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The following are the duties collected at the Customs yesterday:— £ b. d. it s. d. Spirits 130 18 a I Weight .. 160 4 10 Wine .. , 33 4 101 Ad valorem .. 487 13 8 Tobacco .. 24 2 61 Other duties 2 14 4 Tea .. .. Cls*bj Sugar .. .. 107 10' 2 . Ale (bottled).. 24 0 0 j Total .. £035 13 0 Tho Amounts of Customs duties received At the port of Wellington for the week ending the 4th of July, were as under:— * £ s. d. £ s. d. (Spirits. .. 030 0 6 Goods by wgt. 134 6 7 Cigars 130 8 0 A d valorem., 420 1 0 Tobacco .. 103 0 O Other duties.. 34 5 0 Wine.. .. 83 10 0 Light dues. Beer .. .. 83 4 0 snipping, &c. 173 2 0 Ttft .. .. 30-4 - 8. C Coffee.. .. 13 4 O - . —■ Sugar.. .. 342 S 4 Total .. £3083 7 5 The inclement weather that has prevailed during the week has not bsen without effect on trade, which has.been rather more dull than nsitnl at this season. Wo report no change in values of imported goods from bvst report, but nit stocks are increasing considerably owing to. tho arrival of tho Craigmullen, Flelono, and yrith of Forth, within short intervals of each other. V7c da not look lor any improvement lu quotations. colonial produce prices remain stationary. Butter is in only slight demand at Od to lOd per lb for prime cure; cheese, hams, and bacon unaltered; flour, full stocks-of Canterbury and Oamaru mills, with a slightly downward tendency on last week’s rates; ovis are firm At 4s Cd per bushel, stocks light and In fair enquiry: chick wheat, selling freely at 4s to 4s cd; maize is in moderate enquiry at Gs per bushel; potatoes, full stocks at 75s per ton for trade lots. At Mr. Duncan's sale yesterday the following prices were obtained :--lG qr-casks port wine, at 4s 3d to 44 Oil; 17 qr-CJMIM whisky, 0i and 5s Cd; 00 cases Utard’s brandy, 51s Cd ; 14 cases Machen's ale (pints), 10 cases Blood's alo, 10s; 3 qr-casks Kennedy's brandy, «t Os Gd; 0 qr-casks Associated Vineyard's brandy, at 7s Cd ; 1 qr-cask pale brandy, at 2s 9d; 15 cases Southern; Vineyard, at 20s and 21s ; 10 cases Martel! Freres’ at 19s ; 15 cases Arrmnrt Marrast’s, at 17s Gd i 15 cases Jeban.de. Monteullb', at 13s Gd; 18 cases Bisqult Duboncho, at 20s ; * 10 casts Gautier Frere*’, at 245; half-flask brandy, at 275; Scotch whidey, at4s(Hi; DuuvUle's whisky,at6sCd; schnapps, at 0t t-> 12s; Anrtressea’s tawny port, 9s; do in octaves, 9s 3d to 9s 9d; Duff Gordon's sherry, at 8s 3d; Cozen's sherry, at'73 t oßs j 81 boxes tea, at 21s ; -gheptor. Mallet tale, at 8s Od (quarts). One harmonium was sc'm at £l7 aud another at £8 10s. .Sundry other gc aW were also disposed of at fair prices. - " ■ .
BY IELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (from our own correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports;—Buyers; National Insurance, 265; Colonial Bank, 645: Dunk of New. Zealand, £23 6s; South British, 07s I Shipping, 78s; Albumin, 50s;'Mpanataiad, 64a; Caledonian, 70s; Thames, 325; National Mortgage, 245. ' • (rKR TRESS AOBKOT.) . DUNEDIN, Friday. Produce Report.—Oats. 3s lOd ; wheat, 4s ; barley, r,3 to 5s Cd: pollard, £5 10s : flour, £11; oatmeal, £2O; potatoes, £3los. * i AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Buckland reports:—Fat catdo in usual num* berand of good quality at 35s per lOOlbs: medium, 27sCd; sheep and pigs in less number than usual, with Improvement in prices. There Is good enquiry for * lore-grown cattle. Shares.—Buyers: Bank of Now Zealand, £23 <3 Cd; Colonial Bank, 55s Cd. Insurance—New Zealand ; Buyers, 02 Cd ; sellers, 05s. South British : Buyers. 67s Cd; sellers, 70s; National; Buyers, 275. Guthrie and Larnach—Sellers: 57s Cd. Now, Zealand Loan 67s Cd ; sellers, 70s. Alburnla, 50s; Moanatalari, 65s to CCs; Caledonian, 80s.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5390, 6 July 1878, Page 2
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