COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13016, 2 July 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CUSTOMS RETURNS.' Tab following, is & statement of revenue iaftiftni at -th* port of Timara during < Jmm, 1906: — ,' „ - B s. d. - lUdta ... ' ... * 955 8 2 «g*£ttes 'T~„ 65J2 6 *■** >«Lv " »»' ; -"; ... 0 15,-4 ' *■• Okm ..."" -*" ». ■-• 'l6l- 0 i ** fff; .. ~.. .:. 156 & 8 ~Z- Cauda by weight— , ;- ' , General tariff ... ... 2010^8 £? SEE* '-.. 399" * <& Preferential * ' 416 * duties f ... - 6»-& t B, S' Total ../ L * ... £2l9* 18 9 z Beer duty '.&' i .-' -.- 124 7^3 gtatement of revenue for the June quartm'~~ <-_ . - jgos l 1906' ' £ s. d. £ a* d. , : tieabmi duties'.... 5408 17 11. 6552 1 9 ;»wrduty :- 372193 ,415 5 9 *V "*' Totals ... £5978 610 7096 910 * ' Statement of revenue for the week ended r /M June, 1906;,- fisi duties v - 435 4 2 i<B» duty 1217 5 jz_ MHVer receipts , ... If* Total .» ... tJT ▼aloes of imports and exports at Ti : during'the June "quarter: l -- ? '\ C. t £ £' : '" - \ ..."*... 24,735 '29,788 |V*Js«p«rtß - 284,734 438,734 T V TATTERSAII7S MARKET. -■*.» •<- _____ ° %•" * The Canterbury 'Farmers* "Co-operative pg "- "" Ufa H litVin limited, report on their horse ~BMiierif at TsttersaTTs yards on Saturday ||?- sm* follows:—The v entay comprised 35 light harness and hackney horses, owing to*ihe~ inclement, weather the %p«4tendance was spittle below the average. SjoChaupeUtibn, however* was keen for young -i?*wkaught- mares and geldings fit for pregK sunt work, but for aged horses there was US'-*- fjeactkalry no i**-)""-* 1. We quote, values iCVsw- under:—Draughts (youngs with trial). £36 17s 6d, £3B, £3B' 10s, £39 ¥£> JSW, £42 15s, £43 17s. 6d, £44 10s to @| JRI9, £2O, £22 10s r £25 10s, £24 17s 6d, BESWICK STREET ROOMS. &£>"*' The wet- /eather.on Saturday considermuita*ed .against entries of poultry IpH «nd pigs. The prices for poultry were:— |C »- Sens 3s 3d, young roosters 2s, 2s 3d, 2s table roosters 2s 6d, 2s 9d, 3s, ducks Ik" • 3s 6d, 3s 9d to ss, golden Wyandotte Kr.l musters 6s each, one turkey gobbler ss, |? geese 2s 6d each. • Pigs—One sold at 7s I fid and one at Bs. Small apples 2s fid case, i !> : Potatoes—Derwents 17s f 6d to 20s, Up-' ?,:*" .to-Date 205't0.22s per sack, Swedes 2s, I }T - "wheat 10s 6d to 12s, hares 6d each. Fur- ■ %. unture and sundries sold at current auction voces. The- sale' of timber and iron at- «-. i. tracted a good attendance and realised good v~J auction prices. Second-hand galvanised v l" iron 5 feel; sheets sold at'ls 4d, 6 feet '► ls.lOd, and" 7 feet Is Id. __ -Timber,'doors, .',' sashes, etc., realised good^prices. " Mr Moss Jonas Tuesday 1 held » sale at Mrs Maedonald's, but owing to the indement weather, the attend- ' smee was hardly up to the mark and prices vera not so good ar-they would have been Ttad the day* been better.' * The usual Tfortwnghtly skm sale was held on Wednesday last and prices obtained were quite up to -tte usual standard. On Thursday, Nurse ttßj'B clearing sale took place. There was a very large attendance of buyers and -everything sold, at/.usual auction prices. PMatoes are now selling at 17s to 21s.per sock, onions Id per lb, swedes 2s 6d»per 1 ' sock, wheat (whole) lis to 12s, broken 8« <ts> 10s. On Saturday there was a good «ntry of poultry:, prices ner pair- being as follows: —Ducks 3s 6d, 3s 9d, 4s, 4s 3d: %sns. 2s, 2s 6d. 3s; roosters 3s, 3s 6d. 3*. 9d. 4s; while some young! turkeys 6s to 7s each.. Durmsr the week % disposed of a- fair quantity of furniture and produce all at. satisfactory figures. 'To-morrow I am holding a large furniture sale in the rooms, and on the fnllowinr •Thursdav a clearirnr sale will be held Mrs Moodv's in WiHiaTn street. Particu3axs are given in advertisement-.