WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 16, 23 September 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT.

Provisions. £ s. d, £ s. d. Bread —Per 21b. loaf 0 0 7 .. 0 0 0 Beef-— Fresh, carcase per ft... 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Salt, per tierce 5 10 0 .. 6 0 0 Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 0 0 Butter —Irish, per ft. (none). Fresh 0 3 3 .. 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcase per ft 0 0 9 .. 0 0 11 Pork —Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 7 .. 0 0 8 Irish, per barrel 5 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Potatoes —-New Zealand, per ton 4 0 0‘.. 6 0 0 C%ee.se—Cheshire, (no stock).. 0 1 6 ... 0 0 0 Pine Apple 0 0 0 .. 0 1 2 Dutch 0 0 0 .. 0 1 0 Hams —Yorkshire, per ft. (none). Rice —Common,per cwt. (none). Good 1 7 0 .. 1 10 0 Tobacco, (in bond.) Tobacco —Negrohead, pet ft in bond 0 1 0 .. 0 0’ O Cigars —Manilla, per 1000.... 3 0 0 .. 4 0 0 Inferior 1 18 0 .. 2 0 0 Havannah, per ft 0 16 0 .. 1 . 0 0 Chinsurah, per 1000.. 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Alexandrian ........ 1 10 0 .. 0 00 Spirits (in bond.) Wine —Sherry, per pipe...... 28 0 0 ..40 0 0 Ditto, per dozen 1 4 0 .. 2 0 O Brandy— First quality, per galIon, in bond 0 5 0 .. 0 8 O Rum —1*. B. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 .. 0 5 O Gin —Pale, in bond 0 3 0 .. 0 4 6 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) Brown Stout—r 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 0 ... 1 8 0 Cows —Milch 20 0 0 ..30 0 O' Poultry —Fowls, per pair .... 0 8 0 .. 0 0 Ducks, ditto. 1 0 0 .. 0 0 O Geese, each ........ 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turkeys, each 1 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 0 .. 0 0 0 Coffee —Java, per ft. (well supplied) 0 1 0 .. 0 1 3 Candles —English wax, per ft.. 0 3 6 .. 0 0 0 Mould 0 1 2 .. 0 0 0. Dips 0 0 11 .. 0 0 0 Flour —1st quality, per ton of 2000fts. 30 0 0 .. 0 0 O 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). 13 0 0 ..18 0 0 Mustard —Per dozen 0 0 0 .. 0 18 0 Muskets —Walnut stocked .... 0 0 0. .. 0 15 0 Milk —Per pint 0 0 3 .. o 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 ..90 0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts 1 1 0 .. 0 0 0 Pitch —Stockholm, per barrel.. 000.. 1 15 0 Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 * feet 0 0 0 .. 1 1 0 Sugar —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Refined loaf, per ft. (scarce & in demand). 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Manilla, per cwt. (heavy stock) 1 5 0 .. 1 10 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) 26 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Starch —Per ft 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, V. D. L 1 10 0 .. 0. 0 0 Tar —Coal 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Stockholm 115,0... 0 0 0 Tea —Hyson skin, per chest .. 0 0 0 ..10 0 0 Congou 12 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turpentine —Per gallon 0 8 0 .. 0 0 0 Whalebone —Per ton 85 0 0 100 0 0 Boat .Hire —Per day, without hands .. .... .. 0 10 0 .. 1 0 0 With hands .... 1 10 0 .. 2 0 0 Wages —Mechanics, per week.. 2 0 0 .. 3 0 0 Labourers 1 10 0 .. 1 16 0

Rates of Freight. Valparaizo Sydney Nelson £ 2 2 2 s. 10 0 5 d. 0 0 o Taranaki 3 0 .0 Akaroa 3 o 0 Auckland, 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, British 0 »4 0 Ditto Foreign 0 5 0 Snuff, ” ” 1 Cigars, ” n j 0 2 0 Tobacco, manufactured 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured 0 0 9 Wines, 15 per cent. 1 With 10 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat, and other J* additional on grains, 5 per cent. J Invoice. Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts, 10. per cent. Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays. •