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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12002, 26 June 1902, Page 4

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___ —* KAURI GUM MARKET. THE following are our quotations of kauri gum for the week ending June 23, 1902: — White' gum: Poor ordinary, £34 and upwards; fair ordinary, £5* and upwards -.'told, three-quarter scraoed (free from nuts) £85 and upwards; East Coast (good quality), £82 and upwards; re-scraped, £125 and upwards. Black gum : Nuts, £14 and upwards ; medium (free from sugar), £20 and upwards; good, £60 and upwards-.- Remarks on market: Arrivals for 23 days of June, 350 tons. The market remains good, arid all glim arriving sells freely at current rates. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Sydney, .Tunc 25. Wheat, chick, 4s 3jd; milling, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Flour, £9 10s; Manitoban. £12 10?. Oats, feeding, 3s 3d to 3s sd; seeding, 3s 7d Barley, Cape, *s; maize. 4s 5d to 4s 6d; bran and pollard, Is 4d. Potatoes, £5 10s to £6 ss. Onions, £3 to £8 10s. Butter, Is 5d to Is 6i<3. Cheese, New Zealand prime, loaf, 8' 2 d to 9d; large, B£d. Bacon, 7d to 3d. Melbourne, June 25. Wheat, 4s Id to 4s 2d; flour, £9 10s: oats, Algerian, 3s Id to 33'3d; maize, prime, *s 2d; bran, Is 2£d; pollard, 13 3d; potatoes, £4 5s to £5. Adelaide, June 25. "Wheat, 3s lOd to 3s lid; flour, £3 15s; oats, Algerian, 2s 8d to 3s; stout, 3? 3d to 3s 6d; bran, Is 2d; pollard, Is 2£d. LONDON. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright. London, June 24. Wheat: An Australian cargo sold at 293 9d. Copper, spot, £53 12s 6d; three months, £53 15s. ADDING TON STOCK MARKET. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CnßisTCiiUßCii, Wednesday. At Aldington the fat cattle (207) were mostly useful sorts, there being very firm demand. Beef declined 2s (id per 1001b, ruling at 17s 6d to 22s 6rl. Best steers, £9 lOg to £11 2s 6cl; others, £7 2s 6d to £8 10s; heifers, £5 15s to £7 17s 6d: cows, £4 10s to £7 ss, £8 5s and £9 17s 6d for extra heavy. Very little busi- j ness in store or dairy cattle. Fat sheep (only 3500) were mostly ewes, with a lew good lines of freezing wethers, the market being most irregular, but on the whole last week's rates were about maintained. Heavy wethers, 18s to 19a; freezers, 15s 9d to 17s 9d, including one line of 600 at 17s 6d; freezing ewes. 9s 6d to 15s; extra heavy, 16s to 18s; inferior, down to 7s 9d. Fat lambs (300) were mostly taken for export at 10s to 12s 8d; inferior. 7s 9d to 9a. Store sheep (2500) were nearly all wethers and lambs, and met with very poor sale and & good deal wag passed. Backward wethers, 8s to 8s 6d; better, 10s, 10s 3d, to 12s 4d. Nearly 1000 were withdrawn at 9s 9d and lis 2d. No ewes were sold. Lambs, 6s 7to 7s 9d. Pigs (about 400) were mostly secondary sorts, and there was weak demand, causing; the market to be easier. Baconers, to 46s 6d (34d to 3?d); porkers, 133 to 30s(3|d); stores, 88 to 16s; suckers and weaners, 3s 3d to 7s. GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. Wheat: Very little is doing. Prime samples only are asked for. Prime velvet and Tuscan, 3s lid to 4s 3d; medium, 5-i 4d to 3s 9d; whole fowl teed, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; damaged, 2s 6d to 33. Oats': The market lias been very quiet. Stocks in store are not large and are firmly held. Owing to the absence of demand sales can only be made at a reduction on late rates. Prime milling. 2s 7d to 2s 7f.d; good to best feed. 2s 5d to 2s Sd; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s 4d (sacks extra). AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DONE.—National Insurance, £1 Is; Waihi Extended, 2s; Waitekauri, 2s 2d. BUYERS.— Bank. 83s; New Zealand Insurance, 78s 6d; National Insurance. 20s 9d ; South British Insurance, 82s; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 275; New Zealand and River Plate, old, 225; New Zealand and River new, 22a 6d: Westport Coal, 96s 6d; Auckland Gas, old, £13 17s 6d; Thames Gas, 303 6d; Giaborae Gas, 343 6d; Northern Steamship, contributing. 7s 6d; Devonport Steam Ferry, 40s; Leyland-O'Brien Timber Co.. Limited, 335; Avondale Brick and Pottery, 20s 6d; D.S.C.. Limited, 9s lOd; Milne and Choyce, Limited, preferential. 23s 6d; Riverhead Paper Mills, 25s 9d; Union Oil. 20s 9d : Broken Hill, 3d; Victoria, Id; Welcome Jack, contributing, 2id; Crown, 13s; Komata Reefs, Is 3d; Waihi Consolidated, sd; Waihi Consols, lid; Waihi Extended, la lid; Waitekauri, 2s Id. SELLERS.—New Zealand Insurance, 80s; National Insurance. 21s 4d; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 30s; Hiknrangi Coal, 8s 6d; Taupiri Coal Mines. Limited, 19s 6d; Auckland Gas, old, £14 2s 6d; Auckland Gas, new (£4 10s), £13; Northern Steamship, contributing, 7s 9d; Devonport Steam Ferry, 425; LeylandO'Brien Timber Co., Limited, 34s 6d; Mitchelson Timber Co., 16s 9d; D.S.C., Limited. 10s; New Zealand Drug (£2), 495; Riverhead Paper Mills, 26s 6d; Tonson Garlick Co., Limited, 20S; Union Oil. 21s 3d; Broken Hill. 4d; Kuranui. sd; KuranHi-Caledonlan, 8d; May Queen Ilauraki. 6d; May Queen Extended, 6d; Monowai. 29 7d; Waiotfdii. -245; Welcome Jack, contributing. 4d; Chelmsford, Is 8d; Crown, 13s 4d; Komata Reel's, Is sd; Maratoto. 6d; Pride of Waihi. 2d: Rising Sun. 3>.d; Tairua Broken Hills. 9s 3d; Waihi, £6; Waihi Beach United, 4d; Waihi Consolidated, 7d; Waihi Consols, 3d: Waihi Extended, 2s; Waihi South, sd; Waitekanri, 2s 3d. G. A. BUTTLE, Chairman. W. li. O. Johnston. Secretary, 3.15 p.m., June 25,1902.