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■ ■» ■ LONDON. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. London, October 2. Cori'EE: Spot, £52 8s 9d; three months, £52 lis 3d. Supplies, 23,434 tons; deliveries last month, 25,664 tons stocks, 17,245 tons; advised from Australia, 2467. Tin: Spot, £117; three months, £115. Stock, 13,289 tons on spot, 4383 tons; afloat, 4255 tons; deliveries, 2467 tons. Silver, Is 11 9-16 d. Tallow. Stocks, 24,234 casks; imports, 8524 casks; deliveries, 7062 casks. The. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London house: —Fine- mutton tallow is worth 33s 6d and good beef 31s 9d per cwt. The market is strong. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.— Association.— London*, October 2. The wool sales are animated. Crossbred wools are fully 5 per cent, above the opening prices. St. Clair dip sold at 7£d. Hauiti 7|cl. The sales closed firm at the highest rates of the series. (Received October 3. 10.52 p.m.) London, October 3. At the wool sales 176,000 bales were catalogued, of which 97,400 were sold for tho Home market, 61,000 for the Continental, 7000 for the American and 26,500 held over. Compared with the July sales, good greasy merinos closed at 10, good scoureds at 5, and New Zealand scoureds at; par to 5 per cent, higher. Faulty merinos were unchanged. Occasionally buyers favour fine, _ greasy crossbreds. Crossed were T it medium 10, coarse 7>, and scoureds from par to 5 per cent, higher. Lambs' wool was 5 to 10 per cent, higher. Hinarua. clip sold at and Gear at s|d. THE BANK RATE. , By Telegraph.— Association.— right. London, October 2. The bank rate of discount has been raised to 4 per cent. AUCKLAND FRUIT AND ItRODUCE MARKETS. A good business i 3 reported In the local produce markets this week, and high prices ruled in most cases at the auctions yesterday. Poultry brought tho highest- average prices for some years, as did also vegetables, new potatoes, bacon, and hams. Butter and eggs were in supply below the demand at the auction sales. the fruit market was a ishade firmer. The potato market was doll, and stocks to hand were fairly heavy and sales were made at reduced rates. The Auckland Fruit and Produce Auctioneers' Association quote as follows: — Field Prodnce.—Potatoes: Local, £4 to £4 10s ton; Southern, £5 10s to £6; new kidneys, 2:', dto oid lb. Kumaras, 10s to 12s cwt. Onions: Local seed. Id to lid lb; American, lid; Southern, id to 3d. Maize, 4s 2d to 4s 6d bushel. Vegetables.—Cabbages, Is 6d to 3s 3d dozen,' 6s to 9s sack; cauliflowers, 2s to 8s dozen; rhubarb, 4s to B.'. Dairy Produce.—Dairy butter, in prints or rolls, first quality, 9*d to lod lb; separator, 9UI to lOd; pastry, 9d; fanners' keg, firsts 9a", seconds 9d; milled, in bulk, l(Hd; factory rolls, lid to Is. Eggs, fresh. 9d to 9jd dozen. Cheese: Farmers', 4d to 5d lb; factory. Sid to 6d; loaf. 6d to 6id. Bacon: Farmers', 5d to 7d; factory, 3d to 9d. Hams: Farmers', 7d to 8d; factory, 9*d to 10Jd. Fruit (quotations for standard cases and boxes only).—Apples: Local, dessert, 8s to 9s case; cooking, 6s to 8s; Ilobart, 7s 4d to 98; Southern, 6s to 7a. Tomatoes, hothouse. i

