COMMERCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 523, 7 December 1861, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs Revenue for the month of No» rember amounts to £12,933 12s. 3d., and the revenue for the corresponding period in 18G0 was £2.389 J4s. lid. The amount of export duty en goKl tvr the month of November is £0,27* Is.

181 8 1., ;md the total amount received f.oni Is!, iAu ru»-t to 3Uth Xovcmbor, X'l4,f>s3 7s. 10s _ | j 'llu amount received f'.r jetty duos fur Xo-j ! vembor is XS4 12s. I'd , but a large further sum ! is outstanding. Ahiuval of Tim E«cokt with 14,535 ozs. — T ie Escort on Thnr.silny brought down 14,535 ozs ' Th's, with previous. Escort?, makes the amount t ie:i'ivcd from the pold fields, exclusive of that brought down by private hnnxU, 1 62,250 ounces, i T lere should be no lack of work shortly fur ith sc requiring employment. We observe lhai tue Government lias issued notices e.illiiipr for | tenders for a variety of public- works, including fie following : For building a new pier 00U feet long and 32 feet wide on the" line of Jetty-street ; ; for driving in a thousand piles, for extending the it'tty at Pelichct Kay ; for repairing the Anderson's B.iy Road ; for fencing certain public reserves ; for deepening the channel and other improvements on the Wui'iola I'«ke ; and for erecting a suspension bridgj at \V< j st Taieri. House asd Cattix Mariu:t. — Messrs. Jones Bird & Co. report as follows : — Dec. 4th — This [day trade has been characterised by a folorabiy IhrLk demand for medium and low-priced lots. , j Really nrst-clrt=s horses f.till continue dull of sale, , buyers expecting a falling market, and holders of heavy draught stock being unwilling to submit to a sacrifice. We quote light harness a'ld saddle from £25 to £40 ; heavy draught from £65 to JClOOnnd upwards. * ]