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The following are the duties collected at the Cns* toms yesterday :--" /’ ' 'A ' 8/ d. £ b. d. ■ipfrits.. .. 200 13 2 Weight A - 1U 7 X Wine .. .. 10 17 10 Ad valorem ... 300 10 5 I'obacco ~ 42 0 3 Other duties ~ 80 17 0 Tea .. ~-18 7 0 , ' Sugar .« .» 072 0 0 . r Total ..1509 5 0 The Customs, duties received at;this port for the week ending October 3 were asunder;— ; s. d. •-* «■ 4 ' £ a. d. spirits .. m 0 9 Goods by wgt. 038 3 10 11115 4 Ad valorem .. 1023 13 8 Tobacco- ~ ,022 10 0. Other duties.. 213 8 10 Vino.. .. 'B3 C 5 Light dues, 'eer.. 132 12 0 Shipping,&c 155 10 8 lea .. • * 29410 4 *= -Cigar.. .. 12111 0 Total ..£8199 1 4 in the Import trade very little .has been, doing ■'•iriirg the week owing to the umettled state of the '••-.atlicr, and the disinclination 0/ the retail irado to tgmwit their.stocks in the face of the large ship* I‘jnts coming forward! The St. Leonards and Cr»»gle /:ts have put in. an appearance since onr last report, id have each'fuil cargoes from London for this port, td tlioSt. Louis brings a small cargo from a French Jft. (■..,! - : .if • ■'V"—' I'- 1 • • We report no material change In quotations, prices •ing moderately well sustained, but low and in favor . buyers. - u la colonial produce the same stale of a flairs maybe •ported. Heavy btockvivilh fair amount of current isincss doing. Butter,, U. of gopd quality, is in do•and, bub the uncertain quality of the cured butter ■ •ought into this market .renders it difhcult to give a inUtlon, and operates very frequently against the • .rmt who u?;cs caro in tho caring. Quotations for
prime keg range from 10id to Is per lb; inferior, 4d to Bd. Bacon and hams exhibit no change, fand are in fair supply. Cheese, overstocked: difficult to place at Cjd to 7dp-rlb. Flour, no variation from last week's prices. Grain—Oats in moderate supply at 4s Od ; maize, 4s to 5s 3d. stocks ; fowl feed.As 3d ; potatoes are worth 80s to 90s per ton, with limited sale, as the new crop from the North.wiU ; como in ‘ shortly. ,
MELBOURNE .■ MARKET. REPORT. •*, Goldsbrough's Wool-Warehouses,- ~ ' , . j Melbourne, Sept 18, 1878. Wool. —Shearing Is now general In Rivorina, and we liavo'already received Into store , the first instalments; of several largo and favorably known clips, which appear to bo well grown, sound, and in good , condition. The date of.- the opening: sales hero has • not yet boon fixed: but unless, there is,a break in 1 ! the-weather. it will .probably be much earlier than usual, . „ /, , Sheepskins— The market lias been well supplied .during the past week, and we have cleared out all offering at satisfactory prices. We quote—Butchers green skins, from Ss Cd to 7s each; do dry do, frpm.2s,. -od' to 5s 6d each; ‘drysklns/ln bundles, Inferior-to medium, 3d to 6jd per lb; do, medium to superior, 6d to 7id per lb. '■ / • ■■ Hi des. —Ruling quotations are vefy low, but the. supply offering meets with fair demand. Heavy weights , ar.e. 4u-requostf but light -inferior hides meet with no Inquiry, being moved with great difficulty. Ox hides (average sizes), realised from 18ai to 2Ss each:.cowhldes,.do, from 10s to 15s each; Victorlhn salted, from 2Jd to 3jdper lb ; New Zealand do, from 3d to 4d per lb. . r . Kangaroo Skins. I —Superior lots can bo disposed of at from 7d to lOd per lb ; but Inferior and medium skins are almost unsaleable at from 3d to Cd per lb. ' Tallow.— The tone of this market continues as last reported, the value being low, bxit a fair demand existing both for local use and shipment to Europe.. Wo quote:—Mutton.'from £3O to £32 10a per ton ; beef, from £29 to £3l 10s do; mixed, from £26 to £3O do. GRAIN. Whbat- —At our auction sale this day we sold 271 bags at satisfactory prices, considering the quality.of the lots offered, at. the following prices, viz.:—Prime milling, from 6s lsd to 5s 2d; medium to good, from 4s lid to 6s Id; and Inferior, from 4» 9d to 4s lOd per bushel ... Oats. —We obtained 5s Ojd for a small parcel of Victorian feed. Barley.— For a small parcel of Victorian malting we obtained 6s Cd per bushel. R. Qoldsbrouoh & Co. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr. Alexander Saunders reports: Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £24 r 10s; Colonial Bank, 675; National Insurance, 27s 6d; Auckland Gas Co, £lO 6s; Land scrip, £22; Corby, 15s; North Devon, 3s. Sellers: Sagh and Door, £lO ss; South British, 72s 6d; Colonial-Insurance, 0s ; New Zealand Insurance, 90s: Loan and Mercantile, £5 17a 6d; Alburnla, 40s; Corby, 17s Od. (per press agency.) - SYDNEY, Friday. Brandy, case, 32s to 32s Cd; quarters, 9s to9s 3cL New Zealand wheat is offering at 4s, and no buyers. Oats are selling at 43. Candles, 9d. 1 ADELAIDE, Friday. Flour, £lolss to £llls. Wheat, 4s lid.- - AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr Buckland reports Fat cattle, 83s per lOOlbs; Fat sheep. In wool, 3-Jd ; shorn, 2-id. , NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday. At Mr Courtenay’s cattle sale to-day calves fetched from £2 10s to £3 ; yearlings, £3 7s 6d to £4 2s 6d ; heifers and steers, £4 15s to £slos; store cows, £5 to £slos; cows, at calving, £S 10s to £9los; heifers, at calving, £7 15s to £lO 10s ; fat cows, £B. CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The wheat market continues depressed, and quotations are nominal. Flour is dull at £lolos to £lllos. Oats are firm at 4s 3d.; bran and sharps, £5 and £6 respectively. Hams and bacon dull at 74d. Fbtatoes declining; holders are anxious to sell; value about £3. .Friday, i Produce is quoted as follows;—Wheat, 4s to 4s 2d ; oats, 3s lOd to 4s : seed, 4s 6d ; pollard, £6; bran, £5 10s; flour, £lO to £1010s; oatmeal, £l9 10s; potatoes, £5 to £5 10s; cheese, 7d. A largo number of sheep and cattle has been drowned in the Clntha floods, and been washed ashore on Ocean Beach. - Mr Bradshaw reportsßank of New Zealand, £24 IDs ; Colonial Bank, 6Ss; National Bank; 80s ; New Zealand Insurance, 90s; National Insurance, 20s; Standard Insurance, 21s ; South British, 22a; Union Insurance, 21s; South British, 725; Union Insurance, 15s 6d ; Colonial Insurance, 6s ; Mosglel Factory, 735; Guthrie and Larnaeh,, &4a: National Mortgage, 25s ; Scottish and New Zealand Investment, 18s.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5468, 5 October 1878, Page 2
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