MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross office, Thuesday evening.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5804, 5 May 1876, Page 2

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross office, Thuesday evening.

The Customs duties lcceived i > day amounted to £354 Is •)<!. A meeting of the cieditois in the estate of Richaid Eingham Masou of Tmuanga, tobacconist, is convened to bo held in Mi. Mactt.ul.ine's olhoe .it noon on tho 8th instant. Messis O-iant and Moiton sold to-day, .ir the ('lty M.nt, by older of the Board of Edne ttion, the leases of the following propeities for .1 tenn of 21 >eu% vi/. : On the Epsom Ro<id, opposite the Junction Hotel, lot 13, C4 10* ; lot Id, i'l Is ; lot 17, El 4s; lot IS, t'5 ">s; block of .tllofcnients in New Noitli Road (Nos. 10, 11, V2, and 30), at l'"> :>s each ; 40, t'2 12s ; 41 and S, t'2 L'b each ; 19, £2 ; '20, £2 12s : 18. t'2 2s : 17. £'.< : 1(5, C4 (is ; $4. 3(5, and .'IS, AL> 2s eacli ; .'{7, t'2 18s; 29, £2; allotment'- at NoitliShoie, with frontages to the IJoicli anil Victoiia Ro.nK No. 8, €1 ijs ; J). £(i 1"js. The lemaining allotments were unsold. Tlieie was a Luge attend. men. and bidding spirited

MR. BUCKLAND'S REPORT. ForiDEH.— At the Haymarket, on Friday last, fodder was in less than usual supply, but at late price;,. Hay fiom 2s Od to 4*. thecwt.; niai/e, 4s to Is 3d the bushel. Hoim Siociv offuied weie principally medium <U night. They'weie in f.iii inquiry, .uid b.mij.c fiom £17 to £34 each. Heavy diaughfc ate conipatativcly dull of lale. Buggy holies,, LI.") to £20: hooded buggy, £33, weie the i>i ilos given. Uaj / 1 )■ wdShlep. — At KcmuciaonThuisday dany cittlo near calving weie in lequest at full value-,; backwaid spiingcis at lowei value; 3toto cattle dull of sale, and seveial pens of two-yeai old ■-toei-, withdiawn ; fat cattle in less numbi'ii tlrm have lately offeied, l.~>0 liead pennod. ind nniiv of thoso of ••mall size; prices advanced about 2s the 1001b. above last week's maikot. Sln»ep of all descriptions dull of sale. !'i s Miunerous lower in price than for se\oi J weeks. Piices given were : Best daily cows, £12 to t'lf> ; inferior, from £7 ; calves, 22s to 33s ; two-year old steeis, £4 10s each ; fat cattle, 26s to 32i the 1001b ; aged ewes, fiom 2* 9d each ; wellfattened wethers, 3d; inferior fat sheep fiom 2d per lb. Actual aveiagos obtained for f«t cattle were 11 head, Mr. K. Taylor, £S 10s ; 22 head, Mr. Kno\, £10; 11 o\en, Mr. D.Kobeitson, £10 10s; 1_> oxen, Mi. James liobeitson, £11 18s; 11 head, Mi. John Smith, £10 3s; 11 cows, Mi. r.ukmson, £,-> !")->; I cows, Mi. Kobeit Ciaig, £S 12s (id ; 40 cows anil lieifei--, Mi. John Wallace, £C Lls bd eich ; 300 701b. wetheis of good quality aveiaged 17s -id ; ewes of siinilu qmhty, l(!s, uith .i dull s>ilc

HUNTER AND NOLAN'S REPORT. Hok~>i •> — Acti\ lty has charactei lsed the mai - ket, and .ill descriptions sold leailily sit an advanced 1 ate. About the aveiage munhci wgie rnteiod for s.ile by auction on Fnday, and bidding was moie spuited than for the two pie vious weeks. Caii [I. -The heavy rain and bad we.ithei had a \eiv damaging effect on Tuesday -. New niaiket sale. Theie weie a few guo 1 d.uiy cows, but all .sold well, htoie-. and f.it beasts weie not plentiful, and theie was little .iltoi.ition in value. At J'apakuia theic w.is a fan naisici ot all descriptions of stock, and. nohvithst mding the wet weather, then- "vis i full attendance of buyers, und, with ieiy fow c\ct'])hons, all sold at satisfactory piices. We ([note diiiy cows, flO to £14 Vis (ill ; calves, fioin II ">•- to t2 2s ; ye.uling steers, tli to JL'4 LN («1 ; '2 and .{ yeai old stteib, tl 2-, <>d to t(> 7s (id. Shi kp. — Theie wis a laige supply. Tlie (lein.nul was steady, but piices leceded a little; fat wetheis hold fiom l(!s to 20s ; f.it lambs, 9s to 13s l Jd. Pifis. — But few yarded ; last week's piices were sustained.

TELEGRAPHIC. Dunedin, Thursday. Mr. J. B. Bradsluw repot ti Hales as follows : National Insurance, 24s Gd ; Standaid, 12s; Shipping Co., 78s; National Bank, 74s ; Otago and Southland Investment, 2.~)s ; Dunedin Waterwoiks Debentuies, si\ per cent, SOa Buyers : National Bank, 74s ; Standard, 11s Cd.

Amount. C\LLs: i s. (1. New E\chan-o O M Co. . 0 0 9 The Queen of the Ma\ G.M.Co.(ne\\ ) 0 1 0 Bullion O U Co. " . . 0 0 :{ Golden Airo\ Ci.M.Co. 0 0 i> Dmdend G.M Co. . 0 0 3 Black Uecf G M Co. 0 0 (i Crown I'll nctss G M Co, .0 10 Colib.m 0 M Co .. ..010 Albiuni.ia.AI.Ci) 0 r . 0 Date Ma\ 10 Mij 10 Maj 10 Ma\ 10 Ma> 10 Jin 10 Ma\ \1 .lune It

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