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METALS. IBy Cable.—rrcea Association. —Copyright) LONDON August 11. Copper—Spot' £63 2s 6d to £68 7s (>d; three months, £i>y "s 6d to £6U 12s 6d. Electrolytic—£B2 to £83. Tin —Spot, £152 t<> £153 10s; three months, £154 os to £134 los. Lead—£2o 12s t>d to £20 loa. Spelter —£70 to £60. t>ilver—22 9-16 d per oz. WHEAT. Tho market is steady but quiet. West Australia, shortly duo, is quoted at 07s 7Jd. (Received August 13th, 12.33 a.m.) LONDON". August 12. Tho visible supplies aro 13,691,000 bushels. MISCELLANEOUS. Linseed oil, 2-1 Jd: turpentine, 33g 3d. TALLOW. At the sales 2271 casks wero offered and 1543 sold. Mutton, lino 36s 9d, ••"•rJium o3s 0d: beef, lino 355, medium 335. AUSTRALIAN*" PRODUCE MARKETS. (Received August 12th, 10.23 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 12. Oats —Tftsmunian, Now and American. 3s 3d; Algerian, 3s to 5s 3d. | Barley—Nominal. Moire—ss 5d to 3s Cd ; J a van. 5s to 3s 2d. Potatoes^ — Tasmanian, £9 10s to £11 10s; yictorian, £0; New Zealand. £9 10s - New Zealand Un-io-Dates, £f*. Onions— Victorian, £10. Bacon—lOJd. ADELAIDE, August 12. Wheat—Bs. Flour —£1S 3s. Bran— Is lid to 2s Id. Pollard —2s 3Jd to i&i 4 idi MELBOURNE. August x 2. Hides—There wero smaller supplies, and good competition. Prices wcro unchanged. NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT YIELD. ! (Received August 12th, 9.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 12. Tho New South Wales wheat harvest is officially estimated at 60,000,000 bushels, which is double last year's yield. Tho Government has placed t orders abroad for twenty locomotives at a cost of £100,000 to help copo with tho grain traffic. SALE OF AYRSHIRE CATTLE. (rnKSS ASSOCIATION TKMQRAU.) OAMARU, August 12. An important sale of Ayrshire cattle was held at Herbert to-day, when the well-known herd of Mr Janieci Prew was submitted to public auction. There was a fair attendance of buyers. Tho stock was in poor condition, owing to tho very drv season, and bidding was slow. * Pedigree cows brought up to £29 10s and pedigree bulls up to ten guineas.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Buyer*. Seller*. £e. d. £a. d. BANKSNational of N.Z. — 6 0 0 COALStockton .. t. 0 3 0 — Wostport •• •« — 1 11 3 FINANCIAL— National Mortgage .. — .i 0 6 GAS— Chriatchurcb •• — 7 15 0 INSURANCE— Farmers' Co-op. Association (£5 paid) .. GOO — Farmers' Co-op. Association (X' 2 10s paid) 3 0 0 —■ Standard .. .. — 1 16 0 MEATS— Canterbury .. — 8 10 0 Christchurcli (£5 paid) 710 0 —- SHIPPING— Union Steam Ship .. — 'ISO Union Steam Ship (5J preference) .. -—106 WOOLLENS- / Kaiaiioi .. .. 5 1 0 5 5 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Ma«on, Struthers (£1 pd.) 12 3 — N.Z. Farmers' Cooperative .. — 2 3 0 N.Z. Portland Cement 0 9 6 •— Whitcombe and Tombs — G 3 0 MINING— It oft a GoldSelds .. 0 2 3 — YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS QN OTHER EXCHANGES. (riIKS ASSOCIATION* TELEGKAJIS.) - 0 AUCKLAND. Sales: —Auckland Trains, 21s 8d; Northern Coal, Ee Gd. WELLINGTON. Sale:—Ross, 2a id. Closing' mining quotation*:—Dominion Developing Co., buyrra 21s: Murray Creek (old), buyers 325: Murrey's Freehold, eellers 25«; Talisman, buyers 255: Wailii, sellers 38a; Waitangi, sellers J« Cd. DUNEDIN. Sales reported :—Union Bank, £52; Row GoldSelds, 2s Sd. -MINING. ■WATCHMAN GOLDMINING CO., LTD. Tho Christcliurch Stock Exchange h*« **• ceived the following tclcpram from lh« secretary of the Watchman Goldmining Co, Ltd., Auckland : — "Return for June and July—Crushed '70 tons ore for bullion, approximate value £1300. Concentrates not included."