WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 85, 23 May 1843, Page 4

WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

CORRECTED UP TO LAST. NIGHT.

Current Rate of Interest. Bank Discounts,' 10 per cent. ; Discounting days, Tuesdays and Fridays. t .j. '

f, Provisions; f . ■ . ■ - £ s. d. £ s. d* Bread —Per 21b. loaf :< ■. 0 0 '6 .. 0 u 0 Beef- —Fresh, carcase per lb.... 0 0 9 .. 0 0 0 Salt, per tierce.; .... 6 0 0 .. 6 10 0 Do. per barrel 3 3 0 .. 0 0 0 Butter —Irish, per ft 0 1 4 .. 0 1 6 Fresh 6 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 0 Irish,'per barrel 5 10 0 .. 6 a 0 Potatoes —New Zealand, per ton 2 10 0 .. 5 0 0 Cheese —•Cheshire, (no stock):. • 0 1 6 .. 0 2 0 Pine Apple ........ 0 0 o .. 0 i 0 Dutch 0 0 0 .. 0 l 0 Hams —Yorkshire, per ft 0 0 9 . 0 l 0 Bice —Common,percwt......,. 0 10 0 . 0 14 0 Good 1 5 0 .. 1 15 0 Tobacco (in bond.) Tobacco —Negrohead, per ft in bond 0 1 0 .. 0 1 4 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 o:.. 0 0 0 Spirits. Wine —Sherry, per pipe.. .... 28 0 o .. 40 0 0 Ditto, per dozen 1 4 o .. 2 0 0 Brandy —First quality, per galIon, in bond 0 7 0 .. 0 8 0 Bum —1'. 11. P., per gal. in bond 0 4 0 . 0 5 0 Gin —Pale, in bond ........ 0 4 0 . 0 ■5 0 Cases, 4 gal. 4-5 in bond 1 2 0 . 2 0 0 Arrack —Per gal. in bond .... 0 1 6 . 0 1 9 Ale —In bottle, per doz. 0 12 0 . 0 14 0 Alsop’s, per hhd. (none). Brown Stout —per hhd. (none) Porter —Dunbar, in bottle, per doz. 0 12 0 . 0 14 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 0 Cows —Milch 15 0 0 . .25 0 0 Poultry —Fowls, per pair .... 0 8 0 . 0 16 0 Ducks, ditto 0 0 0 . 0 10 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 0 0 . . 0 3 0 Miscellaneous. Eggs —Per dozen. 0 0 0 . . 0 3 0 Coffee —Java, per ft. (well supplied) 0 0 6 . 0 1 0 'Candles —English wax, per ft.. 0 3 6 . 0 0 0 Mould 0 0 10 . 0 1 0 Dips 0 0 0 . 0 0 10 Flour —1st quality, per ton of 2000fts 18 0 0 . .22 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 • Oil —Linseed, per gallon .... 0 6 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 0 16 0 . . <0 0 0 Pitch—^Stockholm , (heavy stock) 0 .0 0 . .1 10 0 Plank —Port Nicholson per 100 feet 0 12 .0 . 0 14 0 Sugat —rMauritius, per cwt. (none). Refined loaf, per lb. 0 0 •8 . 0 0 10 Manilla, per cwt. (heavy stock) .1 .0 .0 . 1 5 0 Salt —Liverpool, per ton, (overstocked 5 0 *0 . 6 0 0 Soap —Hawes' London, per ton 30 0 .0 . 0 0 0 Liverpool (heavy of sale) 20 0 0 . .25 0 0 Starch —Per ft 0 0 .9 . 0 0 0 Scantling —Per 100 feet 0 0 0 . 0 14 0 Shingles —-Per 1000, N. Z.. .. 0 8 0 . 0 12 0 Ditto, V. D. L 0 10 ,6 . 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. 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 Auckland, 6 0 o 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, " " { o 2 0 Cigars, " " J Tobacco, manufactured 0 1 0 Tobacco, unmanufactured 0 0, 9 Wines, 15 per cent. j With J 0 per cent. Tea, Sugar, Flour, Wheat and other V additional on grains, 5 per cent.. •Invoice.