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Evening Star, Issue 6479, 21 December 1883, Page 2

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The amount C! »<fv«ww cdSectod ftt toe Castoraiumw on goods cleared to-day Set consumption »w L 965 9s 2d. ~ . The Otago and Southland Investment Company have declared an interim 10 per cent, dividend. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report:—We held our first opening ssle for this season at the Company’s stores, Low’er Rattray street, this afternoon, which w r as fully attended by our local buyers, who competed fairly and fully up to our expectations. Greasy cross-bred brought on to !Hd ;do half-bred, 7d to 9Jd; do three-quarter bred, lOd ;do long-wool, 5d to s|d ;do merino, to 9gd; scoured do, Is 7|d ; do half-bred, Is id. EBr Telegraph.] Melbourne, Deccmohf 20.—At the rvool sales to-day the New Zealand Loan sndf Mercantile Agency Company offered 4.5C0 bales. There was a large attendance of buyers and a brisk competition. The marKCt is unchanged for good wools, but inf- iio qualities are neglected! in sympathy with the i/mubn market. Three thousand five hundred bales have been sold at satisfactory prices, making a total for the wtek of 4,111 bales".