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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9126, 7 August 1888, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

♦ New Zealand Herald Office, Monday evening. The Customs receipts to-day amounted to £17 51 10s lOd. The following are the Customs receipts for the week ending August 4, 1888 — Duties £7933 4 11 Beer duty 240 18 3 Light dues—Auckland ... 15 13 9 ~ Onehunga .. 0 15 0 „ Thames .. .. 7 6 11 ~ Whangarei .. 3 16 11 „ Whangaroa .. 0 4 0 ~ Hokianga .. 0 9 7 Forms and fees (S. and S. Act) 3 0 3 (M.S. Act) .. 2 10 Port Charges—Thames .. 11 7 S „ Whangarei ... 12 16 11 ~ Hokianga 12 C Gold duty _ 33 0 10

£.8274 1 8 At noon to-day Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son offered several city and outside properties for sale. Allotment No. 71, section 32, with 109 links to Abercrombie-street, 225 links deep, and with six cottages on it, was started at £100, and sold for £345. Three lots of 50 links frontage each to Lorne-street, and 238 links deep, with cottages on each lot, were sold at £155 the lot. The lease for 40 years of a building site opposite the Government House in Symonds-street was put up, but found no bidders. A piece of land at Epsom, allotment 21, section 11, Hospital reserves, was to have been put up, but was withdrawn for a fortnight by the order of the Public Trustee. This is the allotment contemplated as site for new Refuge, when the Hospital and Skaritable Aid Board have

made up their minds what they are going to do. Fifty-nine acres at Pukeat.ua were put up, but withdrawn owing to too light bids. STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION. Auckland. AUGUST 0, 1888. Company. Business. Closing Prices. Buyers. I Sellers. Banks: i. s (1 i s d New Zealand - 10/10/6 ,10 10 o — , Colonial ... - — 2 3 6 — Insurance: ' . , „ I New Zealand -• - !3 18 0 — National .. - 19/2 "19 «! - Union .. •- — 15 0, Colonial .. « — 0•'l> i — Accident .. — — 0 7 3 — WISCKLI.ANKOrS : , „ Thames Gas .. . — — 1 IS 5 N.Z.Liinil Mortgage — — 1 0 0 N.7..L. it Mercantile; — 318 0 - National Mortgage 11/cuindiv.j — — Northern Boot Co. — — 0 11 0 Mining : Cambria .. -• — — 0 6 9 Saxon .. .. — — 0 4 0 New P. Imperial.. 3/1, 3/6 — 040 Old Caledonian „ — —040 'I'renton .. «. — 0 2 C: 0 2 7 Manukau .. — — —10 2 0 Albumin -. — 13 16 Paroquet _ ... — —02 9 Gem .. _. 1/1 — 0 12 GoUlwater.. .. — — 0 10 Crown .. .. - 0 4 0 0 4 0 worth .. 3,3, 3/2 — 0 3 9 Silverton .. .. — — 0 2 0 Fearnought .. — — 0 0 6 Royal Oak.. ... — — 0 3 3 Colonist .. „ — — 0 4 1 Mata .. .. — — 0 10 Martha Extended - 0 0 7 0 0 9 A. Saunders, C. Alexander, S. Victors, J. F. Clarke, B. Frater, J. M. Lennox, 1). li. McDonald, 1). G. MMcDonnell, Aitkon Ciirrick, 11. Spratt, Francis Hull, James Reid, 15. G. Macky. Joseph Newman, Chairman. CALL AM) DIVIDEND LIST. CAI.I.S. £ s. d. Due. Askham-Mollov Gold & Silver Mining Co 0 0 C „ Aug. 10