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Evening Star, Issue 11068, 21 October 1899, Page 2

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The amount of revenue colledted at the Custom- | house on goods cleared for consumption to-day was £lßl7s6d. The directors of neuter's Telegram Company, Limited, have declared an interim dividend fcr the half-year ended June 30,1899. at the rate of 5 ' per cent, per annum. . PROPERTY SALE. E, J. Bryant, Dowling street, reports having sold part section 58, block 22, Dunedin, ana dwelling, at £660, to Mrs Buchan ; part section 13, block 1, Ravensbourne, and dwelling, at £l7O, to Mrs Crosswell; and allotment 9, Rothesay: and dwelling, at £l2O, to Mxjfay. '"■''. WOOL FREIGHT RATES. Wellington, October 2L—The rise in wool freights announced this week do not affect New Zealand at present. They referred to Australian rates. Shipping companies here are under contract at the rates already announced, THE SHARE M&REET, The sales this morning at the Dunedin Stock Exchange were as follow; Central Electric, 30b; <

Ettrick, 12s 3d; GibbstonVßd Wi,« 6(1 , Klondike, Ws 6d r Onhir Kto• 6a«orsVß«nd, lis U ; Stiver Mofex" 3*-' ' of fc^ ft^R t ynoldß ' flnd Co. report the Rale tt^T D ,? Bb , atw to4ay:-Ah»nw, Mm* •t! ?im V. ° rV - ell> l « l P mnk » ! <: Half*ay IfnK™ . P - re,nu^"; J Gibtnn . W Premium ; .Jubilee 23 premium; Cardronu Valley, 3d discount. MINIXU NOTfcS. oi'E.w Tu ?P& ftCo ? ,pan / re P° rt a return of 220z ailwt for 113 hours work. o'w. e * V VL cent ty m m¥ report a return of 7oz th V Vee e river bas been b 'S h aU capit i al i Valu ? of dredging companies floated, or about to be floated, since tho beginhoolofSSSoo" DUD£din is iD the nei^bort 1 Y al 'ey, report a return of 15oz lodwt for 119 hours work. *, Th i e .£ nterpriße r e P° rta return of 15ozl2dwt 21gr for 117 hours' work. 108 hour Ü B " w Sk. MPort * re ' Urn ° f 80Z 17dwt for Matau dredge" for the week, S7oz. 4^rf««f ,A - T /9} , « r ' J - Wr '* hfc . J- Q. Sawell, n s d J' a l d Captain Sundstrom have been appointed directors, Mr G. M'Lean secretary, Mr 0 + K ki a aa alitor, and Mr E. Robertsons'™." °.V the ? re y Dn & Company. 260z lOdwt for 120 hours'work. An Auckland wire states that the Waihi return for the month is£2i,m from 8,825 tons of stuff. t I.t are n 0 } d applications for the Grand Junction Gold Dredging Company's shares are coming m freely, including some from a party of gentlemen who: ha* e inspected the claim. Messrs Qu'ck and Smith are the brokers. Ibe Magnetic report that there has been no wash-up, and that the river is high. rw, 8 r. ot t!i fi '4 th £ Prospectus of the Omeo Creek Gold Dredging Company will be issued on Monday. Shares may be reserved on application to Messrs Sievwright Bros, and Co. Messrs Sieywrjght Bros, and Co. announce that the Hokitika River Gold Dredging Company has been registered. This claim lies between Kanieri and Woodstock and Back Creek goldfields. Over 9,000 shares have been applied for, and it has been decided to issue tbe balance of the shares, about The prospectus of the Greenstone Gold Dredging Company appears in another column. The local broker, Mr Harmau Reeves, reports that shares are going off rapidly all over the colony, and the list will close next week. The prospectus of the Extended Perseverance Gold Dredging Company will be issued in a few da y. B -, T |>e capital is £13.000 in £1 shares, of which a large number have already been applied lor. Reports to hand can be Inspected at the i?% r "?t ße^ re i; ir J' ,s office - The brokers are Messrs E. Trythall, Dunedin, and A. E. Gye, Clyde and Alexandra. The Millers Flat Electric Company have four men, under the directorship of Mr White, prospecting part of the Ormaglade freehold, and, it is reported, with satisfactory results.—Mr J. R. n-rry s gold dredge at Waikaka sank in about 14ft of water during Sunday's gale, presumably owing to a leak in the pontoons. Itispropo3ed to drain the water out of the dam and dismantle and J eb , u,!d the dredge. This will mean three months work and heavy loss to Mr Perry Messrs D. T. Fleming and J. W. Wilson (of Balclutha), who are interested in several dredging claims on the Clutba River below Tuapeka Mouth, and in respect of which the Clutha River Board have successfully objected, intend to personally interview the Premier, with a view to regulations being framed in order to permit the dredging of the-river below the point named. Messrs Fleming and Wilson are of opinion that A? Pauper regulations dredging would improve, rather than obstruct, the navigation of the river. Tuapeka Times.'