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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1635, 13 March 1866, Page 2

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Abstract of Waste Land sold yesterday, at the Waste Land Board Office :—Timaru, 100 acres; Lincoln, 191 do; Ellesmere, 70 do; Banks Peninsula, 20 do; Oxford, 30 do; Malvern 1 , 99 do; Waitangi, 2617 do. Total, 3127 acres ; value, £6254.

CUSTOMS BETUENS. (For the Month ending February, 1866.) IMPOSTS. For b, read bushels; c, cwt.; g, gallons; p, packages f, feet; fc, tons; bs, bottles. £ £ Agricultural Impl#- Provisions— menti— Flour, 21, ... 45 Spades, 17 p ... 230 Uice, .1 c ... 40 Ploughs, 4, ... 195 Salt, 431 ... 217 Ale— Sago, 40 p ...' 115 Bulk, 1250 g ... 135 Bacon, 15 p ... 184 Bottled, 6798 g...1873> Cheese, 67 c ...210 Apothecaries'wares, Ship chandlery— 153 p 664 Cordage, 72 c... 264 Arms—24 177 Canvas, 13 p ... 655 Shot, 201 ... 25 Tar and pitch, Cartridges, 100... 1 16 p 28 Bags— Seeds, 41 c ... 266 Flour, 92 p ...1174 Plants, 6p ... 20 Woolpacks, 40 p 610 Spirits— Cornsacks, 3 p 90 Brandy, 1295 g... 728 Books, 25 p ... 604 Sw. Gin, 1018 g 456 Boots, 89 p ...2440 Eum, 712 g ... 207 Builders' Mate- Whiskey, 624 g 257 rials— Stationery, 45 p ... 959 Slates, 12,000 ... 100 Paper, 28 p ... 275 Sashes 10 p ... 100 Stock— Cement, 10 p ... 50 Sheep, 595 ...1504 Brushware, lp ... 18 Pigs, 49... ... 98 Carta and Car- Sugar, 127,730 1b52846 riagei, 3 ... 212 Tea, 12,841 lbs ...1209 Chandlery— Tobacco,73o3 lbs ... 353 Candles, c... 1371 Cigars, 956 lbs... 595 Soap, 2 c ... 5 Wine— Blue, 95 p ... 145 Bulk, 470 g ... 355 Matches, 7 p ... 130 Bottled, 252 g ... 270 Corks, 5 p ... 72 Woodware, 165 p... 434 Coals, 21321 ...3345 Timber, 586,147 f 6000 Coke, It ... 5 Shingles, 46,620 400 Coffee, 1246 lb ... 72 Palings, 245,800 165 Copperware, 3 p ... 25 Zinc, cwt ... 55 Drapery, 94 p ...4317 Apparel, 10 p ... 390 Total value, £56,331 Cottons, 16 p ... 790 imposts coastwisb. Haberdashery, 6p 283 Sugar, 40.423 lb ... 805 Silks, lp ... 20 Tea, 15251b ...200 Woollens, 23 p... 608 Tobacco, 179 lbs 20 Earthenware, 19 p 325 ■ Glass, 128 p ... 636 £1025 Instruments, Mu- expoets. ■ical, 2 p ... 145 Ale— Pianos, 2 ... 78 Bottled, 120 g ... 30 Iron— Boots, 5 p 100 Bod, 16 t 5 o ... 810 Candles, 43 c ... 20 Pig, 20 t ... 70 Soap, 26 c ... 26 Galvanized, 25 t 670 Drapery, 6 pkg... 130 Fencing, 95t 6o 1500 Hardware,l p ... 40 Nails, 161 c ... 575 Hides, 259 124 Ironmongery, 630 Machinery— £ 6805 Sewing, 8 p ... 55 Furniture, 18 p ... 345 Rubber hose, 4 c ... 250 Carpets, 11 p ... 169 Tallow, 64£ c, ... 80, Fodder, 169 p ... 60 Spirits— Fruit— Brandy, 8 g ... 3 Dried, 3 p ... 20 Whiskey, 17 g ... 5 Green, 11 p ... 15 Tea, 1150 lb ... 100 Preserved, 60p... 160 Tobacco, 111 lb ... 20 Nuts, 3 p ... 20 Sheepskins, 79 p ... 484 Harnesses saddlery, Wine— 23 p ... 600 Bottled, 4 g ... 2 Hops, 42 pockets... 650 Woodware, 149 p... 658 Malt, 261 b ... 100 W001,2,007,1501b 97,618 Jewelry, 12 p ... 855 • Watches, 2 p ... 250 £99,745 Oil— Kerosine, 1250 g 360 bemovaxs coastwisb. Colza, 60 g ... 18 Soap, 20 c 60 Linseed, 200 g... 40 Oilmen's stores, 2p 4 Boiled, 62 g ... 14 Spirits— Oilmen's stores, Brandy, 49 g ... 60 437 p ... ...1425 Geneva, 69 g... 21 Painters'mats., 23 p 174 . £135 DUTY. £ S. d. Spirits... ... ... ... 3163 6 9 Wine ... ... ... ... 447 11 6 Ale and Beer ... ... ... 628 4 9 Tobacco and Cigars ... ... 691 2 4 Other duties ... ... ... 3,064 15 4 Total ... £8294 19 5 IMPOSTS AND EXPOETS. Imports. Exports. £ £ Great Britain 37,302 ... 77,841 Victoria ... 6,085 .... 80 New South Wales ... 4,868 ... 130 Tasmania 1,211 ... — U. S. America 365 ... 21,694 Norway 6,500 ... — Total ... ...£56,331 ... 99,745

