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New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 4050, 5 November 1874, Page 2

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2sjrw Zealand Herald Office, "Wednesday evening. The Customs revenue collected to-day amounted t« £52-1 93 3d. The following are the items : — £ s. d. .Spirits .. .. .. .. .. 271 10 0 Tobacco .. .. .. .. .. 112 17 G Cigars .. .. 35 12 0 Sugar 15 IS 5 Coffee .. 17 10 0 Ad valorem S2 1# 0 Sundries S 10 0 Eleven freehold allotments on the Epsom and Domain Rowl3wcre offered iVrsale to-day, by Messrs. Cochrane and Son, and realised from 30s to -10s per foot. The cutter Diamond was passed. MELHouitNE.—The Anjua of the 21th reports:— In Ihe import nnrkets general business is exceedingly quiet, and were it not for the one or two specialties which occasionally come into more prominent notic-\ :rad3*«vould almost appear to be at a standstill. In flour presents a steadier aspect. lJakers' lots are moving off at £13 7s 6d to £13 103, bags returned, and a very fair demand is experienced. Parcels are offering at £13, and sales cf good brands can be made at the price. Wheat is very firm at Gs Id to Gs 2d, »nd miller;' parcels are moving ofT at th.r rates named. Oates are firm at late ciuotations of an 3d to 5s Gd for good feeding, but supplies are so very insignificant, no sale-' arc allowed to transpire. Maizj is quite. The trade having got the.r wants temporarily filled up, are not inclined to operate at present at the advance demanded. The receipt of t»'l.-»grams regarding kerosene oil has led to a movement which has resulted in fully 10,000 cues Devoe's changing banc's on private terms ; 0000 of these are to land out of the S. I). Carleton, just arrived. Dried fruits are in good request ; we note of currants at 5Jd. Mus sat el raisins have also been quitted at Is id. There is a good business doing in teas. Of the Somerset's sh pment of n-sw congous about 1000 packages have been sold privately at Is f>d to 2s. A few hundred pa ex Kornon, have also been quitted at Is 3d to Is 10) d. Undo.r the i.ammer another portion of 'Jie ?jonv rset's shipment was submitted to competition. but the biddings not proving satisfactory, the whole v.as w.thdrawn ; sub.-equently, however. 7G3 packages of this shipment were placed. Low bch-'-iy c.i-A congous were also disposed of at OJd. 11-ps still meet with favour; a parcel of 21 pockcis Tasmaaian lS7i's has l.een placed at Is oi. Sale* <;f qu-irters sardines have bt-en made at up toGs. Cah'utti corusauks are beginning to be inqaired for ; wv ire, however, without &t\<iA to report as yet. Toba<c>s j.r•» improving i i value. We learn time Cameron's agints have raised their asking ratu for flat work to Is Cd; thtir price for twist has also been advanced. AUCKLAND STOCK aNU MINING UKPOItT. QtJOTATIONM —JfOVUMSUR -i, 1874.

-calls;, '$jie following are the cnireSt calls payable in the* companies named below : — •«: _ • - Caxxs— £ b. d. Date. Red Queen 0 « 0 — Nor. 11 City of York .. ..010 — Nov. 11 Bismarck .. .. .. 0 0 8 — Nov. 11 Pride of Tokatea .. 0 0 C — Nor. 11 Otago 0 1 0 — Dec. 9

j Closing Pricca. | Buyers, teller?. rank of \*otv Zealand j -- — £137/G J'atioiml Bank .. 7.f — 70/ Fiji Bank .. .. — — CI/ B. Insurance .. »• — 50/ l» ;y of Islands Coal Co. — £0 £10 Union Sash aud l>oor — i £U 15/ £10 Ack. Steam Pocket (Jo. i — £4 MINING. j Alburnia, new issue .. — — 22/ CaUdoniun .. " J.'» ;V — £510/ City of London .J Hut 2 4/6 *Dhion Beach .. .. r'*' 10/ 11/0 Tok&tea — — 9/6 Cure I — — 10/ Bright Smile .. .. — — 00/ Ked Queon .. ..; — — 1/3 J. Ncwhan, Chairman,