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Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Customhouse ou goods cleared for consumption this day was L 425 Os Gd.

A very fair amount of business was transacted during the week just closed, and it isworthy of remark that advantage has been extensively taken of the facilities for communication opened up by the opening ofgtho Clutha line to forward goods by that route. In the absence of public sales no great changes can be quoted in the import market’, in ale and porter, Tennant’s beer may be purchasedat 1 Is.‘ld to 11s Gd; Blood’s stout, 11s Gd : Guinness's, 12s (id. Brandy is much more sought after than for some time past. Not only is Heunessy’s in demand, which has been sold dining the week at, ills Gd and 35b in parcels, but other brands partake of the improvemeut. Bulk remains at last quotations, Dried fruits arc firmly held. Currants realise sd. Elome raisins, "d to /Id. .Sultanas, which are scarce, 3d to lOd. Muscatels, Is. Dried figs m small boxes, 3‘,d. But, little is doing iu tea, as the trade arc only buying for the supply of immediate need iu anticipation of the new season’s imports, which are expected to arrive in October. Caudles are iu demand, and being iu short supply command lO.jd for full weights. Dairy produce is firm. For prime butter Is 4d is readily given. Cheese, 10' dto lid. Bacon and hams cannot he quoted as prices are merely nominal.

THE SHAKE MARKET.

Mr Hooper repot.s that during the week the amount of business done iu the share market has been almost nil, and the same may be said of house and land property. I'hcvo is a further decline in almost all stocks, as well as a serious falling away in the value of house and laud property. Rents have fallen at least ten per cent. The few stocks iu which business has been done are —National Insurance, at 24a Gd; Standard Insurance, lbs: South British, 4Gs fid; Colonial Bank, 2Gs Gd; National Bank, L 3 8s Gd.

THE LABOR MARKET,

Mrl Skene veneris that there is a gradual hut, decided improvement iu the demand for people in the labor market. Very few experienced out-door workers are unemployed. ’Wages ; Female servants, L3O to L 52 ; cooks, barmaids, and housekeepers, Lls to L 80; useful boys and girls, 5s to 10s per week; gi'ooms, gardeners, men cooks, barmen.Ac., 25s to GOs per wet ; plougumeu, L 55 to LGS; couples, 1.75 to LI GO.; masons, bricklayers, carpenters, 10s, 12s, 13s, and 14s, per day ; shepherds still quiet ; bushmeu by piece work ; storemen and clerks quieter than ever.

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Evening Star, Issue 3916, 11 September 1875, Page 3

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440

Commercial. Evening Star, Issue 3916, 11 September 1875, Page 3

Commercial. Evening Star, Issue 3916, 11 September 1875, Page 3

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