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The Customs duties collected at Christohuroh on Thnrßday, February 3rd, were as follows : Spirits, .£153 19s 4d; tobacco, £39 14a 6d ; trine, £4l 4b 4d; beer, .£95 2a; angar, £33 16s Id ; to*, £2l 13s 2d ; goods by weight, £ls 17s 3d ; ad valorem, £62. Total, £493 6s Bd. The following statement shows the receipts of the Customs department, Chriatchurch, for the -month of February, 1880 and 1831 : 1880. 1881. £ad £ a d Spirits 4611 10 5 5050 3 1 Cigars and snuff 141 11 11 92 5 4 Tobacco 1836 14 0 2032 2 0 Wine 633 19 2 692 19 4 Beer 168 15 0 1000 10 0 Tea 36911 4 786 12 6 Coffee, Cocoa, Ac. 29 4 9 130 19 6 Sugar & Molasses 1056 13 8 1071 17 4 Goods by weight 403 14 6 1699 15 10 Ad valorem ... 2372 10 4 5199 12 9 Other duties ... 171 3 9 813 10 6 Total £11,795 18 10 418.579 8 2 For beer duty in February, 1881, there was collected the sum of £ll3l )4s 9d. ENGLISH GRAIN MARKET. Mbbbbs Roysk, Stead and Co. have received the following telegram from their brokers :—" London, 3rd February. Present price for New Zealand wheat at Mark lane, per quarter of 4961 b, ex granary, sacks extra, is 48s te 48s 6d for long berried, and 46s to 46a 6d for fair average quality; present value, ex ship, is 43a to 41s per 4801 b, sacks as whoat. Market stationary. New Zealand ordinary oats, 21a to to 22s 6d per 3361 b; and 28s 9d to 31s per 9841 b for extra fine oats, ex granary, sacks extra. New Zealand barley, 28a to 36s per quarter of 4001 b, sacks extra." SHARE MARKET. Sales : New Zealand Shipping, 90s, ex div.; South British Insurance, 55a; Canterbury Tramways Co., 10a discount. Permanent Investment and Loan Association, capital shares, 20s premium. Buyers : Union Bank of Australia, £6B cum div.; Bank of New Zealand, -E2l 10s; New Zealand Trust and Loan Co., JBIO 10s; New Zealand Shipping Co , ex div., 90s ; National Mortgage and Agency Co., 265; South British Insurance, 555; Colonial In. surance, 10a 6d; Union Insurance, 19s; Welcome Quartz Mining Co., 70s. Sellers: Wellington Gas Co.. £ls; Ashburton Gas Co., JB3; Standard Insurance, lis 9d; Accident Insurance, 3a, cum. div.; Colonial Bank, 43a Cd.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2168, 5 February 1881, Page 2
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393COMMERCIAL. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2168, 5 February 1881, Page 2
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