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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11280, 25 January 1900, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zeaiand Herald Office, Wednesday evening. Messrs. R. Arthur and Co. sold by auction to-day an allotment, having a frontage of 271 6in to Franklin Road, with a depth of 100 ft, with a seven-roomed house, for £430. An allotment in Milton Road, Mount Koskill, 50ft by 167 ft 7in, brought £56. Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son offered by auction to-day an improved farm of 150 acres at Taupiri, but the bidding not reaching tho reserve it was passed in. KAURI GUM MARKET. The following are our quotations of kauri jjum for the week ending January 23,1900:— White gum: Poor ordinary, £38 to £42; good ordinary, unpicked, £54 and upwards; superior ordinary, £75 and upwards: Earn Coast (good quality), £76 and upwards; referaped, £115 and upwards. Black gum: Nuts, £14 and upwards; mixed, £25 and upwards; good, £48 and upwards, Supplies for 25 days of January, 625 tons. The bupply of euperioi ordinary grades is rather short, but black kinds are arriving frooly. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. • CHRISTCHUnCH, Wednesday. There were fair yardings for most classes of stock at Addington to-dav, and business in most departments, especially in sheep, was brisk. The entries comprised 2000 fat Bheep, 3000 fat lambs, 6470 store sheep, 297 cattle, and 238 pigs. A large number of the 169 fat cattle were good to prime heifers, and there were some nice lines of steers. Bidding was fairly brisk, and a good clearance was made, last week's rntes being fullv npheld-18s to 19s 6d for prime, 15s to 17s for good, and down to 12s 6d for inferior per head. Best steers. £7 15s to £8 179 6d; lieht. £5 2<e6d to £7 ss; best heifers, £6 10s to £7 2s 6d: lighter, down to £4 2s 6d: prime cows, £6 10r to £7 12s 6(1; others, down to £3 17s 6d. Nothing was quotable in either store or dairy cattle. There was a medium yarding of fat sheep, the bnlk of which were ewes, and all classos met with keen demand. Heavyweight wethers, to 16s 7d; freezers, mixed sexes. 13s 9d to 15s; butchers' ewes, at all prices, from 9s to 13s 3d. according to age and quality. With the exception of a few lines of extra prime freezors. the quality of the lambs was not so good. There was good demnnd for all sorts. Extra prime, un to Ms 6d: freezing quality. Hβ 6d to 13s 9d: and lighter, down to 9s 6u\ The entry of store sheep was a mixed one, and owing to lnte rains a rise was noticeable in all classy, graziers being anxious tn seoure lots, A line of 1435 wethers brought 13s to 13s 3d: 165 sold at 13s Gd: 119 at 12s 9d; and 36 at 13s 6d. A line of fourtooth cwts was withdrawn at 13s 9d. Tho rest of this cla«9 were cleared at 10s 6d to 128 3d, according to aee. The keenest competition wns manifested in lambs, nnd at prices showing nn advance. Principal sales were a lim , of 900, at 10s 9d: 740. same orice: other lines, forward sorts, 10s 5d to lls;and backward, 8s 6(1 to 9s 9d. In pies, there was a small entry, and rather better so'es resulted. Br\conev3 from 3d to 3Jd per lb, and porkers 3{d to 4d pel lb, Bnconers brought £110s to £115s 6d: porkers, £1 to £1 10s 6d: stores, 17s 6d to £1 23 6d; and weaners, » 6d to 14s 6d. GRAIN MARKET, Dcnedik, Wednesday. Wheat: No ehanee to report and nothing to note, save that the market drags, Prime, 2s 5d to 2s 6d: good soimd. 