KAURI GUM MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11949, 25 April 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)

KAURI GUM MARKET.

The heavy rain mentioned in our last report has been almost continuous during the past three week. Tin's will effectually put a stop to the digging in low-lying: lands, the immediate effect will be a return by the digger to the winter fields. The supply lias not been as heavy as last reported, and it is improbable that it will continue— during the winter months—at as high a figure as reported to-day. The market cannot be reported any easier since the last mail left. Good steady business has been done at fully up to recent values, and there seems to be no immediate prospect of lower prices ruling. All good gums meet with a ready sale, also most of the poorer grades. Very little remains in the hands of brokers for any length of time. Nearly the whole of the stocks held here are in the hands of shippers. We quote:—White gum: Poor ordinary. 32s and upwards; fair ordinary, 52s and upwards; hold three-quarter-scraped, 'reo from nuts, 80s and upwards; East Coast, 75s and upwards; rescraped, 120s and upwards. Black gum: Nuts, 12s and upwards; medium, free from sugar, 18s and upwards: good, 55s and upwards. Shipments:—To London direct: Perthshire, 16 tons; Morayshire, 41 tons; Paparoa, 10 tons; Kumara, 50 tons. Via Sydney: Wcstralia, 4- tons; Waikare, 2 tons; Burrumbeet, 20 tons: Mararoa, 28 tons. For Han Francisco direct: Sonoma, 13 tenia: total, 184- tons.

AUCTION SALES, ETC. April 4. There was a good attendance of Mr. ,1. Thorncs' land auction to-day. The leasehold of Sowerby's Hall, Lower Symonds-strect, with a frontage of 44ff 6in, was sold after good competition for £570. April 14. _ Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son sold by auction to-day a property in Buchanan-street, Eden Terrace, consisting of four allotments, each 40ft by 93ft, and a six-roomed house, for £400. An allotment in Onehunga was passed in. April 16. Messrs. A. Tooman and Co. sold by auction to-day two cottages and allotments in Lower Queen-street, Onehunga, for £380; also 22 _ shares in tho Waiuku-Onehunga. Steamship Company for £2 Is each. April 19. Messrs. Warren Blyth and Co. report the sale of a store and an acre of ground at Papakura to Mr. Charles Rau, for the sum of £350. BANK RATES. BUYING SELLING. Demand .. J %"l Demand.. I.J % \ S'Mliys .. i "/A »i«- 30 days ..14 % ( PreCO days .. % (count tin iWys .. \% [ imuni days .. lg % J 90 days .. i% ) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFERS TO LONDON.— 1J per cent., plus cable charges. DEPOSITS.—By Bank of New Zealand: Fixed for 3 months, 1 per cent, per annum; 6 mouths, 2 per cent, per annum; 12 months, 3 per cent, per annum. By National Bank: Fixed for 3 months. 1 per cent, per annum; 0 months, 2 per cent, per annum; 12 months, 3 per cent, per annum; 24 months, 3J per cent, per annum. By Australian Banks: Fixed for 0 months, li per cent, per annum; 12 mouths, 3 per cent, per annum.

PRICES CHARGED BY THE WHOLESALE TO DISTRIBUTING HOUSES: Ales and POKTER, duty 2s per gallon.—Ale (in bond): Bass' Hogshead brand (Read's bottling, quarts, 9s; pints, 7s; Foster's Bugle quarts, 7s 6d; pints, 5s 6d. Bulldog (E. Porter and Co.'s bottling), quarts, 9s; pints, 7s. Franz Joseph's lager, quarts, 9s; pints, 7s. Duuedin (duty paid), quarts, 3s; pints, Is 6''. Stout (in bond); Guinness' Dog's bead brand (Head's bottling), quarts, 9s; pints, 7s; Foster's Bugle, quarts, 7s 6d ; pints, 5s 6d. Bulldog (11. Porter and Co.'s bottling), quarts, 9s; pints, 7s. Johnson's, quarts, 8s 6d; pints, 6s 6d. Ashby's, 6s 3d to 8s 9d. Anglo-Bavarian, quarts, 8s 3d ; pints, 5s 6d. Dunedin (duty paid), quarts, 8s; pints, Is 6d,

BUILDING MATERIALS.—Cement. K.B. and White's 14s 6d. Slates: English Countesses are worth £12 to £13. Waster of Paris, 14s to 16s. All these quotations nominal. Firebricks, 2Jin £8, 3in £9, less trade discount.

