Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4206, 19 August 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount ot revenue received at the Custom. house on goods cleared for consumption this dav was 313 9s 2d

A_ fair amount of business has been transacted during the week. Several transactions have taken place in tea. Importers, with, a desire to close shipments, have been offering at slightly reduced prices. News received yesterday by telegraph of an advance in China will most likely have some effect in hardening paces again. Grey sugars are inquired for, and the stock of this class is found to be low. Best yelk»w<i are also scarce, and command L3B; greys are worth L 34 to L3i 10s. There is no change in spirits. The arrival of the Ada Wiswell from America brings a small supply of kerosene, but is not likely to affect prices. Oats are better, and s'les have been made at Is lOd. Butter has sustained a further decline, and may be quoted at Is Id.

THE LABOR MABKET,

Mr Skene reports that the labor market is still quiet. The season has scarely arrived for activity, and winter weather is not suited for pushing wirk. The building trade is far from idle. Farm and country people need never be at a loss for work. Couples of experience are in fair demand. Female servants trained to plain work are scarcer than evor. Storemen and clerta are foolish to come here. Boot machinists are scarce. Sawmill and bush work is slowly reviving. Wages—Couples, L 65 to L 80; ploughmen, L 52, L 55, and L6O; day labor, 78, Bs, and 9s ; grooms, gardeners, &c., 25a to 30s; house girls, 10s, 12s, to 20s; hotel do, 13s, 15s, 20s, and 308; dairy hands, 15s and 20s; storemen and clerks, 30s to 50s.

THE SHABE MABKET. Messrs Whitelaw and Co. report sales of shares during the past week as follows : Insurance: National, 25s and 25s 6J; New Zealand, 77a j Standard, 12s 9d. Banks: Colonial, 31s and 31s 6d; National, 71s; New Zealand, LlB. Other Companies : New Zealand Shij.ping, 765, ex div.; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, 89s cum. div.; Ota«?o and Southland Investment, 255; Walton Park Coal, 9s 6d. Buyeis: Insurances—Standard, 18s 6d; National, 255; New Zealand, 755; South British, 525. Banks—Colonial, 31s 6d ; National, 695. Other Companies: Walton Park, 9s; New Zealand Shipping, 755; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, 87s.