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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9369, 20 May 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Saturday evening. The Customs duties to-day amounted to £92 2s 4d. The following are the Customs receipts for the week ending May IS, ISS9 :— Duties £4,768 17 4 Beer duty 164 12 0 Light dues—Auckland .. 68 10 0 „ Onehunga .. 0 15 i „ Thames .. .. 0 10 ~ Whangarei .. 0 2 4 ~ Whangaroa .. fl 0 10 Forms and fees (S. and S. Act) 0 7 0 Merchant Shipping .. .. 0 6 0 Port charges -Whangarei _ 0 9 3 Othar receipts . . .. _ 62 3 6 £6,041 10 10 Messrs. Wilson and Clayton, auctioneers!, etc., report for the week as follows :—Held two out-door sales. The tlrst was on Monday, at Mrs. Palmer's residence, Pitt-street. The attendance was very large, the bidding brisk, and Mrst-elass prices realised. Piano ibv Bovd), £22; mottled kauri wardrobe, £10 ss; duchess suite. £9 lf>s ; rop suite, £19 ss. Thursday's stile at .Mrs. Sheasbys residence. Kelson-street, was also well attended, and good prices weie aKainobt&ined. Piano (by Anchor {•Veres) fetched £23. Friday's sale at the mart, under oil! of sale, was well attended, and satisfactory prices obtained. Messrs. K. J. Carbi.vks and Go's weekly report. — Friday's sale of produce, poultry, and furniture was well attended anil good business done. Poultry : Fowls, llkl to 2s 4d; geese, S.s ; turkeys, •is to 5s 0d each ; young piss, &s : canaries, 2s to 3s 3d ; ducks, Is <kl ; goats, 2s ; bantams, '2d to 28 Gd. Fruit : Apples, Id to lid per lb. Produce : Flour, £10 to £11 ; tea. Is 5d to Is '.M ; candles, 6*<l : soap--7s ikl per box ; .lam, 3s 9d to 4s ; biscuits. 2sd to ;>>d ; Canterbury hams, 3d to 7d: local, 2d to tfJd per lb; onions," ljd per lb ; good wheat, Ss 9d ; potatoes, 3s to 6S; pie-melons, is per cwfc. Household furniture removed to mart for sale was all cleared at satisfactory prices. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. CALLS. £ s. d. Taupiri Reserve Colliery Co. 0 1 0 - May 21 Te Aroha Gold and .Silver Mining Co 0 0 6 — .Tuns 27