Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4051, 19 February 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

i The

amount of revenue received at the Cuatow house en'^bods'cleared for consumption this day was 1552 13« 7d. ■ -. *■ . i .

Throughout the week, general business' has been more than usually quiet, although during harvest demand is not commonly brisk. The rates of carriage are however* so ntoderate ag to'lead to the expectation that up-country storekeepers will take advantage ef them ,to .get into stooge. The only, transaction of importance ..Has been the r 'sale 'Of sugars ex Queen of the,/ South, from the Mauritius, at the rooms of Messrs Hepburn, and Co. The attendance was good and over 7,300 mats were placed. Xheflneat whites werfe not sold, but food white crystals realised LS4; good greys, L"2 o L33| bestyellowd;Lo2. There have been very few transactions in the, general market and prices may be considered unchanged; Messrs Maclean .Brothers have the Dome •Station, 7,301 acres freehold, 23,591 acres leasehold, and 22)000 sheep,forXi2fli,sflO,to Messrs liarnach and Driver, of this City, proprietors of the adjoining runs. ... THE BHAEE MAEKET. • ' Whitelawand Co. report the following sales of shares during the week . Insurance, 24a 6>t ; Standard, 11s 6d; South British, 51s-; Colonial Bank,26s; National, 7456 d; Porbury Park Com/ panyt LSO, including new issue i Walton Park. Goal Company, 3s. Buydrs: South British; Insurance, 53s 6d; Standard, lls;. National Insurance, 245; National Bank. 74s j, Colonial Bank, 255: ■ Forbnry o a Ia Company,X4B; Walton Park Coal Company, 2s fid; Albion Brejving Company, ss. o. M^\ H 9, oper re P° rts sales of National Insurance, 24b ®dj Standard Insurance, lls 6d; Gol&ial Bank, tt S deadly; Societies* Hall,[3ss; Temperance Hall, 15s, . , ~ THE LABOE MAEKET. Mr Skene reports that the demand for harvesting isabout satisfied,, and Dunedin lis pretty well cleoredpf men looking for work. Couples are too plentiful. Carpenters and inasbnß arb’fairly eiir-i ployed. Bushmen and sawmillers are quiet. Storemenaud clerksare occaaionally;aßked for- There is a . dearth of Jennie servants. Shepherds still quiet. Wages .- _ Couples, L 65 to LBO ; ploughmen and shepherds; DoS to L7O; harvesters, S6S to-42fe;' and more for stackers; house'girls, 10s to 15s : hotel do. l*s, 15a, 20s, and 30s ; boys’ and girls. 6s to 10a per week ; carpenters, 12a and Via j day laborers, brisk, bead, &c., Bsand 9s j cooks, 255t0505; stonebreakere! * week yard ‘ ' Storemen and clerks, 30s to 60s, per reference 'to the Corona’simnrigrunts forwarded to Oamaru, tho-‘N. 0. that there was much disappointment at the non-arrival of many #: those expected, as all ,wo-uld have found ready engagement. Only nineteen' souls were re-1 ceived—equal to fourteen statute adults, and of ! these four married men were forwarded to harvest wprk, being engaged at L2 5 3 per week and found • two single men have been engaged at X2 10s tier week; one carpenter at 12s per day; and one-agri-cultural laborer (twelve months’ engagement), at Ls7per annum. , ~,