2s 3d to 2s 4d; whole fowl feed, up to 2s Id. Oats are not receiving the same inquiry this week. Nevertheless, as stocks are low, the prices keep firm. Prime milling, 2s Id; eood feed. 2s; ordinary. Is lid; long oats, fit for seed, Iβ 10H1 to Is lid. WOOL SALES. Napier. Wednesday. At the second series of wool sales the total offerings of the five brokers aaeresrated 10.116 hales. There was n full attendanco of English, Southern, and local buyprs, and good competition at. latelv reoorted ratos. whiMi are. however, from id to Id per lb below the values ruling at the lsiit snles fon December 6). tho greatest, decline being shown in merino wools. Thf followin? were the ruline price , ':— Merino: Good, to lUd: medium. 9»d to injd: inferior. Bd. Hfilflired: Oood. lOrt; mpdinm. 8d tn °*d; inferior. 7d f> Rd. Crosshreds: Good. 9d; medium. 7<l to B*d- inferior, 5d to 7d. Lincoln: Good. 6d: medium, Wri; inferior. 4}d to sjd. Pieces, up to BJd: locks, ud to 3M: scoured, up to Is W, for both merino and halfbred. AUSTRALIAN jrARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Aeaoolatirr.— Copvriffhl. Stdnet, January 21 WIIEAT: Chick, ?.s 4jid; milling, ?■? 7rt to ?.' flour, £6 in, fo £7. Oats: N.Z., 2s 4d lo 2s 6id; I'asmanian, 2a 4d. Barloy: Capo,,2s 3d to Zs 6d. Mnize: Prime, 2s lOd: American, 2s 8d to 2s 10d. Peas: Prussian blue, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Bran, 11A ; poUnrd. 93d; potatoes, £1 10a to £3: oninns, local prime, £110s to £2; Victorian, £4 10s. Butter: Dairy, 7Jd to 8d; factory, 9d. Bacon, 43d to 7Jd. , , The abovo quotations are those ruling between merchant and retniler, nnd do not represent slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers. Meibotjune, January 24. Wlioat: Good business, 2s 8d to 2s Bid; oats, Algerian, 2s 2d to 2s 4|d: stout. 2a 7Jd. Bnrley, malting, 3s 8d to 4s; maize, 2s BJd to 2s 8d: bran. 8W to 8?d: Ud: notatoes, £1 to £1 7s 6d; onions, £110s to £2. Adelaide. January 24. Wheat in good demand for South Afriei. Large sales are reported at 2» 7{d to 2s 8d; flour. £6 5s to £610s; oate, dun an-' Algerian, Iβ 9(1; stout, 2s to 2s 6d; bran. 9d; pollard, 9Jd to lOd. AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET. BD3INP.S3 DONB.-Auckland Gas, old, £13 7b; Wttihi Extended, Is Id. BDYERS.-Northem Steamship. 6s 9d; D.S.C. (Limited), 10s 3d; Broken Hill, ljd: May Qneen Extended. 3d: New Whau, W: Victoria, 3d; Komata Reefs, Is 9d; New Zenland Talisman. 11s 4d; Ohinemuri, 3d; Waihi Extended, lid: Waihi Silverton, 7s 6d; Woodstock, 2s: Bunker's Hill, old, 10d; Barrier Reefs, 6s 6d. SBIiLERS.-New Zealand Insurance, 625: South British Insurance. 555: New Zealand Accident Insurance. 24a 6d; Northern Steamship, 7s 3d; Hikurangi Coal, 7s 9d; Taunlri Coal Mines (Limited), 18s; Northern Boot, 10s; Broken Hill, 2id: Kuranui, 2d; Kuranui-Cale-donian, Is: Mahara Royal. Is; May Queen Hauraki. 4s; May Queen Extended. 4}d; Mouowni, Is 3d; New Alburnia, Is; New Whan, 7d: Victoria. 6d: Alpha. Iβ; Crown. 15s; Ethel Reef. 6d: Grace Darling, paid nr, 2s Id; Imperial, 4d; Komata Reefs. 2s 6d; New Zealand Talisman. 12s 3d; Ohinemuri, 4}d; Ohinemnri Sj-ndicate. Is 6d; Waihi, £11; Waihi Consols. 3d; Waihi Extended. Is Id; Waihi Grand Junction. 40s; Waihi Silverton, 8s 3d; Wnihl South, Is 3d; Waitekauri, 425; Bunker's Bill, old, lu; Pour-in-lland, Is 2d; Hauraki N.Z. Associated Gold Mines, 4d; Harbour Viow, 2d; Progress-Castle Rock. 3d; Welcomo Find, 3d: Barrier Roefe. 7s; Great Barrier Gold and Silver, Is Id; Wliangamata Gold Corporation, ss. J. Mowbray, Chairman. Alfred OLDHAM, Secretary. 3.15 p.m., January 24, 1900.