Commercial

Otago Witness, Issue 1594, 10 June 1882, Page 15

Commercial

■ CUSTOMS REVENUE. The following revenue was received at the Custom house, Dunedin, during the week ending Wednesday

Wednesday evening. The grain market keeps active, and both demand and values are well maintained; while the news of an advanco on the other side will tend to harden the market still more. Wheat is in good inquiry, and prime samples of milling readily command 4s 9d per bushel, while a few choice lots of velvet have fetched up to 6s per bushel. ■ Oats meet with ready sale at 3s to 3a Id for bright feed, to 8s 2d per bushel for milling The demand for good malting barley is in exiess of available supplies, and prime samples are placed without difficulty at 4s 9d to 5s \nv bushel. Current rates of milleri' produce remain as last reported. , The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) held a large sale of grain at their stores, Studholme Junction, on Monday, and although the attendance, owing to the miserable state of the weather, was not as large as would otherwise have been the case, the bidding was fairly, brisk. 30,000 baßheh of milling wheat were sold at from 4b 3d to 4s 4d, and small lines of oats and barley at 3s and 3s 6d respectively. The buyers were all Dunedin and Oamaru men.—Timaru Herald.'. ■ '• Messrs wilkin andCo.held.au important auction sale of grain at Timaru on Friday.. 7000 sacks of milling wheat realised from 4s fid to 4s Bd. Barley brought 3d. ' Oats were offered but did not sell. The bagging market is quiet, but cornsacks keep moving of! at 8s 6d per dozen in small parcels.

Thursday ». Friday Saturday Monday - Tuesday .• Wednesday .. £ b. d „ 2050 18 8 „ 1338 10 7 580 10 7 .. 1967 0 6 ... . 1531 7 1 .. 1367 8 1 Total ' Beer duty Other revenue ■ .. £8836 1 6 228 10 11 19 9 0