Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3737, 13 February 1875, Page 2

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Cusor. <.oods cleared for coxituiuotion taw day was 1,203 -is Gd. Business has not been active during the week most probably owing to the chief attention being given in the interior to harvesting operations On Monday, Messrs M‘Landress, Hepburn and Co. offered the teas, ex Amur, from Foochow, at auction, huh no sales were made in the room. We nre informed, however, that several parcels wen- placed privately afterwards. The market for sugar is unchanged', On Wednesday, we notice that a sale of Y;ut;o vdle, of very superior quality, is advertised to take place. Candles continue firm at 10Kl, with an upward tendency. Sales of kerosene have been made during the week at Is (id fm Devoe’s. Diamond brand may be emoted a shade lower. A further advance has tal.cn place in tobacco, which cannot be obtained except at an advance of Id on Inst quotations. The stock of American salmon is in excess of the demand, and in consequence it is purchasable below the cost of import. Mouton’s can be bought at 12s 6d. Vestas mo in great demand, and now command -Os, with an upward tendency. THE GRAIN MARKET. Messrs Brown & Sons reportAs millets sire now stepping for repairs very little is doing in grain, meantime prices have a downward tendency. We quote*:—Wheat, best nulling, ns to 5s M; oats, 4s to Is 2d. very dull of sale • iloui, Ll3 to Ll3 10s; bran and pollard lieiit stocks, EG 10s and Ui In.-, respectively. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports .-—The labor market is pretty evenly balanced at present, still more servants are wanted than can be got; of course, country demand for harvest is ‘most pressing! Females axe still scarce ; and skilled tradesmen in all lines arc well employed. Useful men and women are welcomed at any time. Wages: Females, from L2C to L 52, according to experience ; harvest hands, from 40s to (50s per week and found ; farm men, from LGG to LOG by the year; masons, 15a per day; carpenters, 12s to 13s; road and qnarrymen, Ids, Us, and 12s per ■day ; waiters, grooms, and cooks, from 25s to

40a par wool:; boys and girls, from (Is to 10s per week; wheelwrights, ills to 14s per day; couples, L 75 to L9rt and found.