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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4440, 12 June 1875, Page 2

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The Customs duties received at this port for the ■week ending June 10th, 1875, were as under; £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. .. C 42 13 111 Goods by weight 10 811 Cigars .. .. 71 10 8 Do. ad valorem 404 1 6 Tobacco.. .. 102 9 8 Do. other duties 11 310 Wine .. .. 05 10 11 Light dues. Ale .. .. 46 6 3 shipping &c. 17 0 7 Tea .. .. 137 15 6 Sugar .. .. 1187 13 0 £1754 3 9 The import trade continues dull and entirely without animation or change in value, last week having proved one of the quietest we have had to record for some time past. Messrs. Bethune and Hunter sold by auction yesterday Mauritius sugar at £32 to £37 per ton, slightly damaged : whiteiead, £36 to £3B per ton : dryers, £3O per ton ; raw linseed oil, in drums, at 4s. fid. per gallon ; oatmeal. £lB per ton. And at Mr. It. J. Duncan's sale to day, the following prices were realisedTennant’s ale, 11s. 3d. per dozen ; Bass’s do. Us. 3d, and 11s. Cd. per dozen ; Blood's stout, 11s. 3d.; pig brand, lls. 6d. and Us. 9d, per dozen; JDKZ gin, 3 19-325., 20. p., 143. per case; bell brand, (4 gallons), 14s. per case; MartelTs brandy, in quarters, Bs. 3d.; Bisquit Dubouche do, Cs. fld.: case do., 325, per case, in bond; flask do., 50s. per case; half-flask, 535. per case, d p.; Champagne Vine, yard, 485., duty paid. The produce market has been moderately brisk, and oats have gone off freely at 3s. 7d. for parcels, the market just now being rather bare, owing to the absence of arrivals from the South. Flour continues steady at former quotations, and is still held for £ll 10s. to £l2 per ton for Canterbury and Oamaru mills. Milling wheat has been sold at 4s. fld. per bushel, and meets with inquiry. Maize, 6s. per bushel. Pollard and bran, scarce and much wanted, there being none in stock. Keg batters remains at Is. 2d. per lb. for prime cure, with little demand. Cheese scarce at lid per lb. Bacon and hams in active inquiry at lid. and Is. 4d. per lb. for cloth packed. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Friday. "Mr, Bucklandreports;—Fat cattle, 365. to37s. Cd. perlOOlbs.: medium do., 30s. perlOOlbs.; store lambs, 7s. to 10s. 6d.; fat sheep, 4d. to i]d. per lb. Mr Alexander Saunders reports Sales : Auckland Steam, 905.; Cure, 9s. Cd.; National Bank, 765.: Stan-' dard, 12s. Buyers: New Zealand Insurance, 80s. ; Albion, 325.; Tairua, 40s. Sellers: Bank of New Zealand, 3555.; National Insurance, 265,: Fiji, 545,; South British, 495. CHRISTCHUItCII, Friday. Quotations, f o.b. at Lyttelton—Wheat, 45.; oats, 35.; barley, ss. (id.; flour, £lO to £11; bran, £5 103.; sharps, £6 ; potatoes. £4 to £4 10s.; cheese and butter scarce. Late rains have destroyed a largo quantity of potatoes in this district. „ ~ , NAPIEIt, Friday. B Mr. J. Farley sold fat steers at £9 to £l2 10s.; cows and calves, inferior, £5 7s. Od. to £8; white pine and kauri scantling, old timber, ss. 6d, to os, 3d. per 100 feet; matal posts, from lid. to Is. Cd. each.