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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5094, 21 July 1877, Page 2

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Tha Customs duties received at this port yesterday were as under: — Spirits .. 121 8 6 Ale, bulk .. 15 0 0 ■Wine .. .. 9 0 8 Goods by wght. CO 19 8 Tobacco 47 7 C Ad valorem .. 102 13 2 Cigars .. 0 1 C Other duties 8 3 0 Tea .. .. 25 9 0 Sugar .. 28 3 0 .Ale, bottled.. 24 0 0 Total .. £448 15 0 The Customs duties received at this port for the •week ending July 19 were as under; — Spirits .. 525 9 5 Goods by wght. 392 2 8 Cigars.. .. 40 10 0 Ad valorem.. 1789 1 3 C Tobacco : 102 2 0 Other duties.. 052 14 0 Wine.. .. 148 6 0 Light dues. Ale .. ~ 207 3 9 shipping, Ac. 187 C 9 Tea .. 224 0 0 Coffee.. .. 73 2 C Sugar .. .. 69 6 6 Total .. £4471 16 7 Trade continues dull, although there is necessarily a large amount of business doing to supply the wants of our large and increasing population. Large quantities of English goods have been removed into store during the week, and stocks have increased to an extent that sales are made at nominal profits, and in the absence of any speculative demand are even then restricted to the supply of current wants. Kerosene easier, and sales are reported at 2s 4d to 2s 6d per gallon; sugars are in moderate supply at former quotations, Sydney Company’s IC, £46 10s to £47; 2\V, £4B: IW, £49 per ton, d.p.; brewers' crystals, white, £4Blos per ton : crushed loaf, £54 per ton. In colonial produce there is little change. Keg butter continues difficult to place at 8d to 9d per lb ;. cheese, 7d to 8d per lb ; bacon and hams, 9d to lOd ; oats, 3s 7d to 4s per bushel, according to sample; maize, 4» to 4s Cd pet bushel; large stocks on ha'A of all the above articles. Canterbury and Oarnaru flour remains at £lB 10s to £l9 per ton for sacks, fair stocks-, Adelaide flour, £24 per ton. , Air. It. J. Duncan held an auction of merchandise at ills sale rooms yesterday, which was largely attended—alunehcon by Mr. Laing somewhat contributing to this. ITowever, the sale began at 12 o’clock, and was continued until about quarter past 5 p.rn., and there was throughout a very fair attendance of merchants and trade generally. Below we give prices obtained:—New Zealand maize, 30 bags sold at 3s 10(1;N.S. W. do, 4s, 100 bags ; Wanganui potatoes, 62s Cd to 655; Forirua cheese, at 5Jd per! Ib; Can-, terbugy hams and bacon, 71(1 per lb, best quality ; 45 cases Americanlsalmon, at 9s 9d to 10s ; onions. Id lb; black pepper, in tins, 6d & 7d; vdiite popper, lOd per lb; Lane’s stout at 8s lid: 150. cases Coombes stout, very superior, 10s 3d to 10s 6d; Norwegian ale, 9s; Guinness’ stout, 10» 6d: pig brand. 10s 9d; Tennent’s ale. 10s9d; Eis'iuit Dußoucho and Co’s brandy, in 1 doz cases, 22s in bond; in flasks, 28s ,6(1; Gautier Frere’s, 1 doz cases, 2Ss, 275, and 265; do in flasks, 295; Conrvoisier’s brandy, 20s Cd; Burgand's brandy, in qt-casks, 6s 6d; C.V. brandy, 24s per doz; Denis Mounicr brandy, in qr casks, 8s 3d: Henke's schnapps, 11s and 10s 9d; Dunvillo’s whisky, 6s 6(1; Moselle No. 2, 455; Burnett’s old tom, 13s; maraschino, 445; curagoa, 14s; Townsend's sarsaparilla. 