Commercial.
The amount of revenue received at the Customhouse on goods cleared for consumption this day was L1,17016s Bd.
Mr Henry Driver (on behalf of the K.Z.L. and M.A. Co.) reports for week ending August 30, 1876;-
, Fat Cattle,—l3o head were yarded at the sales to-day, chiefly of good to prime quality, including a splendid draft from Mr John Grigg's estate, Longbeach, Canterbury. The prices realised showed a slight advance on our late quotations, being for best pens of bullocks Ll2 to Ll6 5s each; do cows, LlO to LlB, or equal to 35s per lOOlbs. A few prime pens brought at the rate of 37s 6d. We sold 103 head at the yards on account of Messrs John Grigg, W. B. Thomson, Jas. Gall, and others, and have placed privately 50 head at above rates. Fat Sheep.—l,3oo were penned, and this number being only a short supply, there was a considerable advance on late prices, and an unusually active competition Oh the part of the trade to obtain their requirements. ’ We quote best cross-breds at from 14s 6d to 17s; medium do, 11s to 13s 6d, or equal to about 3d per lb. . Store Sheep.—At this season of the year but little is done m this class of stock.
Store Cattle.—No business of importance has been transacted.
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Evening Star, Issue 4215, 30 August 1876, Page 3
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218Commercial. Evening Star, Issue 4215, 30 August 1876, Page 3
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