COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 10691, 2 August 1898, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

The amount of revenue collected at the Custombousp on goods cleared for consumption to-day was £2.665 lis. GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Meßßrs Donald lteid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale tc-:lay : Oats.—We offered an average catalogue of fair to best feed oats. Competition was keener than it has been of late, and all offered were cleared at: For best feed sparrowbills, 2s IJd to 2s 2d; medium to good, 2s to 2s Id; seconds and inferior, Is 7d to Is 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—The market for milling quality is unchanged. Fowl wheat sells at 3s to 3s 3d for good whole wheat (sacks in). Potatoes-Prime Derwents were in good demand, and sold at £7 5a to £7 10s; medium, £6 15s to £7; best kidneys sold at £6 10a to £7; medium and rough, £4 to £5 10s per ton (sacks Chaff.—We catalogued eight trucks, nearly all prime. Best quality was well competed for, and sold at £3 12s IJd to £3lss ; medium to good, £3 5a to £3IOB per ton (bags extra). Straw.—Oaten straw (pressed), 32s bd; wheat, 28s per ton. Turnips (loose in truck), 14s per ton. Currots, 35s per ton (sacks in). RAILWAY RETURNS. •The greatest amount of revenue yielded during June bv any section of New Zealand railways was by the Hurunui-Bluff line, £ :0, v 56 19s going to the department. The least was from the Kawj-kwa section-£1914s 3d. The receipts from all lines in the North Wand in' the month were £37.02017s 9d and in the South Island £68,845 Is 7d, the total since the opening of the financial year beiDg £351,11118s sd. ~ ■ The following are the detailed returns on the Hurunui-Bluff section for tho same period:—

MINING NOTES,

Au Aueklaud telegram states that the Waihi gold mine crushed for the month 6,845 tons for bullion valued at £20,722, the second highest return yet received. The Royal Oak crushed 20 tons ore and 7841b picked stone for bullion valued at £1,600. A meeting of the shareholders of the Sew Hoy Riff Reach Gold Mining Company, Limited, was lull yesterday (Mr It. T. Wheeler in the chair), for the purpose of receiving the report and balancesheet from the liquidators in connection with the winding up of the company. The Chairman said that In accordance with a resolution passed at a special meeting he (Mr Wheeler) and Mr Gore were appointed liquidators. They found that the liabilities were considerably more than they were led to suppose. Had they disposed of the plant of the company at the outset it would have realised very little, aud it was decided to keep the thing on as a going concern, the result proving that this was the wisest course. Two of the dredges were disposed of for £11,200, and a third for £7OO, and the sundries came to i'l.OW), making the total receipts £4,960. The expenditure was £3,100, liabilities of the company, and £1,878, dividends at Bid per share.—ln reply to a question, the Chairman said that the liabilities were £BOO more than stated.—Mr Harty thought that a vote of thanks was due to Messrs Wheeler and Gore for the able manner in which the liquidation had been carried out, and he moved accordingly. Further, that the statement be received and adopted. Further, that the books be kept three months, and then destroyed by Mr Wheeler.—Mr Glendining seconded the motions, which were carried, Mr R. T. Wheeler, jun., secretary of the Golden Terrace Dredging Company, reports a return of 42oz0dwtl5sr of retorted gold for the f jrtnight ended July 30.

PassengersFirst class ... Second class... 18»8. Total. .. 24,959 .. 117,63d 1897. Total. 30,148 152,9.14 Total ..' 142^595 183,142 Season tickets .. 1,876 1,697 Parcels, etc. ... No. ... 24,233 No. 21,789 Good?, etc ... No. .. 92,405 No. 87,578 Chaff, etc Wool Firewood Timber Grain Merchandise Minerals Tons. .. 6,390 .. 2,454 .. 2,346 .. 8,857 .. 40,370 .. 23,485 .. 38,589 Tonp. 6,244 1,746 2,298 8,264 34,656 18,788 32,131 Total .. 122,491 104,127 Revenue— Passengors ... ... Parcels, luggage, and mails . Goods Miscellaneous Rents aud commission .. 14,614 .. 2,664 .. 41,984 949 643 ~£ 17,035 2,357 34,607 899 630 Totals .. £60,854 jt'55.580