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Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1223, 4 February 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The revenue collected at the Custom-house on Friday, February Ist, amounted to £2803 17s 7d. The items were:—Spirits, £437 10s; wine, £4 18a; ale (in glass), £1 3a 9d; tea, £l7l 10s; tobacco, £63 5b ; cigars, £32 10s; sngar, Us 2d ; ad valorem, £2083125: goods by weight, £7 7s 2d; other duties, £1 7s 6d. CUSTOMS RETURN FOR JANUARY. The following is a copy of the monthly list of Customs duties paid at this port for the past month :

LIVE STOCK MARKET. Messrs Clifford and Co., Cashel street, report on their usual weekly sale, February 2nd, as follows:—Cattle—Several good milch cows nud springers yarded; prices realised, £7 15s to £9 ss. Calves—A large number of young stock brought in selling readily at from 7s to 18s. Pigs—This market is still dull, with no change in prices from last week's quotations: small stores, 2s Cd to 6s 6d ; stores, medium, 8s to 15s; stores, 17s 6d to 20s. Higher prices are anticipated as soon as harvest is over. Poultry—A fair amount penned: fowls, per pair, 2s 6d to 3s 9d; ducks, 3s to 4s; t eese, 6s to 7s 6d; turkeys, none in market. Mr Bennetts held the indoor sale of furniture, prodnce, kc. Good attendance at all the sales throughout the day. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Mr J. L. Wilson reports of his weekly grain and produce sales on Saturday last as follows:—300 bushels good short oats, to be delivered at Christchurch, sold at 3s 4Jd ; 30 sucks old oats at Christchurch station, sold at 3s 5?.d ; 500 sacks old oats at Kaiapoi, withdrawn at 3s 4d; 300 bushels new oats, to be delivered next week at Christchurch station, sold at 3s 4d ; 350 bushels new wheat, withdrawn at 4s 4d; 560 bushels new pearl wheat, withdrawn at 4a 3d; 2750 bushels new Tuscan wheat, withdrawn at 4s 3d; 350 bushels purple straw Tuscan wheat, withdrawn at 4s 3d; 12 sacks old damaged wheat, 80ldat3s3id; 200 sacks new barky, no bids; 100 sacks old barley, withdrawn at 3s 7d: 10 sacks second-class rye-grass, no bids; 48 sacks secondclass rye-grass, withdrawn at 4s 8d; small parcel of -rye-grass, sold at ss; new flour, withdrawn, £l2 17s bUJO sacks old flour, withdrawn at £lO 10s • 127 sola seconds flour, no bids ; 5 kegs pastry butter, side ; rttper lb.; bacon, sold at 6d per lb. by the potatoes, b'eroken, sold at 2Jd per lb. by the bag ; *reely at 4s 3d, 4s, 3s 7d per cwt. The following the week ending 'i>e Corn Exchange report for have been effected at'Wry 2nd : Wheat.—Sales large parcel at considerably per bushel, and for a p essing requirements. Potii er the above rate, for effected for large parcels at 45s have been early delivery. "Hte per ton for COLONIAL MARKETS. MuLBOUKNK.—By the Tararua, we have Melbonx flies to January 23rd. The " Argus," of that date reports:— ' Jlreadstntfs nro eafier, both four and wheut ]h>uyp been sold ul Jon-r ratpji, XJj 9 jujjkeii;,

which previounl.v had a fairly firm tone, was completely unsettled by the auction sales this forenoon. Flour is quoted at £l2 15s, and althongh sales have also been made at, £l2 17s 6d, yet the first-named figure now appears to have bpeu accepted as the pi'ico of tho day. Wheat was disposed of publicly at a decline. Abom 100 bags were quitted at 5s 5d i and 5s 7d for medium to fine new, whilo 5s BJd was offered for a parcel of very fine old. Since then sales have been made privately at 5s 6d for new, but we know likewise that 5s 7d could have been got for considerable lines. The day's quotations may bo given at 5s 6d and 5s 7d. In addition to the ordinary trade domand, we understand that some large sales have of late been made for export, and with the decline in price now advised, a more extensivo business still is likely to be done in that direction. Oats are quoted at 4s lOd to 4s lid for fine samples, bnt the demand is not at all brisk. At auction, New Zealand fine feed sold at 4s lOd, and low to middling feeding were cleared off at 4s SJd to 4s 6d. Maize is quoted at Cs 3d. 1300 bags of New Zealand malting barley have been placed, on terms withheld. Tho public sale of sugar this forenoon created a good deal of interest, and attracted a large attendance. It was without question the boldest stroke of the season to offer two such large cargoes as those of the Messina and Sadie F. Caller at one and the same time. The result, however, speaks well for the judgment of the sellers, who secured an advance. 8190 bags and 4188 pockets, comprising nearly the entire quantity, were disposed of. "White crystals realised £35 15s to £36 10s; middling white, £35 ; brewing crystals, £33 10s to £34 10s ; fine yellow counters, £32 10s to £33 15s; middling yellows, £3l to £32 j soft medium counters, £29 10s to £3O ; low browns, £2B 10s to £29; and rations, £27 to £2B—prices which show an advgnce on last sale valuations of 10b to 15s on white, 10s to 15s advance on good grainy yellow, and 5s to 10s on middling grainy yellow. Soft yellow counters maintained last rates. The brewing had a good demand at fully up to last sale rates, and in some instances an advance of 10a was realised. On browns and rations

Spirits Spirits (N.Z. distillation). C’jgnrs and snuff ... Tobacco Wire Ale and beer (in bottles) . Ale and beer (in wood) Tea Coffee, cocoa, &o Coffee (roasted) Sugar Goods by weight ... Ad valorem Other duties not specific above £ s. d. . 5156 5 10 8 17 0 . Sit 18 10 . 1705 16 6 , S9G 2 8 . 402 7 6 50 0 0 . 1682 10 9 . 162 0 9 . 11 7 6 . 2290 3 4 . 1401 4 5 . 6699 10 0 d . Itffl 0 9 Total £21,218 11 10