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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5016, 21 April 1877, Page 2

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The Customs duties received at this port yesterday were ns under.*— Spirits .. C 9 13 7 Ale (bulk) .. 5 0 0 "Wine.. .. 56 4 9 Ad valorem.. 8 10 0 Tobacco .. 31 5 0 Tea ~ .. 15 15 0 Sugar.. .. 41 2 G Total £227 10 10 The Customs duties received at this port for the week ending April 19, were as under : £ a. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. C3l 13 1 Goodabywght 2CG 15 2 Cigars .. 141 13 9 Ad valorem ~ 1204 2 0 Tobacco .. 214 0 0 Other duties.. 03 12 2 "Wine .. 105 7 11 Light dues. Beer .. .. 271 7 0 shipping, &c, 203 14 0 Tea .. .. 110 9 0 Coffee.» .. 28 0 0 Sugar 178 18 10 Total ~£3178 14 5 The import trade continues moderately good, and a fair amount has been done during the week, but wo hear of no large lines changing hands, and report no improvement in prices. Luring the week several large auction sales have been held, and a considerable amount of goods sold under the hammer at prices that leave little, if any, margin of profit. At Mr. N. J. Isaacs' trade sale on the 17th and 18th April, there was a good attendance, and the following prices were realised under the hammer:—2o cases American salmon, 12s (id ; 25 do preserved milk, 9s to 9s Cd per dozen ; 25 cases Morton’s vinegar, 8s 3d to 8s Gd: 10 do Lea ami Perrin’s sauce, 12s : 10 do assorted sauces (Morton’s), 5s Gd per dozen ; 10 do fresh herrings, G a Gd ; 15 do mackerel, 8s: 20 do star lobster, 8s ; 20 do oyster.*, ss; 40 mixed pickles, 8s Gd ; 10 capers, Gs ; 10 do bottled fruits, 11s Cd to 12s ; 10 do D.T.F. mustard, la Gd per lb; 40 do Kciler's confectionery, Oijd per lb ; 80 half-barrels dried apples, ssd per lb; 30 casks currants, 4.}d and 4jd per lb; 50 boxes elerac raisins, G.’.d ; 40 do Cape do, 4jd; G cases candid peel, per lb: 20 bags sago. 3d per lb; 5 cases Fry's chocolate, Is 3d; 10 do tartaric acid, in jars, 2s Id and 2s 2d per lb; 2 do crcarn ot’ tartar, Is Od per lb; 10 cases Brown and Poison’s corn flour, 7d; 20 Colman’s do, 6£d; 10 do Taylor’s cocoa, Is sd; 50 cases vinegar, 8s to 8s Od per doz; 30 boxes Colman’s blue starch, 4Jd; white do, i\i\ per lb; 20 sacks tapioca, 4d per lb; linseed meal, 25s per cwt; ling fish, 4;|d per lb; 10 kegs salt petre, 21s per cwt; 10 cases Fcrnshaw’s jams, 7s per doz; 10 do preserved peaches, 12s Gd per doz; 30 cases Devoe’a kerosene, 2s Bcl to 2s 9d per gal; 20 cases hf-sarclines, 8s Od; 20 do qr-do, 4s lOd per doz; 20 casks sulphur, 19s per cwt; 20 boxes Kingford’s prepared corn, Gd per lb ; Bay and Martin’s blacking, 4s, to 7s Gd, and 11s per doz ; tin tacks, 3jd ; wire nails, 2Gs per cwt; 1-inch do, 24s per cwt; 10 tons line salt, 115 s to 120 s per ton ; 20 do coarse, at 85s and 87s per ton ; bran, laid per bushel; 30 cases cheese. 7Jd and 7jd per lb ; pollard, £7 10s per ton; oatmeal, £l3 5s per ton ; cocksfoot grass, Gd per lb; 5 tons Sydney IC sugar, £47; 4 tons Y do, £4O: 3 tons No. 2 W, £4B; 2 tons crushed loaf, at £sl; 10 tons Melbourne IC, at £45 per ton, &c., &c.; 10 cases Cliquot champagne,77sGd; 20cases Hennessy’s *** brandy, 41s Gd; 35 do dark, 30s; 30 pale do, 33s Od; GO Associated Vineyard, 225; 200 cases other brands, IGs, 18s, and 20s per case ; 50 cases lied Heart rum, 225; Burnett's old tom, 14s and 13s Gd; 100 do Lome whiskey, 19s; 50 do Saucel do, 13s; 20 do Kinnahan’s LL, 21s; 20 cases Barnard’s ginger wine, 18s; 7 tons Saunders and Henderson's flour, £l4 5s per tun, &c, &c. On the 18th Mr. Isaacs offered the Dry lUvcr Station, Wairarapa, with stock, &c, consisting otXWTJ

acres freehold (fenced and grassed), 1040 acres leasehold, 4200 sheep, SO head cattle, and 4 horses, Ac, which was knocked down to Air. Jacob Joseph tor £BOOO, the biddings being very limited. , At R. J. Duncan’s sale by auction on Thursday, April 19, the following were the prices realised: Canterbury Hour in sacks £l3 las per ton ; bags, £l4, bacon and hams. 7d toi bid ; Scotch ca t harne»s, £5 • gig do, £0 10s: buggy do, £7 per sot: saddles Vis to 97s ; 1 piano, by Anchor Freres, £4l, etc. A largo quantity of furniture was knocked down at moderate rates, and a shipment of hollowaro, and forenamelled stewpans, 2s 3d to 4s 9d : oval pots, 4s to 10s (id • preserving pans, Ss to 16s : saucepans, Is Oil to 9s (id, and tinned oval pots 4s to ISs each, etc., also a large invoice of iron bedsteads at 25s to 47s each. In Colonial produce a similar state of things prevails. Moderate stocks, with only ordinary demand, and an entire absence of speculative purchases. Keg butter is in moderate inquiry at lOd to ltd per lb ; choose, full stocks, at 9d to Old per lb; bacon and hams, Sd to lOd for prime Canterbury cure; Hour, largo stocks of Southern brands arc coming forward, and the trade is acting very cautiously on account of tiro doubtful quality of some of tiro A\ e quote best Canterbury and Oamaru at £ls to £ls 10s. Oats, moderate at 3s to 3s 3d for prime : potatoes, 90s to 95s per ton. JJF TELEGUAVU A UCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Buck land quotes fat cattle at 24s to 25s ; sheep, 2d to 2jd. DUNEDIN, Friday. Air. Bradshaw quotes: —Bank of New Zealand shares 37s Od ; Now Zealand Insurance Company, 823 6(1; South British Insurance Company, (17s (id; Standard, 14s (id ; Nationals, 30 sto 30s 0(1. \\ heat is quoted at 5s to 6s 4d for prime samples ; good feed oats, 2s 4d ; I arley, 4s 9d to 5s ; order, 4s to 4s Od.