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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8668, 10 September 1891, Page 4

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New Zealand Herald Office, Wednesday evening. Txte Customs duties to-day amounted to I JL'SB9 103 lOd. Mr. Clayton's grocery business in Victoria Avenue, Eden Terrace, and 54 years lease of the premises, has changed hands, Mr. Linton being the purchaser; and the fruit and greengrocery business of Mr. Whaley, on the Ponsonby Road, lias just been bought by Mrs. Mark well. Both sales were negotiated through Baker Bros.' Agency, 73, Lower Queen-street. KAURI GUM MARKET. The following is the report of the gum market and ruling quotations, as furnished to us by the committee of gum merchants : — Good ordinary .. .. .. £38 Poor ordinary .. .. *.. £30 to £33 Kast Coast .. .. . . .. £60 Supplies from the Ist instant to date, 185 tons. The market for ordinary gum is inclined to bo weaker. owing to continued poor quality. East Const has advanced during the week, a..d really good lots of all kinds are wanted. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. AUCKLAND, SF.PTEM3EH 9, 1801.

Joseph Newman, a. Vlokers, J. Friar Clarke, R. Fritter, J. M. Lennox, D. IS. McDonald, I). G. MacDonneil, Aitkon Carrlck, It. SpraU, Francis Hull, James Reid, 11. <«. Alaoky, T. A. Menvies, James Frater, G. K. Briuiblecoinbe, A. Brodio. C. Alexa.ndkk, Chairman. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. calls. K «. "i. Due. Eminence G.M.Co. .. .. 0 0 1.. Sept. 9 Syl iia Gold and Silver Mining Company 006.. Sept. 9 Great Mercury U.M.Cd. .. 0 0 6 Sept. 9 Waitemata G.M.Co 0 0 1.. Sept. 12 W'Hihi G.M.Co 0 5 0 .. Sept. IS City of Dunedin .. ..001.. Sept. 18 Waitaia G.M.Co 0 0 1 .. Sept. 18 t'ride of the Hills G.M.C0... 0 0 1.. Sept. 30 Surplus G.M.Co 0 0 1 .. Kept. 30 Pride of Karaka G.M.Co. .. 0 0 3 .. Oct. 15 DIVIDENDS. Thames Gas Co. .. 0 12.. Sept. 7 Standard Insurance Co. .. — .. Now. £ r TKLE OR A PH. - ■ DUNEDIN OATS. Ddnedin, September 9.—The market continues steady, with a good demand prevailing for good, bright spurrowbills ; also any other well-grown bright short descriptions, but cannot report any improvement in values. Quotations For best milling, Is 6jcl to Is 7il ; best short bright feed, Is (3d to Is 6.U1; medium, ls4d to Is u.kl; inferior, Is to Is 3d; small lots for seed occasionally from Is Sd to Is lOd (ex store, sacks extra, net cash, 3s 4d per bushel more f.o.b. Dunedin). AUSTRALIAN. Press Association.—Klectnc Telegraph.—Copyright. Sydney, September 0. Wheat: Chick feed, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; milling, 4s lOd to 03. Flour: Stone make, £11 to £11 ss. Oats, Is 3d to 23 Id ; maize, 2s 2d to 2s 4d: bran, 9id ; pollard, 9d ; peas, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Potatoes : New Zealand, £1 123 (id to £1 los; Circular Heads, £2 103 to £3. Onions. £3 to £4 ; inferior, New Zealand, £2 to £2 10*. Butter, dairy made, la 3d to Is 4d; factory made, Is Cd to la 7d. Bacon Machine-cured, »d to fjd; hand-cured, 6d to 7d. Hams : New Zealand, lOd to lid. Melbourne, September 9._ Wheat, os 2Jd; 2000 bags were bought in the country equal to 5s Oil. Flour: Stone make, £11; roller brands, £12. Oats: Algerian, 2s; stout, 2s 7d. Maize, 3s lid. Barley, malting, 2s 2d, Bran, Is Id. Peas, 2s sd. Adelaide, September 9. Wheat, firm, 5s to 5s Id. Flout : Stone make, £10 5s to £10 10s ; roller brands, £11 5s to £11 103. Oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d (in bond). Barley, dull. Cape, '2s 4d to 2s Gd ; English, 2s 9d. Bran, Is Id. Pollard, Is Id. LONDON. Press Association.—Electric Teleriraph.-Copyright. London, September 8. At the wool sales to-day 13,(338 bales were catalogued. There was a good attendance of buyers, and tho competition was keen. Prices realised were from par to 5 per cent, below the July sales. The decline was chiefly in medium and inferior wools. The arrivals number 416,000 bales. 70,000 have been sent forward, and the number available is 350,800. A strong "bear" movement in the Continental wool markets is causing depression in River Plate tops. r Merinos, good, are par to halfpenny lower: inferior halfpenny to penny and crossbred halfpenny below closing rates at last auction. Enormous shipments of wheat from America are depressing the markets daily. News, however, says the decline is onlv temporary. '1 'he deficit in England and r ranee alouc amounts to thirteen million quarters.

Company. Business. Closing Prices. . ■ . - —— — (Sellers. Banks : <i s it £ s (1. Now Zealand .. — — 5 11 0 National .... — — 0 10 6 Colonial .. .. — 2 10 — Insuka.nck: Union .. .. — 17 3 17 0 MiseiauNKOiis: Auckland Fibre .. — 0 6 0 — Thames (la-s .. — — 1 11 0 N.Z.«!tIU\l.anilM. 8/ 0 7 6 — N.'Z. Loftn <fc Mer. .. — 2 12 0 — Mini. May Queen.. .. — — 0 7 0 Now MoanaUiail.. — — 0 8 0' Saxon .. .. G/, 5,11 0 5 10 0 6 1 Cambria .... 2/ — — Victoria (T.) .. 1/3 0 1 2 0 1 3 Sylvia .... — — 0 10 0 i U;uelbaiik,l/9pil.up — — 0 2 2 Silverton .. .. — 0 2 6 0 2 10 Try I'luke ., .. — 0H9060 Kapai .. .. II 0 0 11 0 1 1 rest Mercury .. — — 0 2 6 Puhipuhi Prspectrx — 0 2 0 0 2 S