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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12464, 7 January 1904, Page 3

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<ft New Zealand Herald Office. Wednesday evening. The shareraarket was quiet to-day. No business was reported .in investment lines. In mining lines Talismans sold at 4s 6d, more boing offered at 4s Bd, with buyers at 4s sd. Old Haurakis (contributing) changed hands at 3s Bd. Golden Belts (contributing) were looked for at 2s 9d, sellers 3s Id. Waihi Extendeds at 2s lid had buyers at 2s Bd. Jn other lines late prices ruled. AUCKLAND STOOfc. EXCHANGE. The following are Wednesday's closing prices, I the business done being as follows:—Talis- ' man Consolidated. 4s 6d; Old Hauraki. contributing, 3s Bd. ! Sellers. Buyers. , BANKS— £ S. d. £ s. (I. New Zealand 4 0 0 3 16 6 l INSURANCE— I New Zealand — 4 9 0 : National 12 0 111) South British 5 18 0 5 14 0 N.Z. Accident 2 16 6 — FINANCIAL— New Zealand and River j Plate, old 16 0 15 0 New Zealand and River Hate, new — 15 0 COALTaupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 017 3 016 9 GAS— Auckland 14 10 0 14 5 0 Thames 1 12 6 — Gisborne 1 19 0 — Whangarei 19 (J — SHIPPING— Northern, paid up ... 016 3 015 9 Northern, contributing 0 7 3 0 7 1 TIMBER— Kauri, contributing ... 0 3 9 0 3 6 Leyland-O'Brien, Ltd. ... 2 3 0 — Mitchelson 0 16 0 — Ul.-(,.!-.I.EANKOUS— D.S.C.. Limited 0 12 5 0 12 0 Union Oil 110 — MINING— Karanui 0 0 6 — Kuranui-Caledonian ... 0 0 6 — Mahara Royal, con. ... 0 1 6 0 11 Way Queen Extended ... 0 0 4$ — New Eclipse C 10 0 0 8 Old Albumin 0 15 0 12 Victoria 0 0 5 0 0 3 Crown 0 9 6 — Golden Belt, con. ... 0 3 1 0 2 9 Komata Reels 0 16 0 13 Pridd cvgrthmhuk( Waihi 0 0 2$ — Tairua Broken Bills (ex div.) 0 4 9 Talisman Consolidated 0 4 3 0 4 5 Waihi 5 9 0 — Waihi Consolidated ... 0 1 1 0 0 11$ Waihi Consols 0 0 5J 0 0 45 Waihi Extended 0 2 11 0 2 8 Wailii Grand Junction 2 10 0 — Waihi South — 0 0 5 Waitekauri 0 3 0 — Bunker's Hill 0 14 0 11 Hauraki Freehold ... 0 0 5 0 0 4 Old Hauraki, paid up ... 0 3 11 0 3 8 Old Hauraki, con. ... 0 3 10 0 3 7 Bis Beetle, con 0 0 7 0 0 5J G. A. BUTTLE, Chairman. W. H. 0. JOHNSTON, Secretary. 3.15 p.m., January 6, 1904. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. Due. Waiotahi m 0 10 Now. Kauri Timber Company ... Now. Tairua Broken Hills 0 0 3 Jan. 6 N.Z. and River Plate Land Mortgage Co 3$ p.c. Jan. 26 Calls Due. New Chelmsford, Dec. 15 ... 0 0 1 Jan. 8 May Queen Extended, Dec. 14 0 0 1 Jan. 13 WOOL. A private cablegram from Sydney states that Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Company &old 6000 bates ot wool yesterday. The market was very strong. Greasy, Is; scoured, Is i' 3 d. France, Germany, and America were the largest buyers. ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. CHRISTCKURCH, Wednesday. There was a fair entry of stock at the Addington saleyards yesterday, and the usual attendance of buyers. Eat cattle: The entry numbered 196, and there was a fair demand at last week's rates, the price of beef ranging from 20s to 23s per 1001b. Seven steers, forwarded by Messrs. 