COMMERCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 771, 10 December 1886, Page 19

COMMERCIAL NEWS

WELLINGTON MARKETS.

Messr® Freeman R. Jackson and Co. report : 4t The yards at Johnsonville, on the Ist. insf., •were full of fat stock of every description, Beef and mutton of good quality sold at last sales’ values. Fat ewes and half-fatted sheep were neglected, and fell Is .to Is 6d per head. "We cleared the whole market at the quotations below —Best ox b'eef made 16s 6d and cows 13s the 1001 b; Only a limited number of fat pigs -came forward, but a 1 large number of stores were penned ; fat bullocks, L6.17s 6d to L 8 2s 6d ; cows, L 3 153 to L 5 ; best wethers, 9s to 9s lid ;medium quality, 8s ; ewes, 53 3d to ■63 6d ; fat porkers, 16s and 18s up to 26s each ; •stores, 9s to 14s.’’ The Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending on Saturday amounted to L 4712 12s 4d. Beer duty, Llsl Bs. Messrs, George Thomas and Co. report produce r>riees as follows : —“ Trade in breadstuffs «,ud grain is uncommonly dull, and values of all staple lines are inclined to weaken. A few sales of retail parcels of oats are reported, but prices have in every instance been in favor of ■the buyer. Moderate inquiries exist for feed barley, and the same may be said of old potatoes. • Syney and ’Frisco onions are keep-' ing badly, and holders are endeavoring to push sales at under invoice prices to avoid further losses; we hear of clearances being-effected at L 7 to L 8 ; prime samples, however, are Sully worth from Ll 5 upward. We quote market rates for flour Lll to Ll2 10s ; feed oats/ 23 5d to 2s 7d; oatmeal, Ll2 103 ; bran, L 5 ; pollard, 15 5s ; fowl wheat, 4s "fid ; wheatmeal, Lll 10s ; feed barley, 2s Bcl to 2s lOd ; maize, 3s 8d to 3s lQd ; beans, 3s lid to 4s ; rye grass, 4s 9d per bushel ; prime. Canterbury hams and bacon, 7d all round in cloth, bare Jd per lb lower ; new cheese, 61 d ; fresh butter, 7d; salt do, without inquiry; pastry samples, 3d to sd. Fair supplies of fruit and ■other spring produce has reached the market this week, and for plums, apricots, oranges, lemons, mandarins, pines, gooseberries, and strawberries a brisk demand existed and full values were realised. Unfortunately, Sydney consignements, ex Tekapo, arrived in bad order. Hobart French crabs ruled from 13s, and stermer pippins 15s 6d downward. New potatoes, in consequence of heavy supplies, have lowered to L 7 and L 7 10s per ton ; green peas are neglected at the average price of 5d per peck; eggs, firm, at lOd per doz. .Expected arrivals of bananas and other Fiji fruit on Monday should sell at top prices. Poultry is in request at last quoted rates.

Messrs Cooper and Steward report wages as follows : Carpenters, 10s ; bricklayers, 12s ; painters and glaziers, 9s ; plumbers and gasfitters, 10s ; blacksmiths, 9s to 10s; labor

