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' Saturday Afternoon. The Customs revenue collected at the port of \f ellingtonfor the.week ending to-day.amounted to £6,937 5s id. SHABE RfiPORT. Messrs. Stevenson & Stuart report :— SalesNational Insurance, 27s Gd ; South British Ineurance, 71b. . Sellers— Colonial Bank, 60s to 61s ; Colonial Insurance. Cs 6d ; National Insuranco, 27s Ud ; South British Insurance, 735 ; Standard InSnrancc, 21s 6d; Wellington Building Society, £20 ss. Buyers— Bank of New Zealand, £24; National Bauk, 799; National Insurance, 275! Wellnigron" Tramway shores, sale reported at par. • > " Wairabapa, 6th September. There was a large attendance at Messrs. F H. Wood & Co.'s sale of Mr. Knight's stock at Tauherctiiknn on Tuesday last. The demand for horses was not very groat, but several were knocked down at prices ranging from £5 to £26 ; a diminutive pony, 11 hands 1 inch, fetched £19 10s. Cattle fetched the following prices :— Yeariingß, £2 2s; steers. £4 7s 6d; cows, £6 10s. A large quantity of produce was disposed of, potatoes realising £6 2s Gd per ton, and carrots £1. The well-known entire Sir William Wallace was offered, but bought in, as the reservo value ivas not obtained.
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Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 213, 7 September 1878, Page 2
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COMMERCIAL. Evening Post Office,
Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 213, 7 September 1878, Page 2
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