Bags AND BAGGlNG.—Calcutta full weight woolpacks, Hid lb, bale 2s lid; leas 2s 2d to 2s 3d cornsacks, 48in, 5s 9d; 44in, Os 6d; Hessian bags, 2s 7d to 4s 6d.

BItEADSTUTFS AND GRAIN.—Best roller flour, in sacks, £10 12s 6d to £11 15s, less usual discounts; 100's and 50's in proportion to extra bagging. Southern wheat, milling, 4s M to"4s6d, f.o.b. Southern ports, according to quality, sacks extra. Bran,£s 10s, ex store. Sharps, £6 ss. Maize, ex wharf, 3s 6d. Oatmeal, 25's, £10; 7's, £17 10s. Barley for malting, 4s to 4s 3d; feed, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Oats, ex wharf, 2s lid to 3s lid. Oats, ex store, 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Pearl barley. £15. Split peas, £13 10s. Cabin bread, £16 pel ton. Settlers' bread, £13.

COAL.—Newcastle, ship's side, 24s 6<l; delivered, £1 13s; Hikurangi Coal Co., 8s 6il f.p.b. Whangarei; Taupiri Steam, at mine, 9s; do., household, delivered, £1 6s.

CORDAGE — Manila hemp rope, all size?, Auckland-made, best, £77 10s; New Zealand flax rope, all sizes, £61; clothes lines, 6d per lb, subject to trade discount; point spun yarn, £59; twine, shop. d.p. per lb, Hid to Is 2d; sowing twine, lOd to Is 6d per lb.

COFFEE AND SPICES, per Ceylon coffee plantation. No. 0, Is 7d; No. 1, Is 6d; No. 2, Is sd; No. 3, Is Id; Mocha, Is 7d; ditto, Island, Is 2d; chicory. 36s per cwt in tins Symington's Essence of Coffee, 12s 6d; local, 10s. Cocoa: Fry's, Is 3d; Van Houten's. 3s 3d; Bpps', Is 4Jd; Cadbury's, Jib, 9a od, Jib 18s 6d, lib 36s 6d; Eowntree 8, os 3d. Chocolate: Fry's. Is 3d; Vi-Cocoa, 3oz 7s 6d; 4ioz, lis; 9Joz, 22s per doaen. Spices: Cloves, lOd; bleached ginger, 10d; nutmegs. la 9d to 2s; cinnamon, 2s 3d; black peppir, whole, in bond, 9d; white, do., Is; chillie3. Is.

CONFECTIONERY.—LocaI boiled, 3d; dry goods, 4d, less trade discount; gum jujubes, Is; jelly ditto, 7id; Keiller's assorted confections, 7id ; Gray's, 8d ; candied lemon peel, d.p. (duty, 3d per lb), 9d; orange, lOd to lid; citron, Is 3d; local, from 43,(1 for lemon to Is for citron; Terry's jujubes, Is Id. Donholm's, Is 2d; Keiller's fruit .-jujubes. Is 4d; Jib chocolate creams, 4s 6d; cream sticks. Is 3d; chocolate sticks. Is 4d.

GUM, FLAX. ETC.—White Gum: Poor ordinary, £32 and upwards; fair ordinary, £52 and upwards; bold, three-quarter-scraped, free, from nuts, £80 and upwards; East Coast, best duality, £75 and upwards; re-scraped, £120 and upwards. Dark gum : Nuts, sifted, £12 and upwards; medium, free from sugar. £18 and upwards; good. £55 and upwards. Flax: Fine, clean, Auckland, f.0.b., £29; good, fair average quality, f.0.b.. £27; tow, £4 10s ton.' Cocoanut fibre, per ton, £20. Copra, per ton, £15. Fungus, old.

