Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3886, 7 August 1875, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Customhouse on goods cleared for consumption this day was LBO7 8s 3d. Business during the week has been good, being the commencement of the month. Many articles the market Is still quite bare of, particularly dried fruits. Two vessels have arrived during the week, viz., the Woodlark and the J. N. Fleming, both of which contain supplies of fruits, and also of other oilmen’s stores, much wanted. We quote currants, 4Jd to sd; eleme raisins, 7d to 7Jd : muscatels, Is; candles, lOd to 10Jd; kerosene, Devoe's, Is 6d; Diamond, Is 4d, in bond; Uennessy’s case brandy keeps very scarce, and commands from S4s to 355; Martell'p, 30s; Otard’s, 255. Tobaccoes ; No change. THE CHARE MARKET, # Mr Frederick H. Evans reports sales for the week ending 7th August ;—Colonial Bank, 26s 6d • National Bank, 70s ; New Zealand Insurance shares’ 475. Sellers’ prices—Bank of New Zealand, Ll7 15s; National, L 3 lie; Colonial, LI 7s ; Fiji, 1,2 13s; New Zealand Insurance, L2 8s ; South British, L2 8s 6d; National, LI 5s fid; Standard, 14s 6d; Otago and Southland Investment, LI 6s ; Mosgiei Factory, L2 10s; ‘Daily Times,’ L 52 10s; ‘ Guardian,* L2 ss; Albion Brewing, 7s; Forbnry Pork, L 3 5; New Zealand Shipping, Ll 2s 6d ; Star of the East, Lslos; Heart of Oak, Ll 10s; Elizabeth, Ll 12s 6d; Lucknow, L 3 10s; Caledonian, 15s; Arrow United, 7s; Shotover, 4s 6d; Kauiori Lake, 15s.

THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports that the inquiry for servants, &c., has been steady during the week, but out-door work is quiot. Wages are as under: —Day-labor pick and shovel, Ac., Bs, os, and IDs per day; fencing and clearing by the piece; ploughmen and shoppherds, from L 52 to L7O; couples, from L7O to LlOO; dairy and station hands, 15a and 30s per week; carpenters, Kfe, 12s, and 13s per day; blacksmiths, 40a to 60s per week and found ; masons and bricklayers, about 13s; bouse girls, 10s to 15s per week; Hotel do, L3sto L 52 per year; cooks, waiters, barmen, groems, and such, 20s to 60s per week ; boys and girls, 5s to 15s per week; store hands dull. [By Telegraph,] London, July 28.— New Zealand wheat is at 50s to 365. New Zealand hemp has sold at Ll7 to L 23.