Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4057, 26 February 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue received at the Custom* house on goods cleared for consumption this day ms 111,03414 a Bd. The dnlness we reported in the general marke; last week has continued throughout that jus ; closed. No business transactions calculated to give tone to prices have taken place, and quotations consequently remain unaltered. THE SHARE MARKET. Whitelaw and Co. report the following sales of shares during the week :—Colonial Bank, 265; National, 74s ; South British Insurance, Sss ; Standard, 11s 2d; Nat’onal, 24s 3d, 21s 6J, and 255; Walton Park Coal Company, 3s. Buyers: Colonial Bank, 255; National Bank, 745; New Zealand Bank, new issue, 116 15s; South British Insurance, 64s 6d; Standard, 10s 6d; National, 34s 9d; Walton Park Coal Company, 2s 9d; Friendly Societies Hall Company, 30s. • Messrs E. Seward and' Co. report sales for past week as follows:—National Insurance, 255, 25s 6d; Standard do, 10s 6d, lls; Colonial Bank, 255, 265; National do, 73s 6d. Mr Frederick H.' Evans reports for thaweek ending 26th inst.Sales: National Insurance (10s paid up), 24s 6d to 255; Standard Insurance (Us f paid up), lls 3d; New Zealand Insurance, (70s paid up), 62s 6d; Colonial Bunk, 26s (35s paid up) j Walton Park Coal (10s paid up), 2a 9d. Closing prices; National Insurance, 25s 6d; Standard, lls; New Zealand 635; South British, 54s Colonial Bank, 26s ; National, 74s 6dl THE LABOR MARKET.

Mr Skene reports that the labor market is quiet again, fanners being about satisfied. Experienced farm servants are always welcome, but couples are too plentiful. The building trade is active. Shepherds quiet. Female servants short ini quantity and quality. Shopmen and clerks difficult to he Couples, L6sto L 80; harvesters, 365, 425, 50s, and 60s; ploughmen and shepherds, S, 01 ? U7ft; cooks, housekeepers, barmaids, 20s to 30s per week: mon-cooks, 25s to 60s per week; day labor, 8s and 9s; bullock-drivers and Bushmen, 8s and 9s per day; carpenters, lls, 12s, and 13s per day, and odd hands, from 15s to 25s j boys and girls, 6s to 15s per week. Storemen and clerks, from 80s to 60s per week; grooms, 25s to 455.