Th« following are the imports, stocks in bond, and duties collected, at the port of Lyttelton, for the week ending Mar. 10 IMPOSTS. For b, read bushels; c, cwt.; g, gallons; p, packages; f, feet; t, tons; bs, bottles. £ £ Agricultural Imple Spirits— ments— Brandy, 36£ g... 20 Ploughs, 4 p ...160 Whiskey, 40 g... 30 Ale and Beer— Perfumed, ... 20 Bottled, 906 g ... 218 Stationery, 6 p ... 135 Books, 2 p ... 40 Sugar, 20,1741bs ... 454 Carts, 2 p ... 169 Tea, 1455 lb 180 Chandlery— Wine— Candles, 23£ cwt 190 Bulk, 82 g ... 60 Soap, 3Jc ... 6 Woodware, 41 p ... 287 Matches, 4p ... 50 —— Coals, 5371 ...1075 £5,059 Coffee, 464 lb ... 20 Drapery, 6p ... 100 imposts coastwise. Woollens, 3p ... 65 Spirits— Earthenware, 4 p... 55 Brandy, 264 g ... 150 Instruments— Musical, 1 p ... 80 exports. Iron— Furniture, lp ... 10 Rod, lOt ... 10 Sheepskins, 10 p ... 115 Ironmongery, 113 pll4o SpiritsOilmen's stores, Brandy, 2 g ... 2 117 p ... 445 Tobacco, 201b. ... 2 Ship Chandlery— Wool, 852,7731bs 48,382 Cordage, 16 c ... 60 _____ £48,511 DUTIES. £ a d Spirits 720 0 11 Wine 191 16 0 Ale and beer ... ... ... 112 19 0 Tobacco and cigars ... ... 144 7 1 Other duties ... ... ... 421 17 1 £1591 0 1 STOCKS IN BOND.

