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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12175, 22 January 1903, Page 4

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■.:. f— —■ **"-'~ r-J KAURI GUM JLARKET. The following are out quotations of kauri gum for the week ending January 19, 1903: — White gum: Poor ordinary, £40 and upwards; fail ordinary, £60 and upwards; bold, threequarter-scraped (free from nuts) £85 and upwards; East Coast (good quality), £90 .and inwards; re-scraped, £130 and upwards. Black gum: Nuts, £18 and upwards? medium (free from sugar), £24 and upwards; good, £60 and upwards. Remarks da market: Arrivals for 19 days of January, 360 tons. Business goes on quietly without any feature of note or any move in prices. . ■..; : ' AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.— Association.-Copyright. SxDJfET, January 21. Wheat, local, 5s fed' to 5s lOd; New Zealand, 5s 6d to 5s 9d; Californian, 5s 7d to 5a m. . Flour, £12; Manitoba!!, £12 15s. Oats, New Zealand and Tasmanian, 4s to 4s Id; local, 3s 4d, to 3s 6d. Barley, New Zealand, prime feeding, 4s 6d: malting, 4s 9d to ss. Maize, 5s 3d to 53 6cl; Argentine, to 4s 6d. Peas, blue, 10s. Bran* Is sd. Pollard, Is lid. Potatoes, £4 to £7. Onions. £5. Butter, best, 9|d to lOd. Bacon, lid to Is 2d. • „ . alelboußne, January 21. Wheat, 5s lid to 6s. Flour, £12 10s. Oats, prime, 3s 4d to 3s 7d. Barley, prime, 5s to 5s 3d. Maize, 49 lOd to 4s lid. Bran, Is 7d. f Pollard, Is lid. Onions, £4 to £4 10s. Pdtatdes, to £4 10s. ' Adelaide, January 21. Wheat, 5s Yd to 5s Bd. Flour. £12. Oats, Algerian, 3s to 3s 3d; stout, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Bran, Is 6d. Pollard, Is 9d. ._ LONDON. 7" . . ■ By (feleitaph.-Press London, January 20. CdftSdh are quoted at 92gd. Copper: Spot, £53 ss; three months, £53 10s. Silver, Is 9 13-16 d. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,160,0(50 quarters, and for the Continent 865,000 quarters. , . •■ ', . 4 * Shares in the Australian and New, Zealand Mortgage Company are quoted at 88J. . WOOL SALES. j The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, received the following -~ cablegram front their London house yesterday:—Wool: The sales have Opened. Prices are about par to 5 per cent, higher for find greasy crossbred and merino, and abdut 74 per cent, to 10 per cent, higher for medium and coarse greasy Crossbred, crossbred slip©, coarse crossbred Biipe, greasy merino medium, and crossbred lambs, By Telegraph.—Press Association.-Copyright. (Received January 22, 1 a.m.) . SYDNEY, January 21, At the Wool sales-, the competition for all good! classes was very keen, and prices were, firm. Scoured sold to 2a Id, a record for the seaeoto. " (Received January 21, 9.36 p.m.) LONDON, Jahuary 20. The first of the series of colonial wool sales for the current year has opened. There was brisk bidding, and prices ruled from par to 10 per cent, advance on the closing Sales of last year..

