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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5765, 20 September 1879, Page 2

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Tiie following arc tlio duties collected at the Customs yesterday & B. d. £ *. d. Spirits .. 5fJ 310 'Weight •• 23 15 4 Wine.. 51G 0 Ad valorem.. 191 4 3 Tobacco ~ 28 0 0 Other duties.. 49 230 Tea .. .. 10 8 4 Sugar.. .. 77 13 0\ Total .. £451 4 4 BY IRLKGKArih CHRISTCHURCH. Friday. Messrs. Robert Wilkin and Co. report on their u:mal sales in sheep that sales were dull; long j woollc l hoggetta from 5s 3d to 5s 9d each ; fat steers, ; from £0 03 to £11; store cows, from £C to £7 ss. Tallow—Rest clean, well saved, 2 1 ,d per lb ; second quality, l]d ; inferior or heated, Id. AUCKLAND, Friday. Fat cattle, 28s to 35s for prime quality, and a i greater number are realising from 30s to 335. Sheep—i Shorn wethers, Ifrl; wethers in their wool, 2£d. I TIMARU, Friday, j Very little doing in grain market. Wheat—Prime, la* {>(l to 4s ; inferior, 3s 6d to 3i Bd. Cat-, nominal, li 5d to la lOd. Bariev, no quotations. The weather of late has becn hlghll favorable to young crops, which are in a very satisfactory condition. DUNEDIN, Friday. Leos and Co., of Dunedin, corn exchange report, for week, is as follows:—The wheat market h<B been active during the week, and prices have advanced considcrably.cspecially regarding inferior and medium qualities, which have been bought up at extreme rates, according to which sales, we arc justified in quoting, choice qualities at os. per bushel, medium 4s 6d. to 4s. Bd., inferior 4s. to 4s. 3d.; fowls' wheat scarce in market, and would command 3s Gd to 3s 9d. Flour has advanced to £3l and £l2 per ton on to-day's quotations, according to quality and quantity. Oats aro in greater demand, but higher values are not paid—feed, 2s to 2s Id; milling, 2s 2d to 2s Sd, good supply. Edenhall market quotes more in request, and supplies larger, of Southern growth, at £4 15s to £5, whilst Oamaru, is ready of sale at £5 5s to £5 7s Cd. Butter is still inquired for, but there is no supply... Cheese is in demand at 6jd to 7id. Bacou and hams move off freely at Sd to 9d: bacon pigs in carcase, small weights sd, larger to 4ld.