WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 1, 2 August 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LASt .NTGH'i'.'

Provisions. £ s. d. £ s.d' Bread —Per 2fl>. loaf ........ 0 0 7 .. 0 0 Beef— Fresh, carcase per lb.:.. 0 0 9 .. 0 $ Salt, per tierce.. ; u ... 5 10 0 .. 6 0 . 0 Do. per barrel ...... 3 3 0 .. ,0 0 0 Butter —Irish, per lb. (none). Fresh 0 3 3 .. 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcase per*lb 0 0" 9 ., 0 0 11 Pork —Fresh, carcase per lb.... 0 0 5 .. 0 0 ' ; 7 Irish, per barrel 5 ? 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Potafoes—-NewZealand,per ton . 4 0 0 .. 6 0 0 Cheese —Cheshire, (no stock)/. 0 1 6 .. 0 0 O Pine Apple ■» 0 .0 0 .. 0 1 2 Dutch ......,..... 0 O 0 .. 0 1 O ifaww—Yorkshire, per lb. (none). Rice— Common, per cwt. (none). Good 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Tobacco, (in bond.) Tobacco —Negrohead, per lb in bond 0 1 0 .. 0 0 0 Cigars —Manilla, per 1000.. .. 3 0 0 .. 4 0 0 ' Inferior:'.. .v . v...... 1 18 0 .. 2 0 0 Havannah,' per lb.....' 0 16 0 .. 1 0 L Chinsurah, per 1000 .. 1 10 0 .. 0 0 Alexandrian ........... 1 10 0 ,. 0 0 w * Spirits (in bond.) Wine— Sherry, per pipe...... 28 0 0 .. 40 0 0 . ’ Ditto, per dozen ...... 1 4 0 .. 2 0 0 Brand?/—First quality, per galIon, in bond.. .... 0 5 ’0 .. 0 ,8 -0 . Rum —P. B. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 .. 0 Ho" Gin —Pale, in bond 0 3 0 .. 0 4 ft Cases, 4 gal. 4-5 in bond 1 2 0 .. 1 6 O Arrack —Per gal. in bond .... 0 1 6 .. 0 1 9 Ale —In bottle, per doz. (none). Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Broivn Stout —per hhd....... 0 0 0 .. G 0 0 Porter —Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. (in demand, none) Live Stock. Mares —Brood 50 O 0 .. 90 0 0 Working Bullocks —Per pair .. 40 0 0 .. GO 0 0 Hire of ditto —Per day, a team and driver .. 1 0. 0 .. 2 0 O Sheep —J2ach 1 3 0 .. 1 8 0 Cows —Milch 20 0 0 .. 30 0 0 Poultry —Fowls, per pair 0 8 0 .. 0 16 0 Ducks, ditto 1 0 0. .. 0 0 d Geese, each 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turkeys, each ...... 1 0 0 .. 0 0 ' O Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 .. 0 2 <>1 Ducks, do. do 0 5 0 . 0 0 Miscellaneous. L Eggs —Per dozen 0 4 0 .. o, i O v .\ Coffee —Java, per lb. (well supplied) 0 1 0 .. 0 i 3 Candles —English wax, per lb.. 0 3 6 .. 0 0 0 Mould & Dips (Our market has been bare of both descriptions for many months). Flour —1st quality, per ton of 2000ibs. (heavy stock) 22 0 0 . 28 0 0 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). 18 0 0 . 20 0 0 Mnstai'd —Per dozen 0 ~o--0Y ’ 0 Muskets —Walnut stocked .... 0 0 0 . 0 15 0 Milk —Per pint 0 0 3 . ’0 0 4 / Oil —Linseed, per gallon .... 0 *5 0 . 0 7 O ‘V, Black, in cask, per ton 16 0 ,0 .. 0 0 0 1 Sperm .. 750 0 . 0 0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts 1 I 0 . 0 6 o Pitch —Stockholm, per barrel.. 0 0 0 .. 1 15 O Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 . feet 0 0 0 .. 1 i O' Sugar■ —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Brown ditto, (heavy stock) 2 0 O .. 2 2 0 Refined loaf, per ib. * (scarce & in demand). 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0Manilla, per cwt 0 0 0 .. 3 0 0 Salt —Liverpool, per ton, (overstocked 3 0 0 .. 4 0 0 Soap —Hawes’ London, per ton 30 0 0 . 0 0 0 Liverpool (heavy of sale) 2ti 0 0 .. 0 0 '..O’. Starch —Per lb 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 • Scantling —Per 100 feet 0 0 0 .. 1 0 0 Shingles —Per 1000, N. Z„ .. 1 0 0 .. 1 7 0 Ditto, Y. D. L. .. .. 2 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Tar —Coal I 10 0 . 0 0 0 Stockholm I 15 0 ., 0 0 O A Tea —Hyson skin, per chest .. 0 0 0 .. 10 0 °a Congou 12 0 0 .. 0 0 0^ Turpentine —Per gallon 0 8 0 .. 0 0 0 Whalebone —Per ton ........ 85 0 0 .. 90 0 Boat Hire— Per day, without hands 0 10 0 .. i 0 0 Wages —Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 .. 3 0 0 Labourers ..- .1 10 0 .. 1 16 0 Rates of Freight. £ s. d. Valparaizo 2 10 0 Sydney 2 0 0 Nelson 3 0 0 Taranaki 3 0 QJI Akaroa 3 0 m Auckland, (no communication). m London 4 0 0 . Exchange on Sydney Bank Bills, .•v> • Thirty days after sight, 2 per cent, premnun . On London, nominal. Private, nominal. Duties. £ s. d. On Spirits, per gallon .. 0 5 0 Tobacco per lb. I Snuff, . " ” \ 0 Cigars, ” ”\J Tobacco, manufactured ........ 0 l 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured......... 0 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent.. 7 With !0 ppr cent,. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat, and other V additional 01* grains, 5 per cent. Invoice. Current Rate of Interest.. Bank Discounts,! 10. per cent. Discounting/d&W, Tuesdays and Frit lays