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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11799, 31 October 1901, Page 4

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On Tuesday Messrs. Buckland and Sons sold at their mart, Albert-street, four farm sections near Pakuranga. Lot 1, part of allotment 58. comprising 34a 3r Ip. realised £21 per aero; Jot 2, part allotment 53, ot 31», Or 12p, brought £19; lot 3, part allotment 58, of 34a Ir lOp, brought £30 per acre; and lot I, part of allotment 53, of 59a lr 12p, realised £18 per acre. KAAURI GUM MARKET. The following are our quotations of kauri gum for the week ending October 28, 1901: — White gum: Poor ordinary, £27 and upwards ; fair ordinary, £47 and upwards; bold three-quarter scraped, free from nuts, £7* and upwards; East Coast, best quality, £70 and upwards; re-scraped, £115 and upwards. Black gum : Nuts, sifted, £10 and upwards; medium, free from sugar, £18 and upwards; good, £*8 and upwards. Remarks on market : Supplies for 23 days of October, 560 tons. The market is steady and prices are well maintained in spite of the increasing supply. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Stdxet, October 30. Wheat: Chick, prime, 2s lid: milling, 3«, Flour, £6 10s to £6 15s : Manitoban, £12 to £12 10s. Oats: Prime New Zealand B, 3s to 3s 3d local, 2s Maize, 2s lid to 3s. Barley, English medium, 2s Bd. Bran, 7'd to Bd. Pollard, 9d to 9|d. Potatoes: Local new, £7; New Zealand Derwents, £5 to £5 ss. Onions: Local, £7 10s to £3; American, £15 to £16; Italian, £14. Butter: Factory, 9|d; creamery, lOd. Oheese, New Zealand, 7d to 7id. Bacon, 7d to B£d. Hams, New Zealand, 9£d to lOd. Melbourne, October 30. "Wheat, 2* 10id to 2s IOJd. Oats. 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Maize, 2s Bid. Bran, Bid. Pollard, 9d. Potatoes, £6 10s to £7. Onions, £16 to £18. Adelaide, October 30. Wheat, 2s 9id to 2s lOd. Flour, £6 10s to £6 15s. Oats: Algerian, 2s to 2s 3d; stout, 2s 6d to 3s. Bran and pollard, B|d to 9d.

LONDON. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. London, October 29. Copper, spot, £65; three months, £63 12s 6d. * Wheat at Mark Lane is sixpence dearer on the week. A cargo of Victorian September shipment sold at 29?. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHUKCH, Wednesday. At Addington there was a double market, today, as there will be no sale next week. Fat cattle, 272, mostly prime steers, were in over supply, which caused slightly easier prices. Best beef, 24s to 275; other, 218 to 235; prime heavy steers, £10 to £12; others, £7 17s 6d to £9; prime heifers. £8 to £10 15s; heifers. £8 103 to £7 10S; prime cows, £7 to £9; others. £6 to £6 10s. For store cattle. 300, mostly good sorts, there was better demand. Yearlings, £1 173; 15 to 18 months, £2 to .£2 6?; 2-year stores, £4 8s; 3-year, £5 15s; 2yea. heifers, £3 2s 6d to £3 6s; 3-year, £b 13s 6d to £5 15s; dr.? cow 3, £2 to £3 108. Foi dairy cows, about 100, there was very dull sale, £3 to £8. Fat sheep, about 5000, were very mixed, and over supply caused a slight weakness, as freezers are holding off. Crossbred wethers in wool, 18s to 22s sd; shorn, lis 6d to 17s lid; woolly ewes, 14s lOd to 19s 6d; shorn, 7s lOd to 13s 6d; woolly merino wethers, 123 6d to 21s 9d; shorn. 