MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross Office, Saturday evening.
h ,-l Customs Receipts c To-dayr:— Duties^£396 '2sSd ; lighf clues, 3s 7cl ; arms fees, 18s ; other receipt's, -i£l }' 'port charges, 2a 4d. Total, £398 6s 7d. At Mr 1 . Sibbui's^alft /to-day theve was a very large attendance. The following is a list • of the prices obtained rr-Potatoes, s 3s "per cwt.y damaged' dats^ 2s 3dio'2s 9d per., bushel ; good'oat3; 3s" 9d ; inferior cheese, s£d to 7dperib, ;iport,-4d ; -rfkmr/12s 6dj, hams, IOJd ; bacon, 7dto 94d; tea,,r2la per box; biscuits, 7d ; soap, 22a; Dunvilles whiskey, 395; porter, '8a" 6d ; butter, Is • seed onions, 2d ; wheat, 4s 4£d to 4s, 6d." The timber on the wrharf , was all sold, but prices fo*r the scantling ruled very low. , Messrs. C. Arthur i.and Son^reportithe following prices realised at their sale on Saturday :— Fowls, lid to 3s each; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 4d • turkeys, 4s to 4s 2d ; ' geese, 5s 9d ; pea fowls, 5s 9dj potatoes, 2a 6d to 3s cwt. ; onions, Id to 2^d Ib. ; bacon, 6d to lOd ; fresh butter, lOJd'to Is l£d ; salt, 5d to 6|d ; box tea,_ 18s to 22s 6d ; flour, 12f. ton. Not very brisk sale for furniture.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3972, 16 May 1870, Page 4
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198MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross Office, Saturday evening. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3972, 16 May 1870, Page 4
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