CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Southland Times, Issue 1803, 7 October 1873, Page 2

CUSTOMS RETURNS.

1 The following haß been collected as Customs Revenue during the week ending, Saturday, Out. 4 j-^

..I / i..!.! ' ' ■<::•,■ : — H. E. OBborne, auctioneer, reports the sale of — tactionß-4-and 5,- bloek-65, Yarrow-street, Inver_:^s«igiß for £87) 10s ; section 16, block 17, for £15 i and section 3, block 2, township of'Winton, for £55w! .'.■•■■■••'!•' -- ' '..'•■i i ■ ;: ". /'{jBi'ExEOTRIC TeEE&BAPH] Auckland, Oct. 4. — Mr Binney reports the grain market quiet. Oamaru flour, £15 ; Canterbury do, £13 ; wheat, 5s 9d to 6s ; oats, 5s to 5b Id ;. cheese, 8d to B£d ; hams and bacon, 9d to 9id ; potatoes, £3 to £3 103 ; kauri, 10s to 16s. - , . , 1 ] ~ MELBOURNE. The Argus of the 30th ult. reports :— q[ ; laihe; import markets business has, on the whole, been quiet, and .there, has; been less ex-,-citement'iin brandy, though purchases still continue to - f .be made .to a. ; .considerable extent. , Breadstuffa have been quite neglected. Dealers' t parcela. of flour still maintain quotations of £14 12s lid l to £14 15s, Bot withstanding that £14 10s : was accepted in one instance. -For bakers' lots - the demand has been .trifling, but £15 to £15 oa is obtained for any disposed of thus. OR wheat, we hare no sales to report j 6s 8d to 6a 9d is ] quojted < for, bes,t samples,. ,In oats, there is nothing whatever doing. Quotations for feeding sorts are quite nominal at 4s lOd to 5a 4d. Maize i* very heavy ; there, are no buyers, and we are in consequence unable to give a quotation as the market at present stands. Sugars are in good trade request, thoUgh' " the prices obtained are far from satisfactory. —Teas are not active ; about 300 packages 0/ the .Thomas Brown'B •faj^memYnavWbeen phtced at from Is 4al to Is r^r^al«^6t'Bi l aijdon*^c^n^leß'^re~ < ni"eatistfed Hogßi arpi j^kelyi to.cqn^m^nd, more attention. A telegram; has been received in* the city, which state's that the price of fine Kent has advanced to 'lßos per cwt: Rice is quiet, and there is nothing tery special to refer to in the way -of-satesl la' brandies^ a. large business is again reported to have been done j about 110 quarters 1 Otard's 1872 have been sold at 7b pd,. and Bs. Vipegrowers' dark was placed at" 7b..". 143. quarter* an4 35 hhds MarteU'i and BisquTt Dnboiiche^s have also been quitted. About 30TiTfds~Martell's 186^. vintage realised lOsI Kqii^l V 50bhds' Herinessy's J872 c brought 9s 6fl. '■ About 70hhdB' arid 330 quarters r ' : Heiirieiiß'y*B'lß7iandl Q72 have 'changed hands] j h\x\ at a Concession on the last- named figure. A sliiptiJeht bf) Jules' Robin' and' Co.'s dark and pale, to land, sold oni private terms, is also amongst the sales effected. ,300 cases Hennessy'^ three-star brandy were cold on Saturday at 385, ; „but (to-day ; '^O't,,43s 1 is, ; asked for ,tha sam^ Crßrien B daeger have been taken up at, 12s 6d, for common bottles. j

Monday ... , ... ... £276 1 2 Tuesday ... 68 13 9 Wednesday '■'...'■■ ... 81 16 11 Thursday ...... OOQ, «■•■ ' Friday .;. , ... ... 222 311 • Saturday ... ... 62 15 0 £711 10 9