Single Men.—Good ploughmen and gene ral farm servants can obtain employment at from £ls to £2O. Single Women.—The demand for this class is still increasing. Eor general servants the wages arc from £2O to £35. Nurse-girls between 12 and 18 years of age could easily obtain employment at from £l7 to £2O, Ordinary cooks would be certain of getting employment at from £3O to (£35, whilst first rate cooks, for hotels and large families, would get higher rates with ease. Good industrious mechanics, such as foun dry hands, blacksmiths, turners- and fitters, are also in fair request at from 10s to lis a day. Mr. George D. Lockhart reports on live stock, station properties, wool, and farm produce for the month of May as follows : Christchurcb, Juno 1,1866. The transactions during tho past month have not displ yed tho samo amount of anxiety on the part of tho trudo, Westland dealers, and run holdors, to avail themselves of the lull in tho cattlo market evident during tho previous month, tho reason of which is entirely attributable to the fact of the markets on tho West Coast boing corn, pletoly overdono both with shoop and cattle; but I am fully couvincod that a month or six wcoki will be quite sulliciont to admit of tho markota there displaying their usual activity. Tho dealers at tho present moment are losing monoy, and such 19 tho character of tho Westland markets, that whenovor stock arrives there it is bound to be sold, no mattor at what saorifioo. I quoto the best quality beof at 60s por lOOlba cash; if on tormi, 63s j but ovon at these quotations, not so eagerly enquired after. I look upon it (hat tho markots are now at thoir lowest, and it is a well, known fact that tho consumption of animal food upon all goldliolds is much greater in wiutor than in summer. I yarded a considerable numbor ot beasts last month, but tho resorvos woro too high to bo routined. Storo cattle havo changed bands at fair vuluo. Shoop aro still enquired aftor, and pneos lirm, Our slicop market lias boon rohevod of somothing liko 70,000 head, mixed ngo9 anil sexes, which have passed into the provinces of Otngo and Southland. Fat Stuek-in fair domand. Tho supply of both sheep and cattle is moderate. 