Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3796, 24 April 1875, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Custom--8 19a id (deared * or consumption this day Messrs Fanning. Griffiths, and Co., of Sydney, in their report on the condition of the Colonial wool market, say:—"When issuing our last report we commented on what seemed to us an unwarranted r'ntirT^« l^ :e v, eßtabllß^ e<i at commencement of the London February sales, and the news subsequently received of continued firmness with upwaiTtS & ultimately in rm advance of Id to £ b / or |^ e clo , s ® of thesale . kas been very wel come. Still such fluctuations and unevenness n™ not productive of good, while they sem nsTi meat for not relying on the one market system "if with m offering of 206,000 bales in the * toho^ScSd wnen 400,000 bales come to be submitted in the Wav something like 100,000 bales mmethanin the corresponding period last year ? Increased toilL ties and quicker communication are tending to move forward the year’s supply and aceomuW offerings in (he early^eriea of£ cZ expect manufacturers and others to remember that the actual increase in the year's production will not be much in excess of that of last season not at all beyond that of their requirements, sunwsin^ the consumption to increase relatively, as it doneof * wh T. the y have before them verities o much larger than they have been accustomed to ? We fear not. unless importers and consignees make a stand, and hold for later sales in to selling at an undue reduction, All will watch anxiously for the result, but sooner or laterifTtoa diness and evenness are to be maintained great ac ? uo s l )ot must be avoided. ’We have akeady shown how manufacturers and other business people in America and on tbe Continent of Europe are beginning to seek to establish direct communication and new markets for wool aZd it gives ns the greatest satisfaction to announce that every mail brings us confirmatory intelligence of the interestwhichfs being taken in the movement 2 of the desire evinced to lend a helping hand ’ The impetus has thus already been given to the establishment of a more direct communication between nro* ducer and consumer, and while every SK bemg tendered towards its greater devdonment hv those in other countries, wWgrowerean<f otL™ here would not be doing justice to themselves to let the movement fail for wait of their co operation aj * nua] meeting of the Port Chalmera members of the Commercial Building and Mutual luvoatmoniSociety was held in the Provincial Hotel Port Chalmers, last evening, for the purpose of hearing the report and balance-sheet for P yew and Thomno Of two local directors. ’ Mr Thomna Callender, president of the society who occupied the chair, congratulated members upon the large amount of business which had been transacted during the wll icn aim £sJ£ on the amount standing to the credit ent * holders, and carrying forward a balance of LB4 ija^d toe retfriL 7 wwf- Dr ? Mr wStIJ (Mr H W were re-elected, and

THE LABOR MARKET,

wl reports as foUowa .—There has been a d ®° 3and for skilled tradesmen of most kinds l3 the -^ ee l' ■lj'iuirioa for form people have Wlth . the chan 8 e in the weather. Good ™/r V w S , are Collstantl y wanted ; shepherds wu+^. tj hot ?l servants very dull; couples diffiwii . mov ®- Wages—House servants, L26to L 36: hotel do, L 36 to L 52; barmaids, cooks, houseL 52 P to S T f? d SUCh, 1 m 0r t e moao - v 5 Ploughmen, from to L 6 5; couples, from L 65 to L9O : pick and Bs i 9a * 10s P ea day j carpenters, 13s; Srconm, waiters, &c., 25s to 60s pei week; dalryhouds, 15sand 20s per week : useful d P I 5-13*3 * 6 f> 7s, Bs, to 10s per week; clerks and shopmen very slack.

THE SHARE MARKET,

ave *° report sales of shares during the week as follows : —Colonial Banks, 27hInsurance, 28s, cum. div.; New Zealand 3 0 °_ s ' Bu y ers: Standard Insurance, p n B A Natlonal > 9d; South British, 495; Colonial Bonk, 275; National Bank, 735.