and pick and shovel men, 7s; draymen, 42s to 50s ; coachmen, 30s to 35s ; grooms, 20s to 30s; storemen, 30s to 50s ; gardeners, 7s; hotelmen, 20s to 40s-; cooks, 25s to 40s; female do, 15s to 25s housemaids, 12s to 18s ; general servants, 9s to 15s ; nursegirls, 5s to 10s; barmaids, 25s to 30s ; milkmen, 15s to 25s ; farm hands, 15s to 25s ; boys, 5s to 12s; waitresses, 15s to 20s'; laundresses, L3O to LSO ; married couples, L7O to L9O. Messrs Arthur Warburton and Co. report for the week : —Banks —New Zealand, sellers L 1 8; National, .36s : Colonial, 425. Insurance—New Zealand, 65s to 665; bouth British, 30s; National, 13s 6d to 14s; Union, 20s to 20s 6J ; Standard, 10s to Kb bd; Equitable, Is; Colonial, 4s 6d; New Zealand Accident, 3s 6d. Miscellaneous—Loan and Mercantile, 80s ; Land Mortgage, 21s ; National Mortgage, 18s 6d ;, 11 Zeal 2 , ? d Shipping, 30s to 345; Mosgiel Woollen, 7bs; Kaiapoi, 80s to 85s; New Zealand Drug, 15s to 15s 6d; Napier Gas, Ll 3; Wanganui Gas, Ll2 10s ; Wellington Trust and Loan, L 6 Ss 6d; Equitable Building, L 6 10s , Wellington Gas, Ll 9 and L 9 10s ; Manawatu Railway, sellers, 19s. Messrs Arthur Warburton and i.Uo. report the following returns of amalgam from the Reef ion mines for the week : —United Alpine, 3460zs ; Keep-it-Dark. 2090z5; Just-in-Time, llOozs ; Globe, 180ozs, from 85 tons with ten stampers going. The returns irom the Fiery Cross are not yet in. Laery and Campbell report prices as follow Apples, 10s to 15s; oranges, 7s bd to 10s ; mandarines, 12s ; lemons, 10s. A large consignment of pines, cocoanuts, and peanuts arrived from Fiji on Monday, and sold readily at 5s and 11s respectively. We were unfortunate with bananas, our consignment being shut out, hence the advance in price on the few that came to Wellington. We expect supplies of plums, apples and pears, by the Melbourne boat, Waihora. due on Friday. Wheat, maize, oats and hatley, remain at last quotations, and sales are for only hand-to-mouth lots; the same remarks apply to bran and pollard. Old potatoes are “done,” and the new crop is coming ir. freely and realising from 4s 6d to 7s per cwt.; onions are scarce at Lll; eggs, It'd, fresh and salt butter, with a glutted market; unquotable. . .

Wholesale Prices. FARM AND DAIRY PRO" UCE £ s. d £ s. d. Milk, quart - 0 0 4 to 0 0 5 Butter, fresh - unsaleable Salt butter - - unsaleable Cheese, Col. . 0 0 6 to 0 0 6§ Eggs, dozen - 0 0 9 to 0 0 l'J Lard, lb. - 0 0 5b. to 0 0 6£ Bacon, lb. - - 0 0 5J to 0 0 Ham, lb. . 0 0 7i to 0 0 8 Eowls, pair - 0 3 0 to 0 3 3 Ducks, pair - 0 3 6 to 0 4 0 Geese, each - 0 3 6 to 0 4 0 Turkeys, each - 0 4 6 to 0 6 0 Hat and Corn Market. £ s. d. £ s. d. Maize, Poverty Bay - O' 0 0 to 0 3 9 Oats, feed - - * - 0 2 8 to 0 2 XU Wheat do - - 0 4 3 to 0 4 y Carrots - 2 5 0 to 2 10 0 Hay, ton - 4 0 0 to 4 10 0 Oaten, ton - 4 15 0 to 5 0 0 Straw, ton . 3 0 0 to 3 10 0 Chaff,— - - 0 0 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten hay - - 4 0 0 to 5 0 0 Wheat straw -30 0 to 3 5 0 Onions per cwt - - 9 10 0 to 10 0 0 Slew Potatoes, per cwt 0 b 0 to 0 7 0 Jft.oo.u Market. Wholesale. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sharps, per ton - - 5 10 0 to 6 0 0 Adelaide, per ton - 11 15 0 to 12 u u Bran, per ton - 4 0 0 to 4 1U 0 Colonial Flour - 11 10 0 to 12 0 0 Oatmeal - 12 10 0 to 13 0 0 Pearl Barley - 15 0 0 to 16 0 0 Seeds. £ s d £ s. d. Ryegrass, bushel - 0 6 0 to 0 6 6 Cocksfoot, lb. - 0 0 0 to 0 0 Wt. Clover, lb. - - 0 0 10 to 0 0 0 Bed, do . 0 0 9 to 0 0 10 Alsyke, lb. - - 0 0 10 to 0 0 0 Cow Grass, lb. - - 0 0 7 to 0 0 9 Timothy, lb. -00 6 to 0 0 0 Rape, lb. - 0 0 4 to 0 0 0 Linseed, per cwt. - 0 16 0 to 0 0 0