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Taranaki Herald, Volume III, Issue 117, 25 October 1854, Page 2

The following from i lie Geelong Advertiser of the 29ih August will at this jnnctnie lie interesting to our readers. The sume paper contnins a memo* iinl to the Government of Viitoiiu fiom a i>viblic meeting of the labouring cliusis, urging the Gov.eii'inrnt tn proroHl null important public uorlst, that the aupouibimditnt labour ol llie colony m.iy find eiM|iloyinent — oii'J thut the portion of the Mind fund piovidtd frfr immigration should be for the prcsuit leservud. VICTORIV LABOUR MARKET. Market. square, August 2Cili, JSJ I. Tlicre » nothing fresh to rvport in the labor m.uket. Serv.intsof all clan-ics lire over iibundi-nt ; work is scaice, ami wjris "" the decline. Long rnva^eincnti. are generally nbjtckd to, an the sheiuing mid harvest are expected to draft off the surplus labour, and nnpiove the rate of waces. The following nre the cui rent rales, at present, riz:— Married couples for hotels, xjith iniions, per annum, £100, For home sUtions. with rations, per annum, X?SO 10 X'%, M.m i. (I coup), i fci out mmtions, ivith riitinoi, |>cr .ninum, i.60. Mnrricil ivniples taking two flocLs, with rations, per annum £95 to XJlol>.X J 10l>. bbciilinds do do XJSO.X J 50. Uutkcopeia do do iX^'IO Gcm-iil ustlul station servants, £65 to £70. btork ruleii do X'GS to X J 3'l. Grooms, do,X6's to XBO. Gird>'iH'rs, per annum, wi\h ra» lions, X'Bo to X'loo. Sp.de l.iboureis pir rod, without: rations, 'Ji to 3s, nccording to iJescuplion of ground. Waiters at hotels, per week, dv £2, Bullock drivers on slniions, per aiißum,X7u to XJBO.X J 80. Bullock drivers on the roads, per week, £2 10s. Labourers on the roads, lOs 12s per day, with tent, wood, &c., hut not rutions. General farm servants and ploughmen, per week, rtltb ra« tioiid, 25a to 355. Bush curpctilcn, per week nilh rations, X J 2 lOs to £4, Cooks for hotels, do do, 21. to 41. witn do. Carters for town M. per week, or 11. with rations, Brush Fencers, per rod, without rations, Is. Post, and mil do, do, 3 rail, 3s. to 3s. to 3s Gd. Running wire do, per rod, Is to 'Is, nccording to desenption of fence. Foot-rotlers, prr week, with rations, 305,. Wood-cutters, per ton, (fire-wood) without rations, 6s, to 9s, accord" ing to length of wood, &c. Quarry labourers do, per week 21. to 21 ss. Splitters, and lenrers, per hundred, post nnd rail, without rations, 41. to f>/. Seamen.— Coasting, pel rnonll) A 15., 11 to SI. coasting, do, O. S., 5/. Hun to London, 30/, Run to Sydney, Newcastle or Adel.ude, 5/. io 6/. Run to Madras, Singapore, Callao, Mauritius, Sec, 25J. Monthly wages to London, via Callao, tuo

East Indies, or other ports, Gl to 71. Bay labour era, per day, with food, lOn to 12s. Female Si i Vnntit. ~ Nursemaids, ppr oiiiium, 18/ to 111 Laundress; », per annum, ,'SO/. io 35/. Cooks, |>ci annum, 30/. to 40/ Thorough hoiiso servants, pri nnnum, 25/. to 30/. Housemaids, per annum, 267 t.. 30/