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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 845, 3 August 1871, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. The following is a return of the revenue nt the Custom House, Westport, <for the mouth ended July 31,1871 : J b. d. Customs'duties ... ... 855 9 7 Lighthouse dues SO 10 Fees uuder Merchant Shipping Aet o'2 3 Anns and ammunition Kcenscß ..< •■• ... 28 0 Gold duty ... «38 010 3 8 0 «38 O 10 £■1499 1 6 The above 'figures, 'show a very-considerable upon the returns for-June, when the total revenue -collected amounted to £3207 19s. The falling off is mainly in the Ous, torns duties, the ■flguv.-s for June being £2540 10s against July, £BtT6 6s 7d. The decrease in gold duty is not quite £2O. TJie terrible ■weather experienced during tlie 'whole of July has necessarily affected the importations fo* tliat month, as iilso the quantity of goods cleared for home consumption. The up-rrvor tvHjfic has been almost suspended, and the idition of the'marts to the various diggings 3 greatly interfered with the transport of goods. Trilling all these euisesinioconsideration, the reduction dia'ing the mouth of July is not greater than anticipated. In respect to the gold duty the weather probably has an opposite effect, but as the shipments for July represent only the production of the district lor May and a portion of June, these figures furnish no guide of the yield during the past 'month. The amount of revenue collected under this head during the current«ionth will probably exceed the average

UNCLAIMED LETTER LIST. I IST of unclaimed letters received at tl J Post Oflice, Westport, during th month of April, and unclaimed on the 31s' •July, Baker, John Caldwell, Patrick Davis, Louis Donolin, Pat Early, Captain A. ■Gennings, Mrs T. Hansen, F, Harper, William Hindmnrsh, Joshua Kum, T. Mashell, William Nusie, Ctesar Poole, Alfred Thomas, Ilenry EOCHFOET. Adams, James Eoivlands, Wm. ADDISON'S FLAT. Covle, Philip Marshall, William Shcran, Frank Applicants for miy of the above letter should state that their names appear in th ■list of this date. T. F. WINSTANLEY. Postmaster. P.O. Westport, July 31, 1871. Anchor Line of West Coast Packets OTEAM TO NELSON. Transhipping Passengers to TARANAKI, MANUKAU, WELLINGTON. LYTTELTON, AND DUNE DIN. lIARLES EDWARD, on Friday, at 1 p.m. • For freight or passage, apply to the ■ gent, on board. TO ATD THE FUND OF THE WESTPORT HOSPITAL. > /TR. E. LUSH will give an Even-'l-VI. ing's Readings in the .HIBERNIAN, HALL, ADDISON'S, On TUESDAY EVENING, Bth inst., to commence at 7 o'clock. Tho Rev. Father Walsii will preside. Admission—One Shilling. Selections from an Unpublished Book ; „ „ Dickens, Douglas Jerrold, Stern, &c. Extracts from Speeches by Gratton, Sheridan, Pitt, &c. Poetry and Comic Readings.