Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4252, 12 October 1876, Page 3

Commercial.

The amount of revenuo received at tlie Custom. USSISMIKw! Gd fM consum P this day JSifirST'W « nd r ? ivo Eivers estates, the property of the late Mr John Ellen, were submitted to auction by Maclean Brothers this afterZoubnt Sied? ' tU ° reServe Price wtbeSJ

Mr Hekry Driver (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.) reports for the week ending October 11,1876:Fat Cattle.—A fair supply of 120 head came forward for the weekly market. Nearly the whole o these were of from good to prime quality, and all sold at prices fully equal to last week's quotations We sold on behalf of Mr John of the Hhbur ton another draft from Messrs Studlolm, BrothS? paddock-70head in numbar-which averagedLL?6 aU over; also 20 head of prime cattle from the Mataura, on account of L. D. Nicol, which averaged P^ e8 / qU ?J t0 fu L ly3ss P er lOOlbs., which quoted as the market rate for prime qua.ity. We have also sold 36 head privately. * 1 finn t ™ P r A fu , U Bupp ? y of b °tweeu 1.500 and 1,600 came forward, consisting chiefly of eood quality cross-breds, which sold at rates about equal to last week's-my, 12s 6d to 14s for best cross-K -or equal to 2id to 2Jd per lb. We sold 300 at yards, and 300 privately. ai pSStoSS* W *° traaßacti ° n ß<>< any imStore Cattle.-Therei! now a very rood dpmaml for quiet, well-bred cattle for paddock gS g At Mosgiel we seld on the 10th 200 headfi-st-chl* ?i or^'? naccount of Me6s ™ Shanks aul Watt of theMataura. Bullocks nearly LSeac and cows from L 4 to Lsloa each. ' Wool.—By cabjeflram from our Loudon r>fti.>«» dated3othSeptember, 145,000ba101 have arrived or Mortised to commence districts Sheepskins.-We had a lar-e attendance of buyers at our auction sole this afternoon, who .■ompeted briskly, at slightly advanced rates. Best butE? bri t gi ng 5a 2 d, and merinos. £ 24" 28 9a 1 ' Wto 4S Cd; lner '» oß . &Id to Hides were improved in demand, and brought Is wl P . i2 e £ avan , c G, more particularly on Veon to 23a 9d; wet salted, 3Jd to 3i<l per lb. «Sr™"~!? e 80ldme^» la Q at L3Q per ton very little offering, good demand. ' Grain.—Wheat continues very fii m , & ud scarce at 5s fid to 5s 9d, medium quality wSd 2dt 8 o SW fe6Cl qUa «tuffiliSat4 Kttu *l~L '? cu ° lc ?>» v y • Ba.lcy • Thevo is a malting at 4a 0d; milling, 2s 9d; feed, 23 to 2s 3d.

CUSTOMS BEVENTJI2

*f OUSB . w «} 8 » Committee of Supply last night the Commissioner of Customs informed the committee that the amount of Cnsroms duties collected during September was 196,901, exclusive of the sum collected at the port of Mongonui the return from which had not heeu received; that the amount collected for the quarter ending 'Mik September, 1875, reached to L 312.471 4s Bd, and for the quarter ending the 30th September, 187(J, L 307.381 ■iTV to . l 2 h the aa »ouut collected at will have to be added. The collections dm-in- the tlrst quarter of the present fmaurial year equal tho average quarterly collections for the past two ?w B Vi. ? e 5 e , 18 m consequence cvtry prospect that the total revenue for lhe year will reach the amount estimated—say L 1.225,000 —< X z Timeß,' " '