IRONMONGERY.— corrugated iron, (duty paid, £2 per ton) basis £18 10s to £19 108, English bar iron, per ton, £10 10s basis; galvanised fencing wire, 6 to 8 gauge. £11 10s to £12; English barb wire, £15 10s; American, £14 10s; English pig iron. £5 ss; pig lead £15; sheet lead, £19; zinc, £35; I.C. coke tin plates, 20in by Win, 19a: blasting powder, 8d; muntz metal, 9d; quicksilver, 3s. JAMS. DRIED FRUITS, ETC.—Moir's Marmalade lib, d.p., 6s 6d; Keiller's marmalade, lib, d.p., 7a 3d; Phoenix and St. George, Dunedin. 5s 6d; Nelson (New Zealand), 6s 9d: Auckland-made, lib tins, ss; lib glass 6s 6d; Jam. English. 6s 6d ; local, 3s 7d to 4s 9d; Smyrna sultanas, 6d: American, 6Jd; Malaga muscatels, lOd; domes, sd; currants, 4d; Californian prunes. 6d; dried apples, 8d; dried apricots, BJd; needed raisins, lib packets, 7d.

Leather and Hide?.—Sole leather, Old to Is 6cl per II); kips. Is .3d to Is 6d; runners, la 3d to Is 6d Hi; black harness. Is 2d to Is sd; brown harness, la 4d ; calf, colonial, 2s 6d, basils, 8d to lid per lb; skirt, 17s to 20s per side- : closed uppers. 4s 6d to 8s 6d per pair: bides, ox. Aid to 51d per lb; stout, oy, s*d to 6Jd; cow, 33d to 4gd; calfskins, 3d to 4d per lb; sheepskins. Is 6d to 2s.

Manures.— honedust, £4 to £4 ss; Auckland, £7; superphosphate of lime, £5 bs; bono flour, £7 15s; superphosphates. Anglo Company, £4 15s; cocoanut oil cake, £5 10s; kainit, £4 sa. New Zealand Drug Company's manures : A buperptiosuhate. £5 15b per ton; bonedust. steamed. £7 ss; honedust. screen, £7 lbs; bonedust and blood, £6 15s; root manure, £7 Bo; grass manure, £7; potato manure, £7 ss; turnip manure, £7; corn manure, £7; maizo manure, £7 ss; orchard manure. £7 15s; onion manure. £7 15s; clover . manure, £7; snlph. of ammonia, £16 10s; Coral Queen guano, £4 15s.

MALT AND HOPS.—Colonial, 4s 9d to ss. Hops: Nelson, brewers', Bid to lOd; grocers' hops, packets, 8d to lOd; Californian ditto, lid.

OILMEN'S Stores, ETC.—Price's National, 6Jd ; Battersea. Wax, 6»d; Price's London Wax, 6id; Price's self-fitting, 7id; Price's carriage, 7id; local sperm, 43d to 5d ; was, D3il to 6d; mining. Yd; local blue mottled soap. £2?. per ton: carbolic. £28: best yellow. £26; Peerless, £22 to £24; National, £22; double Crown. £20; Golden Crown, £18; household, £14: soft soap, in tins, 5d per lb; toilet, 7d per lb; all subject to trade discount. Salt: Black Horse, fine, £1 153. coarse, £3 10s; other brands, flue £3, coarse £2 10s: rock salt. £5; Jordan almonds. 2s 3d; Blacking Paste, 3s 6d; Colman'fl starch. No. 1 (duty, 2d per lb), white, 46s 6d; lib pictorial, 535; local, 37« ; 50 ease lots, 355. Mustard, d.p.: Colman'u, lib tins (DSP). 17s 6d; halfditto, 9s; Jib tins, Sa; Keen's DSP, same price; Column's, 71b tins (green), ll|d; Blue: Iteckitt's Circular. 7s 6d per Krosr. : Baer. 8s 3d : Column's Azure, B}d per lb ; Reckitt's Square, Bid ; Keen's square, Sid. Black lead: Nixey's, 6s to 7b 3d; Keckitt'e, 7s. Matches: VesUvs. d.p., Bryant and May's. 250's, per gross, 16s; K. Bell and Co.'s, 250's, 14s 6d by the case; plaids, 3» 4Jd; other brands, 3s 2d to 3s 4d; card-

