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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9394, 28 December 1893, Page 4

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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 -.— Poor ordinary £27 to £28 Ordinary £87 to £38 Good ordinary £40 to £42 East Coast £57 to £58 Parcels of superior ordinary command higher prices according to quality and degree of cleaning. Supplies from the Ist instant no date, 673 cons. The market remains without change.

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DUNEDIN OATS. DtTNEDiN, December 27.—The oats market is quite bare. There if* a good demand, and prices are firm at quotations!. Prine, Is lljd to 2s; discoloured, Is lOd to Is lid. Sacks extra. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Press Association. -Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Sydney, December 27. Owing to the holidays no business was transacted at the various markets. LONDON. Per New Zealand Land Association, Limited. London, December 23. Frozen Meat.—The mutton market is quiet. Canterbury mutton is worth 4&d per lb. Other quotations are unchanged since last telegram. Butter.— Arrivalsof Australasian and New Zealand butter are in excess of trade requirements. Fine qualities of New Zealand butter are worth 100s lo 104s per cwt. Sheepskins.—The demand is brisk, and prices have advanced id per lb.

DAILY MEMORANDA—December 28. SALES : Mr. A. Aitken-Fruifc, 10 a.m. Messrs. I). Tonks and Co.—Pictures, &c, 11 a.m.; Fruit, p.m. Messrs. Hunter and Nolan-Blood Stock, Sylvia Park, 2 D.in. Messrs. A. Buckland and Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, &c., Kemuera Yards, 1 p.m. Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son—Freehold Properties, noon. ECCLKSIASTICAT,: Y.M.C.A.—Service of Song, 7.30 p.m. LAWN TENNIS: Epsom and Eden Lawn—Tennis Championship Matches, 10 a.m. AMUSEMENTS: Opera House—"A White Lie," 8 p.m. City Hall— Family, 8 p m. Foresters' Hall, Newton-Auckland Caledonian Society's Social, 8 p.m.