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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12544, 11 April 1904, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Net?' Zeal Her Office. , ._ Saturday evening. Thk sharemarket was quiet to-day. In investment lines New Zealand Insurances were looked for at 88s, no sellers quoting. Auckland Gas were offered at £14, buyers £13 12s 6d H.if. Arcade Theatre Company tad slightly better demand at 20s, without f; ; «ellers. In mining lines Tairua Broken Hills were looked for at 2s lOd. For Waihi '; • Grand Junctions buyers offered 42s 6d, no ; sellers quoting. Royal Oaks had inquiry .. at 3s, without sellers. In other lines late . prices ruled.

GROCERS' MARKET QUOTATION'S. . *i"he following are the quotations for butter and eggs for the week ending April 16, fixed by the Dairy Produce Committee:—Factory butter, best brands, lQd and lid per lb; farmers', separator, or dairy make, first grades 6d, second grades s ; td ; eggs, Is 6ri. The committee add the following note: — Butter: Supplies are a little less, but quality is not up to the mark, speaking generally. The trade recognise that dairies of first-class butter, delivered in a first-class condition, in pate or rolls, are worth Id more, and quote 7d, but any butter not up to this standard, and such as can only be quit for pastry purposes, only command 6d and lower. No improvement has taken place at Home, and no improvement is now expected. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The folios-ins are Saturday's closing price*, the business done being nil: — Sellers. Burers. BANKS— £ ». d. £ e. d. New Zealand 4 13 0 4 10 0 National 4 0 6 — INSURANCE— ; New Zealand — 4 8 0 National 13 0 _ South British 6 7 6 b 5 0 FINANCIAL— N.Z. and K-iver ri*tc, old — 1 .". 0 N.Z. and Biver Plate, new — 13 0 COAL— - Hikuranpi — 0 114 Tanpiri Mines, Limited... 0 1? t> — BASAuckland 14 0 0 i: 12 6 SHIPPING— Northern Steam, paid up ... 0 IT a OIS 6 Northern Steam, con. ... 0 7 9 0 7 7 TIMBEE Kauri Timber, paid up ... 016 0 — Kauri Timber, contributing 0 3 11 0 3 7 MISCELLANEOUS— Avondale Brick sad Pottery 110 _ D.S.C., Limited 0 ii J — H.M. Arcade, pref. ... — 10 0 • Northern Boot — o C » Voien Oil 0 '.■' 0 0 IS 3 fcoterns Meat Co. ... 1.2 6 10 0 MINING— Kuracut 0 0 3 — KuriDUi-Csledoniftß ... 0 0 6 — Mahara Royal, contributing 0 0 3 — Msv Qr.een Extended ... 0 0 3 — Netr Eclipse 0 0 8 -~ Old Alburnia 0 13 0 10 Victoria 0 0 .'. — Golden Belt. contribUiac;... 0 3 a -- Keuuta Beefs 0 i 4 0 1? Tairua Broken Hills ... — 0 e 10 * Talisman Consolidated ... 0 2 1 eld Waihi ... .5 t. o — Waihi Consolidated 0 OH — Woiui Extended 0 'J 9 a 2 li Waihi Brand Junction ... -- 2 -J ti Waitekauri ... 0 1 C 0 1 0 Banker's Hill " 14 — Hauraki Freehold 0 0 4 0_ 0 3 Harbour View 0 0 3 — Old Esuraki. contributing 0 13 — Bojal Oak, contributing... — 0 3,0 / O. A. Bcrx.«. Chairman, W. H. 0. Johsstox. Secreiart. 13 noon, April 9, 1904. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. Dee. Mountain Kima Timber Co. ... 0 1 0 Now Calif. Due. Kuranui G.M. Co., April 8 0 0 1 April :n LONDON. Bt Telegraph.—Dress Association.—Copyright. Lon"do:», April 8. Bank of England returns: Gold coin, £31,549,0*); reserve, £13,031.009; percentage of reserve to liabilities. 44.13: in circulation, £50,a78,00Q; public deposits, £11,419,000; other deposits, £10,065,600; Government securities, £20.584,'J0i.V Three months' bills are discounted at 2£ per cent.

• Consols, SSJ. New Zealand i per cents., 103. West Australian 31 per cent?., So; 3 per cents., So. "Wheat: Buyers are holding off. Australian carpees. Sis 3d asked for on passage. 30» I'd April and May shipments. 'Frisco wheat, 137.J cents, i Copper: Spot. odi; three months, 58£. Tin: Spot. 127 J. Iron, iis 43. Lead. 13 11-3?. Sugar is quiet. Pint mirks, 10s fid; German, 8s M. The Bradford wool market is steady and tinchanced. ...«,,. r, Butter is dull and weak. Danish. 100s; Kew Zetland, 60s; Victorian, S?s to SOs; Sew South Wales end Queensland. ?4s to SSs. Cheese is unchanged. Kauri gum: Stock, 3209 cases.