AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13389, 18 January 1907, Page 3

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE

The closing prices for Thursday are as folJews, the business done, being ■.—South British lri.-ur.uice. jrjfi 9s 6.1. £j 10-; Standard, .Us od. .0.- 6d: Taupiri Owl, 19s. lSu 6d, IS.- 6d, lfe 9d ; Northern Steamship (contributing), 8* 2d; Waihi, £,-; 17s; Waihi (Hand .Ulnctioii, 49*; Talisman Consolidated, 3.'s od. 3a.s od ; Waiotalii. 32- 3d; Clown, Ss bd, 8* fed, 8s Bd, 8s 9d, 8s lOd; Wattangi (Od (Mid). 1- Td. ■.- 3d. Tairua Broken Hills. Si 7d; Watchman, 4d; Hunker'* Hill, 7d; Old Haumki, 10.1. 10,1. Smith Kapanga. lo;.l! 10td; Auckland, b\d ; New Waitekauri, IOJd, lOd.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. C»II« WaiUugi, January 9 II 0 Oj Jan. 23 Golden Cross, January 10 ... 0 0 a* Feb. 1 New VViiitekaun. Jarnrarv 17 ... 0 0 1 Jan. 28 Waihi Beach, January 1? ..002 Feb. 11 MESSRS. ALFRED BUCK LAND AND SONS' REPORT. Horse*: At. the Haymarket on Friday last w» had an average entry. No heavy draughts of a good class were brought forward. Light harness sorts realised from £12 i» to £25; buggy horses and good hack*, £15 100 to 21 guineas; gig ponies and ordinary hacks, £2 to £7 15s. At Clevcdon on Saturday we yarded more than the average number of cattle. Sheep were not represented. With the exception of a few cows all sold. Dairy cows. £.> 5* to £6 In*: others. £3 to £4 10? ; fat heifers. £4 to £4 15*: einptv row*. £2 bi to £3: vearlings, £1 16? to £2 Is: strong calves, £1 it to £1 9s; smaller, 11" to 17«. We held our monthly sale at. Pokeno on Monday, but owing to the bad state of the weather few cattle? came forward, and those sold at late rate-. The late floods accounted for a small muster of stock at Runeimari on Wednesday. A good demand existed for everything yarded. Dairy cows brought from £ 17s 6d to" £7 lZfl 6<l tor be*; ; aged -omul row*, £5 lfts to £4 15s; empty cow... £2 7s to £5 10s-: prime tat cows, £~ ]&.s to £o los : three-vear-old steers, £5: yearlings to 18 months. £1 19s to £3 ok; well-grown calves, £1 to £1 lis; others, 14s to 18--.

Stock of all classes were well represented at Remueia on Thuisdav. Daiiv cows sold from £o 10s In £8 2- 6il for belter sorts: inferior. £3 tu £5: dry cow, 5« to £.1 10s: veurl'ngs. 39-. Fat and young calve.* in better demand: .-mall lo ■>. medium to la-, heavy to 61.-; 62 sold There was a lull muster or fat cattle, lie- mialitv being good throughout-. Ox lieel sold from 21s to 23- per lOOib. cow 17s to M~. Steers ranged in price from £6 10- to £12 2s fad: cows, £3 lOu to £7 fs; 320 sold. The cheep pen* were well filled with a good cla?s of mutton, which told freely throughout at an advance, on last week's values, beat wethers selling up to 2. r »s 9d, lighter weightto 21s. levy ewea to 225, others to l£s ; 14 0 eold. Lambs-, penned in average numbers, kept late values, small wiling from lis 6d to 14-, heavy weight*: up to £1 2a 3d; 580 sold. The advertised store lambs brought from 8* to lis 6d. Pigs, short of requirement*, were in keen demand. Small weeriv, 4<i; well-bred, 14.-; porkers, to 335; bneoners. to 525; 70 sold.

Hides. Skins. Till low, etc.: Hides—Ox, no heavy catalogued, 5Jd to bid : cow, cd to GJd ; kip. Sd to 5Jd; calf, nil to bid: horse. 4« 9d to 15s; stags'. 3d to 4d : damaged hides. 2>l to sd. Horsehair. Is to Is BJd : tallow, 24s 3d: bones, div, ss. Skins—Large, t» to 7s 7d ; medium, 4s Id' to « 2d: small and damaged, 2s Hd to 3« 2d; pelts, Is lOd to A s M : lambs'. Is lid to 2-s 7d. Wool, in li'ign and dumps, sold at prices on a par with the.-.- obtained at, the second wool sale. MF.SSftS <;. W. BIXNKY AND SUNS - REPORT. Wo .-I,l,llm:<d and cleared large catalogues of hid".-, shee|»kin», tallow, etc. Hole-: Ox--K.\tin -tout, 6-(i to bid: stout, fid to bid, medium, ! -hi to 6d ; light, r.id to 51.1 (V,-.. - lies! lines, : .:.! to 6d ; good, ;,!d to 5.; d. Stags', 3«M to 4d : calukins, 6d to 6id per 11, Sheepskin.- : Large, to !)s: m.diiim. ■~, to 7s 6d; .-null. Is lo fjs 6d; p»>ltß and lambskin-, Is 'J,I to 2-t 6d each. Tallow: Best, mixed, to 26»: good, 24s to 2 •-: inferior, 20s to 22a per cwt. Hough fat, 1 ;,i per lb. [tones. £4 15» per ton. CowtailH, Is Yd per dozen. WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.—l'resa Association.—right. London, January 16. Ten thousand eight hundred and tour hales were offered yesterday. There uj.s a luge attendance, with active competition, all sections nl the trade bidding. The Americans operated freely. Merinos were ITI good demand, with price* unchanged from the closing prices of last series. Of crosubreds there was a splendid selection and they utilised the highest of the December rates. Tlk- market is animated and firm and all sections are operating. The Americans arc not paying the extreme December rates. Melbourne, January 17. At the woo) sales yesterday an excellent selection wad offered and there was keen competition. (Jrea/iv merino touched 17,' d : crossbred, 16id ; scoured. 24' d. (Received January 17, 11.36 p.m.) SYDNBV, January 17. The week's wool sales closed to-day with competition less general and spirited. (Joorl medium BOrts ruled about a, f.arthing and faultier and hoariest a halfpenny lower than oil Wednesday. [BY TBLBOBAI'H.—I'tIKSS ASSOCIATION.] WKi.t.isu i'iin, Thursday. The High Commissioner, London, cables tint the wool sal"* have l>o-giin to keen competition, AmeriotMM buying largely. The market, 1- firm, and prices «iiow an upward tendency in all classes. Messrs. A. S. I'atemon ami I o. received the following cablegram yesterday «ith reference to the London January wool saies:—The January wool eale« opened with general and active demands; tendency favourable to sellers", even to the extent of 5 per writ.

