COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5938, 19 February 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

-■'•■■■., . . • Daily Mnies Office, Friday evening. = ■ . The amount of Customs Revenue received to-day on. goods entered for consumption wag £636133 Od. •'■ . . ..VTHE LABOUR-MARKET ' .Mr SBESE reports :- • ' ■ ***™i 16th' 1881-, ■A iteady improvement. • Work is- plentiful and Hiere should be none Aut of work. " Harvest becupfj all the attention of farmers and men, and the work is Viogressmg rapidly. Assisted by such splendid weather many men will doubtless settle down! to billets for the winter, now that they have got a.chance. Couples are always in demand, and good experienced people get good wages. Female servants are decidedly scarce and we have much need of a goodl supply of sensible girls. The demand is good for ploughmen, bushmen day labourers; milkers, =and .most tradesmen. -The ■wool season. has been very satisfactory in pHce3, and ■weather. If the price of grain gets as satisfactory as -wool, it will be a great boon, and put a stop to the discontent and grumbling. There are signs all-round of better times. Whether it is a healthy sign or not, it is an admitted fact that many thousands in solid cash are being risked in horse-racing, gam».4c, and principally by the working classed Wages firm. " ' ' -

COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

■~t, ".•■■-,■■ Auckland, February 19lh Busweasjias been quiet. Union Sash and Door ttompany shares are better, and all timber companies" stocks are likely to improve, in consequence ofHhe 5S™.^ mff Kalsed V to lr 6d Per Mo fee'- Hitherto prices have been bo low as to leave a very inconsidermoreTrTfi? w' !»«»*•. Wot only are the rates of a more Profitable character, but an improvement is noticeable in the demand. Flax is not coming in quite 80 Ireely, but the price is unaltered. Flour has a downward tendency. Stocks of oats are heavy, and prices easier in consequence. 'Little maize is cominoto hand. Brandies are still heavily overstocked, and' ]fcto n88&l uns^tiafactory- Go°d brandsaro now worth

THE LONDON WOOL MARKET.

-^Messrs Cargilla,..Gibbs, and" Co:; have received the following telegram from Messrs Helmuth ■Sehwartze, and Co., dated London, 15th •-- ;; -;

The sales opened with a large attendance of-both ■HO-iie and foreign buyers. Competition is fairly animated ;■,-prices .on the average.id to ld'per lb Jqwer than close of last series. The total quantity for fljsposal in this series, including old stocks, comprises 300,000 bales.'--.' - v.! '• .. ■:: .. .... . ... ...-

.'A later telegram to hand, dated 16th, says'— Prices of grease are Id per lb lower than the close of ast senes • : ■•'■ • ■•■ <