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The Customs duties received at this port yesterday were as under, Mrits 611 3 Goods by wght. 20 17 8 Vflie J .. .. 8812 ,0 Ad valorem ..158 1111 Cigars .. .. ' 8 0 Other duties .. 2 8 0 Tea .. .. Si 00 . Sugar. ■■ . 23 6 8 Total .. £360 6 6 .Unties, received at. thla port for the week ending March 16, were ai under;— Spirits .. 880 1513: Goods'by wgt. 189 18 0 Cigars-.... ......53 16-0 Ad valorem.. 729 011 Tobacco 353 12 6 Otherduties.. 65 7 0 Wins .. 64 17 4 Light dues, Ala .. -.. 106 11 3 shipping, Ac, 32 110 Tt» '.. .. 21215 0 Sugar '&0 , 4. . . Total ..£3077 14 3 The - import: market has been exceptionally quiet during the past week and ShoSrs no variation in quotations- worth mention;,. . Kerosene is a little easier, holders now asking Os. 2d. per gallon lor Devoe’s; brand, d.p.; Adelaide flour, remains firm at last week’s rates; stocks being light, with no further ship-menteJtoming-forward. The same remark applies to brandies and sugars. J&iLPmdnc9_n>4lkfit..has. .been .equally, dull, the transactions of the week having bsen entirely restricted to retail wants. 1 Butte, in kegs, if of exccptionally prime quality and curd, is in rather better enquiry,-, odd, sales harebeen made at Tld per lb; etamis lightly stocked, and prime Canterbury make IsWorth'SJu to 9d bacon and hams, moderate stoeks at iod to lld 'per lb-. flour, no stocks of Canterfraryiand Oamaruraills-in the place, and prices are flrm/at £l6 10s to £l7 for sacks and bags. Shipment" .are due which will check any further rise. tlraln.—cats are easler, and -quoted at 3s per bushel for a prime sample. The bulk of the parcels in stock are disColo-e'd; fowls’.wheat, plentiful, at 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel; maize, scarce, at 5s to 5s 9d per Bushel. .... - BY TELEGRAPH. ... i '. . >,_ ... AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Auckland reports:—Beef, 23». to 28s. per 1001 b.; mutton, 2d, to 2d. *d. per lb. Bank of New Zealand. £lO 'l6s. to £2O; National Bank, 655. to 675. cd. ; Colonial Bank <4o»> paid - up), 335. ’ 6d. buyers: South British, sellere/BOs.; New, Zealand Insurance, MUsnr,o2s. 6d,;, l/wi.and Mercantile, buyers 625., imm 83a.; New Moanatalrl/975. Od, buyers, sellers £6 ; Union Beach, 425. 6d.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4987, 17 March 1877, Page 2
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365COMMERCIAL. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4987, 17 March 1877, Page 2
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