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New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5336, 23 December 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Saturday afternoon. The Customs receipts to-day were £344123 Id. The following are the amount of duties collected by the Customs at the Port of _Auckland for the week ending December 21, 187S :—

London, December 18.—The New Zep ad Lo.ji svzi ' Mercantile Agency jyave received the following i.duce tele; ■ "•**" " The wool sales closed finaJ •' on the y -. Jth insy Tliey comprised about 160,0(M bales, of which 35,000 have been held over fu • futur 5 disposal, and 85,000 have been taken 1 r exyort. The sales closed at an average declii • of 31 to lid on last sale's prices, the principal v "jV.ne being in ]ftn>bs* aad cross-brsd wools, for \ aich competition is decreasing, and quotations are an r of £d to Id lawer than at the ox>ening. coured has declined 1-Jd to 2d per lb. A good many second-hand parcels have been offered during the past sales." CALLS. Calls have been made in the foliowlag companies as under:—

Duties . .. .• .. .. £3,53(3 5 4 Light dues »• 32 14 5 Merchant Shipping Act fees .. 6 11 C Arms Act ft»es 3 10 0 Other receipts 14 1 4

Calls— „ Coromande! .. .. 0 0 3 — Dec. 20 Corby's vlnta .. .. 0 0 3 — Jan. S Watchman .. .. 0 0 3 — Jan. S Kaipara Steamship Co. 10 0 — Jan. 20