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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5994, 2 February 1881, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Nkw Zeai.anii Herald Otiice. Tuesday evening'. Thb Customs receipts to-day amounted to £3474 18s lid. The following is a statement showing the amount of Customs duties collected at the port of Auckland, in the colony of New Zealand (according to the several heads of revenue undermentioned), from the Ist to the 31st day of January, 1881. both days inclusive: — Spirits, 14s per gallon .. £i r, 07 ,c , „ 21s per gallon ' 36 {o 0 C igars and bnutf, (is per lb 384 ic j Tobacco, 3s Gd per lb. .. .. . 3 00G1C ° Wine, 5s per gallon .. .. |347 14 q ~ (sparkling), (>s per gallon .. 54 4 (i M (Australian), 4s per gallon .. 1)1 S 10 Ale and beer, in bottle, Is (id per gal. COX G 0 TAii'iri ™,TiK ln WOOd ' 13 3f l l>er gal. 11 r, 0 Tea, 4u per lb. .. , t7 . Coffee, cocoa, chicory, and chocolate, 3d per lb 171 it r Coffee (roasted), 5d per lb " 14 i-> r Sugar (raw, refined), and molasses Vd per lb. . . ' - , , Goods by weight .. ° 4 Ad valorem, 15 per cent. /. Hi 0 tt 25 per cent. .. A Other duties not specified above 703 oil Excise duty'on beer £ , G Co\d°dut e ; rdUtyStampS '■ ™ 0 1 ■ • 449 4 S

' MESSRS. HUNTER A' r F' aJD NOLAN'S SHEEP Messrs. Hunter ar was held yesterda- ; Nolan's sheep fair, .which Epsom, had ag' /> tLe function Sale-yards, the show of s T ywi UiVte&dittce of buyers, but pected. Ev- jkGQ bo good as was.exwas sold p iob, one single exception, and the ,e sprites satisfactory to the Ten dors, °f was the result of the. absence fair r o<vn'er, tThe principal feature of the o? c feie TdVof rams from Maclean and Co. 's The following is the result of tke Bale - Bs, Stephens ; 20 sheep, 8s 3d, P. and *• S(l'oL«t>d {25 sheep, 6s 3d, McNaughton; 21 woep, 55 % . Strong; 25 7s 9d, P. and I. Wlfcljfeod; 17 lamb 9, 10s, Byerß; 57 eweß, 14s , v)<3,' Taylor ;56 ewes, 10s, Vercoe 59 ewes, 9s * 3d, Niebol; 43 ewes, 9s, McLeod ; 50 lambs, 7s 6d, 'Knughton; 53 sheep, ss, Haughton ; 35 sliedp, 53, Rhodes] 48 wethers, 10a, "Vercoe ; 30 Welters, 83 6d, Martin ; 1 ram, 4s 6d, Byers ; 1 'rAfc, £2 3s, Haughton ; 15 ewes, 15s, Johns; Maclean and Co., 3 4-tooth Lincoln rams, £2 8s ; Maclean and Co., 1 ram, £2 10s, Campbell; Maclean and Co., 1 ram, £2 6s, Martin ; Maclean and Co., 1 ram, £2 2s, Rogers; 3 rates, 30s, McNaughton ; 1 ram, 255, Porter ; 1 ram, 16s, Elam; 2 rams, £1, Carpenter; 1 ram, 18s, Harker; 1 ram, £1 Bs, Stephens ; 1 ram, £1. Jack ; 1 ram, 225, Taylor ; 1 ram, 169, Jack ; 2 rams. 31s, Ramage ; 1 ram, 275, Moore; 2 rams, , 255, Vaughan ; 1 ram, 275, Moore; 11 lambs, j69 6d, Porter; 24 lambs, 6s, Freeman; 25 I lambs, 8s 3d, Haughton,