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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6497, 23 December 1881, Page 4

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Tintt Office, TttinrlaT Evening. CUSTOMS’ BEVICMDKTbe fcdlowteg was ih* Customs'revenne collected oa Wednesday, Ihc. Sl;—Wises. £l7 13s id; spirits, ££S3 lb* <11; beer, £lO 17s fid; tea, £26 is fid; sugar, £4O to A; loba C’, £H to Od: goods by weight. £IH As &1 j ad v sierras, £$S St ; other dauet, £SS .Hr 91; 151*1. £,‘ftj lit Id. SHARE MARKET. Mr Jams Hbsmusaox report* for the w«*k cadteg Ut~c. Si u follows : Hanas.—Union Itsunutee.Sla lid; SX Shipping, £b lbs; Christchurch Gu {Hid pud), £l6 ilm; Lugdoe's Extended M. Co.. it da. Borxiui.—lasanmoe: Union, 31* ; Sooth British, SSa; Colonial, 1toOd; SCsttoasl. 30a; New toaiand, 71%. Banks; Sew 'Zetland, £33 10*j Colonial, ids ; Kstimuli. TP*. Miscellaneous: Lotta wad MerctaSale, £b IB*; National Mortgage, 3lx, S .'/., Shijipteg, ££lbs; Canterhary Tramways, £6 10«; Permanent Investment aad Loan AskuciatiOß, £11I3»*>1; Canterbury fJal*y*rd», fid; .Southern Cream Petroleum, to fid; Ward and Co., £9. if aliens. —lean i ance; Union, 3i* fid ; Standard, lbs fid ; Colonial, S's» Pd; National, 3l» fid; Near Ztxdjjti. 83*; Accident, 3a ■>! Banka. Sew Zee, Issd, £SS; Onioned. STtfil. Miscellaneous; Kaiapoi Wuollea Factory, j-mr; Christchurch (la* {£l9 £IC lbs ; Christchurch Oa* (El K>» paid;, I a \u as ; .Sti&iSit Biwrery, 3* fid diaemait. I S£<*®yt*nt* on Freeholds meet with Accejdora *t 7 per ofel. LOCAL "maIKEIB. lUaasra IL Msts-os tsa Co report os the Lite tiUxJt Market, Acfor the week ending Thursday, Boc. 22, 1231, &■ follows; - The eapidy of shoe), aad cattle penned at Arno so. •so* oa WMMwlty Iwd was somewhat below an stcrag* entry, the b;Jk on offer Using chiefly fat stock. Although this sms what might he termed the Christmas u;:.jl.*-t, jet most of the trade had preciously supplied themtelte*. and throughout the irhc-.p sale there was an entire absence of »pmt, the various lines of mutton changing owner* at a sUU farther decline in value*. The host and heaviest lot* of croas-hnt) wethers brought from 9* to Kat <«1, a few extra heavy sheep lit, t»» being •haul the ruling rate. uuu*d weight* and scut to to to fid. old ewe* 7s to 7s t»i. In store* few wore brought to hand—prices at which huainra» was done Uitig more la favour of buyers. Oa the whole, the chta-p sale wti tmtrkM hy great depressios nad tower prices. Of fat iambs there were sheet 7UO submitted, several lot* of which were certainly superior to *ny tout to hand this season. Yot a fear of the ehotuext pairs to fid to 1*» *« paid, the hulk taring disposed of at from 6* t* 7* fid per head. The supply of beef, though not large, w»a jart sufficient to meet the wauu of the trade, a;*! to cans* a satisfactory eteamsco at slightly belter ta! •..<•». Jujarintof quality, Messrs llay Bros, had it *!J their own way with a draft of tfce Auntndsl-r heifers, which, both for weight and quality, were equal, if not superior, to anything we Imre »*w seen in this market. In weight they were not too hravy, hut their Sr.