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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5359, 20 January 1879, Page 2

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New Zealand Herald Office, Saturday afternoon. The Customs receipts* to-day were £235 3s 7d. The following are the amount of duties collected by the Customs at the Port of Auckland for the week ending January 18, 1879 :— Duties £3,050 1-1 2 Light dues 38 11 4 Merchant Shipping Act fee 3 .. 10 14 0 Arms Act fees 5 7 0 Otber receipt 333 7 G £3,443 14 0 SHEEP FAIR. Messrs. Hunter and Nolan held the first alieep fair of the season at the Juuction Sale Yards on Saturday, but it could hardly be considered to be even tolerably satisfactory, for prices ruled low, the competition was by no in«ans brisk, and out of the lots catalogued a considerable number were withdrawn. Owing to holders being so busily engaged harvesting, a j much smaller number were catalogued than i last year, and there is a prevailing disposition in stock-owners to direct their attention to cattle i rather than sheep, consequently neither supply nor demand was calculated to give the auctioneer satisfaction. Mr. R. Hunter conducted the sale, aud the transactions were as follow 25 ewes, 2 aud 4-tocth, W. Wall, lis, withdrawn ; SO Liacoin ewes, 2, 4, aad C-tooth, Godwin Sroi'h, 6j 6d, withdrawn ; 20 Lincoln ewe lambs, Godwin Smith, 6s 9d, withdrawn : 25 ewes, 2 and 4-tootli, ! DeCarteret, Ss, PhiUips; 15 ewe lambi, DeCarteret, | ss6i, Phillips ; 50she*p, 2-tooth. muo.l ajes, Poster, I 11-, withdrawn : 25 lambs, mixed sexes. F.J. Wilson, 1 2a fd. Heard : 25 lambs, Mixed sexes, F. J. Wilson, i2s 9d, H--ard; 30 Lincoln ew<*s, 2-tooth, \V. J. ! Harris, 12* 6i. Gardiner; 24 Liocolu e«r<s, 2-tooth, W. J Harris, lis, Knox : 40 t-wos, 2 -ind 4-tooth, T. Kilny. 8s 6d, withdrawn : 40 ewes. 2 and 4 tooih. T. Kilay, w thdrawn ; 34 ewes. 2 and 4-:ooth. T. Hilar, withdrawn ; 30 ewes 2 and 4-tooth. T. Cilay, withdrawn ; 40 ewes. 6 and S-t joth, T. KUay, withdrawn ; 40 ewes, 6 and S-tooth, T. Kilay, withdrawn ; 3G ewes 6 and S-tooth, T. KiUy, withdrawn ; 30 ewes, 6 and S-teoth, T. Kilay, withdrawn ; 40 ewe lambs, T. Kilay, ss, withdrawn ; 41 ewe lambs, T. Kilay, withdrawn ; 82 wether lambs, T. Kilay, withdrawn ; 36 wether lambs T Kilay, withdrawn ; 40 sheep, mixed sexes, Hal», 11*, Knox ; 40 sheep, mixed sexe~. Keis Us, withdrawn; 40 2-tooth. Keir, Ss, Knox ; 40 2-tooth, Loverock, Si fid, G. Smith; 4 2-tooth. Loyerocs, 2s, PhiU'ps ; li 2-tooth. Loverack, 6t&d, Laurie; 25 eww, Dickson, 3s 3d, Phillips ; 25 ewes and wethers, Dixon 6s Phillips; 3) 2-tooth, C. Wood, 7d, wlthdrtwn ; 2 Lincoln rams, bred by W. McLwehlio, W. Wall, 10s withdraws ; 1 Lincoln ram. S-tooth, G. 20*', withdrawn ; 4 Leicester rams, J. S. Williams nobil ; 1 full-month ram (*ov«rock. no bid ; 1 longwool ram, J. H. Burnside. no n«d: 9 Lincoln rams. W. McLaughlin, bo bid; 1 Lincoln ram, 4-looth, sV. J. Harris, 2Ss, Captain McKenzie ; 2 Liacolnn rains, 2tooth, W. J. Harris, 22s Gd, Captain McK"nzie. and 21*, Mr Greenwood ; 1 ram, fl-tooth, \V. J. Harris, 23s Gunsen ; S longwool rami, 2-tooth, li. Hall, 60s Laurie ; 4 lougwo >1 rams, 2-iOOth, R. Liall. 30-, withd.awn; 3 longwool rams, 2-tooth, R Rail, 42s 6d, Williams for one, the others withdrawn; 3 loogwool rams, 'Mooth, R. Hall, 355, withdrawn ; 2 lon 3 -- wool rams, 2-tootb, R. Hall. 355, withiriwn; 3 Lincoln ram', 2to th, bred from Mr. D. Macnicol's ram, Fitzpatrick Brothers, 32s Williams, f.ir one, others 255, Gr enwood ; 3 Lincoln rams 2-tooth, brei from Mr. D. Macnicol's ram. s-itzpvtrick Brothers, 20j and 15s, MclCenzie ; 4 Lincoln nms. 2-tootb, brei from Mr. D. Macnicol's ram, FitzpitrJck Brothers, I lis Burnside ; 1 Lincoln ram, 6-too:h, bred from Mr. D. Macnicol's ram, Fitzpatrick Brothers 22s Gd, withdrawn: 1 ram. 4-tooth, bred by Mr. Threkcld. C. T. Btrriball, 60s, Fitzpatrick; 1 ram, 4-tooth, C. T BarribiU, 25s Greenwood : 2 Lincoln rirus, bred by Mr. Joseph May, C T. Barribill, 17.-4 61, Greenwood ; 3 Lincoln rams, 2-tooth, C. T. BarnbMl, lGs Greenwood ; 3 Lincoln rams, 2-tooth. C. T. Ba:rib»ll, 16s, Greenwood.