123 2d to 13s. Fat lambs, 500, were taken by butchers at lis M to 16s 3d Store sheep, 2200, were nearly all shorn wethers and ewes, with 100 per cent, to 150 per cent, lambs. There was rather more ■ inclination to do business, but no improvement in prices. Shorn wethers sold at 8s 6<l to 12s 6d; ewes, with lambs, 7s to 9s Id, ail counted. Pigs numbered 450. Fats upheld last week's prices. Baconer3, 35s to 52s 6d OJdl; porkers, 20s to 33s (4d). A Southland buyer improved the price or stores, and secured 160, large selling at 123 6d to 20s, and small at 6s to lis. GRAIN MARKET. Dunedin, Wednesday. Wheat : There is fair demand for prime quality, at 2» 9d to 2s 9id ; good milling, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; medium and whole fowl feed, 2a 6d to 2s 7d. Oats : There is moderate demand for prime milling and shipping lines at 2s 4d to 2s sd; medium quality, 2? 2d to 2s 3>d. Barley: No business except in feed lots, at is 7d to Is lOd. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. ; BUSINESS DONE.—New Zealand Insurance, £3 6a 6d; Komata Reef?, Hid; Waihi Consols, 2£U; Waihi Extended, 2,« sd, 2s fid ; Waitekauri, 9s 9d. BUYERS.—Bank oi New Zealand, 41s; National Bank, 74* 6d; New Zealand Insurance, 66s 6d; National Insurance, 18s fid; South British Insurance, 775; New Zealand and River Plate, old. 19s; New Zealand and River Plate, new, 21a; Hikurangi Coal, 8s 2d; Sharland and Co., 20? i 6a; Union Oil, 20s 3d; Kauri Timber, paid up, 83; Leyland-O'Bnen Timber Co. (Limited). 33* 6d; Mosgiel Woollen, 80s; D.S.C. (Limited). 8s 8d; Milne and Choyce, preferential, 225; Broken Hill, 3d; May Queer Hauraki. 6d; Monowtii, 2s 6d; Victoria, Zjd; Welcome Jack, contributing, sjsd; Crown, lis fid; Komata Reefs, Hid; Pride of Waihi, lid; Tairua Broken Hills, 3s 3d; Talisman Consolidated, 235; Waihi, £6 3s 6d; Wuihi Consolidated, Is >sd; Waihi Consols, 2id; Waihi Extended, 2s 3d; Waihi Grand Junction, 335; Waihi South, lOd; Waitekauri, 9s. SELLEES.—National Insurance, 19.-:: South British Insurance, 78a 6d ; Standard, 17s; New Zealand and River Plate, old, 20s; New Zealand and River Plate, new, 22s 6d; Auckland Gas, old, £13 17s 6d; Auckland Gas, new (£4 10s), £12 10s; Northern Steamship, paid up, 18s 9d; Northern Steamship, contributing, 8s 6d; Hikurangi Coal, 8s 6d; Taupiri Coal Mines (Limited). 17s 3d; New Zealand Urufc (£2), 518; Kauri Timber, paid up, 10s; Kauri Timber, contributing, 2s; Leyland-O'Brien Timber Co. (Limited), 355; D.S.C. (Limited). 9s: Ton son Garhck Co. (Limited), 17a; Milne and Choyce, preferential, 235; Broken Hill, 4d; Kuranui-Caledonian, lOd; May Queen nauraki. 7id; Monowai, 3s; Victoria, 3jd; Kapowai, contributing, sd; Welcome Jack, contributing, 7d; Aloha, 3d; Chelmsford, Is 3d; Crown, 12s 3d; Imperial. 4id; Komata Reefs, Is Id; Ohinemun Syndicate, 8d; Pride of Waihi, 3d; Rising Sun, 6d; Tairua Broken Hills, 4s; Waihi, £6 10s; Waihi Consolidated, Is 8(1; Waihi Consols, 3d; Waihi Extended, 2s sd; Waihi Grand Junction, 365; Waihi South, Is; Waitekauri. Us 3d; Woodstock, ss; New Four-in-Hand, Is 7d; Hauraki Freehold, Bd. G. A. BUTTLE, Chairman. W. H. O. JOHNSTON, Secretary. 3.15 p.m., October 30, 1901. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. » Calls made. £ s. d. Date. Waihui. October 25 ... 0 0 0* Nov. 13 Vow;;- New Zealand, Oct. 29 0 0 1 Nov. 13 New Hauraki North. Oct. 28 0 0 2 Dec. 11 Kurarmi, October 20 ... 0 0 1 Dec. 4 CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS. But at what cost is this cleanliness produced by many people ? Often at the cost of a bad and uncomfortable skin, the result of the use of inferior soaps. To insure a good healthful skin Peabs' Soap should always be ; used.