I 6d to 8d lb; Cape gooseberries, 4sd; passion i fruit, 10s to 12s case; walnuts. 5d to 7d lb; • peanuts, lid to 2d; bananas, 2s 6d to os t bnnch, 13d to 2d lb; pines. 7s to 8s crate; b cocoanuts, 8s to 10s sacks. Poultry.— 2s to 2s 8d each: table roosters, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; ducks. 2s 6d to 3s 3d; geese, 4s to 43 6d; chicks, 4d to 6d; duck- . lings, 6d to 7cl; turkeys, gobblers 8s to 10s, , hens 5s to 7s. . Miscellaneous.—Young pigs, 10s to 12s each; I pork, 5d lb; hares, Is 6d to Is 9d each; , rabbits. 6d to 9d. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS Northern Steamship, contributing. 7s sd; Welcome .lack, contributing, i 2ld; Komata Keel's, Is 2d; Waihi Consols, 3d, • 31d; aihi Extended, Is sd; Waihi South. Bd. Bid; Bunker's Hill, 6s 9d, 6s Sri, 6s. 6s Bd. 6s 6il. 6s sd, 6s 6d. 6s 9d. 6s lOd, 6s 9d. 6s Bd, 6s lOd; New Fom-in-Hand, 7Ut; Hauraki Free- . hold. Is. BUYERS.—Bank of New Zealand, 63s 6d; - National Lank, 81s; New Zealand Insurance, 77s 6d; National Insurance, 21s 9d; Standard Insurance, 19s; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 27s 3d; New Zealand and River . Plate, old. 223 8d ; New Zealand and River Plate, new, 235; Hikurangi Coal. 9s 6ri ; Tau- • piri Coal Mines. Limited, 18s 3d; Westport , Coal. £5 6s; Auckland Gas, old, £13 18s 6d; , Union Steamship, £12; New Zealand Shipping, £7; Northern Steamship, paid up. 15s 3d; Northern Steamship, contributing. 7s 4d; Dei vonport Steam Ferry. 37s 6d; D.5.0., Limited, 10s; Kuranui, sd ; May Queen Hauraki, 6d; ■ May Queen Extended, 3d; Welcome Jack, con- ■ tributing, 2'.d: Crown, lis; Komata Beefs. Is ■ Id: Tairua Broken Hills. 8s 9d: Talisman Con- . solidated, 16s 2d: Waihi Beach United. lid; Waihi Consols, 3d; Waih: Extended, Is 4d; Waihi (fraud Junction, 225; Waihi South. 7ld : Waitekauri. 2s lid: Bunker's Hill, 6s 9d ; Han- , raki Freehold, Hid: Hauraki No. 2. 7 d. SELLERS.—Bank of New Zealand, 65s 6d ; National Bank, 83s; New 'Zealand Insurance, 795: National Insurance, 22s 3d; South British Insurance, 96-; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 28s; New Zealand and River Plate, old. 23s 3d; Hikurangi Coal, 10s; Westport Coal. £5 10s; Northern Steamship, contributing. 7s sd; Devonport Steam Ferry, 395; Ley-land-O'Brien Timber Co., Limited, 375; Mitchelson Timber Co., 18s 9d; Avondale Brick and Pottery. 20s 6d; D.S.C., Limited, 10s Id; Milne and Choyce. Limited, preferential, 23s 6d. ex div.: New Zealand Drug (£2), 475; Riverhoad Paper Mills, 28s; Tonson Garlick Co., Limited, 19s; Broken Hill, 4d; Kuranui. 7d; Kuranui-Caledouian, 8d; May Queen Hauraki. 8d ; May Queen Extended. sd; Monowai. 2s 6d; Waiotahi, 245; Welcome Jack, contributing, 3Sd; Big Beetle, contributing, 3d; Chelmsford. Is; Crown, lis 6d; Komata Reefs, Is 2d; Maratoto, 6d; Tairua Broken Hills. 9a 6d: Talisman Consolidated, 17s; Waihi. £5 13s 6ri ; Waihi Beach United, 3d; Waihi Consolidated, 9d: Waihi Consols, 4d; Waihi Extended, Is 6d; Waihi South. 9d; Waitekauri. 3s 2d; Woodstock, ss; Bunker's Hill. 7s: New Four-in-Hand, lOd; Hauraki Freehold. Is Id; Hauraki No. 2, Is. G. A. Buttle. Chairman. W. 11. O. JOHNSTON, Secretary. ' 3.15 p.m., October 3, 1902. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Calls made: £ s. d. Date. Woodstock, September 10 ... 0 0 6 Oct. 15 Woodstock. September 10 ... 0 0 6 Dec. 31 Dividends: D.S.C. Co-operative Stores (5 per cent, on shareholders' purchases), and 10 p.c. Oct. 9 Mitchelson Timber Company. 10 p.c. Oct. 7