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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4174, 5 July 1875, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Dally Times Office, Saturday evening. Tho amount of Customs Revenue received to-day] ,v oods entered lor consumption was as lollowo :—

& b. a. £ ~ a. Brandy .. IS2 9 7 Tobacco .. 64 3 1 Whisky .. C3 0 0 Tea .. .. 25 33 0 CoL do. .. 26 6 6 Sugar .. .. 13 4 6 Geneva .. 34 7 2 Drapery .. 30 4 0 Wine .. .. 15 6 7 Sundries .. 09 3 4 Total .. .. £498 16 8 I

£498 16 8

Mesjr* WRiauT, Stkfuekson, and Co. report, for the week ending 3rd July, as follows :— Fat Cattle.—Bo head were yarded, which though mostly of very middling quality, were eagerly competed lot at an advance of fully 2s (id per lOOlbs over last week's rates. We quote prime beef 32s ed per lOeibs ; medium do, 25s te 27s Cd. Our Bales by auction and privately are 47 head, at prices equal to above rates.

Fat Calves.—2o head yarded were sold at from 15s to Css each. " Fat Sheep.—The market is kept well supplied. 1200 cross -breds were penned - chiefly of very prime quality. Prices obtained show a slight decline on last week's rates. We sold 650 at from 18s Cd to 20s each —equal to 3}d per lb for good quality. Medium quality arc worth only a little over store prices. Privately, we wld. for forward delivery, 1300 cross breds.

Store Cattle.—Tho demand is very good, especially for grown cuttle, but the number offering is limited. Store Sheep.—We have enquiries for almost all classes. We quote prime merino wethers, 2 4 and Ctooth, 8s to 8s Bd; do do, full-mouthed (i« 6d to 7s ;do ewe 3, 2, 4, and 6-tooth, 9*; do do, fullmouthed, 5s ed to 7s ; crossbred wethers 4 and 6tooth, 13s to 14s; do 2-tooth, 11« to 12s ;do lambs 8s At above rates we hive sold 9500 merinos aud crocsbreds.

Country Sales.—On Thursday, Ist instant, we held our monthly sale at Palmcrston. There was a good attendance of buyers, but only a small amount of stock came forward. Storo bullocks and heifers brought£6fis; lightdriught horses, £15to£2J- fat sheep, IBs 6d. , '

Horses.-There is still a good demand for heavy araugnt and strong coach horses. Our sales on Saturday were principally of dealers' lots, of which only a moderate proportion changed hands. We fl^f aV** draughts, £65 to £75; medium do, £45 to £55; h a ht do, £25 to £35; good hacks and r^f jo™? '■£-5 t0 £35 • medium do, £14 to £20; light and inferior, £5 to £7. Wool.-Cablegrams, under date London, 19th June report as follows:-" The wool sales, after a course of remarkable steadiness, closed slightly weaker. 271 272 bales were catalogued, and 130,000 were taken'for export. An advance was es ablished on March rates as follows :-Superior fleece, Ijd to 2d ; ordinary Id • scoured; Id to ljd; greasy, OJd to Id ■ hSf-bred JtreHsy Id to ljd Coarse wools' attracted aTpecfal demand, and lambs cemmanded extreme rates Sheepskins.-At our weekly sale on Thursday there was good competition, and prices realised showed an advance on previous week's rates. We offered and sold 1610 as follows green skins iSfureds, from 3s 9d to 4s 6d each ; merino, 2s lOd to 3s 4d; station skins, 3s 7d to 5s 6d. Hides continue in good demand. At our sale on Inursdiv we sold a considerable quantity of medium we'ghte at from 18s to 25s 3d each ; calfskins at 2s 3d

Grain.—We have no change to note since our last report. Prices remain nominally the Bame Wheat • Prime samples are worth 4s Gd per bushel; medium' fe to 4s 3d. Oats: The demand is limited to small parcels for shipment. Good feed are worth &&1 to is lOd per bushel; milling, up to 3b. Barley: Prime malting, worth 5s (id to (is per bushel; medium nampies, is 6d to 6s. SHARE MARKET. Mr J. Run) SUckekzib reports (or the week endintr 3rd inst, as follows:Cash Sales.-National Insurance, £1 2s Cd, £13s, and £1 .is Od ; Standard Insurance, 13s 3d ; National Hank, Cash Sellers.-Nation.il Insurance, £1 4s (10s paid up); Standards, 13s Gd (10a paid up; ; South British

