COMMERCIAL,
West Coast Times Ofllco, Tuesday ovoning. The amount of import duty collected at tho Cuelom Houso to-day was £1011 11s. 2d, distributed as under : —
No gold cleared. Wo dosiro to call special attention to an important sale of general merchandise and produco, to-morrow, by Messrs R. Reeves & Co.
Tho Otago Daily Times of the 20tli reports : — " Business has opened with somo littlo dogrco of activity, yet wo hear of nothing very heavy. In fact, tho market has bocomo so baro of many articles that largo operations aro almost impracticable. A fair amount of orders nro to hand, both from tho interior aud from Hokitika and tho Groy; and it is expected that after arrival of the mails business will oxporionco furthor improvement. Hour remains firm, and thoro is no alteration in its value, or in tho valuo of any other staple commodity. 'The domand for all kinds of building materials is good, aud parcel j of timbor and iron lately in importers' hands havo bcou nearly nil cloarod away. There lias "been nothing in tho auotion trade culling for notice"
Brandy £450 16 ■ 3-onovft 92 1 ; Whnky 10 2 i SVino 21 16 ( Uoand Porter ........ 133 18 i Cobacco 14 15 i Sugar 54 18 i Bitters 12 0 < Dilraon's stores 37 8 V Uroeorios 7 3 ' Cca 52 10 i Dry g00d5...,, 11G 15 < [rouraongory 3 4 i Dried paint 4 2 ' Total £1011 11
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West Coast Times, Issue 164, 28 March 1866, Page 2
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237COMMERCIAL, West Coast Times, Issue 164, 28 March 1866, Page 2
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