COMMERCIAL.
Messrs Miller and Craig report the following prices at Saturday’s sale: Hens Is 4d to 2s 4d, roosters Is 6d to 2s 6d, cockerels 8d to Is 6d, ducks Is 3d to 2s, pigeons 4d, butter 8d to Is ib, eggs Is 5d and Is 6d doz., new potatoes 13(1 lb., old potatoes 5s to 7s Gd sick, cucumbers 6s doz, cabbage 2s 3d to 3s doz, apricots lid and 2d lb, lettuce 3d bdle, onions 3d Ixl le, 1-id to 2d lb., kumeras lid, pears (cooking) 2s quarter-cases, cooking apples 2s quarter-cases. Messrs. Malcolm aud Co. report business as follows at their mart on Saturday:—Ducks from Is 7d to 2s, roostersAs to Is Bd, hens Is 3d to Is 3d, eggs Is 3d to Is sd, butter 9d and lOd, new potatoes l*d and potatoes 6s sack, kumeras lid, onions 2d, new onions 21d, iilums 3d lb, pears 4d. A new shipment of southern potatoes sold at the rate of £3 10s jier ton. There is a big demand still for all classes of fruits, table poultry, etc. Following was the revenue received at the Custom House last week: Customs duties £6BO 11s sd, beer duty £39 18s, light dues £ll 8s Sd, shipping fees £4 15s Gd, Harbor Board revenue £lls 2s 6d; total, £B5l 16s Id.
WESTPORT COAL CO.
Press Association. WESTPORT. Dec. 29. The Westport Coal Company’s output last week was 2505 tons 6 cwt.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2075, 30 December 1907, Page 2
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