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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 21 January 1882, Page 4

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New Zealand Herald Office, Friday evening. The Customs duties to-day amounted to £593 13s. Mr. A. Saunders, sharrhroker, inform* i\* that our quotations for Union Sash and Door shares yesterday was rathsr under the mark. Ho says the market is verj stiff, and none are being offered under £8. .

Messrs. Carbines and Taylor held their usual Friday's sale of poultry, fruit, i/roduce, &c. They report Poultry: Turkeys, 4s Id to 4» 3d ; ducks, Is Cs to Is 0<1; fowls. Is to 2s each; young pigs, 5s Gd to »'s 6d. Fruit Peaches, 4d to f»d per dozen ; pears, Ijd to Sd; apples, l£d; plums, 5Jd to Gid per lb. Produce! Hams and bacon, 2Jd to 9d ; English haras, lOd ; onions, 3d to 1J; good potatoes, hard to clear at £3,stock heavy; beef, Jd to Id ; "Wairoaclieese, 4Jd to f»d; Canterbury, H'l to 4jd per lb; cucumbers, Sd per dozen; salt butter, 6d per lb ; pigs' jowl*, lid per lb; oats, Is 10d to 2s lOd ; maize, 6s Cd; bran. 63 ; chaff, 2s per bag; sharps, Ca ; oatmeal, lid : flour. £0 to £13. Groceries: Tea, hair-chests. Is 4d to 2a per lb ; boxes, 20s to 2^s; susrar, white, 4id ; brown, Ssd ; starch, 4d; cornflour. (3d; maize meal. 3d per lb: honey, 4d per lb; Jams, 7s 0d per dozen; candles, S?d; soap, 7s Gd to lis per box; korosene, 23 per gallon. Mr. Alfred Bucklani>'s Wekki.t Report.--At the Haymarket yesterday (Friday), fodder was in short supply, and brought from 2s Gd to 5s per cwt; small loads, 13s to IDs per load ; and oats, 2s 4d per bushel. Owing no doubt to tbe boisterous weather, there were not a large number of horses yarded, and nearly all found buyers at fair prices. Medium draughts brought from £ 7 10s to £25; light harness horses, £S to £15; light hacks, £5 to £0; and a do key, fc'6 10s. The Dargaville booths, not bringing the upset price, were passed in. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. The following are the current calls and dividends in the companies named belovr, as certified in our advertising columns :— _ . oalis. £ a d Date. Just in Time G.M. Co. 0 0 G — Feb. 1 BY THi b IS G R A P H DTJNEDIN. January 20.--Mr. J. B. Bradshaw reports:— Banks: New Zealand shares, £'22lfs; National, 80a, cum dir; Colonial, 47s Gd, cum dir. Insurances : National, S3s; Union, 23s Gd ; Standard, 15s. Miscellaneous: New Zealand l>mg, 23s Gd; New Zealand Hardware, 20s; New Zea and Shipping, £5 17s Gd; National Mortgage and Ag ncy, 30s,