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Evening Star, Issue 111556, 15 February 1900, Page 2

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The amount of revenue collected at the Customhous" on goods cleared for consumption to-day was £1,1)10 ?s 10il.

AuciteAM!), Feliruary 15. —The aniiuul report of the Collector of Customs shows the total revenue at the port of Auckland for IStli) to hj ive be m £ i!rt,Sli( Is 3d, an increase nf X‘S 635 Is Id on IS-.W. The Coilertiir anticipates an inercaie for the present year of I'ti.MlO over the past year. The export of gold showed an increase of £97,11(10. Tliereisalargeincrea.se iu the export of tinned mullet. THE SHARE MARKET. Sales at the Dunedin Stock Exchange this morning: —Bendigo, 12s ltd; Cardroua No. 1, 3s (Id; Dunstan Lead, I7s (id; Electric Extended, 12s; Endeavor, 8s lid; Ettrick, 3s 7jd; First Chance, 17s ; Gentle Annie, 9s !)d ; Cold King, Ss ; Hartley and Riley, £11) 11s ; Leaning Rock, Is 3d ; Magnetic, 07s lid ; Nid-on Creek, Is Sid ; X"\v Alexandra, IS, (Id; Royal Maori, His lid; Spillover, 3d d ; Sixteen-mile Beach, 0s lOtd ; Taeon'.s Curdrona, 3s 9d. Otago Stock Exchange sales to-dayDunstan Lb-ad, 17s 9d: Lcining Bock, Is 3d ; Metallic, 2s (id, 3-i; Moa F.at, (is, Os Hd. (is 3d ; Prince Arthur, 9d ; Royal Maori, IDs Od ; West Matau, Od. MIXING NOTES. The Matau report a return of SOoz for three days' work. The Enterprbe Cold Dredging Company have declared a dividetid of 2s per share. At a meeting of tile Kelly and Casey Beach Dredging Company resolutions were passed giving the directors power to acquire additional dredging ground ; also to issue 1,3u0 new shares if it were found necessary to do so. The Roxburgh Amalgamated Sluicing Company pay on Monday a dividend of 6d per share. The following have hern elected directors of the Otaroa Gold Dredging Company:—Messrs J. J. Wright, W. C. Burt. F. A. Hooper, F. Proctor, aud J. Dickson. Mr George Blyth was appointed auditor, and Mr E. Roberts consulting engineer. It is announced that the prospectus of the Molyneux Valley Cold Dredging Company will be issued shortly. The claim consists of about eighty acres, and lies between the Harris Beach and Paul's Beach claims. A large number of shares have been bespoken in the country districts. Messrs Harman Reeves and Co. are the Dunedin brokers.