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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4303, 2 December 1875, Page 2

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Daily Times Office, Wednesday evening. Tlie amount of Customs Revenue received to-day, on goods entered (or consumption was as follows :— £ s. d. £ i. d. Brandy .. .. 129 4 0 Tobacco .. 184 0 0 Whisky.. .. 36 9 4 Tea .. .. 76 8 1 Col. do .. .. 16 8 6 Suirax .. .. 122 3 0 Geneva.. ■ .. 42 3 2 Drapery ..175 4 4 Wine .. .. 26 7 2 Sundries .. 571 18 0 Total £1327 I 7 Statement showing the amount of Customs Duties collected at the Port of Dunedin from the list to the 30th November, 1875 :— Spirits £6,567 14 6 Do, N.Z 576 13 9 Cigars and muff 476 0 0 Tobacco 2.52S 10 0 Wine 907 1 8 Ale and beer (in bottle) .. .. 437 0 0 Do (in wood) 62 2 0 Tea 2,106 19 3 Coffee, &c 190 10 9 Sugar 2,983 12 9 Opium 223 0 0 Goods by weight 2,126 14 11 Ad valorem 9,202 7 2 Other duties 2,062 1 7 Total £30,450 8 4 Gold 524 17 8 For corresponding month, 1874, 28,644 17 0 Gold 954 1 2 Mr Hknrt Driver (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.) reports for the week ending December lat, 1875 : — Fat Cattle.—A full supply of 165 head were yarded, and consequent upon a large portion of the trade being abundantly supplied, prices receded considerably, aay, at least, 10s per 100 lbs. below late quotations. Best bullocks brought £14 to £16, cows £9 to £13, or equal to 35s per 100 lbd. for prime quality. Fat C.ilves.—Only few penned, which brought extrerns rates. Fat Sheep.—23oo came forward, which was an over supply. Very little business was done. We quote good cro^s-bredu in the wool, at 17s 6d to 22s ; shorn do, 11s 9'! to 14s, or equal to 4'd per lb for former, and 2Jd for latter. Fat liMnbi.—2oo came forward, and sold at from 93 0 118 Gd.

i Store Cattle.—A good demand still exists for well conditioned bullocks, at £6 103 to £8 10s; do cows, £4 to £6. Store Sheep.—We have no transactions yet to reWool.—Owing to the interruption of cable communication from Europe, we are without any advice of the opening of the November, sales in London, which is anxiously looked for pending operations m this market. We offered a few fanners' lots last Thursday, and,' as'is usually the cas&at tne commencement of thoseason, buyers'and sellers' views do not quite coincide as to values. . Most of the lots were passed in, yet we have to report good competition, and a desire to purchase wool fully up to the latest priced catalogues to hand. We look forward to doing a fanbusiness as scon as the actual; decline in price from last year is realized by growers who intend-to sell m this market. , , . Sheepskins,—We had a full attendance of buyers at our .-ale last week. Green cross-broils sold at 5s lOd to 6s Id ; merinoes, 5s Id to 5s od ; diy skins, cross-breds, 5s Id to 5s 4d ; merinoes, 4s 3d to os Id; lambs, Is ou ' Hides sold at an advance on late rates, butchers' green bringing 21s Od to 235; wet-salted medium, 10s to 17s Cd ; light heifers, 13s 3d each.

Tallow.—None offering. ,*«'„,. Grain.—Wheat continues in good demand at iprmcr quotations. Australian advices quote breadstutts having declined ; there is no probability of prices advancing here. Fair to good milling, 4s Gd ; extra choice 4s Sd. Oats have been more enquired for, ana sales are reported at 2s Id, for good feeding. Barley, millii)"- 3s to 3s 9d. For malting the season is over. The p.s. Samson arrived at Port Chalmers last night from Oamaru, and after transhipping several bales of wool to the Timaru, went up to Dunedin.