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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11644, 4 May 1901, Page 4

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■» New Zealand Herald Office, Friday evening. j Mb. J. Thornbs sold by auction to-day an alj lotment in Cook-street, 35ft by 90ft, with two cottages, for £310. A cottage and allotment at; Oevonport was sold privately lor j £180. ______ LONDON- „ By Telegraph.—Press Association.— y London, May I. Wool: At yesterday's sales merinos were unchanged. Low crossbreds M© lrregulai. They included the following clips:—Utain, sd; Killarney, 7|d; Kiokatoo, Bd. Wheat: The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 63.631,000 bushels. Tallow: Stock, 18.281 casks; imported last month, 6,65 casks; deliveries, 7254 casks. Copper: Supplies. 16.700 tons; deliveries, 17,296 tons; stock, 27,535 tons; advised from Australia, 2025 tons. Tin: Stock, 16,168 tons; spot, 4859 tons; afloat, 1843 tons; deliveries, 2849 tons. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. The local produce markets generally have been brisk during the past, week, and goocl business was done in most lines at the auction sales yesterday. The market is now full of local wnd Waikato potatoes, but values are unchanged. Onions are £>. shade firmer. Carrots and pumpkins continue low in price. Grain shows no change. The butter market is firm, but supplies from laranaki are offering more freely. fresli eggs are remarkably scarce, while the market 13 full of pickled and chilled lots, for which there is no payable demand at tho present time. Cheese is unchanged, and bacon sola better. There has been a marked improvej ment in the fruit market, but cooking apples of good quality command most attention. : Grapes were lower in price, due to the colder I weather. Lemons were a shade better in I price. Poultry of all kind" was in snort supply, and sold well. The following were the ' ruling prices at the a/uotion sales yeater- ! d Field Produce.—Maize. 2s 6cl per bushel; Field Produce.—Maize, 2s 6d per bushel: ' carrots, white, £1 2s to £1 5s per ton. 1 la " i toes: Kidney. 2s 6d to 3s per cwt; ditto, new, i 3d per lb: Derwent, 3s 3d to 3s 6d per cm; I local, 2s fid to 3s. . , , ~ , ~ t Garden Produce. —Onions, local. 3d to »ii : per lb; ditto. Southern, i-'f! to 3d; cabbage*, i 6d to lOd per dozen; cauliflowers, 5d to ; carrots, red. 'kl to sd; rhubarb, is 3d to I beet, table, Cd to 8u; kumaras, 3s to 6s per i cwt; pumpkins. Is 6d to 2s 6d; green peas, I Is to Is 2d per peck: French beans, 8d to i Is 2d; celery. Is to Is 4:1 per dozen; marrows, : 6d to Is; parsnips, 4d to sd. • Fruit.Apple?: Table. 3s to 5s 6d per case; ! cooking, superior, 3s 3d to 5s fid: medium i and poor. Is to 2s. Pears, table, 5s to 8s per ' case; ditto, cooking, 4s to 6s; grapes, hot- ' house, fid to Is 3d per lb; ditto, outdoor, 2i« to Sid; bananas, 2d; oranges, Island. js per : case"; lemons, 5s to ss; tomatoes. Is Sd to 4s ! per box; passion fruit, 2s to 63 per case; • walnuts, 5d to s*d per lb: chestnuts, 4d; . Cape gooseberries, 3id to 4d; figs, 2s ud to ' 43 per box. , ' ! i".-.