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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13095, 7 February 1906, Page 3

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Tuesday evening. Good business was done on the eharemarkct to-day- In investment lines buyers of Bank of New lands offered £8 7s bd, but sellers were not prepared to deal under £8 12s 6d. »w Zealand Insurances sold at £5 16s, and dosed with inquiry at £5 15s, late sellers £5 17s- Standard Insurances wor© done at . ißs 6<l; late sellers 18s 9.1, buyers 18s 4d. P.S.O.'s had talcs at 8s 4d, and more were on offer at Bs' id, late buyers Bs. New Zealand Paper Mills were dealt in at 23s 9d, ami move could have been bad at that figure, no declared buyers at last call. In mining stocks Wailiis were dealt in at £7 4s 6d, closing with sellers at £7 ss, no declared buyer'.. Waiotahis were a point easier, selling from £6 2s to £6 to £6 2s bd • to £6 Is. and closing with demand at- £6, sellers holding for £6 Is. Heavy sales were made in Talismans, several thousands of share.- changing hands during tho day. The prices paid were rather below recent ! rates, ranging from 29s 6d to 23s to 28s bd to 28s Yd to 2S< 6d to 28s 9d to 28s 3d to 28s 9d to 28s 3d. Further paresis were available at last call at 28s 3d. buyers quoting 28s Id. Kuranui-Caledonians, influenced by encouraging reports, improved, and sold from 2s lid to 5s Id to 3s to 3s Id to 3? 2d. More were asked for at 3s Id, late sellers holding for 3s 3d. May Queen Extendeds sold a: BJ.d; late sellers 9'd, buyers 7£d. , New May Queens were easier, and after sellers at 5s sd, buyers ss. Id. New Moanataiaris sold at. Is lid; lute sellers 2s, buyers 1* lid. New Occidentals sold at 4id and sd: lite sellers sd, buyers 4Jd. Thames sold at is Id and Is 2d: late sellers Is 3d, buyers 1? Id. Victorias were a shade easier, selling at Is 7d ; late sellers Is Bd, buyers Is 7d. Bunker's Hills sold at Bid ; late sellers 9id. buyers 9d. Aucklands sold at Is 8d; late tellers Is Bd. buyers Is 6d. Crowns sold at 6s 2d, and closed easier than on Monday, sellers being at 6s 2d, and buyers at 5s lOd. Waihi Oonsolidateds sold at 2s lid and 3s; late sellers 3s, buyers 2s lOd. Waihi Extendeds bold from 6s 3d to 5s lid to 6s hi; and there was further inquiry at the !a:-t call at. 6s Id, sellers asking 6s 2d.

Business continues good in all grocery lines. The Star of Australia is landing many lines of which tho market has been bare for some little time. Kerosene is being quoted to arrive ex sailer Tillie E. St&rbuck about tho end of this month at a slightly reduced price. Benzine has advanced considerably'pending the arrival of tho Tillie E. Starbuck. Latest advices from Singapore regarding Rangoon rice report that prices for the new season's crop are somewhat easier. It is thought, however, values have gone about as low as they are likely to go. Nutmegs and mace continue steady at previous rates. ■Sago and tapioca stocks are getting exceedingly low. and as a result prices are going up rapidly. Peppers are easier. "With the arrival of tho Singapore crop in January prices may recede slightly. A good demand has already set in for fruit jars. The market is well stocked, and holders are offering at a very small margin. The Hauroto arrived with a consignment of bananas, which came to a bare market. Bran: No change; the demand is reported slack. Sharps: Sale is improving and the tendency is for prices to firm. Potatoes: The market has been well stocked, and values have receded. Prime local-grown are worth £8 at the rail; Australians. £6 10s ex wharf. The quantity A locals coming forward has fallen off, although the supply available has exceeded anticipations. Oats: The market has been steadied somewhat by inquiries for export, coupled with a general late harvest in the >S*uth. Business is passing more freely locally, but only at cutting prices. Wheat: Business in this article continues brisk, and heavy arrivals quickly move off. It is evident that this grain is more and more becoming th& most popular feed for poultry. Prices may be given at os 8d ex wharf, 3s 9d ex store. Maize: The arrivals continue to be very light, but no -great inconvenience is being felt in supplying demand, which is only from hand to mouth, consumers generally going off on to other grain. The total quantity forward sinco last report from all quarters was 530 sacks. Oatmeal: A decline of £1 per ton is reported in leading Southern brands. Sale is rather slow. Onions: Tho outgoing Ventura will carry away a fair cargo of both local-grown and Australians, partly on consignment and to order. The condition of the local-grown packed should give every satisfaction to consignees. Values remain at from £4 15s for locals, and Mclbournes at £4.