CUSTOM DUTIES.

Southland Times, Issue 3290, 6 January 1879, Page 2

CUSTOM DUTIES.

the duties received at InvercargUl Custom House for the year's 1877-8:— *'•'■'&'» * '■; ""■' -•:;•■'■— '--;'-'■■•-:■ '"- : : -£ s.d/ '-• j- March quarter, 1878 ... 10,421 7 9 June „ „ ... 10,393 16 11 ; September „ ... 11;140 010 ; De&rnber „ ... .12,440 16 7 '■ ! '. '■'■'. "■"""■;''' '" : "' ; " r- •'-.. j ' '- — '--■ ."£" b. d. i March quarter, 1877 ... 7,266 711 •!'.■' June Y*,Z<! A,^ ' -... 7.867 10 0 I- Septomlwtl-^r:» f .-.i > - ; /:-.;„v.-:7 i 677 18 7 I December „ ... 10,333 14 8 i :'.■_: ...» yyy £ 33Q35 n 2 : (PER PRESS A'SSOdf ATION'S SPECIAI/ WIRE.) ■ ..Ghristphurch, Jan. 4. The weather is favorable. s f or the crops, and the wheat crop wiU average better than anticiE' ated, but r \^ be considerably under that of ist season; ' ■ The, ! ■increased f . acreage" trader crop, however, will give' ah ayailableVßurplus for export equal to that of- last year,' stocks of wheat are working l o& fand.' are •-. made at from 4s toiSs 3dpflbiu!. £9 10s.to;£lQ 10s ; feed oats, 4s j barley* nil; bams ,and ' bacon in cloth, B£d; butterj^dtolOdfjCbees^^dto.Sd. At J; : ;,;; :; -AUCKhAND, Jan. 3. Amount of gold raised! in the Thames district last year was 61,6070z/ being :'5492dz! less than the quantity raised iin JLB7j7. Birring the month of December 153J5; tons -quartz were crushed, yielding 45050&6c1wt3 ; 2gr oft-celtea.gold. . Comparative return showing the met amount ?• customs~duties (after deducting refunds) for the quarters ending December 31, 1878, and December 31, 1877,~are as foUows : — Spirits 12s per gallon, quarter ending December ; 31, 1878, £13,948 Jsj ;ff quarter ending .P,ecember,^lß77, £i3,l3s^s^djEoigarskahd*;sn^^aß,sstpei:^b, £1159 9s lOd 1878, £655 9s 8d 1877 ,- tobacco, at ■I 2s 6d per lb, £6214 12 9d 1878, £6379 4s 3d 1877 ; ! tobacco "(sheep wash);, jat'3d per lb., ( £14 1878, £1 „ I 7s 18770; jr!ihe£at,; 4s and ps .per? gallon, £2660 18s 5a"l878, £1400 '2s ltd' 1877 f ale. beer, &c, in i bottle, at Is 3d per gaUon, £1073 15s 1878, £507 Ss 9d 1877 ; ale, beer, &c, in wood, at Is per ; galldn,i£65 e 187.8,-|£79-lß77;,tea,at, ed^Der lb, ■ £1582 3s 1878, £4347 13s lid "1877* "; cofEee and 1 cocoa, at 3d per lb, £558 12s lid 1878, £361 10s 3d 1877; coffee (roasted), at 5d per lb, £9 14s 7d 1878, 19s 7d 1877 ; sugar and molasses, at ! Id per lb, £15,3.27 6s 4d 1878, £6136 3s lOd 1877 ; , opium, at 26s per lb, £14 1878, £3 1877 , goods by weight, £5404 14s 2d 1878, £2878 Is 4d1877 ; ad valorem,* a,ti r 10 per cent.,. £23,885 6s 1878, £8517 l"9si 4_ 1877; other, duties hot -specified above, £2836 19s 2d 1878, £122 18s 4d 1877— total, £53,765 3s 2d for the quarter ending December, 1878, and £35,536 « 0s 3d for the same period 1877. Mr r G. W. Binny reports that the holidays much mterfefed'with business; during, the vpast week. i. The local mills have reduced'the price of first quaUty flour to 20s peTtoh. Southern produce shows an alteration in quotations. Southern flour, £10 to £11; Adelaide, £14 to £14 10s; bran, £5 to £5 10s ; poUard, £5 ; maize, 5s 3d to 5s ;6d ; oatmeal, £22 ; pearl barley, £24 ; peas, Canterbury?^ to 9d, local 6£d; bacon in cloth, 8d ; hams in cloth, 8d to lOd ; hams and bacon bare, 6d to 7d r ; local potato^ £7 10s to £8.- In timber, Ahe demand is beyond, the supply : ; 6s'6dis bid for baulk kauri. The nulls on the East Coast are at a standstill for the want of. rain. "" •■-■■- ■■ -