LONDON'. By Telegraph.—Preps Association.—Copyright. LOSDOX, January 16. At. the tallow sales 909 cacks were offered and 418 sold. Beef: Medium, 33* 6<J ; other sorts michanged. Lend, £20. Wheat.: The American visible supply M 80.673.000 bushels. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION*.] Xapikii, Thursday The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company. London, c.il.le the following report on the fro/en ne-,it market :— Mutton and beef are depressed. To-day's quotations are:—Napier, Wellington, and North Island. lid. 1.-.iinh : New season's. bid. Beef: llindqiiarter.i, 3Jd; loic- ■ luut.-,-. 3d.

Sellers Biivers. BANKS- £ a d. £ g. d. BANKS - New Zealand 8 1!) 0 8 17 0 INSURANCE— Now. Zealand _ 4 '2 0 New Zealand, now issue-... — 5 19 f, National ; - i b -1 south British 5 11 0 .'i 9 fl «t:nKlauI — 10 3 FINANCIALN.Z and Kivrr Plate ... 1 10 0 _ COAL— Iltkiir.inci 0 lo 3 Nuit. loal, Ltd.. 10* paid 0 16 9 0 lb 3 Taupiri Minis, Ltd. ... 0 19 0 0 18 7 W'estport _ 7 4 0 l>niry 0 5 0 GASAuckland _ li j 6 SI11ITING--VnionStM.il Ship ... _ 17 8 ft ™ /.IMI.'M'I _ ;, ]c, 0 Northern S:«-am. paid up 0 17 8 0 17 n Northern Steam, con. ... 0 8 4 0 8 5 Devouport Steam Kerrr ... 1 lb 6 — TIMBER— Kauri, paid tip .. 0 in 9 Kauri, contributing ...Oof) 049 Parker-Lamb, Limited ... 1 7 0 ISO MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramways Co, — 11 13 6 D.S.C., Limited ..". ... 0 7 a 0 7b Hill and Hummer, Ltd. .110 — New Zealand Drug, £2 ... _ 2 8 9 N.Z. Portland Cement Co, — "> 0 0 New Zealand Portland Cement ('.... now issue ... _ 1 19 n Now Zealand Paper Mills -- 13 0 Union Oil 10 9 MIXING— Bonanza, paid 0 10 — Bonanza, contributing ... 0 0 8; 0 0 6; Kuraniii 0 0 0" _ " Kuramii.Caledonian ... 0 15 013 Magnet, contributing ..00:? — May Queen Extended ... 0 0 10 0 0 8, £ ,,w > ;> rt 0 0 7 0 0 b'. New May Queen 0 3.' Oil* Now Moanataiari 0 10 Now- Monowai .010 — New Occidental ... ... .- 0 0 1; New Saxon 0 0 10 0 0 9J New Sylvia 0 0-'; 0 0 3* old Albttrnia 0 ,'. 4" 0 .' 1' Thames ... 0 0 9 0 0 6; Victoria 0 11 _ " aiot-ahi 1 12 6 1 12 3 Wajt-angi. 6d paid ... 0 4 9 0 4 8 Watchman 0 0b 0-1 Bunker's Hill 0 0 8 — Hauraki Freehold ... 0 0 4 Kapowai 0 0 10 Old Ilaurnki 0 0 11 00 10; South Kapaiif;a 0 10 0 0 10 Auckland ... 0 0 7 0 0b Champion, paid up ... 01b 10 Champion, contributing 0 10 Crown 0 8 9 0 3 7 Golden Belt, paid ... 0 1 11 0 15 Golden licit, con. ... 0 1 8 — Kirikiri. contributing ... 0 0 9 — Komata Reefs ... 0 -i 0 0 1 11 Maoriland, paid 0 10 .Ma.inland, contributing... 0 0 10 New Woitekauri 0 0 11 ' 0 0 10 Pride of Waihi . ... 0 0 9* ' Tairua Broken Hills ..027 02b Talisman Consolidated ... 1 12 6 1 12 3 Waihi 8 18 0 8 17 0 Waihi Beach 0 0 9 0 0 7 Waihi Consolidated ... 0 18 Oil" Waihi Extended 0 5 4 0 '1 2 Waihi Grand Junction ...2 9 6 — Sunbeam Uold and SUver, Is 6d paid 0 10 0 0 9J H. L. Noakks. Secretary; G. A. Buttle, Chairman. 3.15 p.m., January 17. 1907.