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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2139, 29 October 1867, Page 2

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,£— — Lyltelton Times Office, Monday Evening. The Customs revenue collected at Christchurch to-day amounted to £137 17s 3d. The following were the items:— Wine, 65 gallons, £11; wine, seven samples, 10a 6d; spirits, 147 gallons, £BB 16s 9d; sugar, 936.1b5, £37 10;. The Customs revenue collected at Lytlelton this day amounted to £52 7s 2d. The following were the items:— Tobacco, 2765 lbs, £3l 8s 9d; candles, 1260 lbs, £5 4?2d; drai cry, 1 case, £2lss 6d; grindery, 1 case, 4s Id; boots, 2 cases, £5 3s 4d; wooden pegs, 2 casks, 10s; light dues, £6 Is 6d. The following is an abstract of the quantity of land sold at the Waste lands office today;—Up erChrißteliuri:h,2o acres; llakaia, 30 do. Total, 50 acres, realizing, £IOO The Home News of Kept. 2 remarks on the wool market : Since the commencement of this series of sales the following quantities have passed the hammer :—Sydney, 7316 bales; Victoria, 10,505; South Australian, 1708; Tasmania, 2127; New Zealand, 11,461;. Gape, 6112; t0ta1,39,289. We have had only a moderate attendanco of buyers, and the biddings, although tolo ably well maintained, have been extremely cautious. As a rule the closing rates of June have not been maintained, especially for wools in tho grcaso, which are decidedly easier. Washed fleece and ecoured may ba quoted about tho same as the avnrago rates of last curios. Lambs' wool is rather dearer. Tho state of tho woollen trade on the Continent is fur from satisfactory, and we cannot expect that tho purchases on foreign account ivill bo nearly so extensive as Ihey were in June. The effects of a good harvest at home may liavo ti favourable influence on this market, but wu do not anticipate any upward movement in prices for somo timetocomo, Tho great commercial panic of last year, bo liltlo felt, comparatively, at the time, in our trade, is oven, now exorcising an unfavourable influenco, and its effects must have time to wear themselves out. The woe j urnul reports on the corn market as follows -, Wheat is 2s lower than at last report. At last market, August 29, the consumptive demand was limited, at a further declin<> of Is per quarter, Country flour, 13,203 sacks; foreign, 4191 sacks 8448 barrels. Country flour was dull, and Is lower to sell. The barrels from Amorica aro of poor quality,. All foreign is much negleotod, and in favour of buyers, Maize bos sold at previous

rates. Tho quantity of now barloy is as yet limited.jand prices of English and foroigii well maintained. Tho malt trade is quite in calm, with priooi tonding downward'*. English) oats, notwithstanding a moderate demand for Franco, aro dull, and rather in buyors' favour. No change of values is stated in peas or beans, but the demand is good for white. Linsoed, only 810 quarters; oiports, 820 quarters, In clover seed scarcely anything has boon done, the accounts from France having improved.

NEW ZEALAND IMPORTS AND i EXPORTS. The following tables exhibit the imports ana 1 exports of the sevornl provinces of New Zealand, for the quarter ended Maruh 31, 1867» and for the corresponding quarter of 1866:IMPORTS. 1867. 1866, Auckland ... £290,211 ... £274,025 Taranaki ... ia,179 .. 14,735 Wellington ... 168,977 ... 163,548 Hawke'sßay ... 21,697 ... 16,697 Marlborough ... 4,042 ... 2,888 Nelson ... 95,636 ... 9',3D7 Canterbury ... 520,686 ... 399,722 Otago ... 523,159 ... 335,808 Southland ... 50,275 ... 45,461 Chathums ~. 255 ~, 201 Total ... d61,697,u17 ... £1,349,850 Increase £347,167 EXPORTS. Auckland ... £73,499 ... £65,854 T'iranaki ... 93 ... 382 Wellington ... 123,827 ... 106,592 Hawke'sßay ... 72,565 ... 63,616 Marlborough ... 47,089 ... 42,98 H Nelson ... 52,981 ... 18,445 Canterbury ... 880,807 ... 919,270 <Jtago ... 395,763 ... 513,372 Southland ... 93,269 ... 18,724 Chathams ... 95 ... 262 Total ... £1,739,988™... £1,749,503 Decrease £9,515.

