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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4212, 19 September 1874, Page 2

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The Customs duties received for the week ending September 17, were as follows : Spirits.. .. .. .. £OOI 22 Cigars.. .. .. .. ... 30 10 11 Tobacco 120 7 0 Wine ~ .. .. .. .. S 3 15 10 Beer .. x 7o 10 3 Tea 11 0 0 Coffee and Chicory 7 11 3 Sugar .. ~ 110 5 1 Goods by weight ISO 9 1 Goods ad valorem .. .. -. 1303 1G 2 Other duties .. .. .. -. 11 4 0 Light and shipping dues, &c., .. 45 7 9 £3219 5 0 Considering the continued wo 1 weather, business has been moderately brisk, and better than could have been expected. Large quantities of new goods are being landed, and sales are pushed with an eagerness that counterbalances in some measure the depression caused by the rain. Prices, however, do not improve, and with one or two exceptions there is no variation in rates from our last quotations. Bottled beers aro doll, and, owing to an accumulation of stocks, show a downward tendency, 11s. Cd. to 12s. 3th per doz. being present rates for favorite brands of ales and stouts. Brandies unaltered ; little trade doing. Importers are pushing off their old teas in anticipation of the arrival of the new season’s teas per May, and prices are somewhat lower. Sugars dull; no alteration from last week’s quotations. In feeding grain, oats have slightly improved, raving to the advance in ' price in the Canterbury market, but the demand is trifling, as roost of the buyers are stocked. Butter is still scarce owing to the falling off in the pasture ; but as the inquiry for keg butter for export has also ceased, the demand is limited to the local wants of our continually increasing population. CHP.ISTCHITECH. The Times of the 10th reports Imllness still characterises the grain market. -Scarcclv anything has changed hands during the week, and none but-small coastal shipments to fulfil interprovincial orders have been made. Millers' "‘oelts are low. but their quotations exhibit no alteration The following are tire ruling prices Wheat, -is. cd. to 4s. 9d. : oats, 4s. 3d. to 4s. Cd.; barley, 4s. up. to s 9d. : rye grass seed, 4s. Cd, to 4s. 9-1, ; Hour, ill 10s. : sacks. £ls ; 100’s, £l2 10*. ; 60’s, 10*. extra, f.0.h,; bran, £5 15s. ; pollard, £5 15s. : lino sharps, £C 155., 10s. extra f.e.h. In the value of dairy produce there is no noticeable change, prices remaining as follows Butter, to 13td.; cheese, prime qualities, Cd. to Chi.; bacon and barns. Old., in cloth ; hams only. Is.; bacon only, SJd., f.oA). in Lyttelton. Potatoes hare risen greatly in value, £7 being tire nominal quotation, but even at that figure there .is no supply, and, several orders have been sent to Australia. , There is nothing novel to note in the stock market, and nothing doing in stations, the tendency being rather to invest in freeholds. Large importations of Lincoln sheep have taken place, which cannot fail- to improve the character of our long-wools, already very good. We regret to report, however, that heavy losses have occurred to all the importers, in some ships one-half having died. ‘ BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND. September 18. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports; Sales: Fiji Bank. Ms.; Bank of New Zealand. 3525. Cd. : Caledonian, lC5s. Buyers: South British, 505.; National Insurance, 2Ss. Sellers : Skmth British, 525.; Thames, 425. ; .Exchange, 205,; Cure, 10s. Cd. Mr. Lackland reports store cattle in full supply, and in request at full rates. For fat cattle the prices aro higher— from 40s. to 475. Cd per lOOlbs, For sheep late prices hare been sustained. Fat, sd. per pound ; ewes and lambs, 235, Cd. per couple; fat lambs, 10s, to 18s. each. , . , , , Mr. IV. G, Binney reports that the gram market is improving in some lines. Oats scarce, at sa, 3d, to ss, Cd. Wheat, dull. Os. Flour £IS, fully stocked. Bran, £7 10s. Pollard, £S. Barley, ss. Butter, Is, 3d. Cheese, Sd. Ham and bacon, lOd. to lid. Potatoes, £lO, LYTTELTON. September 18. Potatoes are worth £ll per ton.