COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4317, 21 January 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Mr. Duncan sold at auction yesterday town acrei 713 for£4oo, bought by Mr Edward Toomath for the Education Board; town acres 953 and 955 for £l7O, bought by Beck and Tonks; also a piece of land haying 70ft. frontage to Adelaide-road, by a depth of 70ft. to Drummond-street, for £l3O. Evidently town lands are not falling in value. VICTORIAN DRAWBACK REGULATIONS. The amended schedule of articles on which draw-, backs will be allowed, which has been approved by the Governor in Council, and which came Into force on and after the Ist January, 1575, is as follows; — Jordan almonds, arrowroot in original packages as imported, blue, bottled fruits in original packages as imported, candles in original boxes, curled hair in original packages, currants, dates in original packages as imported, dried apples, figs in original packages as importsd, jellies in original packages, macaroni in original packages, maize and corn flour in original boxes, maizena in original boxes, preserved or condensed milk in original packages, potted meats in original packages, mustard in original b9xes, nuts, raisins, sardines and preserved fish in tins as unp rted, ground spices in original packages, starch in original packages as imported, vermicelli—2d. per lb. Boots and shoes (of known foreign manufacture, and present. English sizes to be the standard), viz. : Men’s No. G and upwards, 255. per dozen pairs; youths’, Nos. 2-5, 15s. do.; boys. Nos. 7-1, 11a. dp. ; women’s. No. 3 and upwards, 14s. do.; girls, Nos. 11-2, lls. do.; girls’, Nos. 7-10, 7s. do.; childrens. Nos. 0-6, and slippers, 3s. do.; women’s "lasting and " stuff” boots, 10s. do.; goloshes of all kinds, S». do • slippers, men’s, women’s, and children’s, from No.’ 7 and upwards. 7s do. Blaying cards, 3s. per dozen packs. Cartridges, ss. 6d. per 1000. Cement Gd. per cwt. Coffee in the berry, 3d. per lb. Confectionery, comfits, succadcs, and sweetmeats, 3s. per cwt. Dynamite, 4cl. per lb. Gun cotton, or other material used for exploding purposes not otherwise specified. 6d. per lb. Herrings and salmon, mackerel, ling, and cod, in original packages, ss. per cwt. Hoos in original packages as imported, 3d. per lb. Galvanised iron, galvanised buckets and tubs, spouting, guttering, and ridging, SOs. per ton. Iron wire. Nos. 1 to 9,20 s. per ton. Lithofracteur, 4d. per lb. Nails and screws, 3s. per cwt. Oils, in bulk, liable to duty, 6d. per gallon. Oils. including castor or cod-liver when refined or for medicinal purposes, in bottles of a quart or less than a quart—quarts, 2s per dozen ; pints, Is. do.; half-pints and smaller sizes, Cd. do. Baddy, 2s. per 1001 b. Balnts, wet and dry, 40s. per ton. Paper —note, letter, writing, fancy and blotting, with cut edges, in original packages as imported—2ch per lb. Paper, uncut blotting, surface, drawing, and other papers not exempted nor otherwise specified—3s. per cwt Pearl and Scotch barley fa original packages as imported, 3s. per 1001 b Pickles in packages as imported—quarts, 2s. Cd. per dozen ; pints. Is. Cd. do.: half-pints and smaller sizes, 9d. do. Cast-iron pipes —flanged, spigot, and faucet, knees, and elbows, 40s. per ton. Smoking pipes (wooden), Gs. per gross. Sporting powder, 3d. per lb. Blasting Powder, Id per lb Rice, 3s. per 1001 b. Rock salt, 20s. per ton. Shot, Id, per lb. Slates, up to 18in. xlOm., 15s per 1000. Slates, all of larger size, 255. per 1000. ..CA/laWiratala-in.nriffinaJ nankfureo, ton. Sna»** and molasses, sugar candy, 3s. per cwt. lea, oci, per lb. Timber (deals dressed). Is. Gd. per 1000 ft. super. Undressed timber, 9d. per 1000 ft. super. Twine, IJd. per lb. Varnish in original packages, of known brands, 2s. per gallon. Aerated and mineral waters, in original packages, of known brands ; apparel, slops, and all articles made up in Victoria, not mainly made of material manufacted in Victoria, or of material free of duty—s per cent. Apparel and slops, and all articles made up wholly or In part from silk, cotton, linen, or oi wool, or of other or of mixed materials (exported as imported, and upon which a (July of 20 per cent, has been paid), 13J per cent. Brushware of known brands, 10 per cent. . Carpeting and clruggeting, 74 per cent. Carriages and carts (on proof of duty having been paid), 10 per cent. China and porcelain, clocks—s per cent. Combs, 74 per cent. Cut corks in original packages, 10 per cent. Drugs in original packages, earthenware (not being brown ware) —5 per cent. Fancy goods. 