COMMERCIAL.
Lyttelton Times Office, Tuesday Evening. The Customs revenue collected at Christchurch and Lyttelton to-day amounted to £2lO 9s lid. The following were the items :—Wine, 260£ galls, £5 5s 7d ; spirits, 69 gals, £4l fts 2d ; bulk ale, 300 gals, £ls ; tea, 810 lbs, £2O 5s ; sugar, 6720 lbs, £2B ; tobacco, 225 lbs, £2B 2s 6d ; kerosene, 800 gals, £2O ; candles, 2260 lbs, £9 7s 6d ; confectionery, 1 case, 16s 3d ; candied peel, 224 lbs, £2 16s ; hardware, 5 cwt 2 qrs, £1 2s; cofnsacks, 5 bales, £6 8s 2d ; photographic chbmicals, 1 case, £1 Os 9d; paper bags, 11 bales, £3 16s Id ; drags, 7 cases, £4 18s 9d ; opium, I lb, £1; stationery, 7 cases 1 pkg, £2 17s 10d; boots,6pkgs 4tranks, £9 16s 3d; cottons, 1 case 1 truss, £2 11s 8d ; drapery, 5 coses, £2O Is 6d; anchovies, I case, Is 6d; vinegar, 3 gals, Is 61; axle arms, 84 lbs, Is -6d; lamps, 1 case, Is 3d ; furniture, I case, £1 2s 8d; brooms, 1 case, £1 13s; percussion caps, 2000, £2; shot, 5 cwt, £2 I Os. CANTERBURY EXPORTS. The following table exhibits the quantity and value of exports, the produce and manufacture of the province, for the quarter ended March 31;—
AUCTION SALES—THIS DAY. Mr C. C. Aikman.—At Carlton Yards, at Eleven: Sheep. Messrs E. Mitchell and Co.—At Smitbfleld Market, at Eleven; Sheep. Messrs Bird and Bennett. —At Carlton Yards, at Elevens Sheep. ■ Messrs Preece, Ick and Co.—At Mr Sloddart’s, corner of Colombo and Lichfield streets, at Eleven: Watches, Clonks, Jewellery. '•
Books, printed .. . 1 pkg 5 Bran and sharps 71}tons 304 Batter . 514 cwt 1,617 Cheese . 146} cwt 394 Cordage . 78Jcwt 140 Flax and tow . . 237} tons 4,777 Floor . 73}tons 823 Gold . 4ozs 16 Barley . 30,435 bshls 5,197 Beans and peas.. . 116} bshls 24 Malt . 2133} bshls 673 Oats . 99,554 bshls ... 12,390 Wheat . 67,273 bshls ... 11,948 Hides . 127 No. 65 Honey . 8f cwt 15 Lard . 63} cwt 159 Oatmeal 100 cwt ... 80 Miscellaneous . * 4 Preserved beef and mutton 441 cwt 1,147 Bacon and hams . 4 cwt 9 Grass seeds . 1522} bshls 300 Sheepskins . 36,043 No. 4,283 Tallow .. 665 cwt 1,126 Tools .. 1 pkg 6 Wool . 6,146,286 lbs ... 215,-84 Total raloe ...£260,985 The abore were sent oat of the colony. cither to the United Kingdom, Australia, or America. The raloe of general exports of British, foreign, and other colonial produce, and maonfactares daring the same period amounted to £91*. The following table exhibits the quantity of' articles expo rted; to other p the same period rorinccs of New Zealand for ' Bran . ... 34 tons Batter . ... «ie cwts Beans ... ' 84 bushels ; Bacon and hama ... 49 cwts Cheese . ... 1,398 pkgs " Chicory .. 16 pkgs Chaff 18}tons . JP»® ‘ Floor 37 pkgs . ... 647} tons Green frmit 963 okgs Barley 4,644 bushels Malt 2,7X6 bushels Oats ..' U. 27,329 bushels f ' Wheat .. ... 47,342 bushels fifiay... .. — 5 tons "•Hides . . ... 44 No. Cattle 1 No. Horses 9 Ho.
Oatmeal ... ... 60 ewts Sharps 361 tons Grass seeds 361 okgs Sheepskins ■>, ,.. IS No. Tallow ... 18 e»ta
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3202, 19 April 1871, Page 2
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