WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 2, 5 August 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

' CORRECTED UP TO ►LAST NIGHT,

k Curr&nt Rate of Interest. J Bank Discounts, 10. per bent. 1 Discotinting days, Tuesdays r and Fridays. I

Provisions. f ■ ■ ’ • £ is. d. £ 8: d. Bread—Vet 21b. loaf ... 1.... 0 0 7' .. 0 0 0 Beef- —Fresh, carcase per lb:... 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Salt, per tierce.,. .... 5 10 0. ..6 0; 0 Do. per barrel ...... 3 3 0 ... 0 0 9 Blotter —Irish, per lb. (none). ’ Fresh ...... 0 3 3 .. 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcase per lb...,... 0 0 9 .. 0 0 ii Pork —Fresh, carcase per lb.... 0 0 5 .. 0 0 7 Irish, per barrel 5 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Potatoes —New Zealand, per ton 4 . 0 0 .. 6 0 0 Cheese —Cheshire, (no stock).. 0 1 6 .. 0 0 0 Pine Apple 0 0 0 .. 0 1 2 Dutch WO 0 0 .. 0 1 0 Hams —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 ;*o ■ 0 .. 4 0 0 Inferior....* 1 18 0 .. 2 0 0 Havannah, per lb 0 16 0 .. 1 0 0 Chinsurah, per" 1000.. 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Alexandrian .. . V.... 1 10 0 .. 0 Spirits (in bond;) *• Wine —Sherry, per pipe 28 0 0 ..40 0 0 Ditto, per dozen 1 4 0 .. 2 0 0 Brandy —First quality, per galIon, in bond...... 0 5 0 .. 0 8 0 Rum —P. B. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 .. 0 5 0 Gin —Pale, in bond 0 3 0 .. 0 4 6 Cases, 4 gal. 4-5 in' bond 1 2 0 .. 1 6 0 Arrack —Per gal. in bond .... 0 1 6 .. 0 1 9 Ale —In bottle, per doz. (none). Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout —per hhd 0 0 0 .. 6 0 0 Porter —Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. (in demand, none) Live Stock. Mares —Brood 50 0 0 ..90 0 0 Working Bullocks- —Per pair.. 40 0 0 ..60 0 0 Hire of ditto —Per day, a team and driver .. 1 0 0 .. 2 0 0 Sheep —Each 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 0 Geese, each 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turkeys, each I 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 .. 0 2 0 Ducks, do. do....... 0 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Miscellaneous.

Eggs —Per dozen 0 4 o .. 0 0 0 Coffee —Java, per lb. (well supplied). 0 1 o .. 0 1 3 Candles —English wax, per ft.. 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 • 2000fts. (heavy stock) 22 0 0 .. 28 0 0 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). 18 0 0 .. 20 0 0 Mustard —Per dozen 0 0 0 .. © 18 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 0 Black, in cask, per ton.... 16 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Sperm '. 75 0 0 .. . 0 0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts............ 1 1 0 ., . 0 0 0 Pitch —Stockholm, per barrel.. 0 0 0 ., . 1 15 0 Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 feet 0 0 0 ., . 1 1 0 Sugar —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Brown ditto, (heavy stock) 2 0 0 .. . 2 2 0 Refined loaf, per ft. (scarce & in demand). 0 0 9 ., . '0 0 0 Manilla, 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 o 0 . . o 0 0 Liverpool (heavy of sale) 26 0 0 .. , 0 0 0 Starch —Per ft . 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Scantling —Per 100 feet ; 0 0 0 .. l 0 0 Shingles —Per 1000, N. Z.. .. 1 0 0 .. l 7 0 Ditto, V. D. L 2 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Tar —Coal ! 1 10 o .. 0 0 0 Stockholm 1 15 0 .. 0 0 0 Tea —Hysdn skin, per chest .. 0 0 0 .. 10 0 o Congou 12 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turpentine —Per gallon 0 8 0 .. 0 0 0 Whalebone —Per ton 85 0 0 .. 90 o 0 Boat Hire —Per day, without hands 0 10 0 .. 1 0 d Wages —Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 .. 3 0 p Labourers ..; 1 10 0 .. 1 16 0 Rates of Freight. £ s. d. Valparaizo '2 10 0 Sydney 2 0 0 Nelson 2 5 0 Taranaki 3 0 0 Akaroa r 3 <8 0 Auckland, (no communication). *1 London ;.... 4 0 . 0 Exchange on Sydney, Bank Bills, Thirty days after sight, 2 per cent; premium. On London, nominal. Private, nominal. Duties. £ s d. On Spirits, per gallon 0 5 Q Tobacco per ft."] Snuff, ” ” y 0 2 0 Cigars, ” ” J Tobacco, manufactured 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured...... 0 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent. ") With 10 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour; Wheat, and other V additional on grains, 5 per cent. J Invoice.