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Daily Times Office, Wednesday evening.. The amount of revenue collected at the Onnedin Custom ll',use tndav on unods cleared for consumption was £1032 8s 6d. The homeward wool export from Dunedin lor the month of January comprised 812) bales, of a. total value of £109.020. The wool was despatched in 23 separate shipments, of which the largest shipments, with their values, were as follow:—1085 bales value, 421,305; 955 bales, vahie £11,015; 9)S bales, value ■ £13,051; 87!) bales, value £12,225; 791 bales, value £10,125; 573 bales, value. £?0l; 381 bales, va'uc £5725; 35G bales, £4G22. TIIO smallest single shipment was one of six bales, valued at £3,1.

The is 311 extract from a letter received by Mr J. R. Scott, secretary of the Motional Dairy Association, from Mr R. Crowe, dairy expert tit- the Victorian Government Cool Stores, Melbourne:—"Yon will be interested to learn that butter was shipped from Victoria last wee!:, and this, per s.s. Duke of Portiaiu] and s.s. Rippiy-gham Grange, at }d per lb. This is the freight now quoted, by the Federal-Houlder-Shire line of steamer's, whilst the White Star line was reduced from Id to 3-Blh penncy. It now appears almost a certainty that the mail companies wijl offer to make a contract for jd. This 011 a 20,000 ton output would mean nearly- £47,000 a year to -Australian dairymen. My trip to Jfoyv inland and the pplepdid reception your good self and others supplied has been largely instrumental in bringing about this state of affairs, and if a contract for much reduced rates be fixed up in Australia the carriers of New Zealand produce will not be able to maintain o!<l rates, so that both Australia and Ne\y Zealand producers will be benefited." IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The export returns for December quarter, 1904, compared with the same quarter of 1903 (deducting specie) show as follows: 1904. 3903. 1 December quarter .. £.1,010,149 £2,545,157 —an increase of £161.962. Tlie four quarters show as follow:— ' 1904. 1903. March quarter .. £5,702,129 £5,37-2,84G Jime quarter .. .. 3,586.109 4.06c|7E? September quarter .. 2,440,273 2jC90,124 December quarter 3,010,149 2,845,187 £14,733,750 £14,974,920 —shotting, a decrease in the year of £236,176—a opmparatiyely small decline on' "> r tots'-a Ijttle »ver 14 per cent. Returning to the December quarter, the cjctajls are: Coal, ' a decrease of £4594 (£30,814—£35,408); eol<i. a decrease of £64,558 (£442,998—£5Q7;556), but we believe the January shipments will mijlcfi up thn. most qf this; silver, . an increase of £4574 (£25.632—£21,058); kauri <>pm, a iiecreafo pf £<0,504 (£129,320—£169,824) j

