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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13947, 2 January 1906, Page 7

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United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 31. The quarterly reve-nue returns show that the receipts amounted to £31,746,000, Customs £9,389,000, excise £8,050,000, stamps £2,200,000. Canterbury mutton, light 4£d, medium 4d, heavy 3gd; Dunedin and Southland, none offering; North Island, 3|d to 4d. Canterbury lanib 4Jd, nominal. New Zealand beef, fores 2|d, hinds 3|d nominal, River Plate hinds 3d. (Last week’s quotations were;— Frozen meat Canterbury mutton, light 4d, medium 3|d, heavy 3|d; Dunedin and Southland, 3fd, North Island SJd to Lamb—Canterbury, light 4id, heavy 4 id; Dunedin, Southland and North Island, none offering. New Zealand beef, 1801 b to 2201 b, per quarter, fair average quality, ox forequarters ’ 3d, ox hindquarters 3fd. River Plate mutton, heavy 3Jd, lignt 3Jd; beef, forequarters 23d, hindquarters 3Jd.) New Zealand cheese 61s to 635, Canadian 62s to 655, hardening. Choicest Australian salted butter 114 s to 116 s, New Zealand 116 s to HBs, unsalted about Is lower. Hemp.—Steady. January-February £3l ss. Rabbits.—Dull, unchanged. Silver.—2s 6d. v Copper.—Spot £79 10s, three months’ £79. Tin. —Spot £l6O 10s, three months' £l6O 2s 6d. Lead.—£l7 11s.