' NEW ZEALAND METALS AND MINERALS. 1 - - T HE N E W ZEAL A N D B A N K S. The folio metals and inclusivp :— Description. nving table from the Neva Zealand Gazette of minerals, the produce of New Zealand, wl 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 Oct. Inch : 1859 21 shews the total quantities of gold and of all other have been exported in each year, from 1853 to 1866, 1 III Totals 1853 to 1860 1861 J 1862 1863 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1866 Bakeis. The follov ring is a gener al abstra LiABir.: ct of the Liabilities [TIES. due t<> -r-, anks. Deposits. and Assets, and of the Capital and Profits -1 — of the Banks in New Zealand, for the Quarter ended June 30, 1867. Assets. 1 1 Notes and 1 Balances due 1 Notes and Bills I It is from the New Zealt ind Gazette of October 21 :— Amount of Reserved Profits -j I J\ »B iS :U\x* L J: Amount ->f Inclusive. Notes in Circulation. Bills in Circulation Balances Other B Tota Liabilit il ;ies. Coin. Bullic in. Landed Property. Bills of other Banks. I from discounted, and other Banks. all other Debts Total As isets. Capital ps lid u Sate per annum of last "" Dividend. last Divide™ declared. i at the time of decaying such T. C. Q. due to the Bks. Dividend. Chrome Ore tons I -. ... ... ... 3.3.2 8 116 52 3483 595 768 ... 281 5306 3 2 _ ~ _ ___ Coals ... „ 28.0.0 1 ... 261 290 O O £ s. d. jg d. £ s. £ s. £ £ s d £ s. d. £ b. d. Copper Ore „ 170 300 130.10 510.4 369.9 351.5.0 245 137 "llO "*51 ... 2374 8 0 Ba nk of New Zealand 314,341 1 9 25,746 19 6 91,629 15 0 1,229,964 1 2 I,661,6S»1 17 5 304.781 13 8 232.856 13 5 20,924 18 6 11.9R6 6 1 7,709 16 4 1.981,563 6 5 2,559,F02 14 5 500.000 0 0 17 per cent, per annum 42.MIO O O 207.064 3 1 Gold Dust ozs. OZ. TJr lion Bank of Australia 136,191 6 6 17,007 6 6 330 19 11 787,578 6 5 942.O07 19 4 252,506 O 5 18,5 O 13 3 40,767 6 7 6,466 11 3 19,852 10 10 894,782 3 1|1 ,23 2.875 5 5 1.250,000 0 0 17 per cent, per annum 10H.250 O O 507,2-1 x 14 9 10386 13534 7336 4538 194234|410862|628450|480171|574574|735376| 3059461 Ba nk of New South Wales... 1 60,537 9 2 1,670 11 8 11,550 10 5 718.297 8 9 892,05 i O 0 2 I 1,542 O 8 49,579 18 n 2I,2<7 3 8 4.959 6 3 13.431 17 10 9>5 153 10 5 1 ,227,953 17 9 Ii000,0OO 0 0 20 per cent, per annim 1'OfiOO O O 338.02-> 8 9 Iron Sand to 1 0.3.0 ... ... ... ... 6.10.0 5.8 ... T. C. Q. Ba .nk of Australasia 20,010 3 1 3,837 7 5 ... 93.295 O 10 117,142 11 4 61,331 5 9 ... 24,774 10 4 205 14 8 3.832 O R 392,6-23 3 6: 482,766 14 11 1.2' 0,000 0 0 12J per cent.. per annum 84 O0O O 0 351. "53 14 9 Plumbago... „ ... 50 105 ... 1.12 161 13 O 7 O O Bank of Otago 32,155 9 2 554 5 9 4,192 2, 11 115.839 19 6 152,741 17 4 16.073 • 8 8 6,549 17 5 j_ 18,858 9 8 1,071 3 0 1,311 14 0 376,057 9 11 419,952 2 S 230,403 0 0 6 per cent, per annum 7,198 12 2 -V958 18 10 Totals 663,5535 9 8 49,716 10 io 107,703 8 3 2,944,974 16 8 3,765,630 5 5 848,234 9 % 307,487 S oi 126,592 8 9 24,669 1 3 4P,187 19 8 4.570.179 IS 415,923 350 15 -J 4 180,403 b 0 S39.94 8 12 2 1,410,047 19 5