COMMERCIAL.
The Customs duties collected at Christchurch on Wednesday, April 14th, were as follows :— Spirits, £210 2s lOd; tobacco, .£39185; wine, £2S 9s: beer, .£lol2s 6d; tea, £35 2s; sugar. £51 4s 7d; goods by weight, £2 6s 8d; ad valorem, £17 lis; total, £39S 6s 7d. The collections on Thursday 15th, were.— Spirits, .£135 4s lOd; tobacco, £75 8s 6d; wine, £47 ; beer. £24: tea, £28 6s 8d; sugar, £79 2s Sd ; timber, £145 10s 2d; goods by weight, £92 9s 6d; ad valorem, £78 9s; total, £705 Us 43. At the usual sitting of the Waste Lands Board on Thursday, April 15th, sales were made as follows:—Ashley, 258 acres 1 rood 31 perches; Ashburton, 250 acres; Geraldine, 46 acres 2 roods 32 perches; Selwyn, 1440 acres; Waimate, 9 acres. Total, 2954 acres 21 perches, producing £5928 5s 9d. Befunda on account of farmer purchases were made amounting to £877.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
