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Evening Star, Issue 7787, 7 December 1888, Page 3

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The amount of revenue collected at the Custom-house on goods oleared to-day for consumption was LI, 953 9s 6d. The Northern Boot and Shoe Company (Auckland) havo declared a dividend of 7 per cent. At a large meeting of Greymouth shareholders of the Equitable Insurance Company it was unanimously resolved that the business should be carried on under new management. SALE OF HARBOR BOARD LEASES. Messrs E. C. Reynolds and Co., auctioneers for the Otago Harbor Board, sold by auction to-day the following leases on account of the Board: — Sections 1 to 5, block 56, Cumberland and Vogel streets; fourteen years' lease; upset, L36O.—W. L. Simpßon (as agent), L 430. Section 6, block 56, Cumberland and Vogel streets; fourteen years' lea r -e; upset, Lso. W. L. Simpson (as agent), I 50. Part section 24, block 1, Frederick street; fourteen years' lease; valuation, L 120; upset, Ls.—Mrs Green, at uj»Bet. Sections 48, 49, and 59, block 1, Castlo street and Bow lane; twenty-one years' lease; valuation, LI, 500; upset, Ll2O —Martin and Watson, at upset. Sections 53, 54, 55, 56, and 57. block 1, Castle street; twenty-one years' lease; valuation, L 2.500; upset, Ll69.—Findlay and Co., at upset. Section 58, block 1, Castle and Stuart streets; twenty-one years' lease; valuation, L 500; upßet, L3O. W. L. Philp, at upset. fßv Telbgbaph.] Sydney, December 6.—Wheat: Locally grown, 5s 8d; New Zealand whoat. 5s 4d to 5a fid for best samples ; chick, 4s to 4s 3d. Milling oats, 4s 9d; ordinary feed, 4a 3d to 4s 7d. There are no seed oats in the market. Maize is dull at from 4s to 4s 3d. New potatoes aro bringing L 9 ; old kinds, L 6 10s to L 9. Bran, Is 3d to Is 4d; pollard. Is 1.1. New Zealand butter, Ik Id to Is 4d ; local, Is Cd to Is 9d. Cheese, 7d to 9d. Bacon, locally cured, 6sd to 7Jd ; New Zealand bacon, 8d to 9£d; New Zealand hams, I'd to Is. Melboubnk, December 6.—As wheat harvesting is proceed ng, the farmers generally find a full heavy ear, and it is possible that even with the short straw the quality may after all prove satisfactory. An estimated yield of eight bushels to the acre has been hazarded. Wheat is weaker, and 4s 7jd is quoted for milling forts. Flour is also sMghtly weaker at Lll. Now Calcutta oats, 3* 10Jd; stoat sorts, 4s 10Jd. Cape barley, 3s BJd. Maize, 4s sd. Bran. 1b 3d.

Adelaide, December 6.—Tho market is dull, wheat showiDg a downward tendency at 5s to . r w Id for shipping parcels (f.0.b.); farmers' lots, 4s lOd at Port Adelaide, 4r 8d to 4s 9d at outports. Flour, Lll 10s for stone makes, Ll2 10s for roller makes. Bran, Is 4Jd. Pollard, 1b 3Jd. Oats, 4s 6d to 4s Bd. In sugars, Queensland rations and browns range from Ll6 10s to LlB.

Auckland, December 7.—An agent in town is offering over 4s per bushel for the wheat crop to be harvested in February, paying 25 per cent, in advance. An agent at Hamilton has orders for 0.000 sacks at 4s 6d per bushel delivered at any railway station in the Waikato. A private letter from the Etheridge Goldfield at Queensland says that on account of the drought flour is selling there at L 4 per 1001b, and potatoes at6d per lb. Westpobt, December 6. Tho Mokihinui Coal Company's property has been sold by Mr O'Conor, M.H.R., to a Sydney syndicate with a capital of LSO.OGO. subject to the approval of tho shareholders of the present company. Wellington, December 7.—Up to date 100 tons of wheat have been sent by rail from Wairarapa to Wellington for export. This is the first time in the history of the valley that wheat has been sent away.