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Southland Times, Issue 3467, 1 August 1879, Page 2

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i Times Office, Thursday evening. The amount of .Customs revenue received o-day on goods entered for consumption was s follows:— . , V'v> \- - •>/ , ' & s. d. 'Spirits 16 6 3 .Customs Duties collected at the -Port of -Bluff Harbor for the Half-year ended 30th June, 1879 : — January, IS79— Customs duties £359 9s 2d; Light-house dues £105 5s sd ; Merchant $hippitfgfees~£2 8s; other receipts £27— Total £494 2s 7d. February— Customs rduties,-£117»138 9(l : Light-house dues, £57 8s 9d ; Merchant. Shipping fees, £2 Is 9d — Total .£177. 4s 3d. March— Customs duties— £14,8 1 Us .Id ; Light-house dues, £50 ,193 9d ; "Merchant , Shipping , f,ees, ■■ £2 6s ; ; , Oyster licenses, £1 2s 6d ; other receipts, Is— Total, £203 4di April— Customs rtuties,-£IOG 4s 2d ; Light-house dues, £91 19s 3d ; Merchant Shipping feeß,\Bs>;;Oyster-licenses, £3 12s 6d; other iecefptsy 2s— Total £202 5s lid. MayCustoms duties, £90 15s lOd ; Light-house dues, £48 9s' 4d;' Merchant Shipping fees, £2 11s 3d ; Oyster licenses, 2s 6d— Total £141 18s lid. ,Jnne~»Custoins duties, £211 10s 2d'; Light-house, dues, . £64 15s 2cl ; Merchant Shipping fees, 9s 6d ; Oyster licenses, 10s — . Total, £277, 4s 10d.- .Total— Custom? duties— ' £1034 4s 2d ; Light-housedues; £418 '17s 8d ; Merchant Shipping fees, £10 4s 6d : Oyster licenses, £5 7s 63'; other receipts, £27 3s — Total— £l*496 16s lOd. Pilotage and Port Charges—January. 1879— £246 14s Bd, February — £94 Is. March — £56 Is 6d. ' April — ' £125- 14s f ßd, May — £51, 13s 6d, .June — . £105 4s~4d. Total, £679 9s Sd. ' - - ' :V '- Wellington, July 31. , Mr J. O' Shea reports: — ■ > ' • "Adelaide flour, £13 10s to £14 — stocks low; Canterbury do, £10 10s ; Oarnaru do, £10 10s ; sharps/ £s' 10s; bran, Is ; oats. 2s to 2s 9d;, potatoes. £5 to £5 10s: maize, 55,; hams aud' bacon,' 9d to 9|d— equal sorts. Chmstchurch, July 31. • ' Wheat* Si 'firm at '3s Ud 'to 4s ; oats, firm; 1 business .has, been, done, in. oats, but prices remain just the same : "barley, ss*6d to 6s; potatoes, 60s to, 705,., , Following the hardouiug of the wheat' market,' some millers' have ad" vancedthe price of flour £1 per ton — quota-' tions, £10 to £11: -