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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2527, 15 May 1882, Page 2

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The Customs duties collected at Christ* church on Friday, May 12th, were as follow .—Spirits, .£237 17a sd; tobacco, £46 3s 6d ; wine, £25 10s ; beer, £B3 15s ; sugar, £ll 13a lOd; tea, £2l 17s 4d ; goods by weight. £92 12s lOd; ad valorem, £ll9 12s. Total, £639 Is lid. CORN EXCHANGE. Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 12th instant The markets during the weak exhibit great firmness, with the exception that oats are slightly weaker. It is observable, however, that the oat market in Australia is good, which will probably cause a reaction. As pointed out in a previous report the weakness visible here is probably attributable to the unusually mild weather which has been experienced up to the present time. Wheat—Good sound milling samples are worth from 4s 9d to 4s lid per bushel f.o.b. ; extra fine samples fit for seed would command Id a bushel over the highest quotations. Hicondclass quality wheat ranges from 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel, chick wheat 3a fid to 3a 9d per bushel. , , . , Oats—Not much business has been transacted during the week. Ho'ders are unwilling to do business at a loss, the conviction being that values will improve Latest telegraphic intelligence strengthens this idea ; sellers will, however, experience a difficulty in obtaining more than 3 1 2d to 3a 3d for best milling, feed samples 2d per bushel less. Barley—Business in this cereal moves slowly, consequent on the difference of opinion as to values between buyers and sellers; for prime malting 4s fid to 4s 7d is obtainable; secondclass quality have a wide range, extending from 3s fid to 4s 4d per bnshel. Beans—A little more inquiry has manifested itself dm-ing the week, values have, however, not improved ; as yet 4s to 4a Id is obtainable, delivered in Christchurch. Potatoes—A good deal of business has been transacted during the week ; 32s fid to 35s per ton, delivery at stations within ten miles of Christchurch, sacks extra. Grass Seed—There is little or nothing doing in rye grass, but values are unaltered. Cocksfoot. 4j l to 5d per lb. Cheese and Butter—There is no alteration to note in values ; the former is worth 4H to 4J4, the latter 9d to lOd per lb., delivered in Christchurch.