board vestas. 83 6d. Oil: Castor, in pinto, 7s; half-pints, 4s. Salad:. C. and 8., quarts. 275: pints, 14s 6d; half-pints. 8s 6d; Morton's, pints, Be 6d; half-pints, ss. Pickles: Crosse and Blaclovell's, pints,, • 17s 6d; Oillard'a 17s 6d ; Capt. White's. Ms 6d and 245; Merton's, 13s; local, 7s 6d: Mag Brand, Bs, 5 cases, 7s 9d. ; Rice, No. 1, Polished. Japan. £14 10*; ditto, ; ground. 21d. Sauces: Lea and Perrmß. ha pints, lis 6d; pints, 255; Gillards halfpints. 7s 6d; Mellor's, half-pints, 8s; pints, 14s : Holbrook'e. quarterpints, 7s ; half - pints, lis ; pints, 225; Goodall's: Yorkshire Relish, 7s. Vinegar, d.p.; bulk. Champion's, per gallon, 2s: Sarson s, Is lOd; . Holbrook's, Is lOd; Burnett's. Is lid; Potts'. Is lOd; localJs to Is 3d. Vinegar: Case. C. and 11. 9s; Champion's, 9s; Burnett's. 7s 6d; Morton s, 8s 6d; Morton's Crystal, 9s 6d; local. 4s to ss; Hill's and Underwood, bulk. Is lid; case. 7s. Treacle, bulk, Us 6d; golden syrup, bulk, 15s; tapioca. £15; sago, £14. Cornflour: Maize. 2»d d.p.; Clement's. 23d; Brown and Poison's patent, 6jd; Indian, 5Jd. Preserved milk: Nestle' 3. 6s 9d; Milkmaid, 6s; local brands, 5s 3d. Tartaric acid, in jars. Is 6d; in keg, Is 4d; cream of tartar, in jars. Is 2d; in keg. Mid; bicarb, soda, 10s; local soda crystals, £5 10s; whiting, ££>.

Oils AND PAINTS.-Duty, 6d a gallon. Colza, in drams, 4* 9d : bulk. 4s 3d; linseed, boiled, drums, 4s 6d; bulk, 4s 4d; raw, drums, 4s sd; bulk, 4s 2d; castor, in drums, 3s 9d; half-cases, 3s 6d. Kerosene, 150 test. case. 6s 4d to 6s 6d; genuine white lead, ground, per cwt, 561b and 281b, 32s and 345; red lead, dry, 345, in 281b; sine, white, Ms to 445. Oil colours. assorted, £2 to £2 5s per cwt. American turps. 3s 9d; resin. £6 15s to £9, according to grade. Varnish, oak, 8s to 15s; copal, 12s 6d to 255: Benzine. Is 6d. Naphtha, 2s lOd. Gasoline, 3s 6d. Quotations regulated by quantities and qualities.

Provisions.—Cheese: Factory, 4Jd to 5Jd; dairy, 3id to 4d. Good keg butter. 9Jd; second quality. 7»d; factory, Is Id. Eggs. Is 6d. Bacon, sides only, 6jd to 7d; hams only, 7d to Ba. Pish (duty, 10s per cwt); Ling. 61d; boneless cod. 6Jd ; preserved red herrings, in tins, 33s per dozen tins (each 24 fish); white, 42s per dozen; fresh herrings, 6s 3d; Findon haddocks. 10s; lobsters. New Zealand, 10s 6d: Digbv chicks, 9s 6d ; salmon. lib. Cocktail, lis ; Alaska, 7s 6d to 8s 6d; British Columbia, 8s 6d to 9s 6d ; salt salmon, sj,d; sardines, quarters, 3s 3d to 6h 3d; halves, Cs to 9s 6d. according to brand; oysters, 8s; mullet, 5s 3d, 25 cases ss; whitebait, Us; boiled rabbit, 9s 6d; corned beef. 12s Gd ; sheep tongues, lib tins, 12s 6d to 14s, according: to brand; 21b, 235.

SUGARS.— *d per lb. Colonial Sugar Company's Auckland Refinery, d.p.. No. 1, £20 10s; No. 2, £19 355; No. 3. £18 ss; Cubes, £23. Molasses, £5.

