Untitled

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 53, 1 October 1864, Page 2

Southland Time 3 Office. Friday Evening. Tho revenue collected at the Custom-house for the past two clays for articles cleared for home consumption was as follows : — Yesterday, £181 12s, Id. ; to-day, £S9 17s. Bd. ; together, £27-1 Us. 9d. being duties levied as follows : — Brandy, 133 gals £59 5 z Geneva, 112 a 51 4 2 Whisky, 31 „ 15 6 0 Ale (bulk) ,so „ 16 0 A1a(b0t.),837 „ 41 17 0 Tea, 212 lb. 4 0 8 Tobacco, 209 „ 15 13 6 Drapery 72 14 8 Sundries 13 3 7 £274 y 9 The total value of the imports for the quarter ending 30th September, IS6-i, is £50,736. The Customs' revenue for same period is £7,520 13s. lid. We have still little or nothing of change to notice in the state of our markets. Dealers only transact business to meet every-day requirements of trade. The flour market is buoyant, and a rise in price is looked for, caused by the upward tendency of the Australian and Otago markets, whence we derive our cnief supplies of the article. In other articles our former quotations remain without change. Messrs. Carey and Gilles sold yesterday fifteen" head of fat cattla at prices varying from £12 to £15 per head. Messrs. 'Morison, Law, and Squires sold ssacm c day a mob of superior fat cattle, which fetched, in some ca3«s, extreme prices. The pricea ranged from £15 to £2S 10s. The prospectus of the Southland Grain Mills Company will shortly be before the public. Several extensive applications for land have recently be«n mads at the Government Land Oaice.