CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1583, 25 March 1882, Page 15

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

;•' The following revenue was received attKe Oußtom .» ho^Tnnedto, outing^ w«k ending Wednegday ' &*. ■ i / r *;■. d ' '\, J Thn«d.y m m:. - |011|;3 , ■ .'Fridiy. j ,>. , f, -;r „ Baturdw ;, i, .. ..',. /• 391 9 , ••«■■ Monday 7 --' '_• • *•• .t; » L,jfj il^S •-'. Tuesday .. « • ,- iSJirf'h • ,: ifWednNty; •>«■'•' •• » v 154^ I(?.°',, , ..',.;:W''v " t >';'^-.^t^ M| I"B<> '! • ,2, 2 '' .''-.' ' • ',",,,Wednesday Wenlng. ' '^-We ; cannot' report much activity '.in; the import ' 'mmSatiox the past week, business ajlrfand being. diiVerV'looa.'' The arrivals of the'week comprise the ..'rSo from Glasgow; and the HimalayafjromLiyer/po^ flPhe latter(brings:a general.cargo,iconßisfeing'. mostly of iron goods, but inclTidJn^ f 2op(t6ns of ealt, and some linea of aleß and spirits. r A small business bnSSg to corpsacks at>9 3 to 9a 3d per dozen; wooloacfts sell,'ifew balea here and thero, Mupto 3* ■ ■ fcdWnadk •'' c4ndlea» are' dull, and, dried|fruitß are „ llng.movlngoff at 4_4 to 4Jd per, lb, and] American , wdmon ;at 88 to, 8s 3d per dozen;, sardines also are- ' ffingup, and small safes of halves'are effected at 9s lV SiiSrtßfc Themarket'beingqwitebareotTasmanian, hops, Kents'are taken'upat 2s Id to2aßd per lb, and Californiana -about the same money. Further ad- ■ vancea are reported in the iroa market at Home, but no response ia felt here, and, with heavy stocks, • parcels^re obtainable at up to £25 per ton! Fencing ' wire is in good demand; and first-class 'brands readily, ♦ command £15 10a to £10 per ton. Barbed wire sells' '. at £55 to £66 per ton. Oils are a.shade weaker, ray and boiled linseed together selling at 3s 9d per gallon . in drums. Colza oil wo quote 4s per gallon. Castor oil ia a drug, but retail lota move off at 3s 6d per gallon, duty paid. A shipment of Devoe's kerosene, from a Northern market; has been selling in town durin'ff the week-at Is Bdto Is BJd tfw gallon, duty paid. Other brands remain as uwt quoted.B'mall lots of new Patna rice are' being placed at £19 10s to £20 per ton, duty paid. THe sugar market is unchanged, snowdrops selling at £32 10a per ton, and .good whites at £31 10a »er ton, with a tendency on the part of , some holders to w v ait for better prices. Fine doscrip- ' tions of tea are in good inquiry and supplies small; other classes command little attention. New grain « in irood demand, but the small quantities arriving on the market makes business, limited. Finest milling wheat has been sold at 4a 4d to 4s 6d per bushel. '' Oats are freely inquired for, and sales'of small parcels of eood feed and milling have been mado duriDg the week at 2s 8d to is'Od per bushel. Barley promises . to be scarce; sales of the new crop are' reported at 4s |»r bushel, for malting samples.