SPIRITS (in bond).— 16s per gallon of proof spirits in bulk or case. Brandy: Bonver. (iouillot, and Co., 255; Oilhev's Universal brandy, flasks 28s. J-flanks. 30s' Hennessy's, case, one star, 375; tbree star, 51b; Bisquit, Dubouche.' and Oo.'s. pa.e, in hhds.. 7s. quarter-casks 7s 6d. octaves 8s; Bisquit. Duboucho and Co.'s case, 255; Boomerang, Australian, bulk 7s 6d, case 225; ChateauTanunda, case. 225. Whisky, bulk: Walker's WW, 8s 6d; Usher's SK, 10s 6(1; Usher's 0.V.G., 8s; D.C.L., old, 5s 6d ; very old, 8s 6d; VOS, 10s 6d; case. Old Scotch, 18s; very old. 225; VOS, 265: Gaelic, 225; Buchanan's House of Commons, 225; Robertson's three star, 28s: Danville's, 20s; Dnuville's special liqueur, ,32s ; Gilbey's Viceroy (Irish). 20s ; .Tamioson's (Irish), one star, 25? ; three star, 32s : Teacher's, 25s ; Walker's W.W, 22s ; Usher's BE. 23s 6d; Usher's. OVG, 21s: Usher's OVG, flasks, 28s, half-flasks 355; White Horse, 225 ; Uam Var. 20s: Oilbey's Strathmill. 225; Braemar, IBs; BOBS. 20s; LB, 22s 6d to 235; CambUH, 16s; Gordon's, 15s; Dewar's, 21s; Haig and Haig, 22s ; Geneva, proof, 4 gallons, JDKZ, 20 bottles, 18s 6d; under proof, 16s 6d; schnapps, Wolfe's quarts, 245, pints, 25s 6d ; Gilbey's Bilverstream, 18s ; Gilbey's dry grin, 14s ; Tower dry gin, 12s : Distillers' Company. 14s; Burnett's Old Tom. 14s; Gilbey's Old Tom, 13s; Lowndes' rum, 30 0.p., 4s 9d in likds., 5s in quarter-casks, 5s . 3d in octaves ; Key, 22s per case ; Gilbey's Governor-Gene-ral rum, 20s per case Champagne, d.p.: Pommery. quart 120s, pint; 1255; Heidsieek. quart, 1255. pint. 130s; Ayala. quart 115s, pint 1295; Australian wines, 335.

TlMßEß.—Ordinary building timber, undressed, 100 ft. first-class 15s, medium 12s 6d, second-class 9s 6d; flitches, all heart, 14s; flooring boards, dressed, p.t.g.. first-class 17s, medium 14s 6d, second-class lis 6d; lining boards. p.t.g.. beaded, or V-jointed, firstclass 16s 6tl. medium 14s, second-class lis; rusticated weatherboarding, first-class 17s, medium 14s 6d, second-class lis 6d ; boat boards, Planed two sides, gin 35s 6d Jin, 16a. For widths over 12in. 6d extra per inch per 100 ft is charged, and for lengths over 24ft extra prices aro charged. Logs, 4s to 6s 3d, according to girth. TOBACCO,— 3s 6d. Ruby Aromatic, 2s 6d; Victory. Is 30d to 2s; Juno, black, all shapes. Is 3d to Ik 4Jd; Ascot, In 6d; Derby, ten cases Is 7d. single case Is Bd, box Is 9d; Venus. Is 6d; Golden Eagle, red, 2s 4d : Yellow, 2s 3d ; Welcome Nugget, 2s 6d; black twist. 26 to lb. Is; Golden Eagle, 4os: tins, 3s; 2oz tins, 3s 3d; Wills' Capstan, full and medium, 4ok tins, 3s : 2oz tins, 3s 3d; mild. 3d more; Melrose cigarette tobacco, 2oz packets, d.p., 73; Old Judge, ditto, 7s 9d.

Teas (in Darjeclinir, scarce ; good to Hire qualities difficult to obtain, say, Pekoes, la 4d to Is 6d ; Pekoe Souchongs, fine, lOd to 1?; finest, Is to Is 2d; Dooar, good medium Pekoe Souchongs. 9d to lOd: Ceylon, fine Broken Orange Pekoe are scarce, medium to fine, Is 3d to is AA; finest, Is 8d to Is lOd; medium Broken Orange Pekoe, lid to Is 2d: Broken Souchong and Pekoe Souchongs, 7d to Bd. Farmings, good medium, say, 9d to lOd.