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Evening Star, Issue 8578, 27 July 1891, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

The amount of revenue collected at the Cfcutonvhouse on crooks cleared to-dij for soMumtWoß waa 1i1,83X & 3d.

; - , I 1 The export of ooal from Greymouth last week wis 2,975 tons. , . x .. Messrs Robert Reid and Co. were the purchasers for L 350.000 of the well-known drapery Aim of Buokley, Nunn, and Co., in Bourke street, Melbourne. The purchase was effected In the early part of last month on behalf of a joint English and Melbourne syndicate. The annual report of the Roslyn Tramway Company for the year ended June 30 shows a credit balance of L 1.120 4s 9d\ which the directore recommend should be appropriated as follows:—To depredation of plant and lines, L 350 } to pay a dividend at rate of 74 per oont., L747155j; balance to carry forward, L 22 9s 9d. Id comparison with last year the reoeipts on the cable line show a decrease of L 689 2s 3d. This was to be expected, as the Exhibition trafflolast year greatly swelled the receipts As compared with the previous year, the receipts show an increase of L7214s 6d. The number of PJWJgers carried on tbe cable line was- Up, 209,149; down, 27,527? total, 286,666, The average daily fares during the year have been Lll Is 2d, as aeainstlLl3 7s 6d last year. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr Skene reports that during the past week he has placed a number of shepherds, ploughmen, dairy and farm laborers, etc. The prospect of a busy season ifl certain. Wages keep steady. MIKING NOTES. The result of last week's work by the Sew Hoy Big Beach dredge Is 590z 7dwt lgr of retorted gold. , . The Upper Waipori Alluvial Gold Dredging Company obtained 9oz lOdwt 18gr of gold for four days twelve hours' dredging last week. The Reefton battery returns for the past week were—Cumberland, 419cz of amalgam from 110 tons; Globe, 3530z of amalgam from 190 tons; Alpine, 3260z of amalgam from 176 tons; Keep-it-Dark, 560z of amalgam from 44 tons; Fiery Cross, 4260z of amalgam from 86 tons of stone. Mr Nicoll, manager of the Herculeß No. 2 Goldmlning Company, writing on the 24th, reports that there 1b great irregularity in the water supply, owing to some aotion whioh takes place at the Roxburgh Amalgamated Company's reservoir at Lake Onslow. On the 23rd he sent a man to turn down water, in compliance with a requisition from the Roxburgh Water Raoe Company. After the watbr had been turned down for hbout an hour the Teviot stream oame down in full flood, leaving about fifty heads running to waste. In twelve hours afterwards there was again a short supply, only thirty-two heads altogether being in the stream. On last Tu»sday night tho flame was frczan, causing a stoppage for thirteen hours. Since then up to date of writing he had been able to keep going, although the night froßts have been very severe. One of ihe workmen, Hugh Irvine, got his foot caught in tho elsvator opening, and was rather badly bruised. The sole and upper of his boot weie dragged off and torn to pieces. The water had to be shut off to get him dear, and the back-flow from the elevator nearly drowned him. Mr Nicoll further states that he was disappointed with the last washing up. The gold was lighter and of a different kind from that obtained on the previous washing up. He thinks that the run has tnrned inland. THE LONDON MARKETS.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company h»vo received the following telegram from their London office, dated 2ith inßt.:—" Tallow: Market firmer. Fine mutton is worth 26a 9d, and good beef 253 3d per owt. —Frozen meats: Mutton market woaker. Since last report prices have declined Jd per lb. Lamb market unchanged; beef market quiet. New Zealand beef (fore-quartern) worth 3id per lb.—New Zealand hemp: Market weak. Prices have declined 10a per ton since last report."