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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11954, 1 May 1902, Page 4

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KAURI . GUM MA RKET. Tflß followin are our quotations_of kauri gum for the week ending April 28, 1902: — White gum: Poor ordinary. £32 and-up-wards; *»ir ordinary, £52 a'id upwards; bold tlir->eq;*?•...r scrap;d (frea L'-n nu'j), £80 and upwards; Kavi C;:, (good quality), £75 and upwards; re-soui.ped, £120 and upwards. Black gum: Nutii, £12 and upwards; medium (free from BUgav), £18 and upwards; good, £55 and upward;. Remarks on market : Arrivals for 28 iky* of April, 700 tons. The market is quiet, but steady. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.— Press Association.—Copyright. Sidney, April 30. Wheat, chick, 4r 2d to 4s 3d; milling, 4s 3d. Flour, £9 to £9 10s; M. toban, £11 j 15s to £12 5«. Oats, Tasinanian, 3s 4d; Ali geriaq and w'jite, 3s 4d to 3s ad. Barley, Cape and English feeding, *s. Maize, 4s 8d to 4s 9d. Bran and pollard, Is 2£d. Potatoes, £5 10s to £6. Onions, prime, £9 to £10. BuUei. Is 4<l to Is sd. Bacon, 7id to 9d. Melboi'icsk, April 30. Whw.t, 4s 2d to Is 3d Flour, £9 10s to £9 15s. Oats, Algerian and feeding, 3s Id to 3s 2d; milling, 3s 3d to 3s 4id. Maize, 4s 6d to 48 7d. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, to Is 4d. Potatoes, £4 5s to £4 10s. Onions, £8 to £8 ss. 'i Adklaidk, April 30. Wheat, os lid to 4s. Flour, £9 5s to £9 10s. Oat's, Algerian, 2s 7d to 2s lOd ; white, I3s to 3s 2d. Bran, Is 3d. Jollard, Is 3£d.

LONDON. ■'■-'. . . , By Telegraph.-Press i Wheat: An Australian cargo Sold at 293 lo Oo' r <per: Spot and three Months. £52 12s 6d. wSoi% SJthßd series oJ the London JSu.fi owning on May 6J>ejjnjg - total 36T.450 bales, of which 138,000 »*ve men forwarded direct to the manufacturers leavm? 240,000, including a quantity left over rcL last sales available for the sale. 'in.*, total oiiantity of flour afloat loi tne P, i ed K mXi. i- 4,260.000 quarter,, and for the Continent. 1,6*0,000 quarter,. i Shares are unchanged. . J Silver is Is Hid. , GRAIN MARKET. r DUNEDIN, Wednesday, Wheat: Practically no transactions.in **» ket is almost bare ol "»}^ , «- no t elicit- , quality milling and low h ' w« ». r « " 4s to ing. much inquiry g imo WU mg; p XH S°& I" H; and broken, SS &li '■ feed? & S to Is 6id; inferior to medium. , 2s 2d to 2s sd. sacks extra- . & 9 , Barley: Feed, to. 2s M;»%Vfe malting. 5s 6d; prime Lakes, os 6d to >>*, sacks extra. THE ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCKORCH, Wednesday. 189 head of cattle were yarded. &Ke £ 10- to Ji9 15s; heifers, ix> as JS&3?P ''very ,:<- V i'a r. u Ppr 100ib. prices were iys u i Cd ,\he last quotoUon «ry prime store cattle, lbe | a . r ,ff it met a mixed chai-acter and auamy. aw f with good sale the demand being everything. Nine month* old to -y«*runbeasts fetched from »-« » months to 18-months. A3 V v »ar-olu heiferß. ket during the fin-hour and it ban g supplied wA^%^- t ffi& a iJ& nuichases.„ »f»?J fat wethers brought %m : is Cd some of which were taken o°r"ftJ&S Purpose. .O^ft^ i <\s■ lutchers ewes. 12s od to los, me nffpr but with the exception of a few lots ?i«v'w>re or inaitferent quality, and many brought only « sne^^.e^'ere 8 2#,& in the market for which there was good sale, only a few los being pt-ssed. Several lines of Chatham Island <*»P r ;««V& to'Us 9d line of wethers teaching from 98 0d to »» WThe entrv was made up prmc.'pallj of. "etlieis and lambs, the latter fetching fcs lid to 8s Qrl wethers 12s 4d to los oil. . Pigs P nislutd bttconers sold fairly well up to ilea for an exceptionally good line, orHinnrv fetching 34s .to 445. Porkers were if of sale at 18s to 28s, and stores were a rntr There were no outside buyers, so that business was° restrictetl to local requirements. Per lb baconers were worth 3id to 3Jd. with an occasional advance tor extra prime; porkers, 3i<l to 3|tl. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DOOT.-T0 Puke Gold Beefs. 2s 4d; Maratoto. 8d; Tairua Broken Hills, 9s 9d, 10s, 10s 3d. • BUYERS.— Zealand Insurance, 73s 6d; National Insurance, 20s 6d; Standard Insurance, 16s 9d; New Zealand Accident Insurance 255; Hikurangi Coal. 8b: Westport Coal 89s; Auckland Gas, old, £14; G-isborne Gas. 325; Northern Steamship, contributing, 7s 3d; Ley-land-O'Brien Timber Co., Limited, o2s; D.fc.L. Limited 9s' 6d; Milne and Choyce, ' Limited. preferential. 22s 6d; Monow'li 2s; Welcome Jack, contributing 2d- Crown, its: Komata Reefs. Is Id; Maratoto. 7id; Waihi Beach United, 2id; Waihi Extended. Is lOd.

SELLERS.-Bank of New Zealand, 60s; lew Zealand Insurance. 74s 60; Naonal Insurance. 21s; South British Insurnce 83s- New Zealand Accident Insurance, 6cl; Hikurangi Coal, 83 6(1; Auckland Gas, ew (£4 10s), £13; Northern Steamhip. contributing, 7a 8d; Mitchelson imber Company. 17s; Ayondale Brick and •ottery 22s 6d; D.S.C., Limited, 9s 8d; Broen Hill. 3d; Monowai. 2s 4d; Waiotalit, 255; Velcome Jack. contributing, 4d; le >uke Gold Reefs, 2s sd; Chelmsford, is; Crown, lis 6d; Komata Beefs. Is 3d; iaratoto, B>i; atatoß.Smy-.5d; Tairua. Broken fills, 10s 3d; Waihi. £5 15s; Waihi Beach Jnited. 4d; Waihi Consolidated, sd; Waihi Consols, 2d; Waihi Extended, 2s Id; AVaihi South, 6d; Waitekaurl, 4s 6d. G. A. BUTTLE. Chairman. W. H. O. JOHNSTON. Secretary. 3.15 p.m., April 30, 1902.