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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2111, 26 September 1867, Page 2

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—~+ — ■.-■■■■ Lyllitton Times Otibci, Wednesday ETening..,: The. Customs revenue collected at Christ-' church to-day was—(pbaccb, ThiCustoms revenue collected at Lyttelton to-day. amounted to £SO 8s 4d. The following were .the: items.:—Spirits, £lB 159 • bier,-(bottled),. £l4 5b ; sugar, ut 12' candles,: £2;ls 8d; goods per measurement' lßS'9d ; do by weight, £9 7s lud : light dues' £l.Bß'l'd. °. HoKiiii.cA.---The Wat- Coast Times of Sept, :23.reports : We .past week has been quo of, considerable .actirity in■ the' import'.-market.','■■ Very,large additions having.b'een made to stocks from the fleotof Tesselsthat havebeen ■rapidly-discharging during the whole of the week;:a.considerable.portion consisting of colonial produce : from ;Taaniariia : and interprovincial ports, 'say,. hay, chaff, oats, Ibran : /potatoes; &.', from their bulky naturejor. storage' ■were submitted under the hammer toithe trade at ship's [side.. '/A' Blight, decline ww generally bus.

tabled, but; not further than might have been looked for.. Oats realisiag from. 3s lid to 4s 2d j chaff, £ll to £l3; bran, li fid to Is lid; potatoes, £7 to £7,16s j Hart's flour,£l6l2i6d j Duffield's, £16.108, the bulk being now landed higher prices are asked:,by holders, from warehouse,, Flour ii firmer and £l7 is reluctantly taken by holders; there is adisDosition to inereaso the figure. Second brands of hams and bacon hare been placed, at lower prices, slightly affeoting Sinclair's ...and... Cost's, which are now quoted at Is 3d and Is 4d; primo butter ii gotting (oarce, and worth Is 4d; oandloa have declined, Belmont's and Neva Stearines bringing Is Id and Is 2d; in wines and spirits there, has-not boon many transactions—the bulk recently landed havo gono into bond; then thoro is a slight downward,tendency in brandies, Aid and porter, in wood and glass, -have not beon operated in to an extent to affect prico; it is probablo the trade will- go inoro freely into the mrrket during the next week, and Takes will be closer defined. An active business cbntinuos to be done with tho.Northcrn goldiields, the amount paid for duties at the Custora-houso for tho wook, shews the. satisfactory amount' of, £3225, 12s. ,Jfr-G. W, Birinoy reports tho following sales during tho weok:—Alongsido ships, ex Glencoo, frbmliobart Town, and Canterbury, from Lyttolton: Potatoes, £7 12s 6d to £7 15s; carrots, £0; onions, £9 to £9.'l6s; chaff, £ll to £l3 per ton; oats, 4s 2d; bran, ls.Sd to Is lid por bushol'; Hart's Adelaido flour, £lO 12s 6d; Duffield's, £l6loiperton; fancy biscuits 7d to lOd, cabin do3Jd, pilot do 2d per lb ; .eggs,-la 7d por'doz; 6ft palings 14s '6d, Oft do 21« per 100; .shingles, 16s per 1000. Ex Aurora, from tho Molyneux: potatoes, £7; oatmeal, £23, per ton. At Mart: Jeffrey's stout (in wood), i) 6 por hhd; Byass' stout (inglass), 12s'6d per ton; Islay whisky, 4s 3d per gallon; half-sardines, lOsperdoz; Varoy's hams; Is; butter (medium), Is to Is 2d; blu'o, Od per lb; and a variety of-sundries at fair rates. Messrs Caroy and Gillies' report hoTing sold during the week, ox Bella Vista, poultry lis per pair; store pigs'£2 10s to £2 17s fid each; shingles 17s per ,1000; palings, 6 feet, 12s per 100; chaff £l6; potatoes £76spor ton; oats 4s 2|d; bran' Is IOJd por bushel; horses, heavy ■draught, £6o'; middling, £35 to £-10 oach. Ex Harriet Nathan, horses, packers, £25 to £36, Ex Sea Bird, poultry,- 9s per pair; Btor'e piga, £2 6s to £4' los each; chaff, £l3 per ton; oats, 3s lOJd; pollard, ls-8d per bushel; eggs, la, Bd per dozen. At rooms, invoice, of boots realised.fair prices, Canterbury hams and bacon, ex Flying Cloud, OJdtols; candles/Is ljd per lb; oats, slightly damaged, 3s 10£ d; bran, do, la Bjd per bushol.

1 The Argus of Sopt; 13. has the following: remarks in its agricultwalreport The grain markets were .very dull , last week/ but the favourable news from England will most probably cause a better demand-for wheat and Jlour. But little malting barley is now to. be had, and feed grains remain as they were. ■ The price of hay declined somewhat last week, as the supply of greenstuff is fast increasing', and tho consumption of hay fal.ing off in proportion, Wheat roao some 3s a quarter in England during the month of ■July in consequence of there havinfj been miioh broken showery weather all-over Europe, This protracted tho ripening of tho grain in England, and interfered much with the progress of the harvest in tho earlier parts of the Continent. The stocks on hand were very short everywhere, so. that, the delay was; of muoh consoquence, and '.hero, being so littlo old wheat to work up with the new, it was of especial importance that the now grain should be gathered dry and well ripened. The rain in' England was.- : beneficial rather than otherwise to the lato crops, but it was heavy enough to lay much of the early wheat and barley, and to cause an outbreak of the potato disease. . Other roots were brought on most rapidly by it; but much of tho late-gathered ■ hay was more or leas injured, By the latest accounts the harvest promisod to be abundant in America as well as in Europe, and flour was be-' . ginning to move eastward again from Now York. Australian wheat has now its recognised place in the Mark Lane list of prices, and was last quoted at from 71s to 73s a quarter, or within :4s of the highest price old Essex and Kent white wheat was fetching. Although prices rose so shortly bofore harvest, shippers from hero must not be too sanguine as to the prices' consignments made now will.realise, for the rite then wai altogether caused by the state of the weather; and if August should 'have.sekinwaim'and'dry,.'there- will have been plenty of wheat pouring in from Europe long be- ; fore this to take advantage of the exceptional / state of the markets. :There was;littleor no ques- ■ tion at the end of July about the yield of wheat being abundant, the only fear was that the condition would not be good. It will be much to theadvantage of the farmers out here that many ■ more, .cargoes should be sent away from the; colonies, and, they, should bring forward what they have to sell.quickly, if a steady, demand for shipment again arises/ The New Zealand Examiner received by last maile&yg that:— The Bank of New Zealand are now receiving for.'payment 'the outstanding Eight, per 1 cent • Treasury . Bills of the New Zealand Government, due 30 th inst.;the coupons for interest due on;all ■ unpaid . New Zealand . Government .Eight per Cents; .on Auckland Harbour Seven por. Cent- ' Loan,. .£25,000; on .Canterbury. Six per Cent., loan, £500,000; on Canterbury Eight perCent ' loan,; £30,000; Otago Six per Cent Loan, £500,000; arid «n Otago Eight:per Cent Bonds,: £75,000. ' 5 f