-eding was tudeuiahle, nod gracing jssrftolioj). As t*eior.; meute m«J, trade showed a little more aaimation, tot this is chiefly accounted for hy the ««;srr,or quality of the hn-.-i oa offer, rather titan any actual improvement in values. tfoeara Hay*a eatUobroagl.t from £7 I'-a to £9 7* fil jesr head, or tn ail raued average of shout eight gaisesa. In stores these wu very little doing, Tl»e cl#** of eattle euhmjttcd went a very itidif. firrml lot. Except for a few good tfareo-year-old attora, which chsugad Inuait at from £5 to £5 !(•» jwt head, prices may 1< quotisl a* r.oinhttd, rkr total* yarded for the day compri»e«l tiSMi nheep, SHI bead of cslUe, and Vi pigs, of which our entry included i sheep. HOT fat hmU. KB bead «f cattle*, and 31 pigs (or Meacra John Urigg, Hay Bros, H. Overton, W. Hwtn.-U, W. B, Andrew«, 11, J. TosswitJ, C. Withdl. J. Klnh y, C, T. Dudley. Kcnderaoa and M’Mth. Oeorjps Kiulcy, V. Onuit, K. CUrhaoa, C. Brake, Charles Clark, H. M•(>,». Bidl, J. MOil-.n*. <J. PeivuvhOß, Ji. VVithcll 11. Tuteuta, B. (Wwny, J. Wlibel). E. Mitchell, Ja». Klerk, (ietorge Hayward, (itonre Thoiupaou, P. Carter. Sulllviuj, T. Tubman, Mayer, W. B. Clarkmb. K. Oreave*. M. Hogau, James Pattcmia, A, H, Butherlasd, It. Watwn, John 71111 s, J, lladfonl, A. K. Tuttoa, W. Psirhurn, I*. md i*. Company, arid other*. Infot sheep onr principal mlm were 1W oroM-hred wether* at Bie, I fil mixed crose-hred* at 9*. Sd do »t tJ» Pd, 333 merino wether* (extra good) at 7* 3d to <• <4, 40 lit 7*, 50 emu-tired* »t 7* sd, 30 nl Ilk W, <3O ftt B.i fid. 10§ two-tooth store Mid crowbred At 0s lid, 130 merino ewesktid Umhe (nit told) •13*44. end a nnmher of mcaU lime* At mual rate*. I* Ut huak« w« dupoeod of oar entry a* follow*; 47 At 7s M. ■OAtaifei C At IQs, 40fttfiB.se At to 3d. It at to. 10 At to 34. IS at 7», 31 At 0s fil. 10 at ft*. S 3 *4 Sa M, 4® (Knllmj ut 6* 3d, 14 at to, 'JO at 7», 38 at to W. IS alto id. 30 at to, H> at to M, Ac. The few ware sold at atoretM.

Ounmamv llomm Maairt,—At our lant Stator* 4ar'» 'lbttnmil's sa<-tion Ud bmt of varioui dewriptiaaa, and swlry traj», ihntyt, *rt« of bar*

««te. mddtcry. Ac., wwetiibmHtoA during W » Wi* »« least *»ti*taotonr bald forA *w! lsut Utllo demand »hWBi wm barer** hmm, of which »« Maw® Lf«, at from town £8 to *ls each, twretal plough bow* «t mim el* to nil unbroken <sd»a •*,I?? o *?J 4 ‘.w acrirlion. Trade RoMrwlljr the New Yeat theta Uewary pwtotiillty ol ito <*«• ,i tK«.kr»m S . »•««.*■* JVto’creto* Mle of *•« htity \V,«cl toorre on Tuned ay Iwt, amt «*«!•« in I elwmiu* of the «r«W Wj ««** liming the w«wk no l« tk*» '**i? oilrret at auction by tie tmtoa* ' S^SSXS&r^!S£iSSSS^'S ICA, ««■ u..» '‘t “m he«»V an.j ttuekirtwd, mew** otfll 'ol * w« Kwh up»a the * ale* of ■'*** *® r It’tol WM, « far a# they hate |w«*Srf, «* tola* wort ••Hefartotlf to |wJtw«» , .•sorMtM, Y*t, w‘i»a« a»o totjow Oft Thurtoay *t oar utWIW h,h) cur nasal weekly aale of tb« wm a IM*« attftalaaca of “.J? JS SlßwSS?V«'isft *5 Mn V*n, ..f (. *1 hftd l« bj imbmiUf’d td. !