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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12267, 11 May 1903, Page 3

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New Zealand Herald Office. Saturday evening. The sharcmarkot was quiet on Saturday. In investment lines National Insurances sold at 22s 6d, at which price further buyers quoted. For Bank of New Zealands offers of 73s met with no response from sellers. In mining lines Crowns were done at lis, Komata Beefs at lOd. and Waihi Extendeds at Is Id. Inquiry for Talismans weakened ™ lis 3d to lis, sellers remaining firm at 12s Bcl. Waihis were looked for at £5 7s Si? -,? 1 l? rs skin S £5 9s 6d. Offers for Waint Grand Junctions at 18s 6d did not produce selling quotations. Now Eour-in-Hands sold at <kl. In other lines late prices ruled. MARKET QUOTATIONS. The following are the quotations for butter and eggs for the week ending May 16, fixed by the Dairy Produce Committee: Factory butter, lid per lb; separator butter, 8d; farmers' butter, best, 7d ; farmers' butter, second quality, 6d ; eggs, Is 3d per dozen. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are Saturday's closing prices, the business done being us follows:—National Insurance, £1 2s 6d; New Zealand Crown Mines, lis; Komata Reefs. KM; Waihi Extended, Is Id; New Four-in-Hand, 4d.

G. A. Bnrru:. Chairman. W. H. O. JOHNSTON, Secretary. Noon, May 9, 1903 CALL AM) DIVIDEND LIST. Oallh mad*: £ b. a. Date. Golden Pelt. April 17 0 0 1 May 11 Waihi Beach. April 2 ... 0 0 1 May 13 Harbour View, April 30 ... 0 0 1 May 13 Dividends: Trtiraa Broken Bills ... 0 0 3 May 11 LONDON. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, May 8. The following are the latest quotations for consols and colonial inscribed stock, and comparison with those ruling last week: — Stock. Price. I Variation £ s. rt.l I'ritish 2} 2} p.c. Consols .. 92 7 610shigher 4-N.S.W., 1933, .Tan., July ..lin 0 020s higher 3JN.S.W.,I9<S, Mar., Sep. .. 101 0 f':2os higher 3-N.S.W., 1935 April, Oct. .. 91 0 O.S5s higher 4-Vic , 1920, Jan., July . ..107 0 njunchansert Si-Vic, 1923, Jan., July ..Ml 0 o.2ns higher 3-Victoria .. .. .. .. 91 0 015s higher SJ-South Australia. 1930, April j and October 104 0 it 60s higher 3S. Australia, 191 <J, .Tan., .lulyi 03 0 60s higher '.-Queensland, 1915-24, Jan., I | July 104 n 0;2?s higher ?5-Queenaland, 1924, Jan.,.Tuly 101 0 i'4"s higher 4-New Zealand, 192.1, May, Nov. 103 (I O'unchansad Sh~S '/.., 1940, Jan., July ..104 0 iV2>s higher 3-N Z., 1945, April, October .. 92 10 010s higher 3.1-Ta.sniania, 1920-40, January I and July.. .. .'.104 0 oj2ls higher SJ-W. Australia, 1915-36, May and November !100 0 Dl4Ps higher BANK OF ENGLAND. Bank of England returns: Gold coin, £37.201,000; reserve. £24,468.000-; percentage of reserve to liabilities, 52.17; in circulation, £29,065,000; public deposits. £7.689,000; other deposits, £39.076,000; Government securities, £14,524,000; other securities, £25,610,000. MONEY MARKET. Three months' bills are discounted at 31 per cent. WHEAT. San Francisco wheat, 1.371; Manitoban, 3s 7d. MAIZE. Maize: June shipment, 203 3d; freight, 18s. METALS. Copper: Spot, 62J; three months, 62g. Tin: Spot and three months, 137&. Iron, 525. Lead, 12. SUGAR. First marks, 9s lOd; German, 8s 4d. WOOL. The Bradford wool market is limited. Common sixties, 24* d; supers, 26d; common forties, lOci; supers, 13d. The limit of the July series of wool sales is 140.000 bales. At the wool sales prices are fully maintained, and Continental buyers are operating freely. BUTTER AND CHEESE. Butter is dull:> New Zealand, SBs to 100s; Danish, 103s. New Zealand cheese, 65s to 673.

Sellers. Buyers. BANKS- £ s d £ s d New Zealand — 3 13 0 National 4 11 0 4 8 6 INSuBAXCENew Zealand 4 8 0 — National _ 12 6 New Zealand Accident... 2 4 0 2 2 0 FINANCIALNew Zealand and Itiver Plate, old _ 15 0 New Zealand and River Plate, new 16 6 — COALHikurangi _ 0 11 10 GASAuckland — 14 7 6 Thames . 1 11.0 18 0 SHIPPING— Northern, pa'd tip ... 0 16 0 0 15 6 Northern, contributing 0 7 6 — Devonport Steam Ferry 1 19 3 1 17 0 TIMBER- - Kauri, paid up ... : ... 0 11 0 — Leyland-O'Bnen 2 10 1 19 6 Mountain Rinm, Ltd. ... 1 1 0 — M ISCELL A NEOUS— D.S.C., Limited — . 0 12 0 Milne and , Choyce, Ltd., preferential — 116 Milne and Choyce, Ltd., ordinary 10 6 — Northern Boot 0 6 9 — ' Puverhead Paper Mills ... — 19 0 Union Oil — 116 Wiseman and Sons, Ltd., preferential ... 1 2 0 — "Wiseman and Sons. Ltd., ordinary — 10 0 MININGKuramii 0 0 4J — Knraiiui-Caledonian ... 0 1 o" — May Queen Extended ... 0 0 5 — Monowai 0 11 — Victoria 0 0 5 — Crown 0 11 3 — Komata Reefs 0 0 10i 0 0 91 Maratoto 0 08 006 'Tairua Broken Bills ... 0 6 6 — Talisman Consolidated 0 12 9 0 11 0 Waihi 5 9 6 5 7 6 Waihi Beach United ... 0 0 24 — Waihi Consolidated ... 0 0 8" 0 0 7 Waihi CoihoIs 0 0 3J — ' Waihi Extended 0 12" 0 10 Waihi Grand Junction... — 0 18 6 "Waihi South 0 0 8 0 0 7 Bunker's Hill 0 4 6 0 4 2 New Four-in-Hand ... 0 0 5 0 0 3£ Hauraki Freehold " ...CO 11§ 0 0 10 " Barbour View 0 0 10 — Old Hauraki 0 2 0 0 16 White Star 0 0 4 0 0 2J