COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Monday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1811, 14 February 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Monday.

liVnoou uKi'oiu 1 . 'Messrs R. M. ili.i:;iirox \ni> Co., 177, (,jueen-stieet, Auckland, lepoit :— Owni', r to the amv.il of the s.s. Done, it lias enabled us to complete somo of our standing oideis, and business 11.1-. Ivon active The new at rivals by the Doric >ue supouoi to tUe previous .irm.vls. Woinjn sonants ate still scarce. Tlio ciigasreincnts aio as follows : — Married couples, £"> to £^0 ; f.irin hands, 15s to 20s; nulkcis, 10> to 15-,; waiters and liotclmen, 2,iz, ; grooms and gardencr.s, 20i to jr>s, and found ; bakeiV assistants, 15s to .'5O->, and found ; cooks, 25s to 40-> ; stoi union, £2 ; clerks, 10-. l<i 50s ; labourers, l)-> to 8s per day ; bushhands, Gs to 7s per day ; cabinetmakers, 7s to 12s ; station hands, £10 to tT>2 ; boy-, at current wage-, ; \\ omen bei \ ants and cooks, 14s to 20s; genei.vl seivants, 8s to Us, housomauls, 8s to 12s ; nursegirls, 5s to 8s ; housokeepprs, £2i5 to t'")J ; ladies' comj)inions, 7s to 10-> |jer week. We li.no men bervantb Availing cinplojmont.

NEW /nVLVXI) I'KOntUi, M UUvhlS. We take the following from the N.ZL. and M. Company*, cncuLu, dated Chiistcliurch, January 31-.t : —

WOOL. Ciiristchurch. — Tha local sales li.ive attracted considerable attention, and fiom the fact that such largo catalogues* have been presented, it i» evident that the practice of lealiainpr in tins maiket is becoming mine popular, especially amount the smaller gioweis. The thiid senoi was held on Januaiy J)th and 10th, when about 4000 bales were catalogued, of which upuaids of 3000 found buyois. We bi ought foiwaid 2071 bales, and placed 15157. Atom special sale on January 30th we offcicd 1771 bales, of which 872 changed hands, but as several lai'ge lots aie being treated for, we e\pect this number will be largely increased. Prices weie on a par with those lecoided m our Report No. 20. The following meiiiio clips have been disposed of at the pi ices named: — Buccleuch, 1)0 bale-, at 10 jd : White Rock, 210 bales at lOd ; II & W(J, 03 bales at iHd; Mount Toilesse, ol bale-, at9d; BronK.sd.ile, 38 bales at OJd. Our next sale will bo held about Febiu.uy l!)th. AUCKLAND.—S ince last iep->it weekly sales have continued, and the kngost sile-, of the season have t ikon place. L ist month's prices weie inauil unetl at the lie ginning of this month, but tlieie is now a slight weakening in \alue>. We, quote, longwool (in giea-o) fiom o t 'd to (ij'd jiei II), and longwool (waslied) from Sd to B^fl pei lb.

