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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5249, 19 January 1878, Page 2

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-, The following are the duties collected at the Customs yesterday :—* -7

The Customs duties collected, at...the.port-of Wellington for the week eudiftg‘January 18, were as follows : ! 7 ’ 1 ' ,

, ,W& report no change in quotations for'imported goods Iduring.'the week. Business in towngis duller tlian could be wished*, but a fair amount, of country Orders, 1 have been received, and in tHe absence of any vessels from England stocks will stand some chance’ of becoming more" manageable. In ■the meantime prices : arc lower than in any of the other New Zealand, ports, and -consequently, greatly, in , favor of. buyers. 5 New Zealand produce shows some improvement, with the advance of the season.'" Salt butter is in better demand, and holders of. first .quality .cure are;, holding out for .7(1 per lb; second quality is worth 4d to f»d. and difficult to place ; bacon and-hams are In moderate supply at 8d to Od per lb, with fair demand; cheese> if sound, is worth 7d to 7£d :for Southern make.i Flour continues inanimate, and ns stocks of Southern brands are in excess, there is little prospect •in this market'(in spite of the efforts of the millers to : .keep' up. prices) of any improvement in quotations •Best brands, guaranteed quality, are quoted at £l4 to £l4 10s per ton for'bakers' lots. Oats are firmer; and now-held for.ls Cd per bushel for prime milling sorts —stocks very low ■; inferior quality is offered at 4s 2d ; .maize dull at 4s lid per bushel; potatoes in fair sup-. ply at £0 IDs per ton. Mr. George Thomas sold by auction at Tawa Elat, Porirua-road, yesterday, the cattle, sheep, etc., be-, longing: to the estate of C. Duncan, by order of the trusted*’. There :>yas.a, good attendance of both town andveountrv buyers, and the biddings' were . very spirited, resulting in the following cash prices;—Dairy cows, £8 to £lO 10s each; 190 sheep, conslsting of ewes, wethers, and lambs, at 9s each; pigs, 16s to 40s each; -horse, trap,-and .harness, poultry, etc., at fair prices. ‘ . ‘ >yMr. G. Thomas reports -produce- prices:—Flour (colonial). £l3 10s to £l4 10s*; Adelaide, £l7 10s ; oats. 4s 3d; bran, Is; wheat, 4s ; hams, 9£d per lb ; bacon, : s£d; cheese, 7d; potatoes (new), Tspercwt,; pollard, £G.lOs per ton; maize, 5s per bushel; butter, (Id, fresh and salt. ; . - . . ‘ BY TELEGRAPH.' . t r , --AUCKLAND, .Friday. ’ Mr. tßuckland reports Fat cattle, 2Gs for medium, and 30 s ior best: fat sheep plentiful; ewes j(wethers), 2d to 3d per lb; lambs in full supply and good demand at from 9s to 11s. .Mr.! Al" Saunders’reports Sales ; Bank' of, New Zealand, 477 s Cd-; Colonial Bank, 525; Union Insurance, 12s Cd.; Bay of Islands Coal Company, 100 s ; Kurunni, 14s Od. Buyers: National Bank, 71s; Bank of New Zealand, 470 s ; Caledonian, COs; Moahatairi, Sss ; Thames, 355, Sellers; South British, 70s ; Alburnia, 70s ; Piako, ss.

£ s. d. £ s. d. . S3 15 ,2 IVeight ■IS 9 8 ; 3014 5 Ad valorem'. ♦ 85 2 10 Tobacco 13 0 0 Other duties. •M.,- 0 0 1 Tea' .. Sugar . ; 48 17 19 5 6 0 ■Total. ; ‘£303 4 S

Spirits . 730 ■ !) ,C Goods .by . > ' *: Cigars.. 131 7 6 . 1GG 12 6 weight 215 11 7 Goods by ad- , . . U9 18 4 valorem 231 15 3 • 85 IS 9 Other duties.. 62 ,J 3 0 . 709 18 6 Light dues, ; . Coffee.. - ... • .18 9 0 shipx»mff,. 180,16 8 Sugar' V 820 3 1Total- 16 . S