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Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5009, 9 March 1877, Page 2

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Titiww Office, Thursday Evening. The Customs' Revenue collected yesterday «Zw7w OS 5.1 The itamn '—HitifitOi £156 I WiDO. i 25“ W7bM ; boor, £4 3*M * tobicoo. 89-ilbe, £49 15s ( cigars, 135 slbs, £33 17« iWI cat instruments. 10 cases, £37 48 i I £7O 13s Id • grindery. 1 ewe, £1 to B*l ! K « At’l&j apparel, 3 oases. £1 aundrlos, £42 5s Bd. The Land sales to day amounted to 3220 acros ivß follows:—Ashley, 500; Holwjn. 1167 ; Ashburtou. 1307; Geraldine, 255; realising i 1.453. INTEKPROVINCIaL COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. „ uo Giuhamstown, Maron 8. Moanafairl Company’s shares have booni sold today at £5. Tliey are easier now, and have boon quitted at £4 15s*

i Mkliioi’KNK.—The Aivus of March 1 reportsln > the import market business to-day hM boon oxl ooedingly quiet. and not the slightest sign of lm- , prominent has been noticeable throiighout. Bwadstuffs have not been characterised by much activity, but there is so little wheat offering either privately , or by auction out of the largo quantity which has of late been coming forward, that competition is i cheeked, and the market is, consequently, m the anomalous position that enables a seller of ft largo . Uno to got a bettor price than those who have only small lots to offer. Under the hammer this forenoon only trilling lots wore sold, for which bs CJd and 6s 7d wore obtained. Wo. however, hear of two parcels having been disposed of privately at 6s Bd. Oats are moving off at 5s 7d to Ss 8d for good lasmanian (coding* while fit auotiou, sales have oosu reported ut Sa 4Jd for inferior. Advices oontiauo to bo received from Tasmania to the otioot that the crop of oats there is turning out very ii h *ht. Maize is quoted at da 8d for sound, while faulty has boon placed at 3s bd, A line of 3000 bushels malting barley has boon sold on private terms. Sugar is quiet, and beyond ordinary trade sales no special business has reached us. A parcel of French crushed loaf is reported to have changed hands on terms withhold. An inquiry for ordinary oougous is reported; medium congous are likewise in request. Iho appearance of the now crop is likely to bring bops more into notice than they have been. Wo further business in liquids has transpired. 'Brandies are very quiet, and no sales can bo referred to. Adelaide.—Respecting the breadetuus market, the Of*>v»Ycr of Fob. 24 reports:—The market opened quiet, with quotations for small lots 6s Id to 6s 2d per bushel, and for parcels 6s 3d to 6s 4d. During the early part of the week some small transactions wore effected at about those prices. On Monday, sales of parcels were reported at 6s 3d ; but on Tuesday, owing to advices from Capo Town, tho market revived, and largo sales wore reported at 6a 4d and 8s 4£d, both afloat and on tho wharf. On Wednesday, sales of largo parcels were made at 6s sd, and, to*oay, there have been sales of parcels at that price, and for small lots 6s 2d to 6a 3d has been given. The market closes firm for large parcels at 6s sd, and 6s 2d to 6s 3d for small lots. Flour in the early part of tho week was also dull, but on IHiesday largo sales wore made at prices ranging from £ls to £ls os per ton for town, and £U 10s to £l4 15s for country. On Wednesday and Thursday large sales wore also effected of town flour at up to £ls 5s per ton. The market closed firm for town flour at £ls ss, and tor country £l4 15s. The bulk of tho flour sold has been, we understand, for Cape Town, from which place largo orders are to hand. New Zealand oats are quoted at 3s 3d to Ss fid per bushel; Cape barley, 8s fid to 4s; English barley, 4s 6d to ss. ’Xhe exports of wheat for the week ending Feb, 17 were XOS9 tons, and of flour 1326 tone, making a total exportation for tho year, so far, of 7608 tons of wheat and 9949 tons of flour.