 0 to 3 6 0 - - 0 3 0 toO 4 0 Geese, each - - - 0 2 9, to 0 3 0 Turkeys, each - - 0 3 G to 0 4 0 Hay and Corn Market. £ s. d. £ s. d. Maize, Sydney - None Maize, Poverty Bay " 0 3 9 to 0 4 0 Oats, milling - - - 0 2 G to 0 2 9 Oats, feed ' - Wheat do - - 0 2 1 to 0 2 6 - - 0 3 0 to 0 3 3 Carrots - • - 0 2 10 to 0 2 15 Hay, ton - 4 0 to 4 10 0 Oaten, ton - 4 15 0 to 5 0 0 Straw, ton Chaff.— - 2 10 0 to 3 0 0 Oaten hay - - 4 0 0 to 0 Wheat, straw - - 3 0 0 to 3 5 0 Onions per cwt - - 0 10 0 to 0 12 0 Potatoes per cwt - - 0 DO 0 to 0 60 0 Flour Market. Wholesale. £ s. d. £ s d. Sharps, per ton - - 5 0 0 to 5 5 0 Adelaide, per ton - 13 10 0 , to 14 0 0 Bran, per ton - - 4 0 0 to 4 5 0 Colonial Flour - - 11 10 0 to 12 0 0 Oatmeal - -13 0 0 to 13 10 0 Seeds. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ryegrass, bushel - - 0 2 G to 0 3 0 Cocksfoot, lb. - - 0 0 4 to 0 0 4 Wt. Clover, lb. - - 0 1 2 to 0 0 0 Red, lb. - • - 0 0 8 to 0 0 9 Alsylce, lb. - - 0 1 6 to 0 0 0 Cow Grass, lb. - - 0 0 10 to 0 0 104 Timothy, lb. - - - 0 0 4£ to 0 0 0 Rape, lb. - 0 0 4 to 0 0 0