COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1201, 21 February 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

; . THE LABOR MARKET. Mr. Henry Macintosh reports for tlie week ending 21 st February, as follows Btisfuesa during the week has not been so brisk, the moot of the fanners being supplied with hands and harvesting being m full swing. The farmers have been crowded out with men in tfaia district, and numbers are now depending on mill work to make a cheiiue, and, as we expect » number of mills to atsifc doling next week, we hope to see those who have missed the harvest get the * fSsfc chance. Female servants arts plentiful ■-nail' in fair demand, the supply having a - taadenoy to lower the wages, except in special eases.. The different branches of * triwle ; h'ave improved during the month, and the- hands ut now in foil wovk. The Banks have; become more liberal, in fact the 4th of the month does* not seem to be sneh a bugSK&r'jfe" Hchstofare: DUNEDIN. [BY TELEGRAPH. 1 ' Febrnary 20. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d; fowls' do, 3a 3d to 3s. 7d ; oats, Is 6d to Is lOd ; barley," "ssj to 5a Cd : feed, 3s to 3s Gd ; ■pirtatces, L 3 10a to L 4 (old), according to quality; new ronnd do, L 3: old hay, L 4 ; -• - o4t<ra-h*y, L 3 sa; chaff, L 3 10s; straw, L2; bran, L 4; pollard, L 5; Hoar, large saaka, LU.t» LI I 10a; oatmeal, Lll as; barley, L2G j onions, J>s ' new cheese, 5 d to 6d ; bacon, rolled, 10*1; hams, lid: , prime.fat beef, 223 to 245; mutton, l.^d j -AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. , . • ~ .. fcr CABLE.] ' . Stdn'EV, Febrnary 20. ' ' ri "TteniiessyV brandy, case, 33s to 37a; "tftftirterjr. lls Cd to 12s; kerosene, diamond, Is 2d ; - Devoe's Is 4<l to Is o£d ; Patna rice, L 29 to L2I ; New Zealand wheat, 43 ; New '.•ettZeaMad oats, 2s €d; New Sonth Wales •• maize, 2s 3d to 2s; kkl: Ravens twist to- - Hbaeco-,-1» ml; Sngar Company's No. 1 pieces, : £4O i. D. R.J.S. candles, .7d to Sid. Adexau>e. Febrnary 20. Whedt is firm at 4s 3d; flonr, LlO 15s to LH. ■ , THE LONDON MARKETS, fnv CARLE-] WEU.wvroN", Febrnary 20. | 5 Tfe Noir Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Xlontpany report V' - London, Febrnary IS. , wool .sales opened on the'lTth at an advance of Id to Isd on last sales !■ Ojv to date 199,000 ba"e3 have ~.4 *cri*eA;,-22,090 boles have been sent to the . ;, jmanofactwrißg.districts direct. The open- ™' * ing (Sifalogues contained SOCIO bale 3. Comj>etition both from home and foreign buyers •was, active. Superior greasy has advanced lit to lid ; combing, washed, Id; cros3-bred ' combing, 2d ; iambs, market unchanged. Leather (Basils) market easier.