COMMERCIAL.
L'jttdlon Times Office, Monday Evening, CUSTOMS’ REVENUE. The following was the Customs’ revenue collected on Saturday, Feb. 1 £ s. d.
O.maeu, Feb. 3. The Customs revenue for the mouth amounts to £l7ll Us against £1145 6s 8d for the corresponding month of last year. Mr Boper reports on his Saturday sale Horses —Prices are improving for good useful horses; gales at £22 to £t 10s. Vehicles—A demand for new and second-hand traps of all descriptions, and ready buyers. Cattle-38 head yarded. Good milch cows are inquired after, and sales effected £U 0j 10a. Calves, 1 to 6 weeks, 5s to Us & weanew. 20s to 33s each. Pip-128 yarded. Store* ore inquired for and steadily «?us• suckers, 5s toßs 6deach; small stores. 10s I a I, ,medium do. 18a to I9s each; large do, & 1 2s 6d to 4s 6d per 27s to 38s. Poultry turkeys, hen. 10s e; t .^ U r indoor sales oF produce and miscelLmeous goodi fetched good values. ENGLISH MARKETS. The KowS Loan and Mercantile Agency
Company (Limited) received the following telegram, dated Jan. 20, froai tbeir London oflioe, yesThere has been a Uttlo private inquiry. Trad© in the manufacturing districts is dull. Up to date 95,000 bal s have arnv.d . Wheat —Market quv-t. Californian arrivals are heavy. Adeai.io is worth 49s per 4961 b ; -Now Zealand is worth 44s per 4S6lb. Tallow.— Market quiet. There is no spcoulal ive demand. Mutton is worth 37s 6d; beef is worth 34s 6d per owt.
"Wises ... 80 0 0 Spirits 81 16 0 Tea 15 18 8 Sugar 50 18 3 Tobacco 134 2 6 Ad valorem ... 6 8 0 Total £368 18 5
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5599, 4 February 1879, Page 4
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276COMMERCIAL. Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5599, 4 February 1879, Page 4
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