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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2212, 23 January 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times Office, Wednesday evening.

.The Customs revenue collected at Christchurch to-day amounted to £9416s Id. The following were the itemß: . Spirits, 41 gallons, 25J0s8d; bitters, 7 gallons, 4Jl6sßd; stout (bottled), 228 gallons, 142 ss; apparel, 1 case, 12 6s Sd; nails, 8 cwt 8s; boot .uppers, 3 boxes, 6216s 3d; boots, 13 trunks, 402, grindery, lease, Is sd; half-grindery, 1 box, 6s 9dj haberdashery, 1 case, 1216s Bd. The Customs revenue collected this day at lyttelton amounted to £l3O 15s. The following were the items:— Spirits,2samples,,6s; beer, 114 gallons, 722s 6d; wine,B samples, 4s 6d; cigats, 125 lbs, 312 4i lid; tobacco, 187 lbs, 2327s 6d; 2 samples do, &; apparel, 1 case, 6s; oil, 25 gallons, 12a 6d; hops, 1448 lbs, 62 Os 8d; boots, 2 trunks, 2225' 6d; drapery, 2 cases, 112 Is 3d; fencing materials, 939 cwte, 462195; rope, 6 cwts, 16s ; tacks, 28lbs, Is; light dues, 6s 8d; shipping: fees, 2s,

<rPrivate advices inform us that the bid(ditigs for the New Zealand loan of £470,' 00' ■raised to take up debentures which were about to fall due, reached no less a total than 9C2j659,000, of which £2,433,200 were above, •the minimum of The whole of the loan, with the exception of £5900 tendered for above 104 J, was taken at that price by; fthe Messrs ltotiißchild. Immediately after 'this was announced the price rose to 107, and remains with a firm tendency.

*" fioimKA.—The Wat Coast Times of Jan. 20, reports:— Business during tho week has been very inactive, and will not compare favourably with our last report; in the import mirket transaction* have ■ been very limited, ami confined principally to colonial produce and cereals, no heavy shipments of staples having come forward, markets re-! ijtnaining, with slight exceptions, without alteration. l .The .unfavourable weather Imi somewhat chocked "cbasting'and.up-country trudo. A decline in the value of flour baa been submitted to-Uart's, Adelaide.has<boen placed, at £22; Butlqrwonh's, £2l {'Wood's 'Canterbury, £l6,and £lß ( per ton ; transactions m this staple have been on a limited scale. Oats are without dolinito alteration, 4) 4rf ?to''4s 6d ;per bushel for good samples of' '•Taieri may bo taken at presont value;' tendency in fuvour of ; buyers.- Bran , and tPhaffare as last quoted, Potatoes liavo come' -freely to Iwud. Victoria ex 0 ■«#», &c, realising early in tlio week, £9 15s to ; £I2 6a; ex Donald M'Lean, from Manakau, later on, £8 to £9.' Onions have been placed at £l4 to £lO per ton. 4 par i of Cantßt,,ur y cheese sold at Ud. provisions are light in »tock, excepting stutter, which is in good supply; our last quotas tionoflsihasboen difficult to realise thto week, notwithstanding the enhanced rates advised from Other markets, Wines and spirits have met with little attention. Brandies have assumed a better

tone since rcoont advicoa. In wines llio enquiry is for a hotter class ehorry. Market valuoi roniain unaltered. In bottled ale and porter thore has not boen muoh doing; best brand) of ale bomg most enquired for. Tbe amount colloolod at the Customhouse forimportduticsduring tbewook amounted to £2097 8j U, Mr 0. W. Bmnoy reports the followintr Bales for the week i-Ex OU(ro-Potatoo«, £l3 to £l2 6s i onions, 1# per lb. lit Dancing Wavo-Duoks, 9» fld to 10s j goose, 17s Od to 18a per pair ( Canterbury ohcose, 10jd and Ud) oats, 3s lid to 4«{ chaff, «13; onions, ljdj potatoos, £ll2s Od) Wood's Canterbury flour, £lO to £18; Taimanian chaff, £1410; Buttorworlh's Adelaide flour, £2l j paper bags, 4d| paper, BJdl tipurool of kerosene at 3s Od por gallon.—On the promises, jtock-iii'trado of Messrs Hughes and Co., grooors —wines, spiriU, &c„ at good prices. Also, the property of Messrs Aldridgo, Boylo and Co., Tancrea strcot, for £145.

LONDON WOOL SALES. Prices Realised bt Uantirdurt Wool at the notesjdxr &albs. (From Stables and Coh Circular, Nov. 27). Mermaid—X J, grease, 39 bales at 7Jd. MATOAtu-Tlnline, Lyndon, grease, 40 bales at Is, 67 bales at lljd, lambs 5 bales at Is 2d. HiMALATA-Courage, grease 11 bales at Is 1} <, 25 bales at Is, 15 bales at lid, 6 bales damaged •, H and A 6, grease, 8 bales at IOJd, 10 bales at lOd; MF, grease, 3 bales at I Id, 38 bales at 9Jd; T 0 Alford, grease, 4 baleß at Is, 6 bales at IOJd, 8 bales damaged} P*, fleece, 15 bales at 9Jd, lambs, I bale at Is Id ; JW conjoined, grease, 12 bales at 9jd, lambs, I bale at Is j W I, grease, 5 bales at 5d j G D, grease, 2 bales at 7Jd, lambs, 2 bales at 9d i Spur, grease, 20 bales at is 2d, 13 bales at Is 1 Jd, 40 bales at Is, 7 bales damaged; Hawdon, scoured, 2 bales at Is BJd, 9 bales at lOJd; Palmer and Co., scoured, 3 bales at Is 9d, 3 bales at Is 4d; AC Fx Cot, fleece, 3 bales at Is 3jd, 4 bales at lOd \ M L, grease, 58 bales at IOJd, lambs, 9 bales at Is ljd, 4 bales damaged; T Wilson, in diamond, scoured, 35 bales at Is 3d; Avon Bank, scoured, 7 bales at Is 6Jd, 3 bales at li 5Jd, 9 bales at Is 3d, 13 bales at Is 2d, I bale at Hid, 9 bales at lOd and lid j HandSK. scoured,.6 bales at Is sd, 10 bales at Is 3d, lambs, 1 bale at Is 7d, grease,4 bales at Is 2jd ; EW, scoured, 2 bales at Is 7Jd,B bales at Is 6Jd; A, grease, 6 bales at 10d; J W, scoured, 6 bales, at is 9Jd.