COMMERCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 657, 26 September 1884, Page 14

COMMERCIAL NEWS

MESSRS. T. KENNEDY MACDONALD AND CO.’S PROPERTY SALE. There was a crowded attendance at the sale of properties held last Friday by Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co., in their auction rooms. Panama-street, when a number of properties in W. W. Taylor’s estate were submitted. The following is the result of the sale : —Lot 1, two-storey house in Herbertstreet, with frontage of 51 links by a depth of 105 links, sold to James Lockhead, for L 355; lot 2, freehold property, old Customhousestreet, with frontage of 74 feet 1 inch, with buildings, kc., sold to Mr George Dixon, L7OO ; lot 3, the Manawa Run, of 12,000 acres, with. 5000 sheep and SOO cattle, sold to Mr G. Dixon, for L 23,500; lot 4, section 824, Whareama, adjoining the Manawa Run, _S6G acres, sold to Jacob Joseph for L 55 0; lot 5, four sections, Halcombe, sold to G. Tabor, for L3O ; lot 6, thirteen sections, Halcombe, sold to Andrew Luff, for L4O; lot 7, four-roomed cottage off Tory-street, with frontage of 39 feet, sold to N. F. Richards, for L 175 ; lot 8, interest in life insurance policy, of L2OOO, sold to A. Scampton, for L 5; lot 9, .nine roomed house, Halcombe, with two sections, sold to Mr A. S. Grant, for L 129 9s Id ; lot 10, ten-acre section, Wharema district, sold to G Dixon for Ll 6 ; lot 11, house, of six rooms, with acre of land, lately occupied by Mr John Taylor, sold to Mr T. G. McCarthy for LISQO ; total sales, L 26,990 9s Id. The houses and land in Cotterville-terrace were withdrawn. A number of other properties were passed in, and are now open for private sale. CUSTOMS. The customs duties collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending Saturday amounted to L 5958 10s. Beer duty, L 96 14s 9d. LABOR MARKET. Messrs France Brothers report:—Carpenters, 10s ; married couples, L7O to. L 75 ; bricklayers and plasterers, 11s to 13s; painters and glaziers, 9s to 10s ; plumbers and gasfitters, 9s to 12s f blacksmiths, 9s to 10s; labor and jack and shovel men, 7s to 9s ; draymen, 42s to 50s ; coachmen, 30s to 355; grooms, 20s to 40s; storemen, 35s to 50s; gardeners, 7s to Ss; hotelmen, 20s to 40s ; cooks, 25s to 40s ; female do, 16s to 30s ; housemaids, 12s to 15s ; general servants, 10s to 14s ; nursegirls, 5s to 10s ; barmaids, 2os to 30s ; milkmen, 15s to 20s ; farm hands, 15s to 25s ; boys, 5s to 12s. We have been very busy during the past week, there being a good demand for domestic servants, also farm hands and married couples. We

have still some good men on our books (shearers, milkmen, and ploughmen), the latest direct steamers having increased our number considerably, but we anticipate placing them during the coming week if the present state of the market continues. SHARE REPORT. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report for the week : —Sales —Wellington Trust and Loan, L 5 14s ; New Zealand Accident, os Id ; Accident Association, 3s Id ; National Bank, 663 6d ; South British Insurance, 59s ; Equitable Insurance, Is 7d ; Gear Meat (3os paid), 295; Globe Gold Mining (Reef ton), ‘ls bd. Quotations —Banks : New Zealand, L 22 os, National, 67s ; Colonial, 435. Insurance . New Zealand, 76s 6d ; South British, o9s National, 25s 6d ; Union, 24s Gd; Standard, 12s 6d ; Colonial, 8s ; Equitable, Is 7d ; New Zealand Accident, 5s Id ; Accident Association, 3s Id. Miscellaneous —Loan and Mercantile, L 5 10s ; Land Mortgage, 14s Gd ; National Mortgage, 24s 6d ; New Zealand Shipping, 71s ; Mosgiel Woollen, 82s; Kaiapoi, L 2 5, Zealand Drug, 22s 6d; Napier Gas, Lll; Wanganui Gas, LlO 10s; Westport Coal, 21s ; Wellington Trust and Loan, Lo 14s; Equitable Building, L 5 14s ; Wellington Gas, Ll 5 10s and L 7 15s ; Manawatu Railway, 12s ; Gear Meat, 32s 6d. WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Wholesale Prices. FARSI AND DAIRY PRODUCE. d. £ s. d. £ s. Milk, quart - . - 0 0 4 to 0 0 5 Butter, fresh - - . 0 011 to 0 1 0 Salt Butter - • .006 to 0 0 7 Cheese, Col. - Eggs, dozen - Lard, lb. .004 . 0 0 10 .008 to 0 U 4* toO 0 10| to 0 0 9 Bacon, lb. .008 to 0 0 Ham, lb., (in cloth) -009 Fowls, pair - - • 0 £ ~ Ducks, pair - - -d 0 £ b Geese, each - - - 0 v to 0 0 XU to 0 4 0 to 0 3 9 to 0 2 6 Turkeys, each Hay and . 0 3 6 to 0 4 Corn Market. u £ s. d. £ s. d. Maize, Poverty Bay . none 6 8 Oats, milling - Oats, feed m . u 2 o -026 lo o ** to 0 2 Wheat do . .026 to 0 3 0 Carrots - • .025 to O 2 10 Hay, ton Oaten, ton Straw, ton . 4 0 4 15 0 .300 to 4 XU to 5 0 to 3 10 u 0 0 Chaff.— .400 to 4 10 0 Oaten hay .400 to 0 Wheat, straw .300 to 3 5 0 Onions per cwt - 0 15 0 to 0 17 0 Potatoes ,, ,, 20 0 to 4 10 0 Plour Market. Wholesale. d. £ s. d. £ s Sharps, per ton Adelaide, per ton * - 5 5 0 . 13 10 0 to 5 10 to 14 0 0 0 Bran, per ton - - 5 0 0 to 5 5 0 Colonial Plour - .900 sacks Oatmeal - .12 o 0 to 12 10 0 Seeds. £ s. d. £ s. d. Byegrass, bushel Cocksfoot, lb. .039 .004 to 0 4 to 0 0 9 44 Wt. Clover, lb. .012 to 0 0 c Bed, lb. -008 to 0 0 8 Alsyke, lb. -016 to 0 0 0 Cow Grass, lb. . 0? 0 10 to 0 0 10 Timothy, lb. * Bape, lb. . 0'0 41 -000 to 0 0 to 0 0 4 0