11. J. and J. Buchanan (Kmloch Estate), brought from £9 7s 6d to £9 las; and 10 from Mr. W. F. M. Buckley's Boon Hay Estate, £9 10s to £10 2s 6d. Other steers realised from £6 2s 6d to £10 2s 6d; heifers, £5 10« to £7 ss, and cows £5 5s to £7 7s 6d. Fat sheen: There wa a good entry of fat sheep, and the yarding comprised some lines of particularly prime wethers and a fair number- of good quality ewes. The reported increase in the price of frozen meat at Home enabled the export buyers to increase their limits, and they consequently I secured tho bulk of the wethers. This in--1 creased the competition amongst butchers j for prime ewes, and prices advanced in consequence. For wethers the market was firm. at late rates. The range of prices was: Best wethers, 18s to 21s 3d; lighter. 15s 6d to 17s 6d; best ewes. 36a to 38s iod ; others, lis 6d to lis 6d. Store sheep: Small entry, numbering 998, met with poor inquiry and "a dragging sale. The chief sales were: 50 wethers, at 15s sd; 150 lambs, at 10s Id; 41. lambs, at lis; 176 lambs, at 9s; 43 lambs, at es lOd; 104 ewes and lambs, at 8s 3d. Fat lambs: A large entry, totalling 2859, included a large proportion of unfinished sorts. The market was again easier all round, and export buyers purchased a large number of pens. The range of prices was: Freezing lambs, 12s to 15s 6d; tegs, to 16s 6d; butchers', 12s to 15s lOd; unfinished, 10s 6d to 12s. Pigs: There was a fair entry, including some prime sorts. The demand was not particularly keen, but stores were firm in comparison. The range of prices was: Baconers. 44s to 55s 6d (equal to 4d per lb); porkers, 30s to 78s 6d (equal to 4Jcl to 5d per lb); large stores, 25s to 325; medium, 14s to 225; weaners, lis to 14*. GRAIN MARKET. DuNEDIN, Wednesday. Wheat: The market has been practically at a standstill owing to the holidays. Medium can only be placed as feed; prime milling, nominally, 33 3d to 3a 4d; medium. 2s 5d to 2s 6d; inferior. 2s to 2s 3d, sacks eitra. Oats: Good quality bright, stout, lair demand, transactions few; inferior, impossible to quit except in retail lots. Prime milling. Is 4id to 13 sd; best short, bright feed. Is 5u to 1-) 3id, sacks extra. DUNE-DIN STOCK EXCHANGE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] DUNEDIN, Wednesday. file only sale on the Stock Exchange today was Notown Creek, 245. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Sydney, January 6. wheat: Local milling is firmer at 2s lid; chick, 2s 6d to 2 a Bd. Flour; Local, new, £3; old, £11 103: Manitoba, £12. Oats. New Zealand, up to 2s 6d. Barley: Seed, 2s 6d to 3s; feeding, up to 2s 3d. Maize. 3s 4d; Argentine. 2s 4d. Bran, 6(1; pollard, 6id; peas. Prussian blue, 5s 9d to 6s; potatoes, £1 10s to £2; onions, £2 10s to £3 10s; butter, B*d ; cheese, 5d ; bacon, 9d. The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent slightly lower values obtained by a recognised broker. Melbourne, January 6. Wheat, 2s lid to 3s; flour, £7 lbs to £8. Oate: Algerian, la 3d to Is 3d; milling, 23 4d. Barley: Prime malting, 3s 6d to 3s 7d; Cape, Is sid to Is 7d. Maize, 2s 9d; bran, 6id; pollard, 7sd; potatoes, £1 15s to £2; onions, £1 15s to £2 3s 6d. ADELAIDE, January 6. Wheat. 2s lid; flour, £7 10s to £7 158; bran, 6id; pollard. Sid. LONDON. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, January 5. Seven thousand and. 90W quarters of Victorian wheat. January shipment, sold at 30s 6d Eleven thousand quarters of Australian, February shipment, sold at 30s 4kl. Copper: Spot, £53 ss; three months, £57 15s. Tin: Spot. £134 10?; three months, £134 15-. Lead, £111 Is 10id. Silver, 2s 29-16 d. Shares: Australian and New Zealand Mortgage. 365. The total wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,630, quarters, and for the Continent 940,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments total 170,030 quarters; Pacific, 35,000 quarters.