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Otago Witness, Issue 2397, 8 February 1900, Page 30

COMMERCIAL.

The amount of revenue collected at the Dunedin Customhouse during the past month on goods cleared for consumption was £4-6,759 6s 7d, this being a record amount for any month. The beer duly for the month came to £1780 3s Bd. During the corresponding month of last year £37,910 16s 5d was collected on goods cleared for consumption, and £1682 7s 7d as beer duty. The Perpetual Trustees and Agency Company (Limited) held an auction sale of land yesterday afternoon, when there was a largo attendance of buyers and spirited competition. In the estate of the late Mr Thos. Reynolds, part of allotment 3, subdivision of sections 26 to 29, block XIII. Dunedin, haying a frontage of 27ft to Dcnvling streec, with one fivexoomed and two three-roomed cottages thereen, was sold to Mr Michael Tynon for £4-05. Allotment 13 and part of 14, of subdivision of section 4-1, block IV, fronting Stafford avenue, with two three-roomed cottage? thereon, was sold for £180. in the estate of Mrs Jlose Reynolds, part of allotment 5, subdivision of foetion 27, block XIII, v/ith fourl'oomecl house, was sold to Michael Tynon for "■£l7o. Section 23, township of Nevada, full quarter-acre, v/ith seven-roonied house thereon. waf> passed in at £500. A dividend of 15s per share for the halfyear, equal to 6 per cant, per annum, has been declared by the directors of the Union Bank of Australia, and is now payable to colonial shareholders. .WELLINGTON, February s.— The Agentgeneral cables: — " Butr.er, 98s; market firm. Cheese, 58s; dull." A meeting of the creditors of Andrew Murray, farmer, of Pomahaka, was convened to be held in the office of the official assignee yesterday afternoon, but lapsed, as none of the creditors attended. The debtor had been made bankrupt upon a creditor's petition. AUSTRALIAN" COMMERCIAL. SYDNEY, Febiuary 7. Wheat: Chick, 2s to 2s Ud; milling, 2s 8d to 2s B|d. Flour, £6 10s to £7. Oats (feeding) : New Zealand, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; Tasmanian, 2s 4d. Barley: Cape, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Maize, prime, 2s 6d to 2s* 9d. Peas : Prussian blue, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Bran, 7Jd to Bd. Pollard, 9d to 9Jd. Potatoes (only locr.l offering), £2 to £4. Onions (market bear) : Victorians, £3. Butter : Dairymade, 7d to 7-Jd ; factoiy, Sid. Cheese : New Zealand unq.uoted. Bacon, 4gd,to 7d. [The above quotations are those mling between merchant and retailer, -and do not represent tho slightly lower rates obtained by the recognised broker.] MELBOURNE, Febiuary 7. Wheat (firm), 2s 9d to 2s Ojd; large sales for export at higher figure. Oats: Algerian, 2s Id to 2s 3d; stout, up to 2s 3J.d. Barley: Cape, 2s to 2s 3d. Maize, 2s Bd. Bran, SJd. Pollard, LOJd. Potatoes, £1 10s to £2 2s 6d. Onions, Bl 15s to £2. ADELAIDE, Febtuary 7. There is a large demand for breadstuffs for export. Wheat, 2s 7d to 2s Sid. Flour, £6 5a to £6 10s. Oats: Dun and Algerian, Is 9d to 2s; 'stout, 2s to 2s 6d: Bran, 9d. Pollard, JOd.