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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3568, 25 June 1872, Page 2

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Lyttelton Times Office, Monday Evening,

The Customs revenue collected to-day •mounted to £lls ss. The following were the items: —Wine, 141 J gals, £2B 7s 2d; spirits, 59j gals, £35 17s 8d; tea, 355 lbs, £8 17s Gd; 16 drays, £8 6s; tar, 20 brls, £1; drapery, 4 cases 3 packages, £2O 19s 7d; boots, 2 trunks, £ll2s 6d ; grindery, 2 cases, 7s sd; jewellery, 1 package, £2 ss; stationery, 7 cases, £2 Is 9d; drugs, 1 case, 9d; pulse, 601 lbs, 4s 6d; confectionery, 2 cases, 15s sd; unground pepper, 560 lbs, £2 6s 8d; raw coffee, 2024 lbs, £25 6s; woolpacks, 5 bales, £4 10s.

The land sales to-day amounted to 70 acres as follows :—Timaru district, 50 acres; Malvern district, 20 acres; —realising £l4O.

Timaeu.—The Herald, of June 24, reports: —Wheat is at 4s 6£d, the bulk of it having passed from first hands. Oats are dull, at Is 9d and Is lOd. Barley is extremely scarce, and would readily fetch ss, or even above that figure. Oamaeu.—The Times, of June 21, reports: —ln consequence of late Melbourne advices wheat is in good enquiry, purchasers showing a disposition to operate at the rate last given, viz., 4s 9d; oats still dull of sale, most of the samples being unsuitable for shipment, quotations la 5d to Is Bd, according to quality; barley, 4s fid; flour, £l3 to £1310s; oatmeal, £l3; pollard, £4; bran, £2 10s,