Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3808, 8 May 1875, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Customhouseongoods cleared for consumntion this day wa* 1j436 os 6a. * J

Seward and Gillard report liaving sold Colonial Bouk shares tins day at 2/ s. The following resolutions were carried at a meetlll?t « + lgl i t n of tlie Dimedin shareholders of the Titanic Steel Company That Mr A. Thomson be appointed secretary; that the Dunedin directors be instructed to express strongly to the So at Wellington the shareholders’ objcctions to havin* a director appointed as manager, and their wish that a thoroughly competent and practical manager be appointed; that all calls made should be adver tised in a Dunedin paper; and that the shareholders expi ess their satisfaction with the director recently snareholdei.s.’’ VeUiUetonto repreSont tKS

fi rlfnti Mcrcer reports, for the week ending May 6, retail prices only Fresh butter, in ilb and 11b prints, Is 9d to Is lOd per lb- in h mil sfand 5 f and p ? wderedaßd salt butter,’is Bd. The market is at present pretty well supplied with fresh butter, but the demand continues good. Salt butter in kegs, Is 6d per lb, but little or no demand at present owing to the large quantities imported fiom Australia selling at Is 4d to Is 4id per lb Cheese is very scarce, and likely to advance in price! best quality, Is per lb. Side bacon (smoked) very scarce, and selling at Is 44 per lb. Rolled bacon is also sc»te at Is 2d to Is 3d per lb. Colonial hams are likewise very scarce at Is 4d to Is 5d per lb. English hams, Is 6d to Is 8d per lb. Eggs are still very scarce (never more so) and retailing, when on hand, at 3s per dozen, °

(By Telegraph.)

rir» IEIOH M-^ ,y 7.—Market quotations, f.o.b. Lyttelton Milling wheat, 3s 9d ; oats, 3s; barley, 4s 6d; hams and bacon, to Is: potatoes LS • yfelSs 6 L d 5 108 5 BbarpS ’ L 6! dleeSe -

Wellington, May 7.-Mr O’Shea reports flour at from Lll 10s to Ll2 10s per ton; oatmeal, L 24 • bran, Is 3d per bushel; maize, 7s 6d; oats, 3s 9d • cheese, lOd to Is 2d per lb; hams and bacon, none!

THE LABOR ‘MARKET.

Mr Skene reports that the demand for people during the week has been very large, but the supply of usetul hands is decidedly far short of the reqvm£ meats. Plenty of men are knocking about, but few of them are suited for agricultural work. Female servants with experience are very scarce; skilled trades are still busy. Wages : Shepherds, L 65 and wo; gardeners, grooms, cooks, waiters, and barmen, from 25s to (ids per week ; ploughmen, L 52 to LOo; couples from L7oto L9O; carpenters, 12s to 14s per day; bushmeu, 9s per day, or Cs per cord; day laborers, 8s to 9s; useful boys and girls from Cs to los per week ; dairy hands, 15s and 2ds per weekhouse girls from L 26 to L4O: hotel do, L3G to L 52 and often higher; shop aud desk hands, 35s to 70s per week, but very quiet.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES’ HALL COMPANY,

hj g™"® l meeting of this company was held in the Secretary s office last evening, a Mr number of shareholders being present, aud Mr Jas Smith m the chair. The report stated that although the directors were not in a position to declare the company free from the liabilities incurred in 1873 of e tiuwUaV U , e . VUl ' theleSS ’ ? kd report a eduction oi the debt then incurred; and having recently let the theatre tor a period of six mouths, at a good leutal, with every probability of a continuation at the same rate, they hoped soon to wipe off the liability referred to. The directors considered it due to the secretary of the company’ Mr W S Douglas, to state that upon his own ivi« 13to n!!! 1 ' 1 isT? lis ° a -y e 1 ar >aa from,the 13th J uiie, 1874,- Jhe Chaxmau said they were all that during the past year the greater portion of their property, namely the theatre, had been comparatively unproductive. The theatrical business had been unusually dull during the last year, aud the Queen s had only been let for a comparatively shox t time. A portion of tiie building was in possession of Mr Harding, who had a license to sell liquors ; hut, not making money, he was obliged to succumb to circumstances, and the directors terminated his tenure aud made a virtue ot necessity bv remitting a. considerable portion of the rent due in consideration of his rendering vji possession of the premises. Mrs Ha uis.au again took a portion ot the premises' for two years as a dauciug academy, at fi rental of LlOo per annum There were' also three shops bringing i» a satisfactory tent. The du-ectors hn,d at first tried to inu„a Mr Barker, of the Criterion, Hotel, and others, to pay a rental, with a view of preventing that part cd the town from becoming dull, but he did not see their way to close upon the terms offered; and Messrs Steele and Keogh, lessees of the Princes Theatre, offeyed a rent payable in advance, of L 775 per , °« questioned, Mr Steele candidly admitted that them purpose was to keep the theatre closed, but at the same time stated that they would not object to any performance which would not clash with their own. The {expends were ground rent L 16 4; interest on LloO; uater rates, theatre license, insurances, &o SLr Cre tvry 8 saJ ury,Lso The year’s fiances showed an improvement of Ll3O. The company was not in a very flourishing state, which must be a matter of disappointment to the shai-eholders, who had entertained such sanguine expectations. When !m/“ 1 fl VayS e'lT le i opeile ! i tllerv! would beacousiderable influx of theatre-going people, aud their expectatioua might yet be realised. He had heard it stated that the proprietor of tlie Princess’s would at the next licensing meeting have his license cancelled m connection with the theatre, uud thc Queers Theatre would no longer tif the great di&idvautage it had bepu. Mr Douglas, had iv WY considerate manner, volimtarily reduced ms salary to one-half m consequence of the reduced state of the company’s finances, to which the direc. tors gratefuily agreed. The report and haCce sheet were adopted as read.-Mosars Jack mi Allan were re.elooted, as iUrectora -, Messrs Hawkins jnd auditors $ aud Mr Goodman, hou treasurer, *