COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 11542, 29 November 1900, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

KAURI GUM MARKET. The following are our quotations of kauri gum for the week ending November 27,1900: —White gum: Focr ordinary, £23 to £25; good ordinary, unpicked, £43 and upwards; superior ordinary, £66 and upwards: East Coast (good quality), £68 and upwards; rescraped, £112 and upwards. Black gum: Nuts, £3 and upwards; mixed. £16 and upwards; good. £48 and upwards. Remarks on market: Supply for 27 days of November. 620 tons. The market is still stagnant, and sales at market rates are difficult to effect.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. _ By Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyright. Sydney, November 23. Wheat: Chick, 2s 3d to 2s sd; milling, old. 2* 7d; new, 2s 6d. Flour. £6 15s; Mamtoban, £11. Oats, feeding, New Zealand, 2c to 2s 2d: local. Is Ed to Is lid. Barley, feeding, 2s to 2s 2d; maize, firm: prime New Zealand, 2s lid. Peas, Prussian blue, 3s i/ is 6d. Bran, Bid. Pollard, Bid Potatoes, new, local, £8 to £9; Circular Heads, £6 to £7- New Zealand Derwents, stale, to. Onions, £4 to £6 10*. Butter, dairy, 7jd to 8d; creamery. 9d. Cheese, New Zealand, unquoted. Bacon, New Zealand flitches, Oct to sid; rolls. 6d. , ... The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers. Melbourne, November 28. Wheat, old sales, 2s 9d to 2s 9|d; new. 2s 8d to 2s BW. Oats, Algerian, old. Is 9d to 2" ; new. Is Bel to Is 9d: stout, 2s 3d. Maize, 2s Bd. Bran, 9d to 9Jd. Pollard, Hid. Potatoes, £4 10s to £5. Onions. £8 to £9.

Adelaide, November 28. A little new wheat is selling at 2s 9cl, which is equivalent to old. Flour, £6 7s 6d to £6 10s. Oats, dun and Algerian, 2s to Zsi 3a; : stout, 2s 3d to 2s 9d. Bran, 9id. Pollard, i ibid. _____ LONDON. By Telegraph.— Association.— Copyright. London, November 27. A forced sale by speculators depressed the currant market. Currants are sow quofi aat 375. Silver, 2s sfd per oz. W. J. HUNTERS OHACPO SALE. On Tuesday about 800 head of cattle were yarded. Young stock was well represented, 'and sold frJelv at fully late prices Not many dairy cows were offered, none of them being of very choice quality. The following are the quotations:—Dairy cows, close to profit, made from £o to £6; springing heifers, £4 to £4 113; mixed yearlings, £2 7s 6d to £2 12s 6d; yearlings and 15-montna old stears, £2 16s 6d to £3; 3-year-old steers. £4 14s to £5.55; bullocks, in fresh condition, £6 Is to £5 10s: empty store cows, £3 5s to £3 7s: cows with calves. £3 19s; cows, in forward condition. £4 14s to £4 19s; fat cows £6 to £6 IBs; fat steers, £8 ss; a line of 360 ewes and lambs changed hands at 133 lOu. ADDINGTON S'=OCK MARKET. CHUISTCfiURCH. Wednesday. The entries at Addington were:—lsoo fat sheep. 350 fat lambs. 4500 store sheep, 323 cattle, 339 pigs. Fat cattle. 177 head; with the exception of show bullocks and steers from Palmerston North, mostly cows and heifers. The market was irregular, with slight decline. Prime beef, £1 Is to £1 is 6d; others, 18s to £1; show bullocks, £13 os 'to £13 10-: do. steers, £10 to £11 fe; local steers, £7 15s to £9 53; heifers. £5 }0s to £8 17b 6d; cows. £4 15s to £8 15s. There was a "small supply of fat sheep, mostly shorn, and not many of good quality. The market was in the hands of the local butchers, and was irregular, with a slight decline, except prime lots. Woolly wethers 18s 8d to £1 2s 9d- shdrn do., 16s to £1 Os 6d; woolly ewes 'l6s to £1 Is; shorn do., 12s to 18s Id. Fat lamb 3 included some of good quality, and there was good competition, the prices ranging from 13s to 16s Id. Store sheep sold well. Woolly wethers. 