Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3933, 2 October 1875, Page 3

Commercial.

Tlic amount of revenue received at the Customhouse on goers cleared for conGami-tiou this din was f.7i‘) 10s 7d, Tiashiess din in,.,'tlie week has not lieen inarkel by any grout improvement. Two Homo ships Lure nrrivp-l- the Invercargill from Olasgow, with inuui. grunts, and the Jessie Ifeadm.m from London, with a, general cargo, A rale of oilmen's s'ores null surplus ship ► fores was held at (he rooms of JMrssrs iirLamlvcfs, Hepburn, ami Co., on Thursday. u( ■' hich (i i.-re was a full attendance of ihe tiiole, mill fair competition, most articles fotchi l g nmrket. prices. ffounessey’s ease brandy is in better supply, und the price a shade easier. Caudles are in demand nud lirm at .U'M for Bran■■lon’s and UeKoithaix'e, and 10.'. 1 for IVice’a Belmonts. Currants wo rpiote at -IJil to i»< 1 j eleuics. 7d: sultanas, ild. 'the Jessica, fivru Mow York, has bupidj-.-d (he market with kerosene; parcel.* landing have been sold at Is Gd. Butter is scarce : priuie samplea Cornwall<l In 4d, Cheese, hums, and bacon unchanged,

THU SHARE MARKET. Mr Frederick H. Evans reports sales of Coloni,.l Bank shares at 255 ; National Insurance 22s 6,1 ; South Biuish, 495. Rollers’ pi i.-cs—Nariorr U Bank. L 3 12s : Colonial, LI 5a 121; Fiji. L2 12s. New Zealand Insurance, L2 Cs; Soul li British, L2 iv-r; Niitioual, LI Ss ; Standard. 15s Oil; Otago and Southland Investment Co.', LI 6s ; Mosuid IV,day, 1.2 Cs: Gv.ftrdimi Printing Co., T.T 15s ; A’Voi; Brewing Co., I2s6d; IVrlmr.v Park, LI. 1 ; New Zealand Shipping Co., LI; Star of iho East, Lt Is: Lucknow, 1.3: Kanieri Lake, 15s; Teini'crnnr;? lla l ' Co., ids; Friendly Societies’ Hull, itr. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports that the demand is still very limited for ordinary town henrtinnl tradesmen, and there is room for very great irnv-rov.v-meru. V. r c rjt now justified in looking for hotter things, October, usually a busy mouth, bcin•» on us. Farms and stations take all good hands that arc to be -rot, and offer excellent terms. Experienced fern ah* servants arc much needed. Wage-*—Hon ;e girls, L2d to L3>’,: hotel girls, L 36 to L 52 : town and dairy huls. 10s to 20s per week; ploughmen and shepherds. 1,52 t. L7O: couples, L 75 to I.P; cooks, waiters. itre., to 403 per week ; day laborers, fs, 9s. and Ids : boys and girls. Cc to 10s per week; eountry baker;;, 4'V per week and found; country covponters, l>>s and. 12s per day ; shopmen cud decks still tiuid...