Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4105, 24 April 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount ’of revenue received at the Customhouse on goods cleared for consumption this day was 1 952 8s 6d.

STATISTICAL

The customs returns for the past quarter are published. The following is an abstract Spirits, 141,172 gills, L 84.703: New Zealand spirits, 7,540 gals, L 2,262; cigars and snuff, 16,5561b, L 4,139; tobacco, 235,9681b, L 29.496; shoepwJsh tobacco, 12,0801b5, Hsl; wine, 47,330ga15, L 946 6; ale and beer Sc c , in wood, 22,240 gallons, LI,112; tea 764,6001b, Lit),lls ■ coffee, cocoa, etc., 127,7601b5, LI ,597 j roasted coffee, 5761b, Ll2; sugar and molasses, 8,317,9201b, L 34.658 i opium, 6551b, L 655. Total revenue, L 317.743, as compared with L 320.523, for the corresponding quarter of 1875. Auckland contributed L 63.682; Wellington, L 36.930; Greymouth, 1/8,200; Hokitika, L 6,814; Lyttelton, L 44.531; Dunedin, 1/100,678; Wanganui, L 6,187. Auckland shows a decrease in the revenue of J/9,709; Wellington an increase of L 4.211; Lyttelton an i»(!rea§e of 1/3,728; Dunedin a decrease of LB6O.

TJj§ following is a return of the quantity and value of gold exported from the various Provinces of New Zealand for the quarter ended 31st March, 1876 Auckland, 13,8090za; Nelson, J7,1520z5; Westland, 13,7940z5; Otago, 38,5210z5. Total value, £330,521), The total value of the gold exported during the corresponding quarter of 1875 was L 391.177, showing a decrease in 1876 of L 60.654. The decrease at Auckland was 4,8100*8 j Nelson, 7,9760z5; Westland, 5,9750z5. Otago exports show aii increase of 4,0650z5, whilst Marlborough, which in the first quarter of 1875 exported 6910z5, contributes nothing so far this year. The total amount of gold entered for exportation from New Zealand to thq 31st March, 1876, has been 8,038,5710z5, the value of the same being L 31,315,309. ‘N. Z Thnss.*

LABOR MARKET.

Mr Skene reports that the labor market in most departments is quieter than usual at this season. Farmers have not commenced the winter work in earnest yet, and station wants are at the lowest point, while a limited few are sufficient for town wants. Couples are freely asked for. The principal inquiry now is for plain, sensible, female servants. "Wages—Couples, L6O to I*7oj ploughmen, L 65 to L6O; shepherds, L6O and L 65 j day labor, 8s and 9s; house girls, 10s to 15s per week; hotel do, 15s to 20s and 30s 5 carpenters, 11s, 12s. and 13s. Dairy and odd hands, 15a to 20s; boys and girls, Os to 10s; storemen and clerks, 36s to 60s. All the single women at the Invercargill Immigration Barracks, except two nursery maids, have found employment at wages ranging from IQs a week to LiO per annum. This, considering that tho immigrants have been in the place only four or five days, is a circumstance which reflects very favorably on the labor,abgorbing power of the district. On Thursday about twelve 0! the men found engagementa, as ploughmen and in other capacities, at rates of wages varying from 15s to Id per week.

THE {SHARE MARKET,

Mr Prpderick H. Evans reports for the week ending 22nd inet i-r Sales: National Insurance, 24s 6d, 24s Sdcum.div; Standard do, J2s3d; Colonial Bank, 81s. Sellers: Standard Insurance, Igs fld 5 National dp, 24s 9d ; New Zealand do, 555: Colonial Bank, Sis; National do, 755. Buyers: Otago and South, land Investment Co„ 245; Standard Insurance, 12s; Colonial Bank, 80s 6d : National do, 73s 6d : Mosgiel Woollen Factory 5-s. Mr J, Eeid Mackenzie reports sales and closing prices for week ending 22nd April as follows Sales: Colonial Bank, 31s 6d ; National Insurance, 24s 6d ; Standard Insurance, }2s 6d. Closing prices; N. Z. Insurance, old issue, 80s to 81s, pew issue 56s t»67«; South British Insurance, 58a to 54*; Standard

Insurance, 12* to Ills 8d; National Insurance, 24s 84 to 255; Bank of New Zealand, old issue, 350s to 3555, new issue 340s to 3415; National Bank, 75s to 76s j Colonial Bank, 31a 6d to 32a; Fiji Bank, 45s to 47s 6d; Otago and Southland Company, 24s to 24a 6d; Porbury Park Company, L 23 to L 24; Mosgiel Woollen Pactory Company, 57s to 60s; Albion Browing and Malting Company, 3a to 4s; Friendly Societies, 30s to 23s ; Walton Potk Company, 4s 9d tossj Hokitika Gas Company, 12,3s to 128s 6d (20 per cent. div. per anunm); Energetic West Coast, 160s to 1655; Wealth of Nations, 110s; Mount Ida Pastoral Association, 200s; Shipping Company, 76s to 775; Kaniori Race, 2s Cd to 3s, Money: Interest upon freehold securities, 9 per cent.