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Otago Witness, Issue 2171, 3 October 1895, Page 24

COMMERCIAL

The annual report of the directors of the Woodlands Dairy Factory Company tt&tea that owing to the sh>ink»go in the v«lu« of cheea* tha factory suffered, but, all things considered, tha balaace sh<e> is satisfactory. Th» directors »ropos«pAylDg milk suppliers Jd immedtaUly (uiakiu* 3tM for the season) and shareholders a dividend of 5 per cent, at and after the annual meeting. The levenuo oollec'ed at the Dunodin Customhouse during the past mouth, en cood* cleared for consumption, amounted to £28,555 2a Id. Tha beer duty for the mouth came to £'-011 13* lid. In the corresponding mouth of l«isi year £Jo,*)O 12d was collected on g els, aud the bs.ee Uuty amounted to £9-1*) 7s 4d.

Tho cuctoms r«veuuc for tho quarter ended September HO, 1895, on goods cleared for consumption, ain-Aiuted to £88,855 13s 9d. 'lhe b«or duty for the quarter came to £3809 (m 2d. Tbe sum of £b9,749 lla 3d was collected on gootl» iv the cOrresp- mding quarter of l»st year, and £3010 6s 7d vrao the amount of the beer duty. TheNovy Zetland Loan aud Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) bavo received iho following cable mestoge from their London oilice, d»ted September 27 : -" Tallow : The*o id a fair dxmand. Good beef an 4 fine mutton are worth respectively 22< 6J and 24* par cv»t (la«t quotations were 2i3 and 23s 9d respectivelyX" A London cable states that wheat has risen Is 2d pit quarter, but the murket is weak.