Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4081, 25 March 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenue reaeived at the Customhouse on goods cleared for consumption this day was 1,02418s 7d.

The races may be said to have completely paralysed business, and consequently, so far as transactions are concerned, there may he considered there is nothing to report. By the Otago the first supply of new rice is to hand, and commands L 24. Among the arrivals during the week is the Indian Chief, from Mauritius, with a cargo of sugar consigned to Messrs J. Rattray and Co. Mr A. Mercer reports (retail prices only) for the week ending to-day.—Fresh butter in i and 11b prints Is 6d to Is 8d per lb; fresh butter in lumps, Is 4d to Is 5d powdered; and salt butter, Is 4d. Fresh butter is in good demand, and the quantity coming iu frrm the country has fallen off, and the market is no more than supplied, and prices lately have been advancing. Cheese of the best quality, Is to Is 2d; side and rolled bacon, Is to Is 2d; Colonial hums, Is 3d; English hams, Is 6d to Is Bd. Eggs have been very scarce lately and the demand (good at 2s Cd per dozen. **

THE SHARE MARKET. Mr Reid Mackenzie reports sales and closing prices for week ending 25th March, as follows: Sales—Fiji Banking Company, 42s 6d; Mosgiel W F.C., 57s fld and 58s 6d ; Caledonian Mine (Thames), 455; Wealth of Nations, West Coast, 115s. Closing prices—N.Z. Insurance, old issue, 80s to 81s, new issue 55s to 575; South British Insurance, 55s to 565; Standard Insurance, its 9d to 12s ; National Insurance, 25s to 25s 6d; Bank of New Zealand, old issue, 345s to 3505, new issue 340s to 341s r National Bank, 75s to 765, ex div.; Colonial Bank, 31s 6d to 33s ; Fiji Bank, 41s to 425; Otago and Southland Company, 24s to 24s 6ds Forbnry Park Company, L 24 to L 25 ; Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company, 57s to 60s; Albion Brewing and Malting Company, 6s to 6s 6d; Friendly Societies, 35s to 375; Walton Park Company, os to 4s; Hokitika Gas Company, 138s to 128s 6d (20 per cent. div. per annum) ; Energetic West Coast, 160s to 1655; Wealth of Nations, 110s; Mount Ida Pastoral Association, 210s to 211s. Money—lnterest upon freehold securities, 9 per cent. LABOR MARKET.

Mr Skene reports:—The week has almost entirely been devoted to amusement and horse-racing. Next week work of all sorts will return to the usual routine, when masters and servants who have been holding back will buckle on their harness for the winter campaign. Wages in the meantime are steady at the old rates.