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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8680, 24 September 1891, Page 4

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New Zealand Herald Office, Wednesday evening. The Customs duties to-day amounted to | £33S 103 4d. ~ KAURI GUM. 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 to £39 Poor ordinary £30 to £35 East Coast ' .. £07 to £00 Supplies from the Ist instant to date, 400 tons. Then: has been a little better demand during the past week for ordinary, and prices are steady. Wo can only repeat that well-scraped lots are in -irons; demand, ami think it should well pay the diggers for the advanced price tlioy would get to clean their gum hotter. LIVE STOCK & PRODUCE MARKETS. PAHIATUA. Mr. J. lorxs reports Sales of stock have been unusually brisk. The abundance of feed with the early spring has caused a great demand for store cattle, and prices have gone up very high for all classes. Beef has been very scarce, this being the most trying month for beef. In sheep, the transactions have been very limited, most holders having tided over the winter, preferring to hold and get the wool. In horses, the market is very uncertain, and sales very limited, those selling being of three classes, namely, good draughts, useful harness, and saddle horses. In produce, things are almost at a standstill, Potatoes are a complete glut in the market. The following are the rates made Beef, bullocks, heavy, £5 17s Cd ; medium, £» 2s Gd; fat cows, heavy, £o ~>s; medium, £4 10s: store bullocks, £4 17s Gil; young steers, f)os to GOs; yearlings, 355; calves, 20s to 2.35: dairy stock. COs to 90s. Horses : Best draughts, £18: light harness, £S to £12; hacks, £0 to £S. Oats, 2s; chaff, sheaf, 00s to 70s; straw chaff, 355; potatoes, 403 ; onions, 9s. Cheese, yd; accn and hams, Gd and 7d; butter, Bd. JOIIiS'SON VILLE. Messrs. Freeman' R. Jackson and Co. Stock Report (by telegraph on Wednesday). —There was an unsatisfactory demand for the beef entered to-day, at 18a the 1001b; prime bullocks made from £9 Gs to £9 us, and others from £7 l'2s 6d to £7 us. The wethers advertised did not come forward. Early lambs, medium weight and quality, only made up to 10s. Of pigs, there were no bacon sorts to hand ; porkers and stores were at low value, and dull of sale. .

MANAIA. Messrs. Budcie and Good's Report.—At our Manaia Sale, oil the 15th instant, the yards were overcrowded with stock, about 1200 head of cattle and 800 sheep coming forward. The bidding was not so keen as it has been, many of the pens being passed in at the hammer. The following prices were realised:—Store cows, £2 19s to £3 10.3 ; two-year-old heifers, £2 17s Gd; yearling heifers, £1 133 to £2 0s Gd ; calves £1 2s Gd ; three-year-old bullocks, £4 .'ss Gd to £4 15s ; two-year-olds, £3 17s Gd ; 18 month steers, £3 to £3 9s ; fat bullocks, £5 15s to £6 Is ; fat cows, £3 12s Ccl to £-117s (id; dairy-stock, £3 10s to £4 10s.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. AUCKLAND, SKPTEMHEIt 23, 1891.

Joseph Newman, S. Vlckers, J. Friar Clarke, It. Km tor, J. SI. I*oll nox, I). Is. McDonald, I). G. MacDortneil, Aitkin Carrick, It. Spratfc, Francis Hull, J aim.'st Itoiil, H. G. Mucky, T. A. Monxien, James Frater, G. F. IJrluiblocombe, A. Brodie. C. Alf.xa.ndkk, Chairman. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST, CALLS. K *. (1, Due. Ilaurakl G.M.Cd 0 0 1.. Sept. 20 I'ride of the Hills C.M.C 0... 0 0 1.. Kept. 'M Surplus G.M.Co. .. ..001.. Sept. 30 Consols G.M. Co. .. .. (I 0 2 .. Sept. 30 Crackshot G.M.Co 0 0 1.. Oct. 1 Norfolk G.M.Co 0 0 2,. Oct. r» Owera G.M.Co. .. .. 0 0 .'5 .. Oct. 7 Victoria G.M.Co 0 0 1.. Oct. 14 Pride of Ifaraka G.M.Co. ~ I) 0 3 .. Oct. l.» I'uhipuhi Prospectors' Co. .. 0 0 2 .. Oct. 23 DIVIDENDS. Bank of Australasia .. „ 14 % ~ Oct. 2 Standard Insurance Co. .. — .. Now. BY TELEGRAPH. DUNEDIN OATS. Donedin, September 23.—The week lias been the quietest experienced during the season. Shippers are evidently unable to secure a price that would : allow thorn to operate at those lately current here. Millers are doing next to nothing in the oatmeal trade, consequently there is little or no difference in the value of milling and good feed. At the moment tho outlook is not bright, at the same time stocks of really prime oats which would be likely to keep for sometime are within small dimensions, so that these at all events may not recede in value. Quotations : For best feed and milling, is 6Jd to Is 7d; medium to good, Is 6d to Is (id; inferior to medium, Is to Is 4£d (ex store, sacks extra, net cash), #d per bushel more f.o.b. Dunedin. LONDON COMMERCIAL. Press Association. Telegraph.—Copyright. London, September 22. Wool is unchanged. Washington, September 22. Tho American estimate of tho world's deficit in wheat and rye is two hundred million quarters. *Per yew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. London, September 22. Wool,.—Since the opening of the present series of wool sales,_ the following variations have taken place in the. market Greasy merino super, greasy merino medium and inferior, medium washed crossbred, medium scoured crossbred, coarse washed crossbred, coarse scoured crossbred, are par to id per lb lower? scoured merino super, scoured merino medium and inferior, are £d to Id per lb lower. Fino scoured crossbred has declined £d per lb, and medium and inferior lambs' wool also shows a decline of Id per lb. Other descriptions unchanged. The total quantity catalogued to date is 170,000 bales, and so far 23,000 bales have been withdrawn. AUSTRALIA MARKETS. Press Association.Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Sydney, September 23. Wheat : Chick, 3s 9d to .4s ; milling, 4S 10(1 to Os; prime, (3s Gd. Flour i Stone make, £11 to £12; roller brands, £12 10s to £13. Oats, feeding,ls 9d to 2s; seed, 2s Id : maize, 2s 3d to 4s; bran, 91d; pollard, Sid. Potatoes : New Zealand, fresh in, £1 2s (id to £1 ss; Circular Heads, £2 15s; onions, £3 IDs. Butter, dairy made, local, Od to lOd ; factory, lid to Is cheese, 6d to 7d; bacon, local, 5d to 7d; imported, Sd to 9d; hams, New Zealand, lOd to lid. -

* Melbourne. September 23.; Wheat: Fair average milling, & 9d; nominally, 6a to 6s fid ;no sales recorded. Flour, stone makes, £12 10s to £13 roller brands, £13 lOa to £14; oats ranged from 2s ;t6,2a 74 d: according to quality; barley, malting, 2s lid to .'is Id; bran, Is lAd; peas, 4d. Adklaide, September 23. Wheat, firm, Ca 2d to 5a 3d; flour, stone makes, £11 to £11 fla; roller brands; £12 5s to £12 10s : bran. Is Id; pollard, Is Id. Tho general market is quiet. .

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