COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11582, 21 February 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

KAURI GUM MARKET. The following are our quotations of kauri gum for the week ending February 19, 1901:—White gum: Poor ordinary, £20 tc £23; good ordinary, unpicked, £43 and up wards; superior ordinary, unpicked. ..6c and upwards; East Coast, good quality. £& and upwards : re-scraped. £112. Black gum : Nuts, £8 and upwards: mixed, £15 .nd up wards: good. £48 and upwards. Remark' on market: Supplies for 19 days of February, 426 tons. The market is without change: very little business :.s being done, and stocks are accumulating. AUSTRA LIAN MARKET.';. By Telegraph.— Association.— Sydney, February- 20. Wheat: Chick, 2s 2d to 2s 3d: muling, 2' 6dto2s7£d. Flour. £6 to £6 10s. Manitoban, £10 10s to £10 15s. Oats, feeding, Now /lea land. Is lid to 2.? 2d. local, Is 7d to Is lid milling, 2? 4d. Barlev, feeding. 2s 2d. »eel ing. 2s 4d to 2s sd. Maize, 2s r 8d to 2s 11 d Bran, Bid to Bld. Pollard. 9d to 9id. Fo tatoes. Circulars, £5 to £5 10s. local!, £4 t< £5 10s. Onions, £6 10s to £7. Butter dairy, 7|d to Bd, creamery. 9d. Bacon. Nov Zealand flitches, 5d to 53d. Hams, -lid t< 9d. **> [The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do no represent slightly lower values obtained b; recognised brokers.] Melbocrxf:, February 20. Wheat, 2s 8d to 2= 3£d. Oats, Algerian 1? %1 to Is 9d. stout, up to 2s. Barlev, 2 lOd to 3* 4d. Maize, 2s 7d to 2s lOd. Bran lOd to 10id. Pollard. IOJd. Potatoes, £ to £4 10s. Onions, £6 to £6 10?. Adelaide, February 20. Wheat, 2s 7£d to 2c Bd. Flour,£6 5* Oats, Algerian. Is 7d to 2s lOd. stout, £st 2s 6d. Bran. 10£ d. Pollard, lid. LONDON. i By Telegraph.—Press Association.Copvris'r LONDON, February 19. Consols, 97J. Wheat at Mark Lane is quoted sixpence lower on the week. The Invercauld's cargo of Victorian sold for 30s 9d. The total wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,350,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,170,000. quarters. Shares are unchanged. THE GRAIN" MARKET. DUNEDIX, Wednesday. Wheat: There is fair demand for all prime milling lines, while medium quality is not in request All fowl feed offering is readily placed. Prime milling. 2s 6d to 2s 7d"; medium (nominally), 2s 3d to 2s sd: fowl feed, whole 2s to 2a 2d, broken and damaeed Is 6d to Is 7d (sacks in). Oats: There is steady demand for all prime | lots of feed and milling, while inferior lots i are hard to place. Prime milling. Is 6ld i to Is 7d; best feed, Is 6d to Is 6Sd; medium, | Is sd; inferior, Is to Is 2d (sacks extra). Barley: Prime milling is salable at from ! 2s 3d to £s 9d; malting, Is 6d to Is 8d; feed, Is 3d to Is 6d. Very little business is doing. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. a 5j CHBISTCHURCH, Wednesday. At Addington market to-day 5000 fat sheep, 5100 fat lambs, and 6000 store sheep were yarued. Fat cattle (153) were mostly light- ! weights, with the exception of a few bullocks I The market was irregular, and prices slightly easier. Bullocks. £8 to £9 12- 6d; steers, £d 2s 6d to £7 15s; heifers, £4 17s 6d to £7; cows, £4 17s 6d to £6 15s. Store cattle were in keen demand. Three and four-year steers, £7 10s; thres-vear heifers. £4 ss; two-vear heifers, £3 ICs; 18 months' cattle, £2 7s to £2 10s; calves and yearlings, £1 9s to £1 12s. The bulk of the yarding of fat sheep were ewes, which were in over supply, and sold irregularly, showing a drop of is per head. Export buyers were indifferent, and wethers and maiden ewes were slight!v easier. Heavy wethers, up to 21s 8(1; freezing wethers, 18s to 20s; lighter, down to 17s; maiden ewes, 16s 3d to 19s: heavy ewes, 14= 6d to 16s 3d; aged and lighter. 