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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11432, 24 July 1900, Page 4

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. « LONDON. By Telegraph-Press Association.— Copyrifflit. j London, July 22. Mutton: Crossbred wethers, maiden cwe3, Canterbury, 4 Mod; Duncdin and Southland, 3 5-16 d; North Island, 3Jd. Lamb: Prime Canterbury, 4|d; fair average, including Duncdin, Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury, 4Jd. met Plato crossbred or merino wethers, heavy, 3 4 d; light, 2Jd. New Zealand beef, 1801b to 2201b, fair average quality Ox fores, 3id; ox hinds, ♦id. j The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), have handed us, ; for publication, tho following market cable- > gram, dated London, July 23:-r- _ j Wool: Tho sales closed firmly this day. , Since close of last sales greasy morino super, is id pei lb lower; greasy merino, medium and inferior, and fine greasy crossbred are Jc] to Id per lb lower; medium, greasy crossbred and coarse, greasy crossbred are par tc id per lb higher; scoured merino, superior, medium, and inferior have declined 2d to 2{i per lb since- close of last sales. The sales closed at an average decline or 2d per lb on last sales' prices. I LONDON KAURI GUM MARKET. : Writing on June 15, our London correspondent says, regarding the kauri gum market: ! At the auctions on Thursday, I learn from Messrs. Figgis, the demand for kauri gum was extremely slow, and that only about 10 per cent, of the quantity offered found buyers. Most of this small proportion sold consisted of the better class of gum, and showed no chango in values. In all, some 28Q0 cases were offered, and 350 were sold. The assortment consisted of one ?ase of dial, 80 eases of re-scraped, 8C cases of threequarter-scraped, 519 cases of half-scraped, 130 cases cf pickings, 130 case 3 of bush, 860 coses of dark brown, 52C cases of chips, and 670 packages of dust and sittings. The following is the result of the sale, the prices of course being furnished to me by Messrs. Figgis :-Tflo solitary case of dial realised £14 12s 6d; 26 cases of re-scraped sold at £7 7s 6d to £8 12s Gel; 10 cases of threcquarter-scraped brought £6 ss; 10 cases of half-scraped and sorts went tor £4; 50 cases of pickings were cleared at £1 7s 6d to £2 2s; 50 cases of chips found purchasers at prices ranging from 18s to £4 as; 80 packages of dust and siftings were sold, common to good, from 5s to £1 13s; 40 cases of bush were sold, fair to fine-scraped, from £3 7s to £7 17s 6d; pickings, £1 7s to £1 10s ; 80 cases of dark-brown went for £1 16s to £5 12s M. The next sales will take piaco on Thursday, July 12, Messrs. Figgis toll mo. Prices current.Dial: Fine white, picked, £14 to £17 per cwt ; fair and good, £11 10s to £13. Re-scraped: Good and fine pale, £9 to £11; pale amber, £7 to £8; amber, £6 to £6 10s; dark amber, £5 10s to £5 15s. No. 1 thrcequartoi-scraped: Good and fino extra, £6 to £6 2s 6d; fair, littlo mixed, £5 12s 6d to £5 17s 6d. No. 2, half-scraped sorts: Fair to good bold, £3 12s 6d to £4; smaller, ordinary to fair, £3 7s to £3 lis. Sorts : Good ordinary, unsorted, small to bold, £2 5s to £3. No. 3: Pickings, good bold, not very drossy, £2 3s to £2 7s 6d; pickings, inferior woody to middling, £1 to £2. Chips: Bold pale clean, fair to fine, £312s to £4 16s ; fair palish, £3 to £3 10s; middling, part coated to fairly clean, £1 17s 6d to £2 15s ; drossy, inferior, coated, part diggers, £1 Is to £115s. Siftings: Good to fine pale, clean, grainy, £1 10s to £2 4s : dull and more foul, '18a to £l'Bs. Dust: Ordinary to good, 16s to £1 10s; command flour and inferior, 7s to 14s. ■ Dark brown : Selected, re-scraped, £4 5s to £5 10s; No. 1, thrcequarter-scraped, fair to fine, £3 5s to £3 17s; No. 2, halfscraped, mixed to good, £1 14s to £2 ss; No, 3, drossy, mixed, pickings, 17s to £1 10s; chips, ordinary, drossy to fair, clean, 14s to £2 ss. Bush: Selected, ro-serapod, £6 to £8 lCs; No. 1, fairly scraped, part pinky, £4 103 to £5 10s; No. 2, half to throequarterscraped, part pinky and drossy, £2 17s 6d to £3 15s; No. 3, pickings, low drossy to fair, £1 5s to £2 13s; chips, drossy to good, clean bold, £1 14s to £4 ss. Imports. Deliveries. Stock. May 110 31, Jmioi. Tons. Tons. Tons. 1900 ....say (net) 876 .. (net) 1033 „ (net) 1488* 1890 2270 .. „ 1642 .. „ 1340 1898 , W.. „ 1111 .'. " cos * To be added to thit, after deducting deliveries, 510 tens arrived since, por lndraghiti, Rangatira, and waimate.

AUOKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. ' BUSINESS DONE.-New Zealand and River Plate, 19,3; Chelmsford, Is 2d.

BlttElts.-Umon Bank of Australia, £35 New Zealand Insurance, 61s 6<l; National Insurance, 18a; Standard Insurance, 15s; Now Zealand and River Plate, 18s 9d; Auckland Gas old, £13 8s; Gisborne Gas, 375; Northern Steamship, paid up, 14a 6dj. Taupiri Coal Mines (Limited), 19s; Wcstport Coal. 80s; Northern Boot, 99 6d; D.S.O. (Limited), 7s 9d; Kuranni-Caledonian, BJdj Mahara Royal, 3d; May Queen Hauraki, Is 111, May Queer Extended, s£d; New Whan, 2d; Waiotahi, 265; Chelmsford, Is; Crown, 12s; Komata Reefs, 2s; Haratoto, 3d; New Zealand Talisman, 9s 6d; Waihi. £10; Waihi South, G}d; Bunker's Hill, old, 6d; Hauraki Freehold, 3d. SfIuLERS.-New Zealand Insurance, 633; South British Insurance, 65s i Auokland Gas, old, £13 17s fid; Thames Gas, 35g; Northern Steamship, contributing, 7s; Uevouporl Steam Perry, 375; Taupiri Coal Mines (Ltd.), 203; Sharland and Co., 153; Northern Boot, 10s; Kauri Timber, contributing,' 2s <td; D.S.C. (Limited), 8s 3d; Iron Cap, fid; Kura-nui-Caledonian, Is; May Queen Hauraki, Is 7d; May Queen Extended. 6Jd; Moanataiari, Is; Monowai, 18! New Aluurala, 8d; New Whau, 3d; Victoria, 3d; 'Waiotani, 30s; Kapowai. 7d: Alpha, 9d; Chelmsford, Is 4d; Crown, 13s; Imperial, 2d; Komata Reefs, 2s fid; Maratoto, 9d| New Zealand Talisman, 10s 3d; Ohinerauri Syndicate. Is; Tairua Broken Hills, 3s: Waihi Consolidated, sd; Waihi Consols, 3|d;'-. Waihi Extended, lid; Waihi South, 7Jd; Waitokami 67e 6d;' Woodstock, 6s 3d; Bunker's Hill, old, 9d; Barrier Beefs, 7c fid, '■ .•' .' r ■:•:.•- .:■- ' '■vV'' r . JOHN MOWBRAY. Chairman, ... ... • AH'BBD OLDHAM, Secretary, 3.15 p.m., July 23, 1900. . ' . ; ", - CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. . , - ■£■-■;■ calls : £s ,i r.ito. Bunker's Hilt _ July s_oo3„ C. 3 ■'V;.*. / dividends: ' , . /ea , l » nd Insurance Co.';;. 0:20 „ Now V KSli!*, 0 ' Nw Zealand 8 Xp-a... Now,