*•%#♦ liowttw* fttili iaatn'atae4 l*t® aootailoaa. J‘nr taatologaa tor the --a) o -aaiatoA to 2**l ehcn’ jvatl ca, pwit.siw^t totokto*. «? hiito. i« few* «“« h , S& £!'! v- .« < to tallow, ana oref *o) M*aot aaoodar.rt* iSTtoto4a j. W to I* M each I **f* A Mob ! aedistg, la W to I* “ Men t toil merino iSW i« id to is €4 each t leeooil qaallty* 1* W to IT 3 , Mots I ixto.iuia, lid and la o*«h t I* 51, I* si la M to la W 4 Mfth t »wtao or orOMobjed. »«le B L 6 i*'fe to to lid t aeaoad daalliy, to M, *• «4 to«a ; 1.1 each. Olkcra, a» per qotoltj. ftom • tdU.3*to «»eh. IV-t dry roo«h fat, S|d to IJJ pw lb I »f«o»d qna’.tijr. i'ji par lb. Nona at a m 82°***! bat one oat which was dl*|W«d of to l l w>r lb, , wd dZr at the money, tbltow.lft f» V** emu Tallow. « U** and paoka*M, Jd. 2[U l|d, to £ld per lb. Hide#, to j damaged hide* sH. CilfaklM. to par lb. In wool, lock* and plecaa, w* dlVpMto of onr entry of 300 ba<a. at .{*!<»• •• follow* ;-M«lo»v to)» «d to SU per lb | e»*a> Ited, ,$J to cM per lb t looki, id to *H perlbj ptoewa, *d to t fd per lb. , Coomr Saw*. *» Tinwald on Tneaday wo held our usn«l I,wtal«hoy aalo lor tha aahbnrton district. There was an atetag* aUoadaaco of iarmera, and blddlnga w«m for moat Uaea ouwßwlr •pi riled. We knitted neatly the whole of oar <mir } at prUoa folly Maal to, U not tottor, titan Chrtitohantb price», la aheap, wa «ld *OO *hk)fOlwo*lOa»lh taised do at 7* at, 192 tsseriao owe*, at Sa M, IS® mantso we lit era, S» 3d. US dod* fid, W<m)M.bred wathsra Sa Pd, Ao, *«. In Mttla waaold oror U« head, at rats ntbfxteiy valnai. , iJa»D tiAtjr.—At oat Saleroom* on Saturday last wo h«ld an important tala of land, the lar»o saleroom being otawdad, and otory boat was taken. »sd nntsbera standing. Tha graatMt interest was centred to a number of eeoitaja situate on too pspanuf road, and known as Ficylaa. and after a rotj forcible speech the sale commeawwl. iha tendency to purchase was eeU-a»ldcnt, a-.d no d«ott, tl the owner's meres had not been quite eo high, nearly ell the aectloa* would erally haeo found buyer*. The tot# with frontage on the Papaunl road were all sold at the following prices i —wo. i, oonutolng 3S perches (corner section), £l5O j Wo \ eoaudaing 38 jperche*, *M5j No*. 3 and *, containing each 26 perehee. £IW each; No. 6. cottUialoff 3J porches, £l3sj No. 6. coautalag SS perches, *IM. The balance wa, with, drawn, and I* now for prirate tale. Th* neat pro. party was the township of Saaforth, situate st tot »e Hirer, on the banka of LakeFomyth. The folio wine lots were sold: Lot 1, eontainleg 1 rood 23 perches, £45 ; Lota 40, 41, and 42. about }ae(» cseb,£l7 each: Lots 33 and 39, about 34 perches each. £)5 each ; Lot 45. I rood 14 perches. £l4 j Lot 22. contoiatoe 56 perches. £l3; Lota to and 11, sieh I rood 4 perches,£lo each: Lota «S sad 66, each 1 roods perches.£lo each; Lots 12 and 16. containing 40 cerohee. each £10; Lot 47, ©aatateing SS perches, £10; Lot 22. containing 38 perchcs. £lO. Total sale, £tO6L Wo hate atao dlapMed oI during the weak 18 eectloa* la toe township of Seafortb at £lO each.

