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Evening Star, Issue 8612, 4 September 1891, Page 3

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The amoant of revenue collected at the Oustom-house on goods cleaned to-day for consumption was L 1,122 6s lOd.

Messrs John M'Malrn and Go., Glasgow, writing in July, state that they are selling New Zealand cheese at 52* to 64s per owt, as against 43i and 41s for New Canadian and United States. They say:—“ This must prove to you and friends in the colony in the trade that New Zealand cheese has established itself in tbe Scotch markets, and taken a very prominent position here. It seems to ns a feather in our cap to make a penny per pound more for cheese that comes 15,000 than for cheese that comes 3 000 miles. New Zealand cheese is really now being preferred to Home cheese, because It Is ripe, thows good meat, and is well flavored.” [By Telegraph.] Chhstchuoh, September 3 —The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Christchurch Tramway Company was held last evening. The Chairman said that 720,000 passengers had travelled in cars, averaging 4 000 daily. Tbe receipts were L 6 834, and the expenditure L 5,885. 260,000 more passengers were carried than daring the first half of 1889. The Sefton Dairy Factory have declared a dividend of 6 per cent, for eight and a-half months, during which period 50,0171b of butter were manufactured.