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Evening Star, Issue 6737, 31 October 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The amoont of revenue collected at the Customhonse on (roods cleared to-day for consumption was L 1.005 IDs lid. Several cablegrams have been received from London advising an improvement in the tone of the metal markets, and specially that an advance in the price of galvanised iron has been established. The revenue collected at the Custom House, Dunedin, during the month etided this day, amounted to L 31.144 6b. The gold duty totted up L 922 0s 6d, and the beer duty Ll.lll 17s 3d. STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. The quotations at the Dunedin Stock Exchange this morning were as follows : Sellers. Buyers. Sales. Colonial Bank .. .. 42s 9d 42s 6d Bank of New Zealand ... £22 68 £22 National Bank . .. 62a Gd

South British Ins. Co. .. 53s 6d 62s 6d National „ „ .. 24s 9d 24a 3d Union , 23s 3d 22s lOd Standard „ „ .. 12s 4d 12s Id Colonial „ „ .. 7s 6s9d '

Equitable „ „ .. Is4d Is 3d New Zealand „_ „ .. 77s 6d

Accident Association ~ 2s9d 2s 8d Commercial Property C 0... 20s 6d 20s 20a 6d New Zealand Drug Co. .. 20s 6d 19s 6d WestportCoal Co. .. 24s 6d 22s Trustees & Exeoutow Co. Keastand M'Carthj'sCo... 7s 4s National Mortgage Co. .. 26s 24s Land 13s 9d 13s 3d New Zealand Shipping Co. 68s 64s U.S.S.Co All 10s £ll

Meggiel Woollen Co. .. 83s 6d 81s 6d 82s Otago'Daily Times' Co. .. £7 6a £6l7s6d Kaitangata Coal Co. .. £l2 5s £lllos Walton Park Coal Co. -. 12s 3d lls6d Mornington Tramway Co. 10s 9a —. Welcome Gold-mining Co.* 65s 53s Premier „ „ 4s 3s 6d

Alpine ~ „ llsfld 10s 9d 118 Globe „ „ ls4d la 3d Is 4d Bed Queen „ „ 2slod 2a 9d 2slOJd Keop-it-Dark „ „ 41s 40a 6d Gold. Treasure „ ~ 4a 3s 3d Guiding: Star .. >. Is6d 18 3d Tipperary „ „ 10s Phoenix „ „ 83 Id 28 9d White's Reef „ „ ls9d * With dividend.

[Br Telegraph. I Melbourne, October 30.— The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company held their usual weekly wool auction to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers. The catalogue submitted was of a fairly representative character, and comprised 2,700 b jes, of which 2,200 were sold. The competition for all lots was keen, fine cross-breds and scoured wools being especially in active demand, buyers operating freely Greasy wools sold up to Hid per lb, and greasy cross-breds to lid; scoured wools brought to 20id. The market may now be regarded as fairly tested, with the following results compared with last year Good merinoes, Mto id lower; fine cross-breds, id to Id higher; farmers’ lots, Id lower ; scoured wools, about equal to last season’s prices.