COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5205, 23 October 1878, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Dally Times Orilce, Tuesday evoulux. The amount of Ouitonij Ksvanue recoived te-ilay v ood» »nt«r»d for conmroptlon w*« an (ol owa*.—

TUB LABOR MAUKET, Mr Skenb reports :—Although the spring work is •well advanced, ct ill the demand is incessant for farm lands in every department. Tho immigrants, &c, by tbo Invcrcirgill wero at onco placed in situations. As for the girls, there wero at least ten employers for each of tbem, and the cry is incessant formoro. Station and farm couples cm always get good places and excellent wages. Fortunately it ia not so common now to ask for couples without children. Many landowners sco tho boi.cfit and advantage of providing cottages, aud having young folks to their hand when needed. Tho building trade is vory brisk, and all suited for such are fully omployed Tailou and shoemakers complain of Blackness. Station cooke, lakers, blacksmitl.B, carpenters, linietereis, and shop herds are now on the move. It seems no amount of writing ar.d warning will stop well-t.*-do parents at j Home from sending out tbeir saapegrace Bonn. Thia i an Insult to us, and cruelty to the youths. The

wool and grass harvests are before us now, and plenty of work. All we need is good weather. Wages S Couples, £65, £75 to £90; private-house girls, 10s, 12s, and 15s ; dairymaids, 15s to 255; hotol females, 12s to 20s ; uppor do, 20s to 40s ; ploughmen and shepherds, £55, £60, £65, and £70; musterers, 60b per month; station cooks, smiths, and carpontors, 25s to 60s ; gardeners, milters, grooms, boots, 20s to 36a ; S'.oremen for country, 45s to 60s ; boys, 6s to 109.

& b. d. Brandy .. .. 02 o 2 Tobacco Whisky „ .. 134 5 9 Tea .. Col. do .. .. 19 0 5 Sugar Geneva .. .. 61 18 3 Draoery Wine .. .. CO 17 2 Sundries £ .. <l. .. 214 5 0 .. 76 15 0 .. 94 IS C .. 39 17 2 .. 197 11 i Total .. old .. it 1021 14 9 .. £234 0 5