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Evening Star, Issue 9833, 23 October 1895, Page 3

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The amount of revenue collected at the Custom-house on goods cleared to-day for consumption was £929 12s (Id.

RAILWAY RETURNS,

The return of railway receipts and expenditure for the four weeks ended 14th September shows the receipts to have been £74,173 13s 4d, and the expenditure £55,50811s 7d. In the corresponding period of last year the figures wereßeceipts, £71,4(55 9s 6d; expenditure, £56,808 6s. Of the revenue the North Island lines contributed £27,260 (is 7d, as against £26,615 0s 9d for the corresponding four weeks of last year; and the Middle island lines £46,913 6s 9d, as against £44,850 8s 9d. The North Island lines absorbed of the expenditure £20,725 13s, as against £21.46712s lOd, and the Middle Island lines £34,782 18s 7d, as against £35,34013s 2d. The proportion of expenses to revenue on the several lines, calculated on an annual average, for the respective periods of 1895 and 1894 was as follows North Island: Kawakawa, 79.05,157.71; Whar garei, 81 17,89.84; Kaihu, 57.87,100.65; Auckland, 73.87, 76.54; Napier-Taranaki, 72.90, 72.50; Wellington, 71.53,78.14. Middle Island: HunmuiBluff, 67.73, 67.97; Greymouth • Brunner, 52.61, 53.81; Greymouth-llokitika. 50.01, 55.10; Westport, 42.18, 49.41; Nelson, 94.24, 94.69; Picton, 108.66, 115.57. Grand totals, 68.81, 70.11. The following are the detailed returns for the Hurunui-Bluff section for the same period:—

MINING NOTES, The Roxburgh Amalgamated Sluicing Com pany obtained 2200z for 7 days It) hours’ work with one elevator, which (says the ‘Tuapeka Times’) is the record for the district. Messrs Ryley, Short, Brownlee, and Dr Martin (directors of the Otago Dredging Company) were interviewed at Miller Flat on Friday last by Messrs Hart and Adams in connection with the contemplated amalgamation of Brazil and party’s claim. The result of the interview was in every respect satisfactory, and an agreement was arrived at mutually agreeable to both According to the terms of amalgamation, the claim will have two dredges—viz., the Otago Company’s dredge and Brazil and party’s dredge, and there will be 4.000 shares under the new arrangement. It will be known as the Brazil Company. ‘Tuapeka Times.'

The ’Tuapeka Sluicing Company obtained 240z for last week’s work. Auck lan n, October 23. —Bunker’s Hill shares are in demand in consequence of another twenty-one pounds of picked stone being got yesterday afternoon, showing strong dabs of gold, in a reef 18iu thick, and well mineralised in splendid country. The Hauraki, it is rumored, has got good specimens at the ItiOft level. The Waitekauri ,Special got £723 worth of bullion from 1315 tons of ore, the average being £3lss 4d per ton. The Welcome Find and Just in Time look well for gold. The now Tokatea reef is improving. The Waihi Company have purchased Cassells Company's tailings plant to use in connection with their mill, . c,~~.a

STOCK AND STATION REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report for the week ended October 23 as follows; Sheepskins.—Good catalogues were submitted on Tuesday, when prices were on a level with last week’s. All sorts were fairly well competed for by the large attendance present. Country dry cross-brcds, inferior to medium, brought Is 6d to 2s 9d; do do merino, Is Ad to 2s 3d; medium to pood cross-breds, 3s to 4s 3d; heavy do 4s 6d to 5s 9d ; good to best merinoes, 2s 4d to’ 3s fid; extra heavy, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; dry pelts. 2d to Is 3d ; preen cross-breds -good to best, 5s (id to (is ; extra heavy, 6s 3d to 6s 6d ; medium to good, 4s 6d to 5s 3d; green lambskins, 9d to Is Id. . , ~ Kabbitskins. Notwithstanding the rise in price at Homo, there was no appreciable improvement in those obtaining at our auction sales on Monday. Best winter preys brought lid to Is; selected docs, is id to Is l)d; medium to good, 9d to KUd; best autumns and spring, 7id to SJd; medium, fid to 7d: summer, 3d to 5d ; suckers and inferior. ldto2id; best black and silver greys, Is 2d to Is 3UI; medium to good, 8d to Is; inferior, 5d to 71d per lb. Hides have a fair demand at late rates—say, for best, 2Jd to 3d : extra heavy, 3id to 3Jd; light, lid to 2)d; inferior, Id to IJd per lb. Tallow and Fat.—All coming forward readily placed, best rendered mutton fetching 17s fid to 18s 6d ; medium to good, 14s 6d to 16s fid; inferior, 10s to 13s b’d; best fresh mutton caul fat, 11s to 11s 6d ; medium to pood. 10s to 10s 6d; inferior to medium, 8s 6d to 9s 6d nor cwt (ex store).

(By Telegraph.] SvnNBY. October 23.—Wheat: Prime milling, nominal : chick, 3s 6d to 3s 7d. Flour; Boiler I,rands, £R 10s to £8 15s. Data: Prime feeding, 2s 7d, Maize, prime, 2s lid. Barley. Cape, 2s 3d. Bran and pollard. Hid. Peas: Prussian blue, ss. Potatoes: Circular Heads, £3 15s; New’ Zealand, £3 7s 6d. Onions, £3 10s to £3l2a (id Butter: Factory, lid to Is ; dairy, lOd. Cheese, linn, 7d to 7-ld. Bacon. 5d to 6d. Mklhournk. October 23.—Wheat is very firm. Small sales havo been made to 3s IJd. but holders now decline anything below 3s 3d, Flour: Roller brands have advanced to £7 15s. Oats (scarce and firm): Algerian. Is 8d to Is lOtd : stout white, 2s 2d to 2s 3Jd. Bariev (brisk): Fair .malting ranges from la lOd to 3s 3ld. .Maize. 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Bran, very firm, 91d. Pollard, 9{d to lOd. AnxLAinß, October 23.—Wheat, firm and scarce; quoted at 3s 2d : holders demand Id to 2d more. Flour: Roller brands, £7 10s. Bran and pollard, 9Jd to lOd.

1895 1894. Passengers— Total. Total. First class ... ... 26,753 25,415 Second class... ... 98,363 92,216 Total ... 125,116 117,631 Season Tickets ... 1.107 831 No. No Parcels, etc. ... ... 18,789 19,008 No. No. Goods ... 79,955 52,256 Tons. Tons. Chaff, etc ... 4.256 2,214 Wool ... 2,016 1,473 Firewood ... 2,126 1,890 Timber 6,856 5,543 Grain ... 17,010 20,220 Merchandise ... 18.183 16,820 Minerals ... 28,095 24,499 Total ... ... 78,542 72,659 Revenue— £ £ Passengers ... ... 12,164 11,845 Parcels and luggage ... 1,637 1,790 Goods ... 26,780 24,467 Miscellaneous 793 573 Rents and commission 504 484 Totals... ... £41,880 £39,160