17s Id to 17s sd; shorn, 14 3 9d to 14s lid; woolly hoggets, 14s to 16s 9d- woolly ewes with lambs (all counted), 7s to 93 3d; for aged, lis 4d to 12s 7d; for good shorn do., 10s 7d to 10s Bd. There was a moderate yarding of pigs, and good sale with an improvement for baconera, which brought £1 lis to £2 5s averaging 3|d per lb; porkers, £1 Is to £1 10s. equal to 3Jd to 4d; stores. 13s to 17s 6d; suckers and weaners, 5s to lis. GRAIN MARKET. , , DUNEDIN, Wednesday. Wheat: The market has been somewhat dull, and sales are difficult to effect. Millers having large stocks in hand are indifferent purchasers. Prime milling. 2s 6d to 2s 7d; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; chick wheat, Is lid to 2s Id (sacks in). Oats: The market has been very active, and a large quantity have changed hands at an oclvance of Id to Id per bushel; prime milling, Is 6id to Is 7Jd; prime feed. Is 6d to Is bid; medium. Is 5d to Is 5Jd: inferior, la to Is 3d ( Barley:' The market is lifeless, practically no sales passing. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. Business DONE.—New Zealand Insurance, £3 lis, £3 lis 6d; New Whau, 2Jd. 34d; Tairua Broken Hills, is id: Waihi Consolidated, Is lOd, Is lid; Waihi Extended, 4s 3d, 4s 4d. 4s sd, 4s 6d, 4s 7d, 4s Bd. 4s Sd; Waihi Beach United, Bd, BJd. BUYERS.—Bank of" New Zealand, 255; National Bank, 675; National Insurance, 198; South British Insurance, ?la 6d; Standard Insurance, 16a: New Zealand and River Plate, old, 193 9d; New Zealand and River Plate, new, lis; Auckland Gas. old. £13 12s 6d; Northern Steamship, contributing, 6s 8d; Devonport Steam Ferry, 365; Hikurangi Coal, 93; Westport Coal, 765; New Zealand Drug (£2) 50s; Sharland and Co., 14s; Kauri Timber, contributing, 2s; Leyland-O'Bnen Co. (Limited), 29s 6d_-Kaiapoi Woollen, £6 15s; Kuranui-Calcdohian. 8d: May Queen Hauraki, 7d; New Whau, 3d; Victoria, Id; Komata Reefs 2s; Tairu.i Broken Hills, Is; Talisman Consolidated, 15s 4d; Waihi Consolidated, Is lid; Waihi Consols, Is; Waihi Extended. 4s sd; Waihi Grand Junction. 645; Waitekauri. 37s 6d; Woodstock. 7s; Waihi Beach. 7Jd; Bunker's Hill. old, 8d; Hanraki Freehold, 5Jd; Barrier Reefs. 12s 9d; Sailors' Creek, 10s. SELLERS.— Zealand Insurance, 72s 6d; South British Insurance. 745; New Zealand and River Plate, old, 20s 6d; New Zealand and River Plate, new, lis 6d; Thames Gas, 395; Northern Steamship, contributing, 6s lOd; Devonport Steam Ferry. 37s 6(3; Hikurangi Coal, 9s 6d; Taupiri Coal Mines (Limited), 18s 3d -. Union Oil, 18s 6d; Kauri Timber, contributing, 2s 6d; D.S.C. (Limited), 9s; Broken Hill, 6d; Iron Cap. sd; Kuranui-Cale-donian. lOd; May Queen Hauraki. lOd; McQueen Extended. 7Jd; Monowai, 4s 6d; New Alburnia, 6d; New Whau. 4d; Victoria. 3d; Kapowai. lOid; Welcome Jack, contributing, I BJd; Alpha. 3d: Chelmsford, 2s 3d; Crown, I 14s; Komata Reefs. 2s 2d: Ohinemuri SynI dicate, Is; Tairua Broken Hills, Is 2d; Talis- ; man Consolidated, 16s 3d; Union Waihi, 255; I Waihi Consolidated, 2s; Waihi Consols, Is Id; j Waihi Extended, 4s 6d; Waihi South. Is 8d; Waitekauri. 39st Woodstock. 9s; Waih; Beach, 81d; Sailors' Creek. 16s; Bunker's Hill, old, lOd; Hauraki Freehold, 7d; Barrier Reefs, 13s 3d; Whangamata Gold Corporation, ss. JOHN MOWBRAY. Chairman. ALFRED OLDHAM. Secretary. 3.15 p.m.. November 28, 1900. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. calls: Made. £s. d. Date. New Moanataiari .. Nov. 7.. 0 2 0 ..Dec. 1 Welcome Jack.. .. Nov. 13.. 0 0 1 ..Dec. 7 Bunker's Hill.. .. Nov. 8.. U 0 3 ..Dec. 10 dividend: National Fire and Marine Insurance Co — ..Now Northern S.S. Co. .. .. 7p. c. ..Now Waihi ■.. ~ „..■„)!« ..Dec. 1