Commercial.
The amount of revenue received at the Customhouse on goods cleared for consumption this day was LB4B 7s 6d. * «w
THE SHARE MARKET.
Mr J. Eeid Mackenzie reports sales and closing prices for week ending 6th May as follows: Sales.- National Insurance, 24s 6d and 255, cum dividend; South British Insurance, 52s 6d and 535. Closing prices: Ne* Zealand Insurance, old issue, 80s to 81s, new issue 55s to 575; South British Insurance, 52s 6d to 535; Standard Insurance, 12s to 12s 6d; National Insurance, 24s 6d to 258; Bank of New Zealand, old issue, 350s to 3555, new issue 340s to 3415; National Bank, 75s to 765; Colonial Bank, 31s Cd to 325: Fiji Bank, 4 T s to 47s 6d; Otago and Southland Company, 25s to 265; Forbury Park Company, L2B to L 24; Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company, 57s to 60s; Albion Brewing and Malting Company, 5s to 6s; Frieudly Societies, 80s to 33s ; Walton Park Company, 4s 9d to ss; Hokitika Gas Company, 128s to 128s 6d (20 per cent. div. per annum) ; Energetic West Coast iOOs to 165s ; Wealth of Nations, 110 a ; Mount Ida Pastoral Association, 200s; Shipping Company, 76s to 775; Kanieri Eaee, 2s 6d to 3s. Money: Interest upon frephold securities, 9 per cent. Whitelaw and Co. report sales during the week of the following shares .—National Insurance, 24s 6dand 255; South British, 535: Standard Insurance 12s 3d ; Colonial Banks, 31s 6d; New Zealand Shipping Company, 76s 6d. Buyers: Colonial Bank, 31s; National Bank, 745; National Insurance, 2ts 6d cum div.; South British, 625; Standard Insurance, 12s; New Zealand Shipping Company, 75s • Walton Park Coal Company, ss; Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company, 40s,
LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports that there is a good demand for ploughmen and most kinds of country servants Town enquiries are limited. The building trade is healthy. Couples are in fair demand. Shopmen and clerks very slack. Female servan:s of experience far short of demand. Wnge=* : —Shepherds L6O ; couples, L 65 to L7O; ploughmen, L=>2, L 55 and LGO; day labor, 8s aud 9s; draymen and nocknbouts, 15s to 20s; useful boys and girls, 6s to 15s • house girls. 10s to 15s ; hotel do, 15s to 255; cooks, grooms, coachmen, &c, 25s to 60s; carpenters, lis 12s, and 13s; storemen and clerks, 36s to 60s per week j bakers for country, 40s and found.
BANK RETURNS.
The following general statement of tho liabilities and assets of the undermentioned Banks in the Colony of Now Zealand, for the quarter ended March 31,1876. is published in the * New Zealand Sffette of April 27:—Bank of New Zealand-Ha-ojlt}?"*. L 3 ' 90 " 1 . 18s 3d: assets, L 5,085,974 12s ,o' H nlou Bank of Australia—liabilities. L 1.172,470 I x£ ; „ a3 ; , ' t9 ' 1*1.665,860 10s 7d. Baukof Ne-v M«ft& Je ,*~ lin ]j Ili,les ' 1*703.57118s 11.1; assets, tSW« U ,m Bank . oI t Australasia-liabilities, L 336.908 13s lid j assets, L 867.490 Is Id. National 7S^«.?'io N o W Zei,,and (limited) - liabilities, L 758.764 123 2d; assets, L1.5-i5.P24 14s Bd. Colonial Baa. <« New Zea'aud-liabUities, L 583,422 Is 10d ; a35et5,L677,82516j1d, '
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Evening Star, Issue 4116, 6 May 1876, Page 3
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