COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4012, 25 December 1874, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Thursday evening. The mnount of Customs Revenue received to-day on ,'oods entered for consumption was as follows: — £ b. d. . ' £ s. d. 'Brandy.. .. 164 2 0 Tobacco .". 32 15 0 Whisky.. ..126 12 2 Tea .. .. 83 9 0 Colonial do .. 23 19 3 Sugar .. ..174.13 9 Geneva.. .. 83 16 11 Drapery .. 11 18 6 Wine .. .. 60 1,4 10 Sundries .'. 98 5 4 ' , Total.. ' ..£BOI 7 9

Messrs M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co. sold leasehold and freehold properties yesterday as follows :—

The unexpired portion of the lease (18 years) of the business site in the Octagon lately occupied by Messrs Fulton and Co., timber merchants. The lease, for which a sum of £150 a year has to be paid, was knocked down to Messrs Herbert, Haynes, and Co., after a spirited competition, for a bonus of £750. Freehold sections 2 and 3, Port Chalmers, with premises thereon, area 1 rood 38 poles, sold by order of the Registrar of the Supreme Court. The property was "knocked down to the mortgagee at £2000. j Freeheld building allotments on the estate situate between the old and new roads, Saddle Hill, and known as Morrison's farm. 30 of the^e were sold at from £10 to £16 10a each. A small house and two sectioha (Vtr-rs sold for £05.

Messrs Maclean Brothers report for week ending 24th December as follows :—

Fat Cattle.—There was a large supply at the weekly market, close on 200 head being forward. About 40 head were turned out unsold, the balance being taken by the trade. The demand for medium quality was limited, while prime quality commanded attention and realized full rates—heavy weights (Christmas beef) realizing as high as £26 10s per head. Our sales consisted of several lots on account of Messrs Petrie, Wilson, and others, which were disposed of at satisfaetoiy prices. We quote really prime beef 35s to 40s per lOOibs ; medium and inferior, 22s Gd to 30s. Fat Sheep.—About 800, of all sorts, were penned, which were taken by the trade at the following prices, viz., Cross-breds, in the wool, 223 to 26s ;do shorn, 15s to 17s Cd ; merinos, shorn, 7s Gd to 10s. Our sales consisted of 150, at above quotations. We quote prime cross-bred mutton, shorn, 3d to 3Jd; ditto, in the wool, 4Jd to sd; merinos, shorn, 2Jd, in the wool, 4d. Fat Calves.—A few were forward, which realised up to 4Gs each.

