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The following revenue was collected last week at (the Custom-house: Customs duties £4OB 12s 4d, beer duty £29 3s, light dues £lO 15 Bd, shipping fees £2 8s 9d. Harbor Board revenue £67 4s 3d; total £6l B 14s. Messrs Miller ami Craig report the following prices at Saturday's sale: Chickens 6 r d to Is £>d, hens is lid to 2s 6d, turkey and 7 young 10s, clucks 2s to 2s 3d. rooters Is 6d to 2s 7(1, ducklings lid to ls r Id, eggs Is doz . 'butter 9d to Is lb, J hew potatoes ltd to 2d per lb, gooseberries ljd to 2d, apricots 5d lb, Island .kumeras Ijd lb., potatoes 10s sack, nnaize (seconds) 10s sack, lettuce Is 3d doz., cauliflowers Is each, onions Id to 2d lb., carrots .ljd bdl, tomato plants 3d, cabbage 2s 6d doz. The entry-fat the Lowe street Horse Bazaaar on Saturday was again confined to hacks, but there was a better demand than last week. A firstclass harness horse and- .hack was sold for £22 10s. (Jnited Press Association—Copyright! LONDON, December 6. At the wool' sales there was spirited competition for merino, which formed the bulk of the operations.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2058, 9 December 1907, Page 2
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