Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3731, 6 February 1875, Page 2

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Ou# Urn-house on t,oodß cleared for consumption tiiis day was L 1,240 Os 3d. General business has been steady during the week, a fair amount having been transacted without excitement. Only one public sale of any extent has been held, at which about 3,000 mats of Mauritius sugar were offered, but very little was sold, as buyers were not inclined to go into stock. Brandy moves off steadily without change of quotations. The demand for case, is improving, and it is firmly held at 30s. Candles, for full weights, realise 104 d ; Devoe’s kerosene commands Is 6d, For dried fruits, the demand is steady. Currants fetch 4^d; Eleme raisins and sultanas are scarce, and 7d are freely given for them ; Muscatels, ». Corn sacks are in demand at 12s 3d to 12s 6d. The market is completely cleaned of Patna rice, and the arrival of the new shipments is anxiously looked for. Hams and bacons are scarcely obtainable, and as prices are, therefore, merely nominal, we give no quotations. Cheese is coming to hand more freely; for good parcels, 8d is readily given. Butter realises lljd. The rise in the value of tobacco, reported to have taken place in Melbourne some time ago, is beginning to affect prices here. For favorite brands, a considerable advance must be reported, from 3d to 6d being asked and readily obtained. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports that harvest operations have absorbed all the unemployed. Tradesmen of all kinds are active as ever, both in town and country. Road and rail men are in many cases on the harvest field for a change. Sheep shearing being about through, the meu get a turn at harvest. Wages Farm and station couples, L 75, LBO, and found; farm hands, from Ls2to L 6 5; dairy and odd hands, 15s to 20s per week; day laborers, 9s, 10s, and lls per day; sawmiliers for country, 12s ; carpenters, from 12s to 13s ; masons, los and upwards; female servants, L 26 to L 5 2; waiters, cooks, barmen, and grooms, from 25s to 40s per week ; useful boys and girls, 7s, Bs, to ISs per week.