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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4661, 25 January 1877, Page 2

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Daily Times Office, Wednesday evening. Thtt amount of Customs Revpnue roceived to-day on c iols entered for consumption was an followi :— £ a. d. £ «. d. Brandy .. .■ 84 13 5 Tobacco .. 238 1 2 Whisky.. .. 46 3 7 Tea .. .. S6 2 3 Rum .. .. 66 12 1 Sugar.. .. 121 3 6 Geneva .. .. 32 7 0 Drapery ..235 1 7 "Wine .. ..72 12 G Sundries ..455 8 4 Total " £1426 15 4 Gold £230 11 5 Mr Hbnry Driver (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.) reports for the week ending January 24th, as follows:— Fat Cattle.—lss head were yarded to-day, chiefly of prime quality. At the opening of the salo there was a decirtod improvement in prices, good beef bringing fully 30s per 1001b ; but at the close, prices hud again receded to last week's rate?. Beat pens of bullocks . sold at £910s to £13 ;do cows, £7 10.s to £1110s. Fat Calves.—Twenty were penned, good vealew soiling at from 253 to 555, according to weight and quality. , ~ , Fat Sheep.—l6oo were penned. There was a slight improvement in prices from the fact of the sheep being in only two or three persons' hands. The market wiw not, however, cleared, about 500 being passed. We quote best cross-breds at from 10s to 123, or 2Jd per lb. ~,.,» j Fat Lambs.—2oo only were penned and readily found buyers at quite Is advance on Into quotations-say, from 0s to 12s 6d for good quality. Sloro C'ittt'e.—Pri'-es continue at last quotations, the demand having filleu off considerably. Store Sheep.—A good enqui-y prevails for good merino ewes and yojng cro=s-breils. We quote prices as follows: 2, 4, and G-tooth merino owes, 0s to 7s; do fnll-moutbed, 3a to 4s ; do wethers, 2, 4, and Gtooth 53 to 6s; do full-mouthed 3s Gd to 4s (id; cross•breus, 4-tooth and upwards, 7s Gd to 8s 1; do, 2-tooth, C3to7s. , , , Wool.—Our third salo of wool was postponed yesterday until next Tuesday. Several clips and parcels had only partially arrived, owing to the heavy wcuther through the country. The market is firm, notwi'hstanditig rumours of war. We have this week sold privately the Kyebuin clip, ileece at lOjd, pieces 7d, locks 5Jd; ami ileast, 15 balea washed cro?3-bred and six merino, at 15cl; 4 pieces and black, 12d ; 2 bales locks, 8d ; A in circle, 4 bales cross-bred, lCd. Sheepskins, Hides, and Tallow—Sales will in future be held on Mondays, as per advertisement. We have no sales to report tins week, but we have great enquiry for slauuhterimn's produce of every description. Grain—The unsettled state of the weather prevents any business frr forward deliveries. We have enquiries from both buyers and sellers who are disposed to enter into contracts for wheat if deliveries conM le calculated upon. Canterbury seems to have suffered considerable damage from rains and flood?. Tlin crops in the Oamaru district are reported in a critical state, requiring line harvest weather. Under the inr.st promising circumstances, the delivery of new wheat in grinding condition must be delayetl threo or four weeks, which will throw another month of consumption upon the nearly exhausted old stock of breadstuffs. Oats have been offering more freely, and as thero are no shipping orders the price has receded fully 2d per bushel whore sales have been forced : 2s being the highest price obtainable for good feed, although by cablegram from our Melbourne office prices there have considerably improved, feed selling at 3s 6d. Barley is quiet both for malting and feeding, but holders are firm, as the new grain cannot come mto the market for a considerable time, owing to its soft .humid condition.