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Otago Daily Times, Issue 299, 4 December 1862, Page 4

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' ' - DAiLY^Tiafife QgLce. ,„, '• . - Wednesday Evening. Export entries were pa-sed at f;*b Custom House to-day, for 12 oz of gold," the duty on which amounted to Ll 103. Tbe Customs Revenue on imports amounted to L 1.193 18* 61, the fulowssg being the prneipal item*: Ale, 1,500 gal*, L37 10;; brandy, 413 gals, LIBC -is 61; rfeaiy *2r2h lb, U2 7s Gd ; gin, 01-ca's, L4l Oi; gvneva 335 g I*, LI6O Os sd; ab-yntho, 27# gals, Ll2 10s: measurement voo Is, Ll9l 19*-id; miscellaneous L2G 3* 61 ; rum, 271 g»!s, Ll2l 19s : sugar, 6,877 ib, L2B lfls Id ;• tea, 60* i lb, LlO 0s8d; tobacco, 1.98:$ lb. L 147 12-.; porter, 1,536 gal*, L7G 16s; whisky, 97 g.ils, L43 133 j wine, 481 gals, L 72 '3s. * CANTERBURY. Messrs Burnell Bennett and Sprot report the sile for Otago of 100 head of very good cattle at Lil per head, on tbe Ashburton; also several sections of the township of Selwyn. which is now meeting with considerable attention. Me3ra Burnell, Benne<t, and Sprot have cleared nearly all the lots of cattle placed in their hands, arid, all the 'wethers. The derftarid, for ewes continues without any' alterations in the- prices' ; offered.; -Mi;. '" '."' '..'.: ■'.'.; "'■'' .ifi' y/': '■'• '. j ... Messrs Miles and Co." report'the,sale of 2,500 firstclass ewes, delivered in the Timaru District, at 31s 6d per beafl j also^ to he delivered'within forty rhiles : of Christchurch/ 1,000 ewes at 31s, both"-lots after shearing j 130 head of mixed cattle, north of the Waimakairiri, atrLß 10sper-head-- 350-head south of the Kahgitata; at LlO* per: head * =and^ 500 bead of young stock, from six months to two years, atX5 per held, deliverable near Christchurch. V .■" • •MrW.D. Barnard reports ver^ little animation in the home market since the. last report; "transactions principally confined to ordinary town buyers. On Saturday, several odd lots of hacks, 3 light harness mares, and 3-geldings were disposed of, at figures varying ;froin« L2L to L45 per head. '1 he supply of good hacks, <iii>t-clas3 heavy.draught arid light harness horses is not "equal-to the demand, and any lots coming in miglit be disposed of atgood pricesi 50 j head store cattle, ex Tyra, from Wellington, were ! sold by public auction at L 9 10s per head ; 4 pairs of working bullocks from :L3 3to 42 per pair. The demand for store cattle is still good, and any fair lots readily sold at high rAiea.—Standard, Nov.- 27. . » ' ■■•'••;• -■•■■is ■ ■ WELLINGTON. . ..Business during ;the week has been rather dull. On Tuesday, Mr John Martin sold fi consignment of books, but they realised very low prices. On Thursday, Mr Wallace sold & few daiyy cows, some steers, and a horse, which fetched fair prices. Although trade in town is -dull,-yet considerable activityprevailsin the country. ~At this time of the year, our dairy farmers usually'obtained about 10' d per lb for butter, and 7d for bacon-now tbe wholesale price of I the.form'erjs ls;Bd,and the; latter Is. The large number of stock drafted from the various stations and exported to Auckland and Otago, has had the effect I,of relieving those stations that were overstocked, and the cash returns aire being expended in improvements, ! such as fencing, &c. The settlement of the na--tive difficulty is the great desideratum; that is required to make Wellington go ahead. We understand; on good author! tyj that sinee'July Li3t, upwards of LBO,OOO worth of stock, timber, &c, has been exported from Wellington. The Customs returns for the week ending Saturday, the 15th inst;, was L1,39i) 133 Id; for the cor-: responding wei:k last year, it was L 976 12s 3d.— Independent, 22nd Nov. ....-;■.;.. Latest FrioMWAsniNaTON.—Gen. Helleckis to assume supreme command of the Federal armies, under the title of Hallecksander the Great." . A Friesdly INTERPfiaENCE.--Obliging" Frenchritan to Obadiah—'' Pardonnez-moi, Mo'sieu ! It has arrived to your collar to stick liinv up/ . However, Better Lath than Never. -Wbativould you call the Government's detention of tbe" Delhi Prize-money? Extremely Delhi-tory.;. in him MiwiiiiuKAiamjr.wimMßMrmimt, iwißjrirwwwfi™. Tiiwf<nnrinrip