COMMERCILA.

Evening Star, Issue 5968, 28 April 1882, Page 2

COMMERCILA.

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Vr W. B. Harlow has been appointed auditor of the

,^Ste y a?d n r yerterday for sale a farm of 100 acres at North Taleri. Thcrewasagowl -attendance of buyers, and after brisk biding P*® ; ptrty was disposed of to Mr Robert Ga\\natththi Wy - satisfactory figure of L 25 per acre. Messrsi Reid and Co. also submitted section 17, trict, comprising 200 acres of land, at Present occupied* by Mr Colin MKenzie. The highest SgTSbeS* 1A per acre, che property was P ttlrin* sale was held yesterday by Mr Donald Stronach,™ behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Agency Company, at the farm of Messrs T. STM Henferin. Pebbly Brook Moeraki. The attendance was large, and the bidding spirited ♦hmuffhout. The property excited considerable coranotlticn, and was bought In at L 7 IBs, but afterwards ■old privately to Messrs Ross Bros, at L 8 per acre. The whole of the stock and implements were cleared at satisfactory prices, draught mares and geldings realising from LI2 IBs to L 39; colts and fillies, from L7lo# to L 19155; milch cow, Li to L 7 ss; heifers and steers, L2 5s to L2 8s; calves, 26a; lambs, 8a 6d ,* sheep, from 10s to 18s lOd.

STATISTICAL. The returns of the gold exported during the March quarter show the value to have been L 291,062, against L 202,222 tor the corresponding quarter of 1881. The following table gives the Customs revenue collected during the March quarters of 1882 and 1881 at the principal ports of the Colony

1882, 1881. Auckland .. .. £78,861 £76,247 Wanganui 4,664 4,170 Wellington 59,792 44,383 Napier 11,899 9,442 Nelson 11,867 10,6ft Greymoutb 7,896 8,380 Hokitika .. 4,030 5,118 Lyttelton .. 63,695 56,989 Tlmaru .. 5,722 4,837 Oamaru .. .. 5,012 8,707 Dunedin .. .. 117,623 114,943 Invercargill 11,161 8,586 Totals for the Colony £396,741 £346,721