if euro Eemt Wuxi* oan Co. report: -At the Addington Varda oa *»odce*day there was a targe entry of fat stock penned for the week*e supply, btit there wat a groat mat of animation In tho bidding ibroogboot the day. Prices barely equal to la«t week's raws veto obtained tor prime quality •harp and cattle, while there was keen competition for young cross-bred stares, which met a ready •ale at prices fully equal to lata rates. We sola, on account of various chants, prims era43-brad wothera at 11s and IS*; rood ditto at 8s and 8* 8d ; 2-tooth store ctoes-brod* at 7s 3d i ditto merinos alts fid; tat steers from £7 to £7l2s fid; ditto better* from £5 17* fid to £S Ss fid, We held on Thursday, in oor New Zeeland Wool Stores, tho tuna! weekly sale of sheepskins. The attendance of buyers ni not so numerous as at pterions sales, owing to the wool sale baring bean held two days pwrioasly. The biddings were animated and wail maintained. Batchers* eroeß*brsd sold to 5s 3d ; do merino were disposed cl up to l« Gd ; lambskins, luge, la 8d to Is Ud; do. second quality. Is 3d to l*Sdi pelts, Urge and early shorn, Is 4d, la "d, Is iOi; do. medium, Pd. I*. is fid; dp, small and late ahorn, sd.7d.Mj country croaa-brod, large, 4a Sd to fi* lOd; do do, second quality, 3# to 4a t-d ; do merino, very large, hoary, and double fleece shine realised 7a; country merino, large. 5e id, As ltd. e* Id ; do do. second quality, Ss Id. its Ud, Ss 7d. U fid. S» fid; do do, email, Is 2d to 3s Id. fat and Tallow—Si packages were catalogued, and all cold. There was an average attendance of buyer*, and competition was spirited. Fat, ben quality, clean and welt eared, to 2|d per lb ; second quality to rjl per lb; heated and inferior at Id per lo j tallow, in small lota, at l|d per lb.

Messrs TL Brssrrr* sac Co. report on tbs stock market tor tbo week ending Thursday, Dec, 22, as follow*. —On Wednesday, at the Adding, ton bal‘•yards, there were yarded tor the day's sales - >,396 sheep. 253 bead of cattle end SO pigs. Fat Sheep.—The entry of sheep, thou,fa not over targe, was more than au£3cleat tor trade require* meat*, tbo bidding throughout tbe sale being Tory doll. Brices mr»in recoded, in many places fully Is per head. States. —The entry was competed chiefly of menoo«, whiefa were doll of silo. Fat Bomb*.— A largo supply yarded, same being of very good quality. At the first part of the sate, bidding w«a somewhat brisk, bet towards the finish sales were bard to effect at very low rates. Fat Cattle, —a mrdtutn supply yarded, acme being of very good qn ally. There is no alteration to note, prices •till keep low. Bio res.—Tho entry showed a greet falling off. There was very little busisets done at auction; we, however, succeeded in placing aero's! lines privately at market rates. Oar entrie* were— 164 sheep, 127 head of cattle and 29 pigs, from Messrs A. Parkinson, 3. Smith, K. Spencer, J. H. Clark, B. Withoy, J. Oilbrthorp.J. Stafford, J. E, Hanson, J. Bunt, K, Fretibio, J. Luoor, Bennetts Broe and others, the following being the principal sales i Fat Cattle-3 et £7 1 to. 2at £6. 3at £7 >2s fid, lat £7 K>s, 3at £7 ss. Stores-5 st £S 17s fid. 20 st £2 Ss, 19 at £2 is, 13 at £2, IS at £t ISs, 10 at£i Ite, 3at 'iU. 2at£2 8* fid. 3at £3 2s fid. (sheep- 75at Bifid,3l at7s 3d.31 at fi* Bd. Lamb*—ll atC», 10 stSifil, 10at4*fid. Pigs—ll at Used. 9 atosfid, 9 at 8# fid. At our City Baleyards and Auction Boom* on Saturday last there was n goat attend, anoe, The entry ol poultry was unusually Urge, but bidding, except tor turkeys, only moderate. We. however, cleared every line at fair average price*. Good table fowl* fetched 3s fid to is fid j interior, SU fid to Ss Sd j ducks. 3s to 4s Od; geese, «* fid to 7« fid j turkeys, Mis to 29# per pair. Bather a small somber of pige penned, which were dir. paced of at prices a little below tbe average, Mmatl stores. 3* fid to 0* fid. A line of young store c«ti is sold at 2Gs. This day we held a special Christma* oale of poultry, pigs, new potatoes, cblekwheat, Ac. all of which were spiritedly com. ,cted ter. aid every Hue cleared at satisfactory rates. Wo would remind our dtonte that we will hold our ututl sale os Saturday nest.

