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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4162, 21 June 1875, Page 2

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Daily Times Office, Saturday evening. Tlie amount of Customs Revenue received to-day hi. - oods entered for consumption was as follows: — £ s. a. £ q d Brandy .. 73 17 1 Tea .. .. 25 V 6 Whisky .. 02 17 7 Sugar .. •» v 7 Col. do. .. SII 0 Drapery .. fo 510 Geneva .. 5, ±, 8 Sundries .. 50 12 5 Wine .. ..6 010 ° Total .. ..£345 11 6 The amount of business done during the past week Has oeetifairfor theseason, considering the interruption I caused by the occurrence of the Presbyterian Fast Div Ihe weather has been favourable, and through our middle houses more directly the barometer of the market is by this to some extent uniformly iuHuenced in brandy some good sales have been made, and Hennessy may be quoted firm, at 32s (id ease, 8s 9d bulk • other brands selling pretty well. Whisky maintains the semi-active condition which has characterised it far some time, and which it has attained in consequence of the partial removal effected, and the ultimately entire removal expected, of Colonial distilled from the held of competition-the extinguished locil industry, from the character it had attained, dohi" service mainly in its death to first-class imported brands, and tending generally to raise the tone of the demand for imported. Geneva continues in "oed ordinary request, holders asking from 13a 3d to 13s GJ In rum there is very little doing, a slight enquiry existing for Red Heart in case. In bottled stout there are moderate sales reported. Ale is dull-the market supplied. Wine commands little attention. In tea sales have been rather falling away durhi" the wei-k' but not sufficient to indicate any decline In the market, stocks not being augmented, nor anyth n" haviu-' occurred to affect values. In sugar, a further cargo* from Mauritius has been placed upon the market - tliatot hlhots 2SG, not yet landed, and consigned to with this one added, would no doubt at the present hlfln?,i owen "S tendency to the ma-ket, but that other influences are operating and may probably lead to an advance. But for stocks on hand at the begimiin" of last season the marke- must have been by this tune, ofm-Pr^t U-1"!*' ai,lsm. e"J ud the reverse of overstocked. From Mauritius to New Z«aland the import has been short of the previous year by mi tons; this only made up by Yarraville importations and a small lot from Queensland. And now a lap"c source of supply is cut off by the burning of the V?ctoria Sugar Company's re-finery works, Which cannot under any circumstancesJje rebuilt and at work in less I™ ? romf=I ■ elve mollths- We should not be surprised if early advices from Melbourne intitmte a rise in the market there. Tobacco is still in autive demand at well sustained prices. In kerosene no clvuwe is noted. Galvanized iron has not recovered i>ric =s ruling two weeks ago. In timber, tie yards are stocked with all kinds, Baltic, American, and Colonial —the demand considerably lessened by wintry -uid irosty weather interfering with building operations Hour continues in fair demand at unaltered quotations, export, and local trade parcels moving freely Wheat is in slight demand ; quotations saml as our last—milling, from 4s to 4s Od ; inferior, from 3i Ud to 3s 9d Oats continue dull; quotations-2s Sd for feed, 2s lOd for milling, very prime, 3s. Bar ey is unaltered °m °d t0 5S <M' Bra" I^Hard are Messrs Wright, Stkphexsox, and Co. report forthe week ending 19:h June, as follows :— Fat Cattle.—The sup ,ly was about an average one and prices ruled a shade over last week's rates 140 head were yarded, of which about one-third were of fnni, "?-'•, We so!(1 «<> head at equal to 32s tid per 1001b for good quality, and 25s for medium ditto JmyTto^&^ZL™ *antal' whtah s°U Fat Sheep.-UOO were penned. Wo sold 000 crossbreds at from 14s to 22s each, the latter fi-nre beimr tor very heavy three-quartor-breds ; also, 250 merino ewes poor quality at 5s each. We quote prime mutton at 3id per lb/ Privately, we have sold for forward delivery, 3500 cross-breds. v Store Cattle.—No transactions. Store Sheep.—Operations have been very limited during the week. We have enquiries for young sheeD but very few are offering. We quote eross-breds 4 an-i" 6 tooth. 12s 6d ; do, 2-tooth, 10s to lls ; do, lambs <Wmerino wethers, 4 and 6 tooth, 7s Cd to 8s; do do 'fulU mouthed, 0s Sd to 7s ;do ewe;, 4 and (5 tooth Ss to 9s do do, full-mouthed, 4s to ss. ' Horses.—There is a fair demand for heavy draughts and strong coach horses, four to five years old *On I Saturday, 26th inst., we shall gffer, at our yards a very superior shipment of heavy draught mares and geldings, ex Omeo, from Melbourne. We quote firstclass heavy draughts, £G5 to £70 ; medium do, £45"t0 £55 ; light do, £2S to £40 ; good hacks and liyht harness horses, £25 to £35 ; light and inferior, £5 to £7 Wool —By the Omeo the following Cable telcram has been received, dated London, June sth "The wool sales are proceeding satisfactorily. The sales will conclude on the 17th." Sheepskins.—Our weekly sale, held on Friday was well attended by the trade. The quantity offered was smaller than usual, and prices obtained were fully equal to last week's rates. Station »kins sold at from 3s 2d to 4s 7d each, and Old per lb ; butchers' "reon skins-merino, Is lOd to 3s 2d ; half-bred, 3s Yd"to 3s Hides continue in -ond demand, anJ command full TA^"■ o ".f, cll<l>ostd uf 75 "ieili»"' wul-lits at from His Grain.—Wheat is in rather better request. Prime

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