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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3565, 21 June 1872, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times Office, Thursday Evening,

The Customs revenue collected to-day amounted to £156 Os Id. The following were the items: —Wine, 31i gallons, £6 6s; spirits, 216 gallons, £129 9s 6d; hardware, 28 lbs, Is; stationery, 4 eases, 5s ; drapery, 3 bales, £10; raw coffee, 566 lbs, £7 Is 6d; scrim, 2 bales, £2 17s Id.

The land sales to-day amounted to 365 acres, as follows: —Timaru district, 69 acres ; Ellesmere, 100 ; Oxford, 20 ; Malvern, 50 ; Ashburton, 86; Rakaia, 40; realising £730.

Auckland.— The Southern Cross of June 8 reports:—Business during the week has been rather slack. The total receipts of breadstuffs during the week were 49 tons wheat and 20 tons flour. The market continues firm, for although last advices from Adelaide show a slight decline a corresponding fall does not appear to have followed in Melbourne or Sydney, and the general tone of neighbouring markets is such as would scarcely justify a redaction here. Sales of Canterbury wheat have been mode from 5s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel; Adelaide wheat, 7s to 7s 6d. Flour remains at last week’s quotations. Auckland flour, at the mills, £ls to £l7 per ton; Adelaide, £l7; Canterbury, £l4 to £ls. The market is overstocked with oats, and, although only 1188 bushels were received this week, sales are difficult to effect. Good potato oats have been quitted at 2s 9d per bushel, and we quote present rates as 2s 9d to 3s. Tartarian, 3s 6d. 800 bushels of New Zealand maize have arrived during the week, and the stocks may be said to be sufficient for present requirements. Sales have oeen made from 4s 3d to 4e 6d per bushel. Produce is in good supply, and meets with fair request. Bacon fand hams, 8d to 9d; cheese, dull, sd; potatoes, £6 10s to £7. General groceries and oilmen’s stores are well supplied, and slow of sale. This was well shown by a trade sale held by Mr S. Jones, when some good lines were offered, and met wretched competition. The most important event of the week to our country friends is the marked advance established for flax at Mr A. Auckland's usual monthly sale of flax, wool, skins, &c., at the Haymarket today. There were a fair number of buyers E resent. The first lots offered were several ales of flax, prepared by Mr Wallace, of Wairoa. The effect of the favourable advices recently received from home at once became apparent in the bidding, and the lot was soon run up to £29 per ton, at which price it was quitted. Forty-six bales of flax, from Mr Hutchison’s mill, were next offered, and met with equally spirited competition. There were two qualities included in the lot, and for the best quality £2B 10s was obtained. The second lot fetched £23 10s. A number

of bales of fine quality, prepared by Mr J. Moon, of Raglan, were [next offered, and mot with much favour, £3l per ton being soon reached, at; which price the lot was soon knocked down. A few bales, prepared by Mr Dougal—also a fine sample—were sold at £3O. A few tons of native-dressed flax were sold at £l6 per ton. _________