(Received January 22, 12.32 a.m.) •■ London, January 21. At the wool sales 9566 bales were offered. There Was ft good selection of medium and inferior. The attendance was good including many* Americans. There was spirited competition for sorts. Compared with the closing sales of the December series, merinos were unchanged, merino lambs , advanced 5 per cent., flhe crossbreds advanced 5 per cent., medium ; 10 per cent., and lambs 10 per cent. NAPIBB, Wednesday. > At the local Wool sales, to-day, a catalogue Of 6300 bales waa offered. Prices were in sympathy with the advance in the local market, and ruled from 10 to 15 per cent, higher than last' sale rates. Amongst the buyers were three representatives of Continental firms. The advance was general in all classes except for half-bred parcels, the rougher and coarser wools benefiting most. Merino sold up to 9d, good quality half-bred up to BJd, coarse crossbred? in light condition up to. 6d, fair average quality up to 53d, dingy croSsbtedg Up tosd. , ' - GRAINMARKET ! " s DuNEBIN, Wednesday. ! Wheat: The demand is slack, and sales diffi- ! cult to make, millers' requirements being Small, Prime milling velvet, 5s 3d to 5s 6d; Tuscan, 5s to 5s 3d; beat fowls' feed, 48 2d to <s 4dj broken and other sorts, 3s 6d to 43 (sacks extra). r • '* ■ • Oats; There is fair demand for shipping lines, bat sales of low grades are slow. .Prime milling, 2s 8d to 2s M; best feed, 2s 7d to 28 Bdj medium, 2s 3d to 29 4d (sacks extra). ■ Barley: There is some inquiry for good malting and feed sorts. Prime malting, 3a 8d to 33 lOd} medium, S3 6dj feed line, 3s to 3s 3d (sacks extra). ' ADDINOTON STOCK MARKET. OHMSTCHu'ECfI, Wednesday. At Addiftgtdn, fat cattle (208) Were mostly good Sorts. The market was slightly easier. Beef, 26s to 235: steers, £8 7s 6d to £10 17s 6d«, heifers, £5 7s 6d to £9 28 cows, £5 7o 6d to £9 103. Fat sheep (4000): Exporters reduced their limits and irregular eale resulted in a Slight decline, especially for wethers. Wethers, 16» to 20s 6d; best ewes, 15s 6d to 179; others, 133 to 158) merino wethers. 123 9rl to 14a lOd. Fat lambs (3600) were slightly easier, : except for prime freezers, 13s 6d to 15s sd; others, 10s te 13&. . Store sheep (6691) were principally lambs, and there Was good sale for all classes. Four-tOoth Wethers, principally North Island, 14a Yd to 15s 2d j 2-tooths, lis 4d i 4-tooth wethers and maiden ewes, 14s 2d; 6-tooth ewes, 16» 3d; 2-tooths, 138 lid to 14s 6d: ewes and lambs, alt counted, 7a to 8s; lambs, 9s 5d to lis 6d. Pigs (300): Fats were easier, but stores were in strong demand. , Baconors, 40s to 56S (4Jd)j porkers, 30s U 39b (sd); large stores. 20s tosesj smaller, 16s to 179; suckers, 10s to 13«. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE, . BUSINESS DONE.—National Insurance, £1 la 6d ; South British Insurance, £5 5s ; New Zealand and River Plate, new issue, £1 5s Cd; Taupiri Coal Mines, 18s 3d > Maratoto, Bkl ; New Four-in-Hand, 4d, j Hauraki Freehold, IS Id. ,_. ;...■;'. . BtJTEKS.— of New Zealand, 663 6d ; New Zealand Insurance, 80s 6d ; National Insurance, ,21s 3d: South British In•juranee, £5 6s ; Standard Insurance, 18s 9d ; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 29s ; New y Zealand and' River Plate, old, 24s 6d; New Zealand and River Plate, new, 258 9d; Hfkurangi Coal, 10s 8d : Taupiri Coal Mines, Limited, 18s : Westport Coal,£6 123; Auckland Gag. £14 13s ; Thames Gas, 235; Northern Steamship, paid up, 15s 6d; Northern Steamship, contributing. 6s lid: Devpnport Steam Ferry, 38s 6d; Kauri Timber, paid up, 8s 3d; Kauri Timber, contrik-itftig, is 4d; Loyland-O-Brlen Timber Co., irfmited; 39a Avondale Brick and Pottery, 17s; D.BC. Limited, lis; Union Oil, 21a: Kuraraui, 3d • Kuranul-Caledonian, Id ; Crown, lis 9d - Komata Reefs. lOd ; Maratoto, 7Jd ; Tairua Broken Hills, 7s 9d; Talisman Consolidated, 15s 9d; Waihi, £5 43 ; Waihi Consolidated, 7d; Waihi Extended, Is 4d; Waihi South, 7d ; Bunker's Hill, 4s 3d: New Four-in-Hand, 3d : Haurakl Freehold, Is Id, SEIiMRS.—New Zealand Insurance, 81s 6d ; New Zealand Accident Insurance, 30s ; Now Zealand and River Plate, new, 26s 6d; Illku. rangi Goal, lis ; Taupiri Coal Mines, Limited, 18s 6di Auckland Gas, £15 : Gisborne Gas, 38s ; Northern Steamship, paid up, 16s ; Northern Steamship, Contributing, 7s Id; Kauri Timber, paid up, 10s 6d : Kauri Timber, contributing, Is 9d ; Mitchelson Timber Co., 17s;

Mountain Htmn Timber Co.. 'Limited, 24s 6d; Avondale Brick and 8 Pottery;: 20s ; D.S.C., Limited, lis 3d Milno and» Choyce, Limited, preferentiaL 223; Milne aiM Choyce, Limited, ordinary, 21s ,- Wiseman «ad .• Sons, ' Limited, preferential, 6d ; Brofefcn Hill, 2d ; Kttramti, 4Jd ; Monowai, ■ Is <5d C .Victoria, 5d ; Welcome Jack, contributing, 3d ,- ,Big Beetle, contributing, 34d; Cheinisfbrd. I0d; Crown, 12s 3d ; .Komata Beefs, /Is ; jMaratoto, 9d ; Tairua Broken Hills, 8s 3d .;'■'■ Talisman Consolidated, 17s; Waihi, £5. 6s ; Waihi Beach United, 4|d: Waihi / Consolidated, BJd ; Waihi Extended, Is 6d ; Waihi Grand Junction, ,23s 6d; Waihi Sdtlth r ; 91d v Waitekauri, 3*; Blinker's Hill. 43 9&>, .New Fdtir-ih-Hahd, 6dT; Hauraki Freehold, fls 2d. k r 6. A. Bums, Chairman, W. H. 0. Johnston. Secretary. 3.15 p.m., January 21. 1903. '" Call and DIVIDEND LIST. Gail«* made: £ a. d. Date. New Alpha, • Dec. 30 ... 0 0 • 1 , Fell. 7 Kuranni G.H. Co., Jan. 15 ... 0 0 1 Feb. 6 Waihi Alma, Jan. 15... ... 0 0 0£ Feb. 11 Klondyke G.M. Co.. Jan. 6 ... 0 0 3 Feb. 11 Rising Sun, Jan. 20 ... ... 00 1 Feb. 11 Dividends: N.Z. Insurance Co ... ... 0 4 0 Now. Tairua Broken Bills ... ... 0 0 6 „•■ Now.