COMMERCIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2342, 5 October 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties collected at Christchurch on Monday, October 3rd, were as follows : Spirits, £206 19s Id; tobacco, .£7B 12s; beer, .£l4 15s 6d ; sugar, £lO5 5s lOd ; tea, .£25 18s 6d ; goods by weight, £26 11a 5d ; ad valorem, £330 15a ; other duties, £4l 10s 9d. Total, £833 18s Id. At the nsnal sitting of the Waste Lands Board, held at Christchurch on Monday, September 3rd, sales were made as follows: — Ordinary : Ashley, 72a 3r 28p ; Akaroa, 12a Or sp; Ashburton, 22a 2r 2p ; Geraldine,_ 5p : Waimate, 3a Ir Op. Deferred payments, village settlement: Fairlie Greek, 2r. Total acreage sold, 111 a Ir. Total cash received, £226 10a. Refunds on account of former purchases were made in the amount of £l3olls. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. The following is a comparative statement of the Customs revenue collected in the months of September, 1880 and 1831 : 1830. 1881. £sd £ s d Spirits 4419 4 0 4380 2 7 Cigars, and snuff 148 18 8 331 12 9 Tobacco 1510 3 9 1826 12 9 Wine 624 2 3 649 4 8 Beer 547 0 6 280 18 9 Tea 453 18 0 844 1 6 Coffee, cocoa, &o. 168 0 0 368 810 Sugar & molasses 555 1 1 655 4 0 Opium ... ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goods by weight 1117 18 3 2309 12 7 Ad valorem ... 4860 7 0 7482 1 0 Other duties ... 1761 18 4 1155 7 3 £16,197 11 10 £20,283 6 8 Beer duty produced £lOBl 12s 7d. The amount received for the quarter ending September 30th, 1880, was £48,741 12a Bd, and for the corresponding quarter in 1881 was £59,466 12s. The beer duty for the last past quarter was £2903 18s lid.