Mr T. Facrcs rvporU a largo topply of lira stock, espMialiy In poaitry, on BUurdajr at hi* ti cyiurd*. Lichfield atreet, but owieg, no doubt, to iho mrnUtiual dry weather op to that day, exlvec and dairy cattle wore considerably lower than formerly. Pigs have also dropped in values j indeed, there is a difiloulty la Mlliag the farcer stets, unless at very low fignres, Bereral horses, exriv, and dreys were disposed of to owners' satis. faction. Vi calve* and young cattle were yarded, it mall calves a few days old, realised from 3s fid to S> each; larger do, to to U* jfi months old, (3s to Ifis; 9 mouths to yearlings. t»s to fils. Bigs.—l3o |m» ited. Hackers, u fid to to j emit stores, ids to tSt; stetllporkera. Id* to 30s. i'ovitry,— A large ou«etjty was erought to market on ifalardsy, and also on Wolsevday last, and good eoupetltioa wsn esh hitod for ewy lot at the following prices i~ Cvck turkeys, 10. to lb* 'd each j hen do, ifs to lls per pair j f.osotototo par pair; ducks, to to to per pair; do half-crown, 3s fid to to fid per pair; table fowls, Seed to to per pair; do inferior qu»l ity, t« t i to |M<r |«ir; chiekons, to to to per pair. Prdnee —Sew potatoes, fd and Id per lb to sacks, Good old cheese is searoe, inferior ltd to fid per lh j chuk wheat, to fid to to fid per bushel ; feed ti.rU-y, to to 3s fid per bushel.

Mwsrs J, T, Fotiii *»t» Co. report on the live atock market for the week Muting Thursday, Dee. 22, a* follow* i—Tbe AfldinsrUm market wn» aluislanil* rupplied with fnt shtop and fit nettle on Wtanealay, and w« regret that w« can re* l*ort no *«|*ro»emeijt on previous week's prices. Butcher* nomptela very much of the dull<»M« o,' trap, ft 1,(1 the weather also le, and has been lately, very unfavourable for keeping carcase* wholesome, aad tlook emu only he kilted from hand to month m it wore, heeldca which the demand hut com •Merably fallen #B. There I* wry little difference hotwnea the value of fat and store «ress.breds—say from Is Cd to He i*er bend only. First class cross* bred# were add at 9t per bead oa Wednesday, and frora 7«od U>7« lid wae paid (or ordinary etores. Weijuoso mottos at shoot ltd to lid per lb, and lx*#f at fr.sn 17# M to ss» per KJOIh*. Store steak of all cla>,«* ran bo reported in fair demand, and laraii tinea of *heeo are yelng oat of tht* Province for Hoots land. The total supply en Wednef* •lay (».)npr(>cii r,:m ulieep, 2:p hand of cattle, aed to j4f». Our eotriea were on account ol Mwra 0, Overton, T. Ketlwoa. Lewallffo teUh. «M»r» Alexander Bros, W. fitt. 8, Oarf mb. «. Nesworthy, T. J. Malloy, Haw. •on, Holmes, Paanett, and otheis. We acid fat proas-brads from 9# to Ids dd and tie ouch, and fat lambs from he to 8a cash, oar kbrhsst price belay for the LoweUSs line. We told fat etcera at 17 7« Ctl, m aooorust of 8. Newsworthy. W f and priratelr duriny the day wesold 83 head ***d »* « bmdat 35». 60 toad at Weed, and to heed at fit i». These were t»r srlaelpaJ soles far the diy. Wool, kklne, Hide*, U u»U Fat. and Tallow.-At owr Wool Stores ca Tneed.y last we submitted nnarly 700 bahsa of wool, aad can report one of tboiisoetsuo. fpwtel natesottho sees’-n. Btddiaya tar choice Haw were mart spirited, wo list of prices ta i Wednesday's Issue; of LjlWfen 7Vm« and Prw.

0a Thureday, »l oaf Wool State*. «re suVialltol o*«r SJW tog* rt wool, lock* m& tdsMt, nod vow sslto> tostorj ware cbljusod. Wo alto eatslogsod * large eatry «5 ocuniry aklaa aud featohar** tollo, wbl h mot with repllaf «»wij<r lllon, eoutst <* wm totaf tip 10 9* A) ouch, and |*oll* to l« »l a»d l« lld «nth. H««»h f»t »n had * tot* Urge entry of aa«l»ol4 atilt to £)<( par lb. 11Wf«,4-l p*« lb. to I* TlrougU out aaoscy tin*" Alford Ertato, rvinpririug about 10,1 to awe* of frerit dd, with 12,00.; obosp, 100 hwwl of oatll*. <n fc <*»<*, and tiUtil, ha* toon d.i*|to«eduf to Mr Samuel of HntMt, olcs’>y. Lliwoltobl ■ a Bs*»s»4. J*r (Iron* Wili to t*»« tutored a* <iM of the LlMClS•hit# deie*«to« who tMlei m In I WO, and fel» many frteda In Cantorfury Will to PleMed to Maw tbai ho tntoad* teUlltof With feta wife aod holly *t AUerd,