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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8861, 19 July 1890, Page 1

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Dally Times Office, Friday evening. The amount of customs revenue collected to-day On goods cleared for consumption was £880 9b 9d; primage. J375 5s 4d -.-total. £95115s Id. The return of the shipping business of the port of Tiraaru fo;r the first half of 1890, with the corresponding totals for the first half of each of the four preceding years, shows a satisfactory increase in the export of flour, the figures being in thousands of eacks lor each of the five perlods-71, 87, 56, 75, 9SJ. The local consumption of bran and sharps must b3 growing equally with the export trade in flour, for the Bhipmentt of offal have been almost equal Id each of the periods compared, and last half were rather less than the previous one. The shipments of wheat and other grain cannot be fairly Bhown by half years, as In tome Beasons grain Is hurried s.way, and In others held for a time. This year we know that wheat 'and oats have been Bhipped as fast as possible. Hence the export of wheat in the past Bix months, 87,322 sacks, is more than half as much again as in the corresponding half of 1838; nnd two-thirds more than the firsO*J* months of last year, Oats were sent away to the tale of 68,179 Backs, nearly three times as much as in tlx months at '88 or '89. The shipment of potatoes show an enormous increase, the figures for the five halfyearß being 1851, 9975, Ml, 19-11, and 14,389 Backs. The import trade h»B not varied greatly, either in merchandise, timber, or coal. Last half these linea were Imported respectively to the amount of 5613 tons, 80a,935ft »uper., and 10,416 tons.—Timaru Herald. . + PROPERTY SALES. Me3Brs Wright, Stephenßon, and Co. report the Bale privately (on account of Mr Matthew Elliott, of Mount BeDger Btation) of the following freehold sections in the TeWot district, viz.:—Section 1 block IX, containing 200 acres, to Mr Albert Birch j section 4, block IX, containing 196 a 3r35p, to Mr Jas. Tamblyn; seotlon 7, block IX. containing 197 a lr 13p, to Mr Jo». Tamblyn-all at satisfactory prices. ■a CHRIBTOHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. Report (per N. P. Meyer, secretary) for week ending Friday, July 18,1890 :— Business In wheat has been somewhat restricted owing in part to the breakage of the cable, and aa at hut advices the English market was somewhat unsettled tbe interruption has b;curred at an unfortunate moment. Prlcei have hardened, and holders decline rates lately offering pending fresh quotations from ioadon. Oats show no improvement in values, and sales are with difficulty effected unlesß at prices that are disheartening to growers; buyers, however, eeenoinducementtooperatetoanyextent. Barley: A good inquiry for prime malting exißts; best medium and feed qualities In sympathy with oatß are almosf neglected. Beans are taken to fill up apace in home ward bound vessels at quotations, the local demand being almost nil. Pease: Blue Prussians are in good demand; there la but little inquiry for other descriptions. Garden varieties are offering more freely with a good demand. Eyegrass: Farmera this eeasoc will have the opportunity of supplying theii wants either from imported seed or local stocks, large parcels of English grown uavtaji been recently landed. Cocksfoot: A fair business if this lins has come under notice, heavy bright sect being most in favour. Potatoes: Heavy shipment! BtlU continue tG be made to Sydney; if la sacks, mi able to be Bent down to steamer for Immediate ahip meat, a few shillings per ton above quotations cai be obtained to fill orders. Dairy produce :No altera tlon In prices can be noted. The following are oui quotations:—Wheat: Tuscan, 3s 2d j pearl, 8s; Hun ters, 2s lOd to 2s lid; chick wheat, whole, 2s 7d broken, 2s 2d to 2s 6d. Oats: Milling, Is 7d ; shor heavy feed, "s 6d; lone and inferior, Is 3d to 1b 4d Barley: Prime malting. 3s; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 6d seed, Is 6d to 1b Bd. Beans, 2s 6d. Pease: Hand threshed Prussian, 3s; feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Eye grasß: Machine dressed, 4s 9d to ss. Cocksfoot Bright heavy seed, 4d to 4Jd; Ugh' antl discoloured 2Jd to 3jd. "Potatoes: Derwenta, 42s 6d at couutr stations (fiaeks extra). The above quotations (pots toes excepted) are those paid to fanneis for delivery f.0.b., Lyttelton; sacks extra. A Guarantor of Puitrrr.—'.'The unm Cadbnry on any packet of Cocoa ia a guaraute of purity,"—Medical Annual.