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. ■ The following are Tuesday's closing prices, the business done being: New Zealand Insurance, £5 16»: Standard Insurance, 18s 6d; D.S.C., Limited, 8s 4d; New Zealand Paper Mills. 233 9d: Waihi, £7 4s 6d; Waiotahi, £6 2s, £6 Is 6d, £6, £6 2s 6d, £6 Is; Talisman. 29s 6d, 29s 3d. 295, 28s 9d, 233 6d, 28s 3d, 28s, 28s 2d. 28s 3d, 28s 6d. 233 3d, ?8s 4d, 2?s sd, 28s 6d. 29s 7d. 23s 6d, 28s 9d, 28a 3d, 2Ss 3d. 28s 9d, 28s 7d. 28s 6d. 23s 4d, 28s 3d; Kuranui-Caledonian, 2s lid, 3s. 3s, 3s Id, 3s, 3« Id, 3s Id, 3s 2d; May Queen Extended, B£d; New May Queen. 5s 7d, 5s 6d, 5s 6d, 5.x sd. 5s 4d: New Moanataiari, Is lid; New Occidental. 4id, sd; Thames, Is Id. Is 2d; Victoria, Is 7d; Vanguard, 4Ad ; Bunker's Hill. BJd; Auckland, Is 3d. Is 8d: Crown. 6s 2d; Waihi Consolidated, 2s lid, 3s; Waihi Extended, 63 3d, os Id, 6s, 5s lid, 6s, 6s Id.

NEW LAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY'S, Ltd., REPORT. w5?S\i At t l' e Durh " m Yai- dn on Friday there was a good .voiding. , Draughts and plough horse* weie in demand, and wanted. We quote- Heavy draughts at from £28 to £34 10s; medium do. fCi. to £30. A spring cart brought £12 10s; [n* cart, £10 109. The mare Young Polish realiced 12 guineas. At; worth on Wednesday we had a good yarding of stock, which sold at late rates, grown steers selling at from £5 5s to £6 15s; two to three-year-old do., £2 las to £4 17s 6:1: calves, las to £1 4s. The advertised (store wethers sold at from 10s 6d to 14? 3d; ewes, 10s to 12s 9d ■ ooef at Newmarket rates. Cattle: At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were yarded in usual numbers, the former improving in prices. Dairy cows sold at from £4 10s to £8; empty do., £2 os to £3 7s 6d; calves, 18s to £1 6s. ' Beef was yarded in average quantities. Ox beef sold up l<) «?2* per 1001b; cow, 17a to 20s. Steers sold at. from £6 10s to £10 12s 6d ; cows, £3 10s to £7. Sheep: The Newmarket Yards were well filled with sheep of all descriptions, which sold at late rates. Wethers sold at from 15s 3d to £1; ewes, 12s Od to 19s. Lambs, in full supplv, sold well at for well-fatted 10s 6d to 16s bd," other sorts 6s 6d to 10s <M. Tigs: Porkers sold at from £1 Is to £2 18s; weaners, 6» 6d lo 12* 9d ; slip?, 5s 6d to 10s 6d. We submitted a large catalogue of hides, skins, etc., on Tuesday, all lines meeting with keen competition. Hides: Market advanced. We quote; Prime ox, 8d to BJd ; extra stout do., 7jd to 7,' d ; stout do., 6Jd to Yd medium do., 5Jd to 6J,d ; light do., bid to 5Jd : cows, best lines b.'.d to s|d, good bid to . r >j>d; stags, 3Jd to 3gd ; kips, s e d to bid: calfskins, bd to 6id; cut, 4), dto 4'd; damaged hides, 3'd to 4^d. Sheepskins: Market firm. Best butchers'skins, 5s to 7s 6d; small. 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; pelts, 2s 5d to 2s lid ; lambs', 2s 4d to 3s. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, 20s 9d to 21s 6d; good. 19s 6d to 20s; seconds, 17b to 13s 3d. Horsehair, Is 3d to Is Bd. Bones, £4 lbs. Cowtails, la 6d dozen. Horns, wanted. Wool, in dumps and bags: Crossbred, 7Ad to 9d ; lambs', 7Jd to BJd ; pieces and bellies. 4d to 5Jd; locks, 3jd to 3Jd. Oats: Market very weak and shipments to arrive are being offered at 2s 2d to 2s 3d c.i.f. Maize: Supplies are very small and the market is firm at 4s. Chaff: Local is coining to hand freely. Southern being neglected. Both are selling slbwlv at £4 ex store. Potatoes: Supplies are considerably above requirements and the price has dropped to, nominally. £8. Butter: Best separator, to 82d: good, 81d to Sjd. Cheese: Forties, 5Jd ; loaf, 6d.

