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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2606, 12 May 1869, Page 2

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Lyttelton Times Office, Tuesday Evening. The Customs revenue collected at Christchurch and Lyttelton to-day amounted to £312 4s 2d. The following were the items: —Wine, 159 J gallons, £3l 18s 4d ; spirits, IB2J gallons, £169 10s lOd; tea, 1490 lbs, £l7 5s ; tobacco, 201 lbs, £25 2s 6d ; cigars, 139 lbs, £34 18s 5d ; candles, 1250 lbs, £5 4s 2d ; soap, 20 cwt, £2 10s; currants, 1263 lbs, £5 4s 5d ; light dues, 10s 6d ; pilotages, £lB 4s.

Oamaku.—The Times of May 7 reports : Quotations remain as last given, and there is ■till nothing doing. There is a speculative enquiry for wheat, but at prices to which sellers at present decline to submit. We regret to notice that the Oamaru Brewery Company (limited) have, in consequence of the pressure of the times, been compelled to call a meeting of their creditors.

Otago. —The Daily Times of May 8 reports :—The weatherman kept business within narrow bounds to-day, and what has been done has been chiefly in sorting up parcels; there is, however, a better feeling in the markets generally, and improvement in the weather will bring greater briskness in trade. In prodace there is no move. Very little grain is at the moment coming to town, and buyers for shipment are more inclined to postpone operating than advance anything upon present rates. In liquids we hear of Hennessy’s in bulk moving at 8s 3d, and of some small sales of second brands, an average of 7s 3d being realised. Geneva, light duty, have been quitted at 13s 6d; and a parcel of common ports at equal to £5 17s 6d. Cornsacks go off in parcels for absolute wants, at 16s 61; and candles are looked for, but holders’ rates are firm, and no large sales are noted. Kerosene is getting low in stock, and prices moving upwards. Sugars, in demand ; and tea-; not neglected, though at the moment nothing important transpiring. In miscellaneous goods we note Jordan almonds at 2s 2d ; Brown and Co.’s (new brand), a first shipment, rice starch,at 4£d; and corn flour, the same manufacturers’, at 6fd. A few packages of oilmen’s stores witness well maintained prices. Mr John Brook, Manse-street, reports That a fair, steady demand continues to exist for most kinds of produce, without alteration in value, oats excepted, which are in demand at Id per bushel alvance. Prices current are—Flour, £l2 to £l2 los P«r ton; oatmeal, £ls to £ls Ms per ton; pearl barley, £26 per ton ; wheat 4s 6d per bushel; oats, 2s 6s to 2s 7d per bushel; barley 4s 9d per bushel; bran, £6 per ten ; pollard, £5 per ton ; potatoes, £3 to £3 5s per ton ; onions, £2O per ton,; carrots, £3 per ton; turnips, £2to £2 -10s do; hay

(loose), £4 per ton ; hay (trussed), £4 10s per ton ; rye grass seed, 4s to 5s per bushel t butter, Is per lb j cheese, BJd per lb.