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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13692, 7 March 1908, Page 3

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The sharemarket was quiet again yesterday. In investment lines Taupiri Coals sold- at ?0s 6il: Kauri Timbers (contributing) at JCs 2d; Auckland Tramways (ordinary), at ?4s 7d. In mining lines Waihis were firmer, selling at £9 3s to £9 3s 6d, sellers closing at £9 3t> 6d, and buyers at £9 3s 3d. Talismans were done at 535, at which price more were offered, buyers 52s 3d. Victorias sold at, Is: Waiotahis at 3s 3d; Waitangis at 2s lid; Old Haurakis at 2s 2d and 2s 3d; Crowns at 7s Id; Komata Roofs at Is 3d; New Waitekauris at 7d ; Rising Suns at 8d : Silver Hills at 6jd; Tairua Golden Hills (6d paid) at Is sd; Waihi Beach at 6d; and Mountain Kings (contributing) at 9£d and 10(1. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY. Previous day's closing sales. Taupiri Coal .Mines— call, 20b 6d ... 1 0 6 I Kauri Timber (con.)—3rd call, 10s 2d ... Auckland Tramway* (ord.)—2nd and 3rd colls, 24» 7d " 14 8 Victoria call, 1* — Waiotahi—3rd call, 3s 3d — Wuitaiigi—3rd call, 2s lid .. ...0 2 9 Old Ilaurnki—lst call. 2s 2d. 2s 3d: 3rd call, 2s 3d Crown— call. 7s Id - Komata Reefs— Ist call, Is 3d — New Waiteknnri— call, 7d — Hieing Sun—3rd call, 8d " — Silver Hills—lst and 2nd calls, ... — Tairua Golden Hills (6d paid)—lst and 3rd calls, Is 5d ... 0 1 5 Talisman—2nd call, 53« 2 13 6 Waihi—2nd call. £9 3.-; 3rd call, £9 3s 3d, £9 3* 6d 9 2 6 Wailii Beach— call, 6d Mountain King (con.)—lst call. 9'.d; 3rd call, lOd "... 0 0 9J CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers. Buyers. £ a. d. £ 8. <J. BANKSNo w Zealand 9 15 6 — National & 8 6 5 7b INSURANCE— New Zealand 3 15 0 3 14 0 National ... ... ... 19 0 South British — 2 14 6 Standard ... ... ... 13 3 — FINANCIAL— N.Z. and River Hate ... — 1 11 0 COAL— Ilikurangi ... 0 16 4 0 15 9 Nor!. Coal. 10* paid ... 0 lo 0 0 15 9 Taupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 1 0 0 10 0 Weapon 7 5 0 — GAS— Auckland ... 14 10 0 14 5 0 Birkenhead and Koulicote -•- 1 4 o SHIPPING— Union S.s. 1 15 9 1 14 3 Northern, paid up ... U 17 0 — Northern, con 0 7 9 0 7 6 Devonport Steam Kerry... 1 12 0 1 10 6 TIMBER— Kami, con. 0 10 2 0 9 11 Leyland-O'Biien, Ltd. ... 2 4 6 — Mountain Rimu, Ltd ... 1 3 5 — MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramways, j )ie f_ ISO — Auckland Trtunwuvs, ord. 14 9 — D.S.C., Limited '. 0 5 0 0 4 9 Grey and Menzies, ord. « 9 6 0 9 0 Hill and Plummcr, Ltd. 10 0 — 11.M. Arcado Theatre Co., litef. ... 10 6 10 0 New Zealand Drag, £2 ... 2 14 0 — New Zealand Paper Mills 14 0 — Tonson Garlick Co.. Ltd. 0 19 6 — Union Oil . — 110 Wiseman and Sons, pref. 10 0 0 18 0 Wiseman and Sons, ord. 0 13 6 0 13 0 Wilson's Portland Cement Co., pref. 26 0 2 4 6 Wilson's Portland Cement Co.. ord. — 2 3 0 DEBENTURESAuckland Harbour Board 4 per cent. 9£ 10 0 — Auckland Gas 5.J per Cent. 53 10 0 — MINING— Bonanza, con. 0 0 4', . — Kuranui 0 0 9" 0 0 7 Kuranui-Caledonian ... 0 0 11 0 0 9 Magnet, con. 0 0 2 — May Queen 0 1 11 0 19 May Queen Extended ... 0 0 6 _ New Dart, paid 0 0 6 _ New Moanntaiuri 0 0 0 0 0 4 Now Monowai 0 0a — New Sylvia 0 15 0 14 Old Albumin 0 13 0 0 11 Saxon ... 0 0 9 — Scandinavian 0 0 b' 7 Thames oil" 0 10 Victoria 0 11 0 10 Waiotahi 0 3 4 0 3 2 Waitangi ... ... ... 0 3 0 0 2 8 Mount Zeelian, con. ... _ 0 0 3 llauraki Freehold ... 0 0 o-' — Kapowai, con. ... 0 0 5 Old llauraki Gold Mines 0 2 3 0 22 Old Kapanga ... ..004 00 2 Tangiaro 0 0 7 0 0 4 I'okatea ... ... ... 0 0 4; Auckland ... ... 0 0 5' 0 0 2 Comstocfc, ci , .006 003 Champion, p 1 up ... 0 6 2 0 4 8 Champion, ton 0 4 1 0 3 9 Crown 0 7 1 0 7 0 Durbar 0 0 5 _ Golden Belt 0 2 3 0 ? 2 Golden Cross ... ... 0 0 6 0 0 5 Kirikiri, eon 0 0 3.1 0 0 2A Karangahake 0 12 Oil" Komata Reefs 0 13 0 12 New Waitekauri 0 0 7; 0 0 6' Pride of M'.iilii 0 0 6' _ Rising Sun _ 0 0 8 Silver Hills 0 0 7 0 0 6 Tallica 0 0 5 0 0 4 lairua Broken Hills ... 