WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 40, 16 December 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

Wines, 15 per cent. "J With 10 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat and other > additional on, grains, 5 per cent. J Invoice. Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts, 10 per cent. Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT. Provisions. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bread —Per 2ft. loaf 0 0 6 . . 0 0 O 'Beef- —Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 7 . . 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 0 1 9 . . 0 0 0 Fresh 0 2 6 . . 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcase per ft 0 0 7 . .*0 0 9 Pork —Fresh, carcase per ft.... 0 0 4 . 0 0 6 Irish, per barrel 4 10 0 . . 5 10 0 Potatoes —New Zealand,per ton 8 0 0 . . 0 0 0 Cheese —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. Rice —Common,per cwt Good 1 10 0 . . 1 15 0 Tobacco (in bond.) Tobacco —Negroliead, per ft in bond 0 0 10 . 0 1 0 Cigars —Manilla, per 1000.. .. 3 0 0 . 4 0 0 Inferior 1 18 0 . 2 0 0 Havannah, per 1000 .. 4 0 0 . 0 0 9 Chinsurah, per 1000 .. 1 10 0 . 0 0 0 Alexandrian 1 10 0 . 0 0 a 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 .... (none) 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. 0 12 0 . . 0 0 9 Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout —per hhd. (none) Portei —Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. 0 12 0 . . 0 0 9 Live Stock. Mares —Brood 50 0 0 .90 0 9 Working Bullocks —Per pair.. 30 0 0 .40 0 0 Hire of ditto —Per day, a team and driver .. 1 0 0 . 2 0 0Sheep —Each 0 18 0 . . 0 25 0 Coivs —Milch 15 0 0 .25 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 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 Pigeons, (wild,) per pair 0 0 0 . . 0 2 0 Ducks, do. do 0 5 0 . 0 0 a Miscellaneous. Eggs —Per dozen 0 2 0 . 0 2 6 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. (heavy stock) 15 0 0 .23 0 9 2nd ditto, (unsaleable). Mustard —Per dozen .. .' 0 0 0 . 0 18 0 Muskets —Walnut stocked .... 0 0 0 . 0 15 0 Milk —Per pint . .. .. 0 0 2 • 0 0 3 Oil —Linseed, per gallon (none) Black, in cask, per ton 16 0 0 . 0 0 0 Sperm 75 0 0 .90 0 0 Pickles —Assorted, per doz., quarts 0 16 0 . 0 0 0 Pitch —Stockholm,(heavy stock) 0 0 0 . 1 15 0 Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 feet 0 0 0 . 1 1 0 Sugar —Mauritius, per cwt. (none). Refined loaf, per ft. 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) 22 0 0 .. 0 0 9 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 1 0 .. 1 2 0 Ditto, V. D. L 1 5 0 .. 0 0 9 Tar —Coal 1 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Stockholm (heavy) 1 15 0 .. 0 0 9 Tea —Hyson skin, per chest .. 9 0 0 ..10 0 0 Congou 10 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Turpentine —Per gallon 0 8 0 .. 0 0 0 Whalebone —Per ton (scarce).. 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 8 0 .. 1 10 9 Rates op Freight. £ s. d. 2 10 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 9 3 0 0 Auckland, 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 . 0 2 0 Cigars, ” ”j Tobacco, manufactured . 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured , 0 0 9