74 per cent. Furniture (on proof of duty having been paid), 10 per cent. Fuse, lid. per coil of 24ft. or leas, and in proportion for any greater quantity. Fuse manufactured in Victoria of materials which have paid duty. Gd per dozen coils’of 25ft. in each. Glassware (not being bottles), 10 per cent. Gloves, 7i per cent. Gold and silver leaf, 5 per cent. Hosiery, 7i per cent. Jet and vulcanite jewellery, 12J per cent. _ Aiachlnery (not otherwise enumerated), agricultural implements, boilers (land and marine), and manufactures of metals as under, viz.;—Air gratings, anvils, ash pans, axle blocks, axle boxes ; buggy, carriage, cart, mail or waggon axles; barrow wheels, beams and scale’s bedsteads, bells, bench screws, blank nuts, boat-hooks,. bolts and nuts, boit-ends, bolt-rings, lifting Jacks, bottle jacks, copper branch pipes: brass cocks valves, and whistles; brazed copper pipes, brazed wrought-iron pipes, bridle and boot hooks, cake rollers, camp-ovens and three-leg pots, cast-iron tanks cast-steel drills, caulking irons, chains (not being’ chain cables for ships’ use), chest handles: wrought-iron cisterns, iron clocks, coach screws, coal scoops and scuttles : condensers for gasworks, saltwater, and steam engines : wire and steel corkdrawers, cork-squeezers, wrought-iron cramps, crowbars, blacklcad crucibles, curling irons, dampers and frames, diving apparatus, doorknockers, door porters, door scrapers, drain grates and flames, drain gratings, dumb-bells, eccentrics for buggies, fenders, wroughtiron ferules, fire-dogs; fittings for pumps, engir.n, and machinery ; flower standi, forge backs, funnel pipes, furnace doors, and frames, galvanised furnace pans garden reels, garden rollers, garden seats, gasstoves, gas tongs, iron girders, grates, gridirons, grindstone spindles, moulded gun-metal steam-engine fittings, black (cast) gutters and piping; napping, quartz and spalling hammers ; hasps and staples, cast-iron hat and coat hooks, hatst.ands, hayrakos, T hinges holdfasts, hook and eye hinges, horse-power gear, horseshoes hydraulic mains: ironwork for waggons carriages, carts, and cuggies ; japanned and lacquered ware (pressed), copper kettles and preserving pans, kitchen ranges, ladles, lamp posts, wrought iron or steel letters and figures, forged levers, connecting or split links, manger rings, mangles, marine engine cranks and pillars, marline spikes meat hooks, ornamental gratings, oven doors and frames, painted and brass cases for engines, pepper, malt, bean, and oat mills; picks and mattocks, pincers, wrought-iron pipes (not otherwise enumerated), plyers, portable forges, pulley blocks, pumps, quoits, railway chairs, rakes, range cocks, rings and starts, iron rivets, connecting rods, sack trucks and Irons, Iron safes and ■ boxes; sash weights, bright wrought-iron shafting, iron sluice valves, Slidering irons; cart, carriage, and buggy springs and scrolls, iron stands; stationary or portable engines (or parts of them), steel yards, stencil trajis, strap hinges, switching bills, tinnodwaro and ironware (stamped), troughs, truck wheels, cast and water tuc-irons, union joints, vyces, black and galvanised washers wrought-iron wheelbarrows, wrought-iron wheels, winches, wire netting-exported as imported, and after such proof has been given as may be required that duty of 20 per cent, had been paid thereon —l2£ per cent, ad valorem. Leather belting for machinery purposes in original packages as imported, measuring tapes, 121 per cent. Manufactured stationery on which 20 per cent, has been paid, 10 per cent. Marble, stone, slate, and enamelled mantlepieces (upon proof of duty having been paid), 12J per cent. Matches and vestas. 5 per cent. Materials for toilet covers, antimaccassars, curtains, handkerchiefs, and materials cut out, defined, marked, or in any way prepared for maklng-up (upon which duty at 10 per cent has been paid); cocoanut matting— 1 7i per cent. Musical instruments (of known makers, and on proof that duty has been paid) oilmen’s stores (winch have paid 20 per cent, duty)—lo per cent.: do. (10 percent. duty). 5 per cent. Dll or other floorcloths, 7i per cent. , Perfumery, not containing spirits, hut of well-known Import, brands, and In original packages as imported, n per cent. Plated and mixed metalware, silks ami all manufactures containing silk, stationery (not otherwise enumerated) —74 per cent. Oilstones (Turkey and other), carpenters tool baskets and hair-sieves—l2i per cent. Toys, 6 per cent. Umbrellas and parasols, 12J per cent, washing, baking, seidlitz powder in original packages, 10 per cent. Watches, 7i per cent. Woodonware, 12J per cent. Woollen blankets or blanketing rugs, and ruggings; woollen piece goods—7J per cent. BY TKLEOnAPH. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Sales of National Bank, 705.; Bismarck, 12s, Cd,; Cure, 6s; Gd.; Red Queen, Is. Buyers ; Bank of Now Zealand, 3015.; National Hank, GOs.: South British, Ids. Gd,; Standard, fis. Gd.; City of London Z7s.