31s 6d: Chateau Medoc, 28s d p; claret, 28s d p; do ex Queen of the West, 17s 6d in bond; Duff Gordon's sherry, Ss to 9s; Kopke’s port wine, 7s 6d to 8s 9d; congou tea, 2s 2d to 2s 7d, ex Jesfeion; congou, ex Brisbane, 2s Id to 2s IJcl; IC sugar, £46105; Honnessy’s brandy, X star, 325: 3 star, 43s to 445; clothes negs, in boxes, 6s; American buckets, 14s 6d: Chance’s window glass, various sizes, X2» to 10s Cd per box (with all faults); ginger wine, in qr-casks, 8s 0(1 to , 3s Du; Baccot’s pale brandy in bond, in cases, 20s; * Anderson’s old tom, 12s; Saucel whisky, 12s Cd; aromatic geneva, 12s; lied Heart rum, 235; Lemen Hart’s rum, 10 0.p., at 3s Cd; White’s rum, 100. p., 3s Cd; plaid vestas. 5s 3d; condensed milk, 7s 9d to 8s 3d; Colman's mustard, Cs 9d; 150 cases Coomho's stout, 10s 4jd to 10s Cd; and a great number of other lots, of which it is unnecessary to give quotations. On the whole the sale was satisfactory, considerable parcels having been placed, although prices ruled rather In favor of buytrs than sellers. BY TELEGRAPH, DUNEDIN, Friday. Air. Bradshaw reportsßank of New Zealand, £22 10s: Colonial, £2 5s ; National, £3 10s; National Intmiance, £ll2s: South British, £4. The number of shares applied for on Thursday In the Union Insur--ance Company, through Mr. J. B. Bradshaw, was

3500 ; and through Mr. Bradshaw alone 20,000 shares have been applied for. In Guthrie and Larnach s Woodware Factory in two days 25,000 shares have been applied for. AUCKLAND. Friday. Mr. Buckland reports:—Fat cattle in average supply.. Medium, 235.t0 255: choice, 28s to 30s. Fat wethers, average prices 2id to 2|d, live weight. Grown steers, £sss to £7. Caledonian shares rose 20s in consequence of stMKing gold in the new reef—sales: 102 s: Moanatmri, 755. Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £22 ss; National Bank, 31s. Sellers: South British ■ Insurance, 80s. CHRISTCHURCH. Friday. Milling wheat is In demand at £7 to £7 3s. Stocks are low, and millers are purchasing second-hand. Large shipments of second quality, have been made during the week to England on ships account "Wheat—stocks of all descriptions are very low. Oats are In brisk demand at Ss Cd to 3s 9d ; country demands are heavy. Flour is firm at £l7 to £lB, with the prospect of advanced rates,- Potatoes,"£3; cheese, 6id; barley, 3s 9d to 4s Dd: hams and bacon, Bd. Business is brisk. , OAMARU, Friday. No transactions are taking place in wheat. Prices obtainable range from 7s to 7s fid. A considerable quantity of eats are withheld for higher prices. The present rates are from 3s 9d to 4s for feed: 4s to 4s 4d for milling and seed purposes. Barley is unsaleable; flour (millet’s quotations). £2O; oatmeal, £2O; pearl barley, £22; pollard, £6; bran, £4; potatoes, £3. NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. Mr. Courtney sold yesterday:—Heifers in calf from £7 5s to £7 12s 6d: cows, £8 10s; fat bullocks, £l2 6s; calves. 42s fid; yearlings. £2 12s fid; eighteen month steers, £3 7s fid to £4 6s; two-year steers, £5 to ■ £slos. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (FROM our own correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Friday. ■ Mr. Alexander Saunders reports:—Sales: Colonial Bank, 455; Caledonian, 102 s; Moanatalari; £0 10s; 'Albumin. 54s fid. Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £22 ss; National Bank, 70s; National Insurance, 315.; Kurunui, 18s. Sellers : South British, 80s.