Fat Lambs.—About 250 were penned, which were all disposed of at from 8s to 13s 6d each. Our sales consisted of 60, on account of vendors, at above quotations. We have placed under offer and sold several lots privately, during the week, at market rates. Store Cattle are still in active demand, and any good mobs coming forward meet with ready sale at from £6 to £7 for good well grown bullocks ; cows, from £410s to £5 10s ; mixed herds, 50s to 70s, according to breeding and quality. Store Sheep.—We have numerous enquirers for young merino ewes and wethers, but fen- are offering so far, and we do not expect much business will bo done in this class of stock until after shearing. We have sold 1000 merino wethers, 4, 0, and 8-tooth, at 6s, and have placed several large lots under offer. Land Sale.—On Saturday last, the 19th inst., we held a sale at our Rooms of the township of Abbotsford, surrounding the Green Island Railway Station. The sac drew together a large attendance ot buyers ; the bidding was spirited, and all the sections sold realised satisfactory prices. Wool.—The opening sale of the season was held at our warehouses this afternoon, and we are pleased to be able to report that a disposition to operate was freely manifested both by local and American buyers, that competition was spirited, and that with one or two exceptions all the lots offered were disposed of at prices which we have no doubt will be satisfactory to growers. The wools submitted Wt;re for the greater part what may be described as medium quality, and in small lots. A parcel of merino from the celebrated flock of W. A. Tolmie, Esq., which attracted much attention, and was generally admitted to be superior to anything ever exhibited here, was passed in at 16(1 per lb, while a parcel of cross-bred realised the handsome figure of 15|d. There is no room for doubt that a market is now established here for all descriptions of wool, to which growers may confidently consign their clips, with the assurance of their being competed for up to full value, and as regards greasy wool specially, it but rests with growers themselves to conserve their own interest by meeting the American demand, and making the best profit out of their wools by selling, in effect, direct to the manufacturers. Annexed is priced catalogue of wools sold, aggregating 427 bales. Greasy fleece, M'K, 5 bags, BJd; greasy merino and half-bred, 11, 4 bales, lid ; do pieces, M, 1 bale, 6.=Jd ; do locks, M, 1 bag, l|d; do merino, AT, 2 bales, lOJd; do half-bred, AT, 5 bales and 2 batfs, Hid; do do, W B, 2 bales and 2 bags, lljd ; do locks, W B, 2 bags, 3d; do cross-bred, D over P, 3 bales, UJd ;do merino and cross-bred, HE in diamond, 100 bales, 12Jd; do merino, M in diamond over M S, 170 bales, 13d; do do, 1 bale Leicester, J C B, 12 bales, ll£d; do locks, do, 1 .do, 4§d; do merino, HI, 5 do, lOd ;do half-bred, M over W, 25 do, 12d ; do merino, do, 7 do, IOJd ; do broken, do, 2 do, 9d ; do merino, W, 11 do, io|d ;do do, 08, 2 do, 10^d; do half-bred, do, 24 do, ll£d: do do, 1 part merino, D, 8 do, 10|d ;do do, and Leicester, LM in circle, 11 do, lljd; do pieces, do, 1 do, 6!ld: do locks, W, 1 do, 4Jd ;do Leicester, DH, 1 do, 12d; do fleece, 00, 2 bales and 2 bags, lOJd; do cross-bred, DB, 2 Vales ;and 1 bag, 12Jd; do locks, do, 1 bale, 3|d ; do merino, JW conjoined, 3 bales and 1 bag, 9Jd; do locks, do, 2 bags, 3d ; do cross-bred, F over W, 2 bales, 10|d ; do locks, do, 1 bag, 3d ; do cross-bred, CV over JW, 3 bales and 1 bag, lljd ; do pieces, do, 1 bag, Gd; do cross-bred, JC over S, 2 bales, ll£d; do locks, do, 1 bag, s|d ;do scoured, 1,1 bale and 2 bags, 15Jd ; washed cross-bred, SB, 9 bales, 19d; greasy cross-bred, JS, 4 do, 12d ; do locks, MX, 1 bag, 3^d. Sheepskins, Hides, &c.—At our last Friday's sale we sold a quantity of green and dry skins ; green halfbreds realizing up to 6s 3d each ; do merinos to 5s 7d ; dry station skins, 2s Gd to 4s Gd each. We also catalogued a few medium weight hides, which realised up to~lßs 3d each. Calfskins, 4s each.

Grain.—We have no alterations to make on our last week's quotations, viz.—Prime samples wheat, 5s Gd ; medium and inferior, 4s 3d to ss. Oats, for good feed, 5s 6d; milling samples, 6s. Malting samples barley, 5s 3d to 6s 4d; feeding samples are enquired for at 4s Gd.

MESSRS. G] SI ILLIES AND STREE1 'OCK AND SHARE L] "S WEE] :st. :ly COMPAKY. Capital. Amount paid up. ; Last . Sales. <3 s Banks. Ne^v Zealand. National Colonial Fiji Insurance New Zealand. National Sth. British.. Standard Gold Minmg. Shotover— Ordinary .. Paid up .. Stars Elizabeths .. Lucknows .. Arrows. Miscellaneous. N,Z. L. & SI. A. Co. .. ) -new issue J N.Z. Trust & Loan Co. .. O. & S. I. Co. Para P. Co... Dunedin Corporation 6 p.ci Deb... Dunedin" Water" Works Co......... Mosgiel W. F. Co Guardian Newspaper Co Daily Times and Witness Co......... Bruce Coal Co £ 600,000 2,000000 2,000000 250,000 i £ 10 10 5 5 £ s. d. 10 0 0 3 10 0! 1 0 Ol 2 10 Oj , £ s. d. 117 15 0 »! 3 10 0 l! 0 15 9 Ij 2 18 0 Pr ct. 15f 250,000 1,000000 750,000 1,000000 100 10 20 10 40 0 0 0 10 0 12 0 0 10 0 1100 0 0 118 0 12 8 0 10 9 0 1 10 10 14,000 16,000 12,000 6,400 7,800 9,000 13s Cd . £.1 . 10 5 3 1 1 .. 10 0 4 17 6 15 6 0 10 0 10 5 0 7 5 0 12 5 0 12 7 6 iO76 dP.p.S. 1,000000 (25 {5 2 10 0 10 0 3 10 2 0 0 L 500,000 500,000 75,000 25 5 e 6 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 16OO 15 0 10 10 ioo } J100 0 0. I 102 0 0 6 10 0, 0 •■ 65,000 ■■■»■ 17 10 0 12 60,000 6 3 0 0 2 18 0 10* 25,000 5 ■.- 2 0 0 12J 15,000 50. 40 0 0, 50 ,0 0 5,415 1 0 2 01 ' 0 2 6 ♦ExJiv. Dunedin, 23i rd Decei t Including bonus, iber, 1874.