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Evening Star, Issue 10746, 5 October 1898, Page 3

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The amount of revenue collected atthe Customhouse on goods cleared for consumption to-day was £559 9s 4d. GOLD HETyUNS. On r parliamentary reporter supplies the following 1 items During the month of September last 14,91t!0z of gold, of the value of £51,307, were exported from the colony, as against 14,2490z, valued at £50,100, for the corresponding month of lust year. Auckland exported 11,8230z, of the value of £41,8(15 ; Invercargill 1,1330z, of the value of £4 532. The gold exported for the nine months of 1898 ended on September 30 amounted 200 301OZ, of the value of £784.058, ait' against lß9,Sß7uz(or the corresponding period of 1897. being an moronic of 13,4140n, of the valuo of 1. MINING NUThS. The New Chum Railway mine, at Bendigo (Victoria), has paid £23,820 in dividends, placed £1,400 to a reserve fund, and paid £750 on account of now plant-all within the past six months. The treatment of the picked stone of'Horne and Johnson, the lucky Kapaiiga(Auckland) tributes is completed, the yield being 2450z, valued at £7OO. The general dirt is now being treated.— During the past month 250 tons of ore were crushed by the Mahara Royal mine for 1720z of melted gold, of the value of £520. At the second annual meeting of the New Zealand Institute of Mining Engineers, held at Auckland, it was reported that the register now showed fifty-sis members, twenty-five associates, two students. • The receipts for the year were £489, including a balance from the previous year of £258. The expenditure left a credit balance of £254. The assets amounted to £4OB. MrW. R. Cook, secretary of the Deep Stream Company, reports that in addition to the 117oz already reported, other 70oz of gold have been won, making in all 187oz Itylwt 10gr to report for C far°tiie Australian record for swift shaftsinking rests with the Brilliant Deep Lead mine, Charters Towers, Queensland, The shaft is 12ft )>v Ift in the dear in three compartments, and was put down 1,053 ft in less than a year, AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Press Association—Bv Telegraph -Copyright. (Received October 5, 1898. at 935 a m.) Sydney. October 5. —Wheat: Chick. 2s 5d to 2s Cd ; milling, nominally 3s. Flour, £7 15s to £8 5s Oats; New Zealand, 2s CJd ; local, 2s 3d. Barley: Cape, 2s 3d. Maize, 2a (Id, Peas: Prussian blue, Is 9d. Bran, BW. Pollard, 7d. Potatoes; New Zealand, £7 5s to £7 10s ; local, £7 to £7los. Onions: San Francisco, £l4los. Butter; Dairy. 6d to 7d; factory, 8d to BJd. Cheese: Large, 5d to sid: loaf, 6\d to fiid- Bacon, RJd to 7idMelboupne, October s.—Wheat, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Oats • Algerian, Is 2d to 1s 8d ; stout white, 2s Id to 2s 3d. Maize, 2s 3d. Bran, 6sd. Pollard, 7d. Potatoes, £Bl7s fid to £9 ss. Onions, £lslos. Adelaide, October s.—Flour, £9 10s. Oats: New Zealand, 3s lOd to 4s; local grey and Algerian, 2s. Barley. 3s 9d to 4s. Bran, Bd. Pollard, 9d. Wheat, 3s.