Melbourne. —We have our files by the Alhambra to March 2. The Argus of that date reports:— Business in the import markets to-day has not been marked by much animation, and transactions have only been of moderate extent. The cargo of Admiral Protet, consisting 0f5500 bags Mauritius sugar, was offered early in the day, and well on to 5000 bags found buyers at £32 to £34 for rations, £37 10s to £38 5s for low to medium counters, £39 to £42 for good to fine counters, and £41 to £43 for good yellow to middling white crystals. The sale was characterised by a want of spirit, though the sugars were offered in bond or duty paid—the latter with reclamation, at the option of the purchasers. In breadstuffs another quiet day has been passed, though signs appear that buyers cannot hold off much longer without offering such rates as may bring out supplies more freely. In the morning 7s 9d was offered and refused for some 5000 bushels Anglo-Saxon Californian wheat; later in the day 8s was offered for 1000 bushels, but the importers refused to break on the cargo for so small a quantity, and subsequently the price last named was accepted for 3000 bushels. Little Yictorian is brought forward, and no sales have come under our notice. In flour we note the sale of some twenty tons of Californian, ex Anglo-Saxon, at £18. Adelaide flour, for export, has been inquired for at £18 to £18 10s' for country, and £19 to £19 10s for town brands. Victorian flour, made at Malmsbury, is likewise disposed of at LlB. Feeding grains, owing to the low prices ruling, attract considerable attention. Some 6000 bushels of fair quality oats have been disposed of on private terms, and at auction some 3000 bushels maize were quitted at 4s 6d to 4s 7d —a decline on yesterday's quotations. Sales of Adelaide bran are noted at Is 6d. Most descriptions of chemicals present an upward tendency. The sale of a parcel of fifteen tons Hutchison and Errol's caustic soda, 72 strength, has transpired at £27, and holders of otherbrands nowaskas much as £28.150 tons rolled wire have changed hands in a line at a price sustaining our quotations of £1210s, £1310s, £1410s, £15 10s, and £16 10s, for Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, for smaller quantities. The higher rates required for fine brandies has checked the demand in the meantime, no one being inclined to operate. We, however, hear of 150 quarter-casks pale, of an inferior brand, having been placed at close on 3s. Some 400 cases Mehan's whiskey have been disposed of on terms kept private. For hops a better demand is experienced from trade purchasers, several parcels of medium qualities, 1865, having been sold at Is 9d to Is lid. Malt, in consequence of the scarcity of shipments on the spot, has realised the extreme figure of 13s. For blasting powder, in half-barrels, sjd has been paid. A shipment of cheese, large and small, was sold, ex Ethiopian, at Is sd, in bond. A parcel of thirty hhds of Bass's old ale, i n fine order, has found a purchaser (in bond) at equal to £6 duty paid. The Envoy, from Calcutta, which arrived to-day, adds about 500 tons more to stocks of new rice. Exodds of Squattebs.—The White Eagle takes about 3000 sheep, four horses, and other stock to Western Australia. Twothirds of the sheep belonging to Messrs. G. and F. Marchant, whom the recent increased valuations, together .with the long drought, have induced to abandon their runs in the North, and to emigrate to a country where more liberal pastoral recommendations are in force. We believe that these gentlemen have for some time past produced above 300 bales of wool, and raised from 5000 to 6000 fat slieep annually. The remaining third of the sheep in the White Eagle are owned by Mr. Carl Rommel, who came to South Australia intending to remain, but feeling that the squatters were regarded as an obnoxious class here, has determined to remove his capital and enterprise to a place where they are likely to be valued by the public, and to have a fair field for success left open for them. On Thursday last, Messrs. Bowman Brothers, of Crystal Brook, telegraphed to say they would go down in the White Eagle, to look tit the country, and the ship was detained for a time to admit of their doing so. Two other of our young squatters, Messrs. Davis and Moorhouse, are leaving the colony for Pernarabuco, where liberal terms are offered to occupiers of waste lands.—South Australian Register,

THE MONTHLY SUMMARY OF TEE LYTTELTON TIMES WILL BE PUBLISHED ON "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14.

STOCKS IX BOND. Delivered. d .d o ® _ . g '■§. S'i «t3 Goods. § If -I S I I «? I a 3 .20 # "S 5 || I i •§ § ° I § * J h3 ■ n M w HM M Brandy, g ... 15830 1272 2095 497|14510 Geneva, g ... 4621 906 69 3646 S\r. Gin, g ... 6457 1067 606 6918 Bum, g ... 3006 712 961 2757 Whiskey, g... 6658 605 910 17 6336 Other spirits 1510 40 1470 Wine, bulk, g 20718 470 1924 19264 Do bottled, g 2485 190 361 5 2309 Ale & beer, bk 23441 2230 21211 Do bottled, g 18447 4912 3598 60 19011 T Sheepi" 180373 ™° 4MM 111112098 Cigars, lb ... 3459 1026 159 4326 Sugar, lb ... 48914114823149850 13887 Tea, lb ... *2786 5715 12388 1150 19983 Coffee, lb ... 7088 1120 1725 6463 Oilmen's st, p 1159 92 107 2 1142 Boots, p ... 5 5 Drapery, p... 1 1 Soap, candles, &e., c ... 533 700 720 40 473 Fcing wire, 90 90

Delivered •i — ; S g 8 •A P • .S rrt'g S ' IP P. S-B 1 I .g a * s i , ■« 3 i nS n Goods. Jj -a .2 g ©'So .si! ® i -fc s S & I s fl 8.0 J OS <u ,9 M « T3 m pej w wrt m Brandy, g ... 13792 204 401 13655 Geneva, g ... 3532 158 3374 Sw. Gin, g ... 6778 313 6465 Rum, g ... 2574 30 2544 Whiskey, g ... 6116 209 5907 Other spirits, g 1400 10 1390 Wine, bulk, g 18834 82 914 18002 Do. bottled, g 2262 10 2252 Ale & Beer, bk 20211 150 20067 Do. bottled, g 18967 525 18965 aSpfc 1132792 iSS 130377 Cigars, lbs ... 4326 42 4284 Sugar, lbs ... 9507 6935 2572 Tea, lbs ... 18723 2899 15824 Coffee, lbs ... 6239 112 6127 Oilmen's strs,p 1139 117 1022 Boots, p ... 5 5 Drapery, p ... 1 1 Soap, candles 473 473 Icing mtls, p 90 90