COMMERCIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2257, 27 June 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties collected at Christchurch on Friday, June 24th, were as followß : Spirits, £323 15s Id ; tea, £52 I3s 8d ; goods by weight, £7 12s 5d ; ad valorem, ,£l3 6b. Total, £399 7s 2d. Mr Charles Clark reports an increased inquiry for most descriptions of property. Hia private sales during the past week were :—Two Bmalllota on the Abberiey road sold for £150; ten sections of various sizes, situate in the suburb of Bryndwr, sold to six different purchasers, at an average of about £75 per acre; also, 26 acres of land at Leeaton for £7OO, no improvements. SALE OF LANDED PROPERTIES. A land sale of a very interesting character was effected by Messrs H. Matson and Co., at their rooms in Cashel street, on Saturday last. The chief interest centred in the valuable properties belonging to the estate of the late John Christie Aitken, nearly the whole of which were situated in thelbuaiest parts of the city of Christchurch. A very crowded audience attended, amongst which were to bo seen many of our chief financiers, bankers, merchants, speculators, and others, and the greatest curiosity was shown as to the probable results. Many small betß wero made as to the prices about to be realised. The sale commenced at two o'clock, and in spite of the gloomy weather prevailing outside, there was certainly no depression inside, for a more lively, spirited sale has seldom been witnessed, and the reaalt must have greatly exceeded the moat sanguine expectations of those interested. The following givea the full details of the sale : Estate of John Christie Aitken. —Tuam street, part of town section—. 3lift frontago, sold at £3O 53 per foot, occupied by Mr Jowott, total £998 5b ; Tuam street, part of town section 1018, 33ft frontage, 155 ft depth, sold at £3O per foot, occupied by Mr Atkinson, total £990; Colombo street, part town sections 1010 andlOll, corner of Lichfield street, 47ft frontago, 80ft depth, sold nt £73per foot, occupied by Mr Ravenhill .total £;? 131; Lichfield street, part town 3ection 1013 and 1015, 49ft lOin frontago, 155 ft depth, sold at £ U per foot, occupied by MrE. H. Banks, total £2013 ; Lichfield street, part of town section 1013, 32ft frontage, 155 ft depth, Bold at £l2 per foot, occupied by Mr Aulsebrook, total £1314; Lichfield street, part of town section 1011, 40ft frontage, 82ft depth, Bold at £36 per foot, occupied by Mr Bridges, total £l4lOl Colombo street, part town sections 1000 and 1011. 40ft frontage, 120 ft depth, sold at £55 por foot, occupied by Mr Daye, total £2200; High street, part town section 1151,30 ft frontage, sold at £25 per foot, occupied by Mr Rowley, total £750 ; I'eterborough street, town section 125, one quarter aero, 66ft frontage, sold at £8 per foot, total £523. Estate of F. Dogherty.—Ashbnrton, Peter aircct, quarter acre, with house and shop, £340. Total amount of sale, £14,0G4 ss.