WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 42, 23 December 1842, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

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

CORRECTED UP TO LAST NIGHT. Provisions.. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bread —Per 2th. loaf 0 0 G .. 0 u 0 Beef —Fresh, carcase per tb.. <. 0 0 7 .. 0 0 0 Salt, per tierce 5 10 0 .. 6 0 a Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 .0* a Butter —Irish, per lb 0 1 9 .. 0 0 0 Fresh 0 2 6 .. 0 0 0 Mutton —Carcase per lb 0 0 7 .. 0 0 9 Pork —Fresh, carcase per lb..., 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 lb. llice —Common,per cwt Good 1 10 0 .. 1 15 0 Tobacco (in bond.) Tobacco —Negrohead, per lb 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 0 Chinsurah, per 1000 .. 1 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Alexandrian 1 10 0 .. 0 o' 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 —1 J . 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 0 Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Broivn Stout —per hhd. (none) Porter —Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. 0 12 0 .. 0 0 0 Live Stock. Mares —Brood 50 0 0 .. 90 0 0 Working Bullocks —Per pair .. 30 0 0 .. 40 0 0 Hire of ditto —Per day, a team and driver .. 1 0 0 .. 2 0 0 Sheep —Each 0 18 0 .. 1 5 o' Cows —Mileh 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 .. •P 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 2 0 .. 0 2 G Coffee —Java, per lb. (well supplied) 0 1 0 .. 0 1 3 Candles —English wax, per lb.. 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 20001bs. (heavy stock) 15 0 0 .. 23 0 0 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 A 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 lb. 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 (heavyof sale) 22 0 0 . 0 0 0 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 1 0 .. 1 2 0 Ditto, V. D. L 1 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Tar —Coal 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 Stockholm (heavy) 1 15 0 . 0 0 0 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 0 Rates op Freight. £ s. d. Valparaizo 2 10 0 Sydney 2 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 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