COMMERCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 156, 16 May 1862, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

Duncdin Customs, Thursday, May 13, 1862. .Export Entries were passed to-day for 15 oz., Lhe duty upon which amounted to £1 17s. Od. The imports realised £691 6s. lOd. ». The following tabular returns of the shipments of cuttle and .sheep and produce from Wellington t:> Otago, for tlie last quarter of 1361 and the fii-st quarter of 18(i2, are extracted from the Wellington Provincial Gazette. We reproduce them here, as they throw a light upon the commercial relations of the two proviuoes, and explain some allusions in the opening speech of the Superintendent of Wellington, quoted" by us a day or two back. It will, doubtless; astonish "many of our readers to find that the trade with Wellington is so large :— Return of cattle, sheep, and other New Zealand pro"duce shipped at Wellington for Otago, during the year ended on the Slst December, lSb'l. Approximate

Value. Cattle, 611 head . . . £5123 0 0 Sheep, 2299 head . . ' 2120 11 (i Horses, S3 head . . . 16(50 0 0 Butter, 11C5 kegs . . -1060 0 0 Cheese, 26 ewt. . - . 121 fl 8 13aoon, 170 cwt. . . . 704 0 0 Lard, 8 packages . 25 0 0 Beef, fresh. SO'quarters . . 1ST 5 0 Beef, salted, 43 casks . . 168 0 0 Poultry, geese, 50 . . 12 10 0 Eggs, 3 cases . . , 5 0 0 Flour, 15? tons . . . 233 10 0 Potatoes, 15 tons . . . 67 10 0 Bran, 600 bushels . . 30 0 0 Oats, o0 bags . . . 45 0 I) Cordage, 3'* tons . . 140 0 0 Liues, 135 dozen . . • 81 0 0 Tow, 20 coils , . . 22 0 0 Hair, 22 baus . . . 22 0 0 Sawn timber, 186,000 feat . 1395 0 0 Leather. 23 packages . . 350 0 0 Trees, 3 bales ". . . 10 0 0 Boats, 2 in number . . 45 0 0 Mattresses, 229 in number . 137 8 0 £17426 1 2 R. Caiikekk. Collector. Custom House, Wellington, 14th April, 1862. .Return of cattle, sheep, and other New Zealand produce shipped at Wellington for Otago, during the quarter ended on the Sist March, 1802 : — Approximate Value. Cattle, 1213 head . . . £8191 0 0 Sheep, 3239 head . , 323!) 0 0 Horses, 4 head . , . 80 0 0 Pigs, 125 hend . . . 250 0 0 Calves, S head . . 20 0 0 Poultry, »eeie, 72 head . . . " , IS 0 0 Butter, 370 kegs . . . '1504 0 0 Potatoes, 70 tons . . 420 0 0 Onions, 3 tons . . . 84 0 0 Apples, A ton . . . 11 0 0 Peas, green, 5 bags . . . 3 5 0 Brau, -100 bags ' . '. . SO 0 0 Mattresses, 40 • . . ' . 24 0 0 Cordage, 45 cwt. . . 00 0 0 Lines, 28 dozen . . . 16 16 0 Tow, 28 coils . . . ' 30 0 0 Leather, 3 bales . . . 40 0 0 Sawn timber, 125,300 feet . 939 0 0 £15343 1 0 S. Cabkbek, Collector. Custom House, Wellington, 14th April, 1862.