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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11162, 7 September 1899, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

KAURI GUM MARKET. The following aro our quotations of kauri gum for the week ending September 6: — White gum: Washed nuts, £32 and upwards; ordinary, £45 and upwards; good ordinary (unpicked), £50 and upwards; superior ordinary, £72 to £75; East Coast (good quality), £75; rescraped, £113 and upwards. Black gum: Nub, £14 and upwards; medium, £18 to £22; good, £45 and upwards. Arrivals for six days of September, 200 tons. The market is quiet for most lines, and prices are unaltered.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. SYDNEY, September 6. Wheat: Chick, 2s 4d to 2s 5(1: milling. 2s 9;1 to 2s lid. Flour. £6 10s to £6 15s. Oats: Feeding, in good demand; New Zealand. In 6|jd to Is 3d; Tnsmanian, Is 6(1 to Is 8d; seeding, Is 9(1 to Is 101(1. Maize, heavy supplies, 2s 6(1 to 2s 8(1. Barley: Cape, 2s 3d; English, 2s 3d to 2s 5(1. Peas, Prussian blue, 3s 3d to 3s 5(1. Bran, in strong demand. Bjd. Potatoes, plentiful, quiet: Circular Heads, £1 10s to 2s ss: New Zealand Derwents, £1 lOs to £1 15r; Early Rose, £4; Brownell, £3 10s to £3 15s. Onions Prime, £5 to £5 10k; others. £2 to £3 10s. Butter: Dairy. 83d to 9(1: factory, 10(1. Cheese: Large, 4Jd to 4Jd; lonf, 5d to sjd. Bacon, 5(1 to 7Jd. .Melbourne, September 6. Wheal, firm 2s 10id to 2s 10|d. Oats: Algerian, Is 4d to Is 64(1; stout, Is 7d to Is 8(1: Tartarian, Is 7d. Barley, Cane, Is 8(1 to 2s; maize, 2s 7(1; bran and pollard, 8J(1 to 9(1; potatoes, £1 to £1 10s; onions, £4 to £4 10s. Adelaide, September 6. Wheat, 2s lOd to 2» lOJd; flour, £6 15s; oats, unchanged; bran and pollard, 9j(l.

LONDON. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— London, September 5. Wheal at Mark Lane is slow of sale, and 3d lower on the week.

DU.N'EDIN GRAIN MARKET. Dun'kdin, Wednesday. Wheat: No change to report, and last week's quotations can only be repeated, namely:— Prime Tuscan, 2s 5d to 2s 6Jd; red sorts, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; fowl feed, up to 2s for best whole. Oats: Though there is no advance in price, the market to-day is porhaps slightly better, owing to small quantity at present offering. The reason, seemingly. Is that holders do not care to accept less than was current when grain was put in store. Prime milling, up to Is sd; best feed, la 3d to Is 4d; medium, 18 1(1 to Is 21d.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. Chiustohuroit, Wednesday. Entries at Addington to-day were fairly large in all departments of stock, more especially in fats, and a. good demand existed for fat sheep and pigs. Entries comprised 6820 fat, 3000 store sheep, 437 head of cattle, and 366 pig?. The 247 fat cattle wer*. mostly light sorts, '31 from the North Island being below the quality usually coining from there, and selling at from £6 7s 6d to '£8 2s 6d. For bullocks, bidding was dull, and last week's rates were barely maintained. Local cattle: Good steers brought .£7 to £8 6s; lighter sorts. £4 17s 6d to £6 10s; heifers, £3 153 to £6 15s; cows, £3 15s to £6 2s 6d. The stores and dairies were a very poor lot, and no quotable business was done. The hulk of the fat sheep wore good wethers, and a large yarding of butchers' ewes of good quality, with an unusual proportion of secondary merino wethers. This class remains very firm, and considering tin. quality prices in many cases advanced. Batchers' ewes were much firmer, but there were too many merinos for trade purposes, and rone being taken for export caused a slight weakening. Prime heavyweight wethers brought 19s to 21s 6d; freezing quality and prime mixed sexes, 16s to 13s 6d: unfinished sorts, 15s to 15s 9d; Dri-i) eves.- 16s to 18s fid: good ewes, 14s to 15s Cd; best merino wethers, 14J to 15s lOd; others, down to 10s. A good many of the store sneep were North Islanders, and all sorts met a good demand, but several lines of wethers were withdrawn, the owners asking too high prices for them. Wethers brought 13s 5d to 15s 8d; others being withdrawn at from 13s 3d to 15s 4d. Mixed twotooths sold at 13s lOd to 14s sd; breeding ewes, 14s Id to 14s 7d; hoggets, 12s 5d to 13s 4d for good sorts, and 9s 7d to lis 7d for backward; merino wethers, 10s 6d. With the exception of baconers, which were slightly easiei, all the pigs met a" good demand. Baconers, 35s to 455, and 3d to 3id pel lb; porkers, 30s to 375, and 4Jd to 4Jd; large stores, 24s to 30a; smaller, 18s to 235; weaners, 138 to 17s; and suckers, 10a to lis.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS done.— Zealand Talisman, 12s 4d; May Queen Hauraki, 6s sd; Bunker's Hill, old, is lid. BUYERS.—National Bank, 525; New Zealand Insurance. 60s; South British Insurance, 53s 6d; Auckland Gas, old, £13; Auckland Gas, new (£3 10s), £9 15s t New Zealand

