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Evening Star, Issue 10851, 8 February 1899, Page 3

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The amount of revenue collected at the Custon> house* on goods cleared for consumption to-day was £1,375 5s 6d. All the Sydoev banks have decided to impose a fee of 5s per'half-year for keeping current accounts. MINING NOTES. The Sunlight dredge washed up last week for 15oz 2dwt, the Evans Flat dredge obtained 13oz, and the Success dredge Boz sdwt of gold. The 'Alexandra Herald* is reliably informed that the Nil Desperandum dredge has, for the past thirteen weeks, secured an average weekly return of 48oz. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. (Received February 8,1899, at 10.50 a.m.) Sydney, February 8. Wheat: Chick, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; milling (nominal), 2s 7d. Flour: Local, £6 153 to £7; Manitoban, £lO ss. Oats: Prime feeding. 2s; medium Is lOd to 2s: seeding, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Maize, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Peas: Prussian blue, 4s6d to4s9d. Barley: Cape, 2s 7d. Bran, 7id. Pollard,9id to lOd. Potatoes: £4 los to £6; Circular Heads. £5 15s. Onions: Victorian, £5 10s, Butter: Dairy, 7d to 8d: factory, BJd to 9d. Cheese: Large, 4Jd; loaf. 6Jd. Bacon, Bd to 7Jd. Melboubne, February B.—Wheat, 2s BJd. Oat?: Algerian, Is 6d to Is 9Jd; stout, 2s 3d. Barley: Milling, 4s to ss. Maize, 3a. Bran, 7d. Pollard. B}d. Potatoes. £3los to £4. Onions, £4los to £5. Adelaide, February B.—Wheat, 2s Bid to 2a 7d. Flour, £7 lft». Oats: Local dun and Algerian, Is 4d to la 6d; stout, 2s to 2a 6d. Barley: Malting, 2sßd to 3s. Bran and pollard, Bd,