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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 883, 24 April 1877, Page 2

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* The* Customs revenue collected on Saturday amounted to £llO IBs 2d, us follows :—Spirits. £7<"> .'is 5d ; grindery, £ll ; leather, £ls 18s Pd: musical instruments, £7 life. Th"" 1 laud sold vesterday up to 1 o'clock realised £7311. ' ENGLISH C< t.M.MLiit'IAL. The New Zealand Loan and .Mercantile Agency circular says of wool:--Superior and better classe.yf wovl, especially fleece, liavc not suffered toe

same proportionate reduction as middle and more inferior descriptions. One notable instance is m the figures obtained at the February sales tor the wool of a place of great repute, and which have exceeded any price previously reached tor wool of Colonial growth. Preserved Meats—The weakness perceptible at the date of our previous reports has since become more pronounced, and there lias been a derided falling off in the demand, not only for Australian,but American descriptions, supplies of the hitler having been received on a lar«-0 scale. The decline on boiled mutton is fully ?,d°por lb., and beef is almost nominal. The demand for compressed corn heel', which has hitherto met with ready sale, has experienced a decline as al about Did per lb. It is dear, in comparison with fresh meat. Lirge quantities of frozen beef continue to lie imported from America, and are attracting a good deal.if public attention.