—Fowls, Is to Is 8d each; roosters, I table. Is 6d to 2s Id; ducks. Is fid to i2s 2d; turkevs. gobblers, -Is to 6s; ditto, 1 hens, 2a to 3s 9d: geese, 2s to 2s 6d each; ; hen eggs, Is lOd to 2s per dozen. ! j Dairv.—: Print, Sid to 9d per lb: 1 , roll, 8(1 to lOJfl; factory, lid; keg. farmery. [6d to 7d: miiled. Sd. Cheese, local. 3d to 4d i per lb; ditto, factory, 5d to 6jil; bacon, ! local, Id to fid; ditto, factory, Sid to 61"; ' hanis, local, 5d to 7d; ditto, factory, 7d to : Bd. , Miscellaneous.—Pigs, young, 3s to 6s eacu. i AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE, BUSINESS done.—D.S.C. (Limited), 9s; Waihi, £8 15s; Waihi Beach United, fid; Waihi Extended, 4s 6d; Waihi South, lid. BUYER?.— of New Zealand, 36a ; National Bank, 765; New Zealand Insurance, 675; South British Insurance, 74s 6d ; Standard Insurance, 17s 3d: New Zealand Accident In- J surance, 345; New Zealand and River Plate, old, 13s 9d; AucKland Gas, new (£4), £10 15s; Northern Steamship, contributing, 7s lOd; Nor- | thern Boot, Cs 9d; Le.vland-O'Brien Co. (Limited), 29s 3d; D.B.C. (Limited'. 9s; Broken Hill, 3d; Kuranui-Caledonian. Cd; Victoria, 2id; Crown, lis 9d ; Komata Reefs, 2s 6d; Maratoto. 2d; Rising Sun, 6d; Star of Waihi. lid; Waihi, £8 10»; Waihi Reach United, 3d; Waihi Consolidated. Is lid; Waihi Consols, 7d; Waihi 1 Extended, 4s fid; Waihi South, 10id; Waite- ! kauri, 13s: Woodstock. 5s 6d; New Four-in-i Hand, 2s 9d; Hauraki Freehold, 2id; Royal ; Oak of Hauraki, 4d. ! SELLERS.—Bank of New Zealand, 395; New ; Zealand Insurance, 63s 3d; Standard InsurI nnce, IBs; New Zealand Accident Insurance, j 395; New Zealand and Rivei 'Plate, old, 19s 6d; ! New Zealand and River Plate, new, ?,ls; Auck- ; land Gas, old. £13 10s: Northern Steamship, ■ contributing. 8s 3d Devonport Steam Ferry, | 36a; Hikurangi Coal, 9s 3d: Taupiri Coal I Minos (Limited), 18s 3d; Northern Boot, 9s 6d; j Mitchelson Timber Co., 20s; D.S.C. (Limited), I 9s 3d; Broken Hill. 4jd: Kuranui-Caledonian, ! 9d; May Queen Hauraki, lid; May Queen Ex- ; tended, 4d: Monowai. 3s 3d; New Alburn in, j 4d; New Wliau, 2d; Victoria, 3Jd; Knpowai. ! I contributing, 6u; Welcome Jack, contributing, i 7Jd; Alpha, 3d: Chelmsford, 2s Id; Crown, 12s I 9d; Imperial, 2Jd ; Komata Reefs, 3d: OhineI nrari Syndicate, Is 6d,- Pride of Waihi. s{d; I Rising Sun 9d; Star of Waihi, 2Jd; Tairua i Broken Hills. 2s Id: Onion Waihi, 19s; Waihi, £9 ss; Waihi Beach United, 6d; Waihi Consolidated, 2s Id; Waihi Consols, 9d: Waihi Extended, 4s 8d; Waihi South, Is; Waiteltauri, 16a; Woodstock, 7s 6d; Bunker's Hill, 6sd; New Four-in-linnd, 3s; Barrier Reefs, 4g. U. A. Buttle, Chairman. Af/PHET) OLDHAM. Secretary. 3.15 p.m., May 3, 1901.

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CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. calls: Made. & a. d. Date. Thames Talisman ..April IS., 0 0 l ..Mayo ('hwlnisfoid .. ..April 10.. 0 0 1 . .May 7 New Alpha .. .. April 16.. 0 0 1 ..MayS Kapmvai .. .. April 3.. 0 0 1 ..M^yS Golden Falls .. .. April 16, . 0 0 oj..May8 Now Gloucester .. April26.. 0 0 J ..May 8 Waihui April *26.. 0 0 0j..May8 Waihi Consols .. April 30.. 0 0 1 ..MayS llauraki No. 2 .. April 30.. 0 0 I ..MayS Waihi Extended .. April 30.. 0 0 2 ..May 20 Wailii Beach.. .. April30.. 0 0 OJ..June 12 dividends: South British Insurance Cum-