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Otago Daily Times, Issue 296, 1 December 1862, Page 4

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Daily Times Office. Saturday Evening*. Export en fries were passed at the Custom House to-day on 13,152 ozs 10 dwt of gold, the duty on which amounted to Ll,G'li 2-s 3d. The Customs Revenue duties collected to-day amounted to L 703 17s, oi whioh blie following are the principal items:—Shoes and drapery, 82. cases or packages, L 295 13s 4d ; alu and porter, 2,813 gals, LlO9 13*; cigars, 3681b, L 55 4s; tobacco, 3(Mo, L 22 13; whisky, 73 galls, L 35 2s; coffee and chicory, 1,3(5111), Ll7 3.1; geneva, 27 gals, 112 33; miscellaneous, 19 civses, L 75 2*. -c . , .. DUiSfEDICT LIVE STOCK MARKET. Driver., Maci/kajt and Co. report for week endlap 29th November, 18«2 : — Fat Catujk.—The market has been fully supplied. Tbfi demand, however, continued active throughout the week, and price* realised'wsre .quite-equal to lato quotation?. We anticipate a more regular supply*, during the summer mouths, and inubt expect a slight, decline from prices lately rulimr. We have sold .40 builocks, ex "11. S. Page, from Gipps Land, at an average of L 25 i)H pur head. These were very prime and- heavy •weights, and landed in splendid condition. We have received a second cargo from Gijips Land, i «x aiontezuma, which we will sell at our yards dur- | ang'the ensuing week. - ■ Ahout. 60 head have been yavded during the week, wlil-li were all disposed of at, say—T?or first quality 65s per IUU lbs; second, 50s per 100 lbs. Fat Cai/ves are in demand and very scarce at L 4 10.s to LO, according to age and quality. Store Cattlk. —Transactions during the week Jiave been very, limited, although the demand for first <c!a.v? stores continues active., We have sold a few-We-liir^tuii cattle at Ll2. Really good, fresh stores, over a years old are very scarce, and saleable at LlSto A.13 10.s- Mixed herds at L 9 10s to, Lll 10s. WoßKrxa' 33ULLOCK3 and Dairy Cmva.—Wb have daily applications for bullocks fit for immediate tise, wliiclr would readily "bring. JaGa.por pair. We have sold a few steers for breaking m at L4O to L 45 per pair. A few first-class dairy, cows would ineefcready eale at LlB to L2O. ;V r" „, , ;-• Wat Sheep.—Our market has .been poorly gruppli£d iwtili i>-ood mutton, no fresh Jots, cojuirig to hand. We tfxpqS hi active;demand ■during the ensuing week ,or-pito wethers at 9d per 1 bin wool, or 8d per lb $.toi\p {^n^P.—Most of our run holders being en«vretl in sheaiitJg, jitansactioiis.in this description of >ck have be«a rsii^ep limited; ~i We-fhave, Jioweyer, «»ld one or two small i<M at followingiprices ;-rNe^ Zealand bred ewu-s, 2, i a»d ".O-fcooth, "27s to 303; do ■wethers, do, 25s to 20s; impoi£e<i ewes, do, 24s to «g(59; do jvethersj do, 22a to 'Ms,

Station Peopkrtv.—We do not hear of any i transactions, although several very valuable properties are in the market. Hobsks.—A prevailing opiniou existed at the comt meucement'of the week, that in consequence of the large supplies that came to haad during-the month r and the arrival of the Omeo with 140 horses, coupled with the anticipated shipments from Tasmania, that ! prices must of necessity recede j on the contrary, however, each lot that came to han 1 met with eager sile at slightly advanced prices, and judging from the increased demand generally, and in particular from the mining districts, we are of opinion that horses will maintain their present value for some time to come, i We have disposed of nearly all the recent shipments, iuc'.udiiig Messrs Lasceiles and Cullen's lot, ex torn. Ackers, at an average of L 55 per head. ■ We also sold a lot of 20 draught horses, ex Omeo, i the property of Messrs Strachan and Emery. These were a splendid lot, and averair«d LB2 per head. Our ' quotations are as follows :—Heavy voun" draught .stock. LBS to'LlOo; medium <!o, LG5' to 1.80; ilrst class weight-carrying hackneys, LSO to L 7 5; packers, in request,-at 135 to 155. UItIVER, Mi CLEAN, &c CO., i Stock and Station Salesmen, Duuedin. • «j= —. .

Wright, Robertson, and Co. report for the week ending Nr.v..29,18G2: — There ha* been a good supply of cattle to hand this week, winch met with a ready wile, at prices nearly ! equal lo last week's quotations. A very limited i supply of sheep has arrived in this market lately. Prices have decidedly an upward tendency, and holders are firm We quote Fat Bullocks, first quality, at from L 24 to L2B ; second quality, LlB to L2O ; Cows, first quality, LlB to L 22 ; second, Lli to LlB. Inferior only saleable at store prices, say, first quality beef fiora GOs, and second from st)d per hundred. We have sold at our yards a lot of fifty head, principally cows of medium quality, at LlB 10s per head : also a lot of sixty head, privately, mixed sexes, at an average of L 23 per head. Fat Calves meet with a ready sale, at from Li to L 6 per head, according'to quality and weight. .Store Cattlb.—Provim-M bred cattle,*good herds, aro worih from Lll to Ll3 per head : ship cattle fromLQtoLll. . Wokicing Bullocks and Dairy Cows.—"Working Bullocks broken to pack saddle are in demand at from LOO to L7O and upwards for yoke. We have sold this.week for yoke at LCS, and one yoke at L 72, broken in to pack. For Cows-good milkers, with or without calves at foot, are worth at from L2O and upwards. Fat Sheep.—Good wethers meet with a brisk sale, at fully last week's quotations, say shorn, at from 30s to 3is per head. We have sold a lot of one thousand, 4 and 6 tojth, guaranteed 50 lbs weight, delivery at the Wairaki, at 32s 6d per head. • Stokh Sheep.—There is a good demand for young acclimatized ewes, at prices varying from 23s to 31s per head. ...We sold this week one thousand ewes, full anil.broken mouthed, delivery at the north side of the Waitaki, at 21s per head. Station Property,—We hear of no transactions during the week. Houses.—Our recent arrivals are all cleared oft by the; importers, at very satisfactory prices; the-market from being only firm for the superior class of stock has taken a very upward tendency for horses of all descriptions, and a very brisk business has been done during the week. Owing to the very favorable accounts from our gold fluids, and the excitement prevailing on die Dunstan, we anticipate a still further rise in .ill kinds of hor.se stock. We quote first-class hear;, draught at from 180 to Lily ; secend class from L6O to LBQ ; pack horses from L 35 to LSO ; iirst-c.'ass hacks from LSO to L7O; light harness, Baddleand puck, inferior, from L3oand upwards.