9s 6d to 13s; merino wethers, 12s sd; ewes. 7s lid. The fat lambs were mostly secondary quality, export buyers holding off at the start, and about 1000 passed. bat matters improved later on, and came within 6d of last week's rates. A few extra heavy were sold to butchers at 16s; feeders, lis 6d to 15a lOd, lighter, down to 12s 6d. The store sheep were mostly breeding ewes and lambs, with a few wethers. They were not very much in demand, and, with the exception of mature ewes, were easier at 14s ad to 15s 2d, young ewes, 15s to 16s 4d; aged ewes, lis 8d to 13s 6d; lambs, 8s 9d to 12s 6d Pigs were in fair demand, fat baconers selling at 34s to 455, and up to 50s for extra prime; porkers, 22s to 325; stores were in very strong demand for stubbling, 13a to 27s 6dsuckers and weaners. >6s to lis. > . AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DONB.-Komata Beefs, 2s 9d; Talisman Consolidated, £1 ss. BUYERS.—Bank of New Zealand, 30s; New Zealand Insurance, CBs 6d; National Insurance. 19s; Auckland Gas. old. £13 8s 6d; Devonport Steam Ferry, 363 6d; Union Oil, 18s; D.ij.C. (Limited), 8s 6d; May Queen Hauraki, 7Jd; May Queen Extended, 8».d; New Alburnia, 3d; Tararu Creek, 4d; Victoria, Id; Welcome Jack, contributing, sid; Chelmsford. 3s Id; Crown. 12s 9d; Komata Reefs. 2s 7d; Maratoto, 7d; Ohinemuri Syndicate, 9£d ; Star of Waibi, lid; Tairua, Broken Hills, Is 2d; Talisman Consolidated. 24s 6d; Waihi Consolidated, Is 4d; Waihi Consols, 6UI; Waihi Extended, 3s 8d; Waitekauri, 20s 6(1; Hauraki Freehold, 2d; Barriei Reefs, 83 6d; Whangamata Gold Corporation, 3s. SPIDERS.—Bank of New Zealand, 32s 6d; New Zealand Insurance, 695; National Insurance, 19s 6d; New Zealand and River Plate, old, 20s; New Zealand and River Plate, new, 21s; Auckland Gas, old, £13 12s 6d; Northern Steamship, contributing, 7s M ; Devonport. Steam Ferry, 333: Hikurangi Coal, 9s 3d; Taupiri Coal Mines (Limited), 17s 3d; Northern Boot. 10s, Union Oil, 19s 3d; Kauri Timber, contributing, Is 7d; Leyland-O'Brien 00. (Limited), 31s; Mitchelson Timber Co., 20s; Broken Hill, 6(1; Iron Cap, sd; KuranuiCaledonian, Is; May Queen Hauraki, B£d; ■ May Queen Extended, 10(1; Moncwai, 2s Yd; ■ New Alburnia, 6d; New' Whan, 41, Victoria, 1 3d; Kapowai. contributing, 9d, Welcome ' Jack, contributing, 7d; Chelmsford, 3s 6d; ' Crown, 13s 3d; Imperial, sd; Komata Reefs. • 2s 9d; Maratoto. 6Jd; Ohinemuri Syndicate, ' Is 3d; Pride of Waihi. 61d; Star o! Waihi, 3d; ' Tairua Broken Hills, Is 3d: Union Waihi. 21s; ' Waihi. £11 15 : Waihi Beach United. 6d; Waihi Consolidated, 1s 6d: Waihi Consols, Is; ' Waihi Extended, 3s 101; Waibi South. Is Id; ; Waitekauri, 23s 6d: Woodstock, 9s: Banker's Hill, old, 6*d; Hauraki Freehold. sd: Barrier Reefs, 9s 3d; Whangamata Gold Corporation, 3s 9(i 0. A. BUTTLE, Chairman. AIiFUKf) Or/nrtAM, Secretary. 3.15 p.m., February 20. 1901.