Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3862, 10 July 1875, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at tlio Customwas L 552 clcaml for consumption this day

, jj? o1 '®. 1103 IJ , esC!l fair amount of business done S .m° ?? st w «® k > consider:!!:; the season of tho Ini ‘ V°r a ■ r - I l Ul ’ 3 usfc arrived from London, has nit•added much to the storks of farmeries, sovoral hues of which tho market is very hare of viz , figs, ourr.mta, SaUana vai-dus, white starch! aud several other items. Hounossy’s case brandy issim advancing, and may ho quoted at »ss; bulk, 9h ; Mnrto! 1 ’ 8 case. 20s 5 J.IVK.Z. Genova, bis 3d to 13s Gd. j.,x whiskies there is no change to report, iolmccocs arc becoming scarcer, and very lit,lie is comm* forward, so that prices may be expected (.0 fake a turthorrise before long. Candles (Uiwdou’s) arc at 10 v l; Price sat K’.id. Kerosene (Devoc’s), (nb.). P ! >e cargo of sugar ex Elliotts Wne offered at auction on the 6tli hist, hut of second whites were soldnt L 32 03 im^?limtt ) B , . nSPnCCS dld UOt ColUQUlltot^

THE LABOR MARKET,

Mr Skene reports that the demand for laborers for out-dour work is brisk; the building trade is still very quiet. Wages: Laborers, Bs. Os, and 10s par day; sawmillors, Li par we -k: ploughmen and shepherds, L 52 to L7O; couples, Lls, LSI. up to LI 30; carpenters, 10s, 12s, and Lis; boys’and girls’, Cs to 15spar week; housa girls, L2G G» 1.10; hotel do, L„6 to L 5 2; cooks and neper hotel sev -ants, 2os to 60s per week.

THE SHARE MAR LET,

Mi Frederick H. I,vans reports K-r tlio week ending 10th inst. that thovo is no improvement to record either in value of stock or increase of business. Sales: National Insurance, 21s Cd : Standard Insurance, 13s 6d; Star of tho Ea.t, LG • Sahers, prices -Bank of New Zealand, Ll6; Rational Bank, L‘3 1R;; Colonial Bank, LI C; Gd; Fiji Bank, L2 1 i.-r; Now Zealand Insurance, L° 8sSouth British Insurance, L2 7s; National Insurance, LI 5s Gd; Standard Insurance, 13s 9,1Olngo and Southland Investment Company, LI 6s Gl ; Mosgicl Woollen Factory Company, L2 11s‘Daily Times’ and ‘Witi-xss’ Company, Lt9 • | Guardian’ Print,ing Company, L2 sj; Albion Brew’! mg Company, 7s; Fovbuvy Park Companv, L 35New Zealand Shipping Company, LI 8s; Star of the East, L 6 10 s ; Heart of Oak, L- ; Elizabeth, LI 15sLucknow, L2 17s Gd; Calodouian, 18s ; Am \v United. 8s ; Bhntover Gold Minins- Company,-Is Cd • Kauiori Lake, 18s. “ ’ Whitclaw and Co. Lave to report sales of shares during the week an follows National Insurance at 21s; South British, 443; Standard, ISs 3d; National Bank, 78s; Colonial, 25s Cd; Albion Brewing Company, 7s ; Greymoath Gcal Company, ss.

[Bt Telegraph,]

Welt,isoton, July B.—Mr O’Shea reports [produce prices as follows:—-Flour, Lll 10s to Ll2 10swheat. Is Id to 4s Cd; oats, 3s Gd to 3s 9d; maize, 6s 3d; bran, Is 3d to Is Id; pollard, L 8 per ion; potatoes. 90s to;100s ; cheese, lid; bacon aud hams, Is to

CiiniSTcnuncir, July B.—Quotationß, f.o.b. at Lyttelton Wheat, 4g ; oats, :3b 3d; barley, 5s Gd; flour, Ll-Jto Lll ss; cheese, ICd, Tho wheat and oat market is firm; inihers’ stocks .'of wheat and flour getting low’. Dairy produce coining forward slowdy.