COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4708, 3 September 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs duties collected at Christchnrch t>a "Wednesday, September Ist, "wews as follows :— Spirits, i 8258 183 8d; tobacco, £U4 2s; -sriae, J£l3 123; beer. .£26 3a 6d; sugar, JS4S 10a 6d; tea, .£2Bl6sßd; goods by weight, .£522 ?8 Id; ad valorem. .£894 3s; other detk3, £IGS 83 ; total, .£1969 Is sd. The Customs duties collected at Christchurch far the months of August, 1579 and ISSO, were «b follows :— 1879. 1880. £ a. d. £ s. d. Spirits ... ... 5U35 410 5683 13 7 CSgara and Banff... 220 2 4 261 11 0 Tob&oea 1614 10 11 1770 16 3 S?ine 643 12 9 727 19 2 Beer ... ... 729 3 9 712 16 6 Tea 854 4 4 2270 15 0 Csffee 89 1 6 214 9 0 Sagar ana molasses 1138 3 6 557 IS 2 Goods by weight... 778 9 7 1070 17 3 Ad valorem ... 3637 2 0 454313 0 Otter duties ... 299 17 2 561 8 8 Total... „. .£15,069 12 7 7 At the nsoal BJttiDg , of tfce TVaafe Loads Beard, held &l Chriatoharch, on Thursday, September 2nd, 1880, sales were made as follows:—Ordinary—Ashley, 2 acres; tillage setUaaenia, deferred payments, 3r lfc'p—total, 2* Br 16p, produciEg- £i 10s 3d. Tfcs totil land eales in tba month of Angnst «era•:—Ordinary—B39a 2r 20p, tinder PabKo Steerroa gale Aci, immediate payment, §&a,BES3p, DeferrM payments, 252 alr 30p. seMeiaents, deferred psymeots. StairS9p. Totad sold, 744 aOr 32p. maleashreeeiTed. J2lOlO I2alia. Amount riM due oil sales, J52619 13a 3d. in tbe earns jienod, refunds oa account of previous purchases were st&de in the amount of JBSIS 10a 9d.