Sellers. Buyer*. £ §. d. £ 8. d. BANKS— New Zealand 8 12 6 2 7 6 National 6 12 6 5 3 0 INSURANCE— New Zealand ■'■ 17 0 5 15 0 National 14 0 — South British & la 0 „ — . Standard 0 IS 9 0 18 4 FINANCIAL— N.Z. and River Plate ... 1 10 0 18 9 COALHikuranpi - „ « ! Taupiri Mines, Limited ... 1 0 0 0 19 6 GAS— Auckland. ex div. ... - lill b n Wellington - : ? }* ° New Plymouth - ■ 7 16 ° SHIPPING- . Northern Steam, paid up 0 17 3 0 16 9 Northern Steam, con. ... 0 8 4 — tlMEL'R— Kauri, paid up 0 1* 0 — Kauri, contributing ... 0 3 6 0 3 3 . Mitchelson Co 0 8 0 ' — MISCELLANEOUS— D.S.C., Limited 0 8 4 0 8 0 H.M. Arcade Co.. pref. 12 0 — Milne and Choycc, pref. ... 1 2 6 — New Zealand Paper Mills 13 9 — Union Oil — i ,i ? Wilson and Co., pref. ... 10 0 0 17 6 MINING-Kuranui-Caledoniau. paid 0 3 3 0 3 1 . May Queen Extended ... 0 0 9 0 » '; New Dart 0 0 5 0 0 4 New Mar Queen 0 5 6 0 6 1 New Moanataian 0 2 0 0 1 11 New Monowai 0 0 6i — New Occidental 0 0 5 0 0 «J New Una 0 0 6 — New Saxon 0 0 10 0 0 fa New Sylvia 0 0 104 old Albumin 0 1' 0 16 'Jhar.iei 0 13 0 11 Vancuard 0 0 8 0 0 4i Victoria 0 13 0 17 Waiotahi 6 10 6 0 0 Hunker's 11.11 0 0 9J 0 0 9 New Fouriniland ... 0 1 4 — llimrnki Freehold ... 0 0 5 — "Id Hauraki, paid up ... 0 1 0 — Old Hauraki. contributing 0 0 9 0 0 0 .Auckland 0 18 0 16 ij Crown 0 6 2 0 5 10 Widen Hell, paid up ... 0 3 1 0 2 11 Oolden Belt, contributing 0 2 7 0 2 3 Komata Keefa 0 2 8 0 2 6 1'rid- of Waitii 0 10 — Hising Sun . ... 0 0 9 0 0 7 Taima Broken Hills ... 0 3 1 ' 0 2 9 Talisman Consolidated ... 18 3 I 8 1 Waihi ... 7 5 0 Waihi flench 0 10 — Waihi Consolidated ... 0 3 0 0 2 10 w ailii Consols 0 0 di 0 0 5 Wailii Extended 0 6 2 0 6 1 •Waihi Grand Junction ... 3 12 0 3 4 0 Wttlhi South ... - 0 0 2 Waimanju, Is pair] ... 0 0 10 0 0 7J Walmangu. 8d paid ... — 0 0 5 Sunbeam Gold ami Silver 0 0 11 0 0 9 Minerals, Ltd., pref. ... 0 J 0 - Mount Lyell Mining and Railway ... — 1 15 6 II. 1*. httdi.estos. Secretary. G. A. Buttle, Chairman. '•15 p.m., February 6, 1900. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. Due. £'!? ut " 0 5 0 Feb. 7 ; {!•«" 0 3 0 Mar. 1 Jjmon Bank of Australia ... 1 & 0 Now • "■* and River Plate Land Hit Moa £e 7 p.,.. Now "M'tangi Coal Co Now : j,^ Ma i*sty's Arcade 7 p.c. Now M J*">* 0 10 Now wSSS. Due. : ,""Consols. December 14 ... 0 0 0; Now ■ 'TO Ween Extended, January 23 0 0 l" Feb. 14