Shipping. £4 18s; Taupiri Coal Mines (Limited), 2ls 6d; draco Darling, paid up, Is 8d; Waihi, £7 8s; Waihi Extended. 6d; Waihi South, sd; May Queen Hauraki, 6s 3d; Bunker's Hill, old, Is lOd; Four-in-Hand, 2s 7d. Sellers.—National Bank, 545; New Zealand Insurance, 619; National Insurance, 17s 3d; South British Insurance. 54s 6d; New Zealand and River Plate, 21s; Auckland Gas, old, £13 7s 6d; Auckland Gas, new (£3 103), £10 ss; New Zealand Shipping, £5 2s 6d; Northern Steamship, 7s 6d; Devonport Steam Ferry, 38s 6d; Hikurangi Coal, 8s 3d; Taupiri Coal Mines (Limited), 225; Sharlond and Co., 12s; Union Oil, 21s; Leyland-O'Brien Co. (Ltd.), 30s; Crown, 12s; Ethel Reef, 6d; Grace Darling, paid up. 2s: Grace Darling, contributing, 9d; Imperial, 3id; IComata Reefs, 3s; New Zealand Talisman, 12s 9d; Ohlnemnri, sd; Ohinemuri Syndicate, 4s; Rising Sun, 3d; Waihi, £7 17s 6d; Waihi Extended, 8d; Waihi Siiverton, 12s; Waihi South. 8d; Waiteknnri, 495; Woodstock, 7s 6d; City of Auckland, fid; Ivuranui, 3d; Kuranui-Caledo-nian, Is 2d; Mahara Royal. 2s 3d; May Queen Hauraki. 6s 8(1; May Queen Extended, 3d; Moanataiari, Is 6d; Monowai, Is; New Alhurnia. Is; New Whan. 2d: Tararu Creek. Is; Victoria. 9(1; Kauri Freehold Gold Estates. 20s; Bunker's Hill, old, 2s 2d; Bunker's Hill, new, Is 2d; Four-in-Hand, 2s lOd; Hauraki New Zealand Associated .Gold Mines. Sd; Harbour View, 3d; New Golconda, 3d; ProgressCastle Rock, 6d; Welcome Find, <lld: Zealandia, 4d; Great Barrier Gold and Silver, Is 4d; \\ hangamata Gold Corporation, 6s 9d. J. M. LENNOX, Chairman. 3.15 p.m., September 6, 1899.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. cam. 1 ! : Made. £ s. d. Due. Barrier licefs .. Aug,15 .. (10 3.. Sept. 8 Alpha Aug.18 .. 0 0 3 •• Sept, 13 Original Great B irrier 0 and S. .. Ahr.3T .. 0 0 OJ.. Sept.13 New Whan .. .. Sept. 6 .. 0 0 OJ.. Sept. 13 Young Now Zealand Sept. 1 .. 0 0 2 .. Sept. 13 Wailii Silwvton .. Aug,24 .. 0 5 0.. Sept. 15 Hunker's Hill (new). Auk-SB .. 0 0 3.. Sept. 21 Khartoum .. .. Sept. 0 .. 0 0 1 .. Sept. 20 liIVIDK.NDS : ''.fir • * \4jil partly paid new shares ) Waihi 0 2 0 .. Now Standard Fire and Marine In«ura»c« 7Jp. c. .. Now Unities Gas 0 13.. Now Mount l.yell Mining and Railway Co 0 4 0.. Oct. 2