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COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties oollaoted at Christchurch on Friday, February 18th, were as follows: —Spirits, .£l2B 2b 101; tobacco, .£132 9a £3 ; wine, -G9 4s; sugar, £sl Os lOd ; tea, £2O 12s 6d: goods by weight, £42 17a Id; ad valorem, £159. Total, £54316s 9d. Mxssoa H. Matson ako Co. held a sale of properties at their salerooms on Saturday last. The attendance was largo, but the biddings were idow. Several properties were offered, but not of a class that finds ready sale at the present time. Two sections at New Brighton, containing about one acre each, were sold for £lO, and several other sales are pending. One acre of land, with frontage on the Lincoln road, was •old for £350. SALE OP STUD SHEEP. Mbbbus J. T. Ford and Co. report on their Bale of Sonthdowns on account of Colonel Packe, held at their Repository last Saturday, as follows;—Lot 1, Tonng Lord Walsingham, by imported ram Lord Walsingham, out of an imported ewe 2gs; lot 2, ram, prooeny of imported stock,took first prize at Christchurch show, 1880, sgsj lot 3, ram, progeny of imported stock, 2gs ; lot 4, ram lamb, out of ewes from imported stock by first prize ram, 2Jgs; lot 5, do do do, 2gs; lot 6, do do da, 2J'B ; lot 7, ram lamb, out of a flock owe, by imported ram, 1g; lot 3, ewe, out of imported ewe, by Lord Walsingham (imported), Ig; lot 9, owe, do do do, Ig ; lot 10, ewe lamb, out of lot 8, by first prize ram, IJgs; lot 11, 6 ewes, out of imported stock, by imported ram Dnhe of Richmond, and other imported rams, ligs each; lot 12, 5 ewes, do do, ligs each; lot 13, 5 ewes, 4 4-tooth, 1 6-tooth, do do do, Sgs each ; lot 14. 4 ewes, 4 tooth, do do do, l|gs each; lot 15, 5 ewes, 2 tooth, do do do, 3iga each; lot 16. 5 ewes, 2-tooth, do do do, 3{gs each; lot 17, 4 ewes, 2tooth, do do do, 3iga, each; lot 18, 10 wethers, 2-tooth, do do do, 12a each ; lot 19, 12 ewes, mixed ages, bred by Mr John Deans, 19s each ; lot 20, 12 ewes, do do do, 18a each; lot 21, 12 ewes, do do do, £1 each ; lot 22, 11 ewes, do do do, 18s 6d each; hot 23, 16 owe lambs, out of above ewes by Lord Walsingham and Ist prize ram, 15s each; lot 94, 16 ewe lambs, do do do, 15a each ; lot 25, 15 wether lambs, do do do, 9a fid each ; lot 26, 15 wether lambs, do do do, 9s 6d each. These •beep were nil shorn on 16th November and three following days. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. Adckdand, February 19. Mr A. Saunders reports :—Buyers—Bank of Now Zealand, £32 10a; New Zealand Insuranoe, 69a; National, 27a 6d; Union, 19s; Colonial, Us; National Bank, 635; Colonial Bank, 43s ea; Loan and Mercantile Company, £5 5s ; Hush and Door Company, £5; Auckland Gas Company, £lO.