COMMERCIAL.
Lyttelton Times office, Thursday Evening. The Customs revenue collected at Christ church and Lyttelton to-day amounted to £2OB 6s 6d. The following were the items: —Wine, 265 gals, £53 11s 2d ; spirits, 16;} gals, £96 15s 6d; lamp glasses, 6 cases, £3 5s 6d; boots, 5 trunks, £8 Os lOd ; mustard, 30 cases, £9 4s sd; pickles, 16 cases, £5 18s 4il; salad oil, 15 cases, £5 8s 4d ; nuts, 11-;olbs, £4 13s 4d; confectionery, 10 cases, £8 6s 8d: sauces, 13 cases, £3 6s 3d; liquorice, 5 cases, £2 2s 9d ; soap powder, 15 cases, £3 Os 8d ; druggists’ sundries, 1 case, 14s ; hardware, 1 cwt, 4s; drapery, 4 cases, £2 17s Id; earthen ware, 1 cask, 3s 4d; light dues, 3s 4d. The land sales to-day amounted to 346 acres as followsAshburton district, 280 acres’; Timaru do, 30 ; Malvern do, 30 ; Banks’’ Peninsula, 6 acres 2 roods; realising £692,

THE NEW TARIFF.
The following import duties came into operation at the Custom-house on June 29, pending the decision of the House of Repre sentatives on the Ministerial proposals.—

LAW NOTICES-THIS DAY.
(Before Mr Justice Gresson, in the Court Chambers, at 11 o’clock.) Re Stephen Brooker; for adjudication and meeting of creditors. Self. Re Stephen Lawrence ; to fix date of last examination and discharge. Mr Joynt. Re Augustus Reid Pavitt, Spencer Pavitt, and Fredk Bali; to confirm the choice of trustee, and fix date of last examination and discharge. Mr Joynt. Cleary v. Hadfield ; for argument. Mr Slater. The appeal from Justices Act., 1867, and ex parte Wm. Robinson; to shew cause. Mr Cowlishaw. Rhodes v. Rhodes and Another; for de cree. Mr Garrick.
AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.
