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Lyttelton Times, Volume XLII, Issue 4322, 18 December 1874, Page 2

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Lyttelton Times Office, Thursday Evening, The Customs' revenue collected to-day amounted to £556 lie lid. The following were the items 'Wine, 200 gallons, £44 Os 9d ; spirits, 307} gallons, , £l3O 18s sd; sugar, 38,799 lbs, £loll3s 3d; candles, 1270 lbs, £5 5b lOd; wooden ware. 1 package, 15s lOd;; grindery, 1 case, 3 boxes, £5 12s 5d ; leather, 51 lbs, 4s 3d: drapery, 3 coses, £22 Cs 2d: clothing, 1 cage, £lO 5s lid ; confectionery, 1481 lbs, £37 7s 4d; candied peel, 70 lbs, 17a 6tt; floaewaro, 9 packages, 1 cask, £7 5s 8d ; hardware, package, £1 3s; silks, 1 parcel, 14s 4d ; sacks, 12 holes, £lo2a 7d, haberdashery, 1 cose, £3 7s Id; sawn timber, 23,900 feet, £23 18s; 36,400 palings, £36 8s ; 315,000 shingles, £3110s; lampwick, 1 case, 15s 5d ; varnish, 48 gallons, £1 4s : stationery, 2 cases, 1 bale, 1 parcel, £9l9s 4d; Chinese curiosities, 12 packages, £9l7s 4d. The land sales to-day amounted to 3035 acres, as follows Ashley district, 26 acres ; Timaiu, 116 ; Waitangi, 2645; Mandoville, 40; Banks Peninsula, 25 ; Oxford, 100; Malvern, 20; Bakaia, 63 ; realising £OO7O. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The monthly general meeting of members was Iteld at the rooms of the Chamber at 8 o'clock this afternoon. Present—Mr 1. E. Nathan (chairman), Messrs.?. Cunningham, G. Booth, J. A. Bird (secretary), 3. Goss, J. Inglia, W. H. Lane, W. Dymock, H. Haw tell, Connal, I). Davis, H. Matson, and A. Cuff. The minutes of a meeting held on the 15th of October were read and confl med. . The Chairman reported the arrangements that had been made for obtaining shipping telegrams. Ho regretted: hey were of an incomplete nature at Sit, but hoped chat in a short time greater ies would be secured. Ha also referred to the operation of the railway regulations with respect to storage, and said in his opinion they were of a very . gatil&ctory nature. The meeting then adjourned.

WKitisoTOK. —The New Zealand Times, of Dec. 12, reports Trade during the week has been moderately active, but prices of all descriptions of imports, owing to the excessive stocks and keen -competition, continued low, and with .little or no

mbying off orAnnimpiUvSsSJte.' value, and rale low, Mauritius and Melbourne- t®being quoted at £4410a to £45 per ton; C, £42 5 and yellow, £3B per ton. Dried fruits meet with ready demand at thla season, and the stock of ourrante beingexceedingrtiawthapricehas gone up to 5d for prime fruit Eolsliib are unaltered in value. Kerosene is worth 2a 24 to 2a 34,per gallon ™ta little doinanct .In coldnfifpxMuQ fc>fl ou3 £? the rice of 20s per ton in Canterbury, is firm at to £l4 69 per ton, buLastlw *tocka*relarge iathe. South, it is not probable that the advance will be sustained, A small lot of Ctemarn flour was sold tjy auction by order of one of the banks for £l3 is 6d per ton. Feeding srrains continue in small supply, and oats ore firm at 6a Sd to 6s fidiperbushel. being worth 7s. Keg butter meets With little enquiry at lOd to lid per lb for prime bure; cheese, firm at 9}d to lOd per lb for good Canterbury sorts j bacon and hams scarce, and worth Is 2a to la -td per lb. .