KAURI GUM MARKET.
Auckland, Wednesday, May 8,
! Tbere.is very little, if any,' change in this market .since our lasb; week's report-l Though quieb,* a fair amounb of business! has been done on all qualities of ordinary. Sellers still refuse to accept under £70 for [ the few parcels of good quality East Coast i ;in town, and buyers are only offering £68, j I boriaequently ; rib'■transactions ; are- ,re- j : ported .in .this,... .grade -.'during-;,* the past" week. -For; inferior quality Eaab Coast: £65. has been offered, bub no Bales resulted.' Prices therefore remain nominally the.same as laat quoted. The H. G. Johnson is ready for sea with about 717 tons of gum," and the Trinidad, will load here on her arrival from Wellington. The London auctions' take place to-morrow. Supplies for eighb days of May are about 142 tons. An average of quotations collected is as follows*:— ' -.•■ • ■ Poor ordinary... . ... ... £31 to £36 Fair ordinary.l, .... ... £40 fco £45 Good ordinary ... ...£46 to £48 Superior ordinary ... ... £50 bo £60 East'Cdastr. .;. ... ... £68t0;£70 I
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 110, 9 May 1895, Page 2
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