Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4242, 30 September 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revet no received at iho Customhouse on poods cleared lor consumption this day was 560 16s 6d. For the end of the month a fair business has been done during the week, orders from the country have boon coming to hand more freely. The arrivals? duri»<» the week nave been the Jessie Eeadman and the Thomamna M' Lellan, wi hj general of seationaWe goods. He.'.ner-sy'e brandy hns been sold at 7s Od for bulk, and 31s for case. Favorite brartis of whiskey have been inquired for, and aaks have been m.uio at 6s 6d for Gunter's Campbelltown Glenory we quota atss7sd to 5s 9d. Fruits hnve also had attention. Currants wo quote al, 5d • sultanas, / Jd. Oat* have an upward tendency, and sales hare been made at 2s 2d

THE LABOE MABKET. «?[ r l? €X;o '<» the weel- ending 80th tost., UM the demand has again slackened, the 'ate arrivals by the Invercargill having more than satisfled present wants for men. October is bound to ho a very busy month, for both town and country work. The large numbers of good men who are daily leaving for the West Coast rushmti3fc scon affect the market ho::e. Female servants are very scarce. The building and town trades are more ac ive. Clerks and shopmen are very hard to place. The demand for couples for stations, &c, is not on yet. "Wages: Couples, L6sto L 7 5; ploughmen and shepherds L 52, L 55, L6O. and L 65; day labor, road, rail, and DU3h, 78, Bs, and 9s; female servants, 10s, 12s, Is-. and up to 30s; dairymen. 15s to 25s : shopmen and clerks, 30s to 60s; boys, 6s to 10s. THE SHABE MABKET. Messrs "Whitelaw and Co. report sales of shares during the v/eik as follows:—National Insurance, 2os 6d ; Colonial Banks, 31s 6d. Sollers—National Insurance, 25s 6.1; Standard, 12s 6-1; New Zealand, 80s; National Banks, 71s ; Colonial, 31s 6.1 • Greymouth Coal Company, 35s ; Hosgiol Woollen Factory, 9s 6d.