COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5234, 1 January 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the duties collected at the Customs yesterday;—

The amount of Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington during the month of December was as follows:

The amount collected the same month of 1870 was £lS.o'>B 1 la 2d. The amount of Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington during the past six months amounted to £1)0.475 17a 2d, as compared with £81,300 10s 2d collected during the corresponding period of 1870.

BY TICL KORA PIT. TIMARU, Monday. Jonas and Hart report:—Heavy draught horses, £SO to £CO ; medium. £33 to £4B. Eleven head of fat cattle were sold at £0 10s. to £ll 10s, No transactions in store cattle or sheep reported.

£ 8. (1. £ 8. d. Spirits 151 6 6 Sugar.. 90 6 0 "Wine ., 2 13 7 Goods by wght 3 U 8 Tobacco 23 0 0 Ad valorem .. 1 3 0 Cigars.. 22 5 8 Ale (bottled) 10 10 S Tea 20 7 6 Total „ £337 13 2

£ fi. d. £ s. ,d Spirits ... 4434 4 0 Coffee, cocoa, Cigars ic snuff 330 2 11 chicory, &c. 81 10 10 Tobacco .. 1091 7 tf Coffee, roasted 1 17 11 Do,, sheepwash 53 8 6 Sugar.. .. 1770 17 9 ■Wine.. .. 743 8 Goods by wgt. 1407 10 10 Ale, bottled .. 8X1 12 6 Ad valorem .. 2510 0 11 Ale, bulk .. 83 10 0 Other duties.. 397 3 8 Tea .. .. 1276 0 y Total £15,12317 9