The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-14 00:00:00

SIDNEY.-JULY 8

The Share' Market is still buoyant, and some large
transactions have taken place in Commercial Bank
shares at £44 ns per share; Sydney Insurance shares,
at .W 1 tis to Gs 6d per share ; and New South Wales
Government Debentures, at from 95 to 98; and accrued
interest according to currency.
LIQUIDS : The market remains inanimate. A small lot
of Marten's brandy has been sold by auction, at 13s 5 1
per gallon ; and we have also heard of some private sales
for shipment to Melbourne, at 13s 9d per gallon. Beer in
bulk is about 3s less than last quotations. Bottled beer
and porter, 9s 6d to lOs per dozen.
DRAPERY : The market is still overstocked with
unseasonable goods, which are forced in the market at
auction, and for which low rates are obtained. We have
heard of a sale to-day of plain goods at 30 per cent
advance on invoice prices.
In GROCERIES trade has been more active during the
last few days, and although prices generally may be con-
sidered lower than they were at the eatly part of the last
month, there is still a fair margin for the importation of
suitable goods, and few articles, except pint pickles and
bottled fruits, that are not in steady demand. By the arri-
val of the April mail we notice a considerable falling off
in the exports to Sydney for the previous month, which is
stated in Stables 's Circular, to be £116,414 against
£215,545, for the month of February, showing a decrease
of £99,131. This, together with the fact of nearly all the
London ships being now in, and the prospect of a reaction
in the state of trade at Melbourne, must tend to improve
business, and thereby advance prices.
PROVISIONS : Hams are saleable at is 4d to Is 5d ;
North Wilts cheese at is 3d to Is 4d. Butter, notwith-
standing the very high prices at home, continues dull at
is 3d; stocks here are, however, very small, but reported
large in Melbourne.

CANDLES are much lower than they have been. Price's
No. l Belmont sperms.are selling at Is 6d; other brands,
less. Shipments here are by no means heavy, but to
Melbourne they have been large, which has induced
holders to give way. We cannot, however, expect a fur-
ther reduction, as the consumption is considerable, and
likely to be so for some time to come.

MELBOURNE LABOUR MARKET.

There is no abatement in the steady demand for
agricultural labourers and for road men. Female ser-
vants are offering more freely. The building trades are
still dull. _ _

The following are the city ruling prices for the week :
With rations—Married couples, without families, from
£75 to £B5 per annum ; do., with families, £55 to X 65
do. ; gardeners, £5O to £55 do. ; grooms, £4O to £5O Rio ;
stockkeepers, £f,o to .ilO do. ; shepherds, £35 to £4O
do. ; hutkeepers, 2..5 to £3O do. ; general farm servants,
el 5s per week : threshing and cleani g, Is per bushel ;
hay-cutting, 9s per ton; bullock drivers on the roads,
30s per week ; do. on stations, 25s do.; men cooks, £7O
to £9O per annum ; female do., £3O to £45 do. ; thorough
fecAle servants, £25 to 30 do.; housemaids, £2O to £25
do.; laundresses, £2B to .e3O do. ; nursemaids, £l5 to
•e2O do. The following are considered the standard
weekly rations :-12 lbs beef or mutton, 10 lbs flour, 2 lbs
sugar, and # lb tea.

Without rations: Compositors, is 4a per thousand;
do., by the week, 44 45.; pressmen, £4 4s to £4 lOs, do.
carpenters, 12s per day ; masons, 12s to 14s do ; plasterers
112 s to 14s do; bricklayers, 12s to 14s do ; blacksmiths,
Os to 14s do. ; quarrymen, lOs do. ; woodsplitters and
fencers, 5s to is per ton ; fencing by the rod, material to
split only, ds ; labourers on the roads, is to lOs per day;
wood, water, and tents found,

Seamen : There is a demand for able-bodied seamen,
with but few offering. The recent dulness in this market
has had the effect of drafting off to the gold fields many
of these who have hitherto found employment in the Bay
and at the wharves. For home or the East, £5 per month;
cooks and stewards, £5 lOs to £0; mates,
ifnor
coasters,
£8;
per month.