The amount of Customs duties collec ted during the week ending to-day was £401 5s 4d, made up as follows :— £ s. d. Spirits 258 9 10 Wine ' 40 5 7 Beer 436 3 Tea : 4 15 0 Sugar 28 0 0 Goods by Weight ... ... 11 811 Ad Valorem Duties ... 46 10 11 Other Duties 15 0 Total ... £401 5 4 The amount of duties collected during the previous week was £479 19s Id, there is therefore a decrease in the amount col lected this week as compared with the pre vious week of £78 14s 3d.
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Auckland, Dec 15. . Buckland reports : T?at cattle, 27s to 30s per 100 lbs ; sheep, 2|d to 2|d ; pigs, scarce, and no increase in value ; lambs, 500 sold, but prices fell slightly. " Binney reports : Adelaicte flour, £18 ; Star, £17 ; superfine, £16 ; sharps, £8 10s ; bran, £7 ; barley, 3s 6d ; cheese, 8d to 9d ; bacon, lOd ; jams none in the market.
Wellington, Dec 15. O'Shea reports produce -wholesale prices as follows : Flour, £16 10s to £17, easing in price ; oats, 2s lOd to 3s ; bran, Is to Is 2d ; wheat (milling), none ; pol lard, 7s 6d ; hams and bacon, 9|d to lOd ; maize, 4s 6d j" cheese, B|d to 9d ; pollard (new), £7 to £8.
HIGH WATER

December 17— 10.51 a.m., 11.10 p.m. December 18—11.28 a.m., 11.46 p.m. December 19 a.m., 12.9 p.m. December 20—12.26 a.m., 12.43 p.m. December 21— 1.0 a:m.,. 1.18 p.m. December 22—1.37 a.m., 1.55 p.m. December 23—2.16 a.m., 2.37 p.m.