:; timber, 911 increase 61 £8258. (£81,104— ir £76,346); butter, an increase of £20,128 (£510,442—5490,314), following an incre.iso : of £85,482 in September quarter, while there' - have been largo shipments .since; cheese, a decrease of £955? (£32,081—£41.640); hides,' : a decrease of £4050 (£.11,511—£f461); preserved meats, a dcoreaso of £10,005 ' (£l4-,340—£24,345); frozen 'incuts, a decrease of £285?. (£252,192—£555,0441; sheepskins, a (Jeoregsn of £4125 (£60,654—£64,779); 5 tnllovr, a decrease of £12,529 (£38,914— a £51,443); wool, an increaso of £342,355 (£981,602—£639,247)—thi5, is the ono snb- : stantial increase in the return, and is largely a matter of prion; agricultural prodpeo, a ■. decreaso of £50,819 (£98,1E0—£148,t)99)— nearly entirely in oats, for ttjere are slight *• increases ip barley, lioiins, peas, and wheat, and decreases in liops and leathor, n a decrease of £3768 (£.9996—£13,764); phormiuip, an increase of £4269 (£164,979— £160,710). Wool and butter, therefore, a make up more than the decreases in other items, and-we exp.ect both will:.show up 11 largely in the March returns, and- that the apparent, decrease in gold will bo nearly ij covered, but wo cannot expect frozen meats <j to show up so well as they did early in the past year. 3 ' Tho imports stand thus: s IflflJ. 1903. December quarter .. 3,216,039 3,Q3C,9M deducting specie in each case. There is a • slight increase in tho-'quarter of £9047. The figures for the year are: t ISO! ■.. f 12,839,970. Specie, 391,004 1903 .. 12,075,559. „ 712,716 —an increase of £624,011, or about 7 per 1 cent. This is a somewhat largo increase 1 considering that tho exports have • been ' slightly on the decline and the specie imports in the two years have exeepded a * million. r ' J COMMERCIAL CABLEC RAMS. LONiDON', February 14. j Capper: Spot, £07 12s Gil; three months, 1 JEG3. F Lead, £12 10s 7d. t. Nine thousand five hundred quarters of ( South Australian wheat,- prompt delivery, ) sold at 32s 3d. The quantity of wheat and s (lour afloat for. tho United Kingdom is j 3,115,001) quarters, and for the Continent ; 1,fi30,000 quarters, 'file Atlantic shipments oro . 20.000 quarters, and the Pacific 13,000 ' quarters. [ Slocks and Shaves: Bank of Australasia, j £89 10s; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company debentures, £93 10s. I Silver, 28 1-lGd per ounce. I PROPERTY SALE. I At their rooms yesterday afternoon the Perl .pelual Trustees, Estate, and Agency Company offered for salo ■ by auction a freehold 'city properly consisting of A section 49, block | XX, Hanover street, Dnnedin, with three ' dwelling houses thereon. After some good competition the property was knocked down to Mr N. If. Cuun (as agent) for the sum of £7trt. : FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs Park, Reynolds, and Co., auctioneers, fvuit and produce agents, report for Wednes- > day:—Apricots, iiUl to 3Jd; Bananas, 9s to , 12s; Raspberries, -Id to 4Jd. Butter: Dairy, i (id; factory, Sid to lid per lb.' Fowls: Hens, 2s 9d to 3s Bd; cockerels, 3s to 4s. Bacon, 7Ad. Hums, B<l. Cheese, 4id to 42d per lb. —-TT EXPORT OF PRODUCE. WELLINGTON, February 15. The quantity and value of the various lines of produce exported from the colony during January were:—Butter, 55,550cwt, valuo £•243,755; cheese, ll&iOcwt, value £33*031; beef, 731Gcwt, value £7816; mutton, 10I,211cwt, value £76,018; lamb, 25,344cv/t, value £17,339; oats, 49,171 bushels, value £4139. rusT omuis notices. Mails clqm at the Chief Post Office, Dunedin, sabiccl to any alterations, as tiuder:— ' Overland, Northern Ports, Christciiurph, and intermedial offices, daily, C.30 a.m. Lata letters, 7.40; also on the. mail van up to 8 ft.ni. l'Or\Second Express for Pnlmerston, Oamaru, Waimate, Timarti, Ashburton, and Christclmrch, at 12.45 p.m. Also, Northern Ports, at 12.45 p.m. on Saturday. For Oreymonth, Hokjtika, apd Reefton, Holiday and Thursday, at 12.15 p.m. For South Express Trains at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Late-fee letters jimst bear, in addition to tno ordinary postage, Id, THIS .DAY (THURSDAY), FEBRUARY 10. For Lyttelton and Christchurch, per Mocraki, at 1.30 p.m. Late letters guard's van Port train 2.30 p.m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, For Lyttelton and Christchurch, per Tahine, at a p.m. Lute tetters A p.m. on hoard. For Australian States, por North Express, to connect with the Mocraki, at 6.80 a.m. Late letters 7.40 Chief Post Office, also on the mail van, up to 8 a.m. Money orders close at 4 p.m. and registered letters at 5 p.m. on the 16th. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, FEDERAL SERVICE. For Australian States (via llobart), Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlements, Mauritius, South Africa, Mediterranean Ports, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, etc., por South Express, at 8,30 a.m. Lato letters per South Express at 9,10 a.m. Duo 'in London 2nd April.' Correspondence for the United Kingdom need liot ho specially addressed via Melbourne. Mails dose at the Bluff on the 20th inst. at--3.30 p.m. Money orders close at 1 p.m., registered letters and parcels at 5 p.m. on Saturday, 18th. VANCOUVER SERVICE. Ihp Navua. will leavo Auckland on the 22m] at 11.45 n.111,, connecting with the Vancouver steamer at Fiji. Correspondence (specially addressed) will close at this office on the 20th at G.BO a.m. Due in London 29tii March. Mails for the Chatham Islands,,per Toroa,' close at Lyttelton on tho 16t.1i at B'p.m. The Papamii will leave Wellington, for' London, via Monte Video and l'eneriffe, on the 10th at 10 a.m. Correspondence to he specially addressed. Due in London 3th April. The Maori will loaye the Bluff for London on the 17th at 10 a.m.. Correspondence (specially addressed) will closc ut this office on the 16th at 7 p.m. Msiils 'for 'Harolqjign, Tahiti, and Penrhyn Islands will closc ijt" Auckland on the 21st at 3.45 p.m. Mails for Fanning Island, per Navua, will close at Auckland oil the 22nd at 12.45 p.m. Mails for Nine, per Countess of llanfurly, will closc at Auckland on t|ie 22nd at 3.45 p.m. Maijs for Durban and Capetown', per Cufic, from Sydney, 22nd February. . Mails for Durban and Capetown from Melbourne, per Stievic, Ist March; Damascus, 10th.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13209, 16 February 1905, Page 6

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COMMERCIAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13209, 16 February 1905, Page 6

COMMERCIAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13209, 16 February 1905, Page 6