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Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5920, 16 February 1880, Page 4

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Lyttelton Times Office, Saturday Evening, CUSTOMS’ REVENUE. The following was the Customs’ revenue collected on Friday, Feb. 13:-Wine, £23; spirits, £ll4 14s „o.; tobacco, £i9 5;; cigars, £24 7s 6d; goods by weight, £2l 3s 2d; ad valorem, £2616a : other duties, £l3 iOa lOd ; total, £2ol 16a Id, COMMESOIiiTELEGEAMS. . , Wwxihgion, Feb. 14. ~, Apples, Ga to 7s; peaches, 5s 6d to 8a; plums, 6g losrj g reengages, 6s to 8s; water melons, 10s per cl ao2eu; r caciiiifberd, lS '7d ;■ onions, 12s per cwt; ci lo lft.fidmer, Jjniwj, ...V' '9: • ni 1' ‘ 'Tailed ’TBros. 1 r »nd< d&. 'rbpoA ttffifer 5 cjatH l r y - lidudOh, Jan. 1; ak fdllbwaq—-.el-■ iuoiG: ,v | fu; s i XiWootrjAs nbubbjitathls BedOdidf .thfjwar.tqej'9 O f, MWt lit™ bnwngss,domg,dn_wppl i oh* maniaac.,, ' bemg jbut; S r <is, ateaidiiy jtaproving.vßnd Eince.theesalegnldaßdtaeroi Ppntgl markets. From these enqdirieS iipwdrua-

appear that stocks in the hands ot roannlMturtra and dealers are extremely light, and that the quantity of wool on hand is just about sufficient to carry on to the opening of the Febrnary aaloa. With the prospeot, therefore, of rather a bare market by the the time the February sales commence, wo may reasonably expect a good j?" series. Advices from Franco of dnstry there are still unsatisfactory. The arrivals to.date comprise i — Bales New South Wales and Queensland 3,530 Victoria ... ?•? S South Australia a, ol ® Western Australia Thsmabla... P w e Zeala .!. d ::: ::: Total 41.70* Wheat and FnOßa— Although coast cargoes are SadcarLtiu sympathy wltK higher «to. »a America, spot parcels remain about the same as Inst quoted with only a limited millers being indisposed to mate any considerable purchases in face of the liberal stocks on hand. Shipments from the United States ahow a considerable falling off, and as speculators aro eombioing to keep dp the prices the exports are likely to be still further reduced. The quantity on passage from all sources remains large, being lot>9 555<3rfi Australian wheat, of the now crop, has been teeely offered for January and February shipment, and several sales have been effected at 56s fid to 57s 6d for 4801 b 0.i.f.. United Kingdom, and 56s to 56s 6d direct port. Stocks Au«t<alian and New Zealand wheat hero are hmited and slightly firmer prices are asked. We quote South Australian wheat, 60s to 61s per 4961 b; Victorian, 61s to 6?s; and New Zealand. 56s to 595, and 60s to 6ls for choice samples. Australian flour, 38s to 4ls per 2801 b, and New Zealand, 37s to 41a, Tallow and Hides.—The tallow markethasbeen quiet bnt firm, and the present value of good to flue New Zealand mniton is 38sto 39a, and fwto* b«of tallow 86s 6d to 37s 6d per owt. The sales duringthe month ot December wore “ d the stock this day in first hands isabQutGdqOcaaks. In hides there have been no lurther sales, but the market is firm and prices remain tbf samo Preserved Meats. -Thera is still a fair inquiry for both boiled beef and mutton, and prices remain firm, small tins being scarce. Shipments of Crash meat have been considerable, but prices are without alteration. Bane sate, three per cent.