COMMERCIAL.
The Customs revenue collected on Friday was as follows■
_ Messrs Clifford and Eoper report on their usual weekly sale, June24th, as follows:—Milch cows, £7 15s to £8; calves, 2s to 3s. Pigs—small stores, 7s (id to 15s; stores, 18s to 255; porkers averaged 30s each; iat pigs, supply small. Irom 34s to 42s (id, Poultry, per pair—Fowls, 2s 6d to 4s Od; turkeys, 7s to 7b 6d; ducks and geese, none. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the supply of all kinds Is very limited, with a good demand existing. Messrs J. C. Corr and Co report on the live stock market for the week ending Saturday, 24th June, 5876:—At our yards at Eangiora, on Tuesday, 40 "head of cattle, 15 pigs, and 5 horses were yarded with us for sale. The entries were on account of Messrs Fatchett, Brooks, Chambers, and Hamilton, and we cleared the lots at the following prices : - Fat heifers, £8 7s 6d ; do cows, £8 10s ; do steers, £8 12s 6d ; dairy cows, irom £7 to £lO ; and store cattle at about our last week’s quotations. At the Addington yards, on Wednesday, 4888 sheep, 274 head of cattle, aud 72 pigs, came forward for sale. Our entries there were 21 head of cattle, principally dairy cows, which we sold at the undermentioned prices From £7 to £9 per head. Our' quotations for beef (top price) is 28s per 1001 b, aud about 2d per lb for mutton, which prices at this season oi the year must leave but a small profit to the graziers.
Spirits £ s. d. . ... 171 18 3 Tea •. * , * 20 0 0 Sugar 117 7 10 Tobacco 29 16 6 Sundries . 15 7 9 £354 10 4.
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Globe, Volume VI, Issue 630, 26 June 1876, Page 2
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286COMMERCIAL. Globe, Volume VI, Issue 630, 26 June 1876, Page 2
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