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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2973, 22 July 1870, Page 2

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Lyttelton Times office, Thursday Evening. The Customs revenue collected at Christchurch and Lyttelton to-day amounted to JE2O4 7s 9d. The following were the items: Wine, 59 gallons, £ll 17s 2d; spirits, 38 gallons, £B3 17s 9d; tea, 650 lbs, £l6 ss; Bugar, 10,490 lbs, £43 14s 2d; drapery, 2 cvum, £8 3s 4d; millinery, 1 case, £•; stationery, 8 packages, 1 parcel, £2 19s 4d; gloves, 1 case, 16s 8d; clocks and watches, 1 case, £4; apparel, 1 case, £1 12s Id; hardware, 121 cwt, 0 qr, 18 lbs, £24 4s 8d; mail axles, 16 cwt, 1 qr, 14 lbs, £1 12s9d; glass chimneys, 3 casks, 19s 2d; looking glasses, 1 case, £1 8s Id; iron screws, 6 cwt, 6s: lampblack, 3 casks, 6s; arms fees, is. The land sales to-day amounted to 68 acres 1 rood 3 perches, as follows:—Ashley district, 20 acres; Banks Peninsula do, 1 rood 3 perches; Malvern do, 28 acres; compensation, 20 do : realising £136 14s Id. Land sold by auction this day at the Government Buildings:—Upper Christchurch, 6a Or 22p; Ashley, 17a; Timarn, 7a 2r; Lincoln, 13a; Mandeville, la; Banks Peninsula, 9a 2r; Oxford, 4a 3r; Ashburton, 2a 3r; compensation, 10a—total, 71a 2r 22p; realising £l5B Is 6d. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Christchurch Gas, Coal, and Coke Company was held at their offices, Gloucester street, on the afternoon of July 21st; the special business being to authorise the directors to declare an ad interim dividend of 7i per cent on the paid up capital of the company. Mr W. H. Lane, chairman of the company presided and read from the Lyttelton Times the advertisement calling the meeting. Having explained that it was the usual custom of the company, if the position of its workings warranted it, to pay a half-yearly dividend, he said he was happy to inform the shareholders that thus far the operations of the company were still favourable to this custom. Mr Gould moved the following resolution —“ That the directors are hereby authorised to declare an ad-interim dividend of 7J per cent on the paid-up capital of the company, payable on and after the Bth of August next.” This resolution was seconded by Mr A. J. Eapbael and carried unanimously. As this concluded the business for which the meeting was called, a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman was carried by acclamation and the meeting terminated.

Messrs E. Mitchell and Co. report on the live stock market, for the week ending July 21, as follows:—The market, on Wednesday, was well supplied with sheep and cattle. The sheep comprised about 800 ewes and wethers, the whole of which (with the exception of one small lot) found purchasers. The number of cattle sold was about 200, chiefly stores; we only heard of one lot being withdrawn. The prices obtained were satisfactory, and fully maintained our last week’s quotations. We sold weaners at £3 10s per head; yearling steers, £4 10s; two-year-olds, £5 10s to £6 ; working bullocks, £2B per pair ; heifers (near calving), £7 to £9 lOs ; prime dairy cows, £lO to £ll ; store ewes, 3s 9d each ; half-bred wethers, equal to 2Jd per lb. We quote good merino wethers at 2d per lb.; ewes, lid; half-bred wethers, 2Jd to 2Jd; beef, 30s per loolbs.