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Evening Star, Issue 7356, 31 October 1887, Page 3

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The amount of revenue collected at tbe Customhouse on goods cleared to-day for Consumption was L 754199 d. ■ STAIWriCAL. ' The Customs revenue for October was L 28.937, the principal lines buing: spirits, L 6 C 34: tobacco, LS 840 ; tea, L"?. 137 ; sugw, L 3.464; goods by wex'ht, L 2.617; ad valorem, L 7.214; other duties, L 1.497. The amount collected in October of last year was 126.181. ■ The beer duty for Ootober, L 934 17s 7d, against LBIOI2B 7d for same month last year. The gold duty for month being L 152 lis lOd, against L 916 2i 4d for corresponding month last year. PROPERTY SALES. Messrs J. A. Park and Co report having sold today, in the estate.of John Tullpok (deceased), thit freehold property, being part of section 27, Currie street, Port Chalmers, 25 4-10 poles, together with the four-roomed cottage and outbuildings thereon, ■to Mr Watson, for LBS. Als>, part of section 20, .block 11, North Harbor and Blueskin district, containing 10 aores 1 rood and 23 poles, to Mr Fergusson, for LBO. The attendance at both sales was good. MINING NOTES. The Reef ton returns for the past week were:— Globe, 901oz of amalgam from 190 tons of stone. The Keep it-Dark obtained 157cz of retorted gold for a month'd ciushing. The Glojo deolared a shilling dividend, Mr J. A. Chapman reports that he to-day received a telegram torn Westport. stating that the Great llapublio Company crushed during the week 60 tons of quarg for a return of lHoss of amalgam. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports :—Mostly all suited for farms and stations have left town. The week haß been quiet, except for dairy people and female servants for the country. November is our busiest month. Late wages, as under: Al ploughmen, 20s; firm laborer', 16s; milke 8, 20s,' 15s, 12s, and 10 i ; station cooks, 20s, 255, and 80s; shepherds, L 56 to L6O; grooms and gardeners, 20j ; farm girls, 10s and 12s; barmaids, 17s and 20s housekeepers, 12s and 16,9. THE LONDON MARKETS. .. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company (Limited) have received the following oablegr»'u from their London office, dated 28th October : ■'There is a gcod demand for tnllow, which has advanced 61 per owt since last report."