Insurance, £2 7s (£1 6s 8d paid up); New Zealand Insurance, £210s (£2 JOs paM'up); Bank of N<iw Zealaud, £1813s (£lO paid up); Colonial Bank, £1 OsCd (£1 10s paid up); Fiji Hank, £2 13s (£2 10s paid up)Jtosgiel Co., £2 10s' (.£3 paid up); Shipping Co., £1 7s (£2 10s paid up); Otago and Southland Co., £1 6s (£1 paid up;; Forbury Park, £32 (£lO paid up); Shotover Promoters, 4s (£1 paid tip) • Arrow River, 7s (10s I)a i,j up ) ; Lucknow, £3 ; Star of'the East, £5 ,ss. Cash Buyers. Standards, 13s 3d ; National Tnsurance, £1 3s (id; South British, £2(ig ; Shotovers(fully pa id up), 3s; Colonial Bank, £1 (is; National' Bank ,£3 Mis. -' . ■ ■ ' Money.—lnterest upon freehold securities, 8; and 9 p er cen t_

Mr Bradsiiaw reports the following fo: week end. ing Saturday, 3rd July, viz. :—

Cash sales of National Bank of New Zealand, £318s; National Insurance Co., £1 4s. Sellers of Colonial Ba..k of New Zealand, £1 7s; Fiji Bank, £2 13s: Guardian Printing Co., £2; National Bank of New Zonland, £3 18s; National Insurance Co.. £14s; l.ueknow Gold Mining Co., £3 ss. Buyers of National Insurance Co., £1 3s (id; Standard Insurance Co., 13s;

i;ank of New Zealand, £17 15s.

Messrs WhiteljAw and Co. have to report aales ol shaies during the past week as follows .—

National Insurnnce, 245; Standard, 13s 3d ; South British, 4Cs; National Bank, 80*; Colonial, 20.1 (jj ; Star of the East, £G ; Albion Brewi'g, 7s Cd. tellers —National Insurance, 25s ; Standard, 13s 6d ; South British, 40sJ: New Zealand, 50s; National Banks, 80s: Colonial, 27a; Fiji, 555; Kanieri L»ke Water Race Co., 17s; Shotover, 4s 61; Star of the East, £S 5s ; Lucknows, 655; Mos^icls. 55s ; Walton Park Coil Co., <is; Guardian Newspaper, 45; New Ze.laud Shipping Co., Ws.

HAILS CLOSR--Tins Day, Monday, July sth. For Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Tararua, at 2 p.m. Per Albion, as under :— Direct mails for India, China, Japan, Peiiang, Singapore, Manilla, Aden, Mauritius, the British, French, and Austrian Post Offices at Alexandria, .Ylaltu, 'Sibraltar, Brindisi, France, &c, at 12 noon. For New South Wales, South Australia, ■Western Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, at 1 p.m. For Southland, Victoria, London, via Southampton, and via Brindisi, and for correspondence for the Continent of Europe, to., sent in London muile, at 1.30 p.m. For issue of money orders, and posting of registered letters and newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters, with one additional single rate per letter, may be posted'as follows: — , For New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, aud Tasmania, at 1.20 p.m. For Southland, Victoria, London, ctn Southampton, and via Brindisi, and for correspondence for the Continent of Europe, &c, scut in London malls, at 1.50 p.m. (Signed) ARCH. BARR, Chiol Poutmaiittir. Chief Post Ofhce, Dunediu, July 5, 1875.

On the 27th June, at Athelstane, Wakari, Mrs Wm. Hepburn, of a daughter.

On the 28th June, at his residence, Leith Bl;rcct, Duncdin, by the Rev. Thomas H. Bates, Robert Kirk, Beeond son of Robert Kirk, Esq., late of Dunfermliue, Fifeshire, Scotland, to Elvina Minnie, only daughter of the late Arthur Skeats, Esq., of Itomsey, Hamp shire, England.

DEATH. On the 3rd July, at his residence, Great Kinjf street, o( tetanus, Jamos Qraliam, shipwright, in the 63rd year of his age.