COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14144, 2 March 1910, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CUSTOMS .RETURNS. The following is a comparative statement showing the amount of Customs duties collected at Timaru in February, 1909 and 1910: 1903. 1910. £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits C 23 14 11 1091 8 11 Clears 7 0 0 Cigarettes ... 76 U 2 93 8 9 Tobi'.pco .... 324 12 6 G42 12 0 Aus'l'n. wine . 17 14 6 16 19 2 Other kinds . . 18 110 22 0 9 Aie it beer, etc 75 i 6 0 12 12 0 Coffee, cocoa, etc: 2 15 0 Goods by weight— General tariff . 'll2 9 2 35G 8 8 Pref. tariff ... 2 10 1 7 11 0 Goods ad valorem —• Genera! tariff . 2293 2 0 3714 5 0 Prof, tariff ... 01 0 9 54 7 3 Other poods not specified above — General tariff . 297 1 6 335 14 1 Pref. tariff ... 939 267 Surtax 147 18 5 Total .... 3589 8 3 6506 8 1 Beer duty ... 158 14 0 241 16 6 The return of £6508 8s Id is a record for a month, the previous best month being August, 1907, when £6257 6s 8d was collected. TEMUKA STOCK SALE. The usual fortnightly sale was held at Temuka yards yesterday. The yarding was much larger than has been experienced for some considerable time, some 900 sheep being offered. Fat lambs were not competed for so keenly as of late, but this was partly accounted for by the drafting nob being quite to the lilting of the buyers; other fats (wethers and ewes) sold up to late rates. Store shecj> of all descriptions met with a fair enquiry. Prices ruled as follows: —Fab lambs 12s 9tl, 13s, 13s Id, 13s 2d, 13s 6d, 13s 7d, 13s Bd, 13s 9d, 14s Id to 14s 2d; . fat wethers to 14s 6d; fat ewes 9s 9d, 10s, 10s sd, 10s 6d, 10s 9d, 10s lOd, lis, lis 7d, lis 9d to 13s 9d; fat and forward lambs 10s 6d, 10s 7d, lis, lis sd, lis 6d to 12s; store lambs Bs, 9s, 9s 6d, 9s Bd, 9s lOd to 10s; 2tooth ewes 15s Cd to 18s 3d; 4, 6, and 8-tooth ewes, 14s 2d to 15s 6d; forward ewes, 6s 6d to 7s 9d; old ewes 8s to 4s lOd. Cattle—Fat steers £7 6s to £8; fat cows £4, £5 to £7 2s 6d; young cattle to £3 10s; store ■teers to £5 103.

CHRISTCHUECH MARKETS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 1. There is still a fair amount of business doing in milling wheat, bufc prices are easier all round. Sound fair average quality wheat only is in demand, and anything that shows signs of weather is neglected and can only be sold for fowl feed. Among the sales durinc the last few days wore 500 sacks of Tuscan at 3s Sd, GOO at 3s 7d, 900 at 3s 6d, 515 of Hunters at 3s 7d, 690 of Pearl at 3s 7d and 300 of weathered at 3s 3d at country stations. There is rather more business doing in oats and prices generally range from Is 6d to Is 9d at country stations. Tlie sales reported include 2000 bushels of Storm Kings at Is B.)d. 1200 bushels of Duns at Is 6d, 1300 bushels of B grade Gartons at Is 83d at country stations.