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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4732, 18 April 1877, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Dflily Times Office, Tuesday evening The amount of Custom* Revenue received to-day oi. g >ois entered for consumption wu as followi ii— £ s. d. , £ •«. d. Brandy.. .. 7» 2 3 Tea .. .. 89 17 G Whisky.. ~ fi 1 1 S'gir.. ..97 0 4 <Jeneva .. .. 31 9 0 Drapery .. 389 2 1 Wine .. .. 26 2 8 Sundries .. 306 10 0 Tobacco ..,187'2 2 ■ Total .. £1190 18 0 Messrs FLEMisa nnd Hedlby, Oamaru, report that they held a . saw on Saturday, at their stores on account of Mr Stephen, who ia leaving for England of Oamaru town sections, and a quantity of personal

effects. There was a veiy large attendance, and all the lots submitted fetched full rates. The sections 12 and 13, block XVir., sold for £154. Also, at tho Commercial Yardi, a lot ol inferior horses, draughts, at from £10 to £26 ; and hacks, £1010s to £27; pony phajton and horses, £27. Privately, during the week, they sold 20 head fat cattle, at 30s per lOOlbs, which niiy be taken now as current rate for fat stock; also; 40 head store bullocks, at £8 10s, and 600 lambs at ss.

Mr A. H. Maude, Oamaru, r«porta that he held a sale at Kakanui Mou'h on Saturday last, of a quantity of miscellaneous plant, &c, on accountof the Kakanui Boating Company. There was a large attendance, and all the lots except the Burf boats, sold at fair prices. The sale realised over £400.