Wiri'AT. Cfmisrcm'KCir.— The inclement weather of the past month has i)ro\entcd the msitniing of the ciops-, and tears aie enloi tamed of a repetition of last ye.ir's disaster, unices an early change sets in A violent hailstorm on 17th Jauuaiy did immense injiiiv to crops ovei which it passed, but happily the aiea alrcctcd is limited. — AVhevt: Owing to tlie lateness of the haivebt a good demand foi milling soits hi^ been expeiienced, and mimuinns sale 1 - have been effected at qnotitions. Timaku.— The weather ha-, lately been veiy unsettled, and, as a, lesult, it will delay the liponimj and bai vesting of thu crops. We di) not e\pect un,y of t!ie new wheat to be in the ni.uket undei ,i month fioin date. Should (me weather now vt in, howevei, thcio aie nidiuatioiis of ,i good yield, although the quantity of land imdui crop is not so l.ujjo ns List veai — -Wheat — All tlie pi line wheat has now been cle.ued ont of the distiiet, and nnlleis h.ive to tall back upon second quality. As the supply of this is not l.uge, pi ices aie liaidening. Inferior and fowl wheat is unfoituiiatelv in large supply, and quite unsaleable except at veiy low iak's. Wo li.ive clened our btores of all descriptions ,it fair vahies. o\m\ko. — Wlieit —Since oiu last lepoit the weather has continued bioken, lam and cold winds being fiequent. Weexpeiienced a very heavy hoiKtonn on the 17th nistuit, vhich did a little damage, but not o nitieli ah was feaied fioin its \ lolence. We cannot expect to have the new wheat in for at least six weeks 01 two month-. The tiop-, in some d'stnets have sulieiofl a good deal from blight and nist, but taken as ,i whole they are looking iem.uka.bly well The market is almost cleaied of ]inme .Mid medium milling wheat, loci and J)uncdiu millers have Ijjcii jmichasiuLf laigelv, and neaily all paicel-, fit for nulling have been picked up. Since last lepoit we 111 1 a \ o placed about 4030 sacks ot sucond-clas-, quality.

J'KO/J'N' MEU. A slight impiuvenient in the ITonio niaiket in loff.iid to both \,iluo and demand li.i» i ncoiu.med the hope that leinuneiatne l.ites in iv shmUy be signed f.u the he.i\ y supplies .illo.it and foiw.ud. It is, ho\\e\ei, cvidi'iit, th it ,i in.iteiial li-c in \>dm iuu4 lie o>-t il»li->lu<d bufoic «i pioht.iblo U.klo can bo conducted on piesent pi line co-^t and fr 'i^lit JJl.vmjix. — Wo lia\e had no clcaiancc.since our List icpoit, but tin 1 ship .M.ulboiough is fast filling up at I'oit Cii.dnii'is ; the sheep bi'inn supplied fiom one of the New Zealand and Austiahan Luul C'otupany's stations wlicio tlie^ ,ue slau^hti led, foiwaided by Mil to Poi t, .md fio/en on board ship. The 1 Hui nsido «mt .no aKo IMep.uiMg 1 a c.utv> r< 111 1 one of the --limiiioi^. CniUslciiLUCH. — Dining the niontli tlie Bntish Kin^' and Victoiy ha\e loidod .it Lyttelton 7,~>3 ( ) and o,XJI c.nc.isu-, mutton and Limb lespoctiwly. Tlie Aoiau<>i is now taking in ab ut 7,O'JO c.ncasoi and will *ail in a day oi two.

Wlllixi.iov — By the Victoiy the Wellington Mo.it l'Apoit Cmn]uny sln;>]>"d to London 3 IS") c,ucise> mutt m, and :> 1 jupccs of beof, and bv tlic Aoi.uiyi tln'V do^]).tU!u>d 4 ( 14 5 carca-sc^ of nuitt>>n, ami S j piece-> of beef.

Mix LU,\\l O\ Cnßisrcm.HCii. - Bnttoi — liopoi t-> on consignments to London l)a\o di>.ipp nnted expectation**, hut '•omn^ tli.it the e.uly --hipment? woie of mfVi ior (juality Ibeic mimot be viewed too tautiou'Oj. Tin- muKot 1-5 slightly fiimiii.— Clicosf. — A piolihc m<>\\ th of glass has l.irgeh liicieascd iiroducLion, and niakeis .uc ca-<tiiig about to imd a maiket for then laigi 1 stocks \\li'ch aie now npening. Pimm quality cmnm.indi id above our quotitions.

Aucia, \ni>.— Buttei.— Tin-* .uticle is blow of s,ilo, and nni'-t hp of fn^t-elis-, quality to iealise l!^,(l to 7<l. -Clieo>c. — Tins in now being foiw.uded fioiu thu W.vilcalo and Wciiukii f.ict'nie-, <uid is ot oxcellent quality. Foi the futmo, tins m.iikefc \\\\\ be independent of outride supply. The be-it value-, aslced ,ue ">UI to (id. hut owmy to the quantity now coinmy foiu.ud |>iice> must decline.