0 A 0 0 3 10 Tairua Consols .004 Tairua Golden Hills, 9d „ Paid 0 18 0 17 Tairua Golden Hills, 6d Paid 0 16 0 14 Tairua Extended ... 0 0 4 Tuinta Triumph, con. ... 0 1 11 0 18 Talisman Consolidated ... 2 13 0 2 12 3 M l . ■•• / 9 36 933 Wahl "each 0 0 64 0 0 5i TVaihi Consolidated ...Oil" 0 0 10 Waihi Extended ... ..044 040 Waihi Grand Junction ... 1 2 0 10 0 Mountain King. con. ... 0 0 10 0 0 91 Sunbeam Gold and Silver, la 6d paid — 0 0 21 Ngatiawa Ola 010" Aupouri .. .. ..002 0 0 11 Lanigftn's Antimony Mines 0 0 0 0 0 4 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. Standard Insurance Now Hamilton Gas , lOp.c. Now Waihi 0 3 6 Now Milne and Choyce Bp.c. Now Hank of Australasia, per annum 14 p.c. Mar. 27 Calls. May Queen, February 3 ... 0 0 1 Now Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Company, February 4 ... 0 2 6 Now Sunbeam Gola and Silver Milling Company, February 3 0 0 1 Now Old Kapanga. February 0 ... 0 0 1 Now Waihi Consolidated, Feb. 17 ... 0 0 1 Now Golden Cross, February 13 ... 0 0 1 Now Ngatiawa, February 17 " 0 0 1 Mar. 13 Kapowai, February 26 ... 0 0 1 Mar. 10 New Sylvia. March 5 ... 0 0 1 Mar. 26 Sunbeam, February 17 0 0 1 April 3 Wailii Extended, March 6 ... 0 0 2 April 6 TIMAEU WHEAT MARKET. A telegram has been received locally from a well-known Timaru miller to the effect that the wheat market there was very excited yesterday, large sales being effected in sympathy with the London market. FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Business on the local fruit and produce markets lias been fairly good during' the past week, although supplies in some instances, were very light. Shipments of imported potatoes, contrary to expectations, being on the small side, the market, was left bare, with the result that, all samples, including very inferior and badly packed local lots, were quitted at extreme rates. Onions were in supply about equal* to the demand. Chaff was very firm, but supplies were not in excess of requirements, Vegetables were again very scarce and realised high prices. In dairy produce very little farmers' make of butter wan sent in, and all of the best lots touched close on factory quotations. Owing to the extremely hot weather prevailing some of the small lots were in a very unpresentable condition. Fresh eggs came forward in large quantities, and prices dropped considerably on late quotations. Bacon and hams were in such short supply that it was impossible to complete orders. What fanners' cheese was sent in was of inferior quality. There was no change in values for factory make. Steady supplies of fruit came" to hand during the. week, and all sold under unusually keen competition and generally extreme rates ruled. The first shipment, of grapes from South Australia was lauded on Monday, but in an unsatisfactory condition. A second shipment is due on Monday next, and it will be interesting to see in what condition they are. If they are not in better order than the" first shipment the prospects for the shippers getting anything like; an adequate return for their labour is very poor. A fair quantity of New South Wales grapes were also landed on Monday, and generally in good condition. Local indoor grapes were more plentiful and sold at satisfactory rates, and the supply of outdoor varieties was heavy. Poultry came to hand in moderate numbers, and the quality was generally better than of late, consequently higher prices were obtained. The follow- : ing were the ruling prices at the auction sales yesterday :— Field Produce.—: Local, prime. £10 to £11 ton; do., poor, £8 to £9. Kumaras: i Local, 14s cwt. Onions: Local. £7 to £7 10*, km. Chan": Local, £5 10s to £5 15s ton; do., Southern, £5 10* to £5 15s. Dairv Produce.— aud separator butter, Is to Is 2d lb", do., farmers', bulk, good, lid to to Is; do., inferior. 4d to 6d. Eggs: Fresh, Is 2d dozen. Cheese: Farmers', good, Sd lb; d".. inferior, 2d to 3d: do., factor}-, large, 6d to 6Jd ; do., loaf, 6J.d to 7d. Fruit.—Apples: Local, dessert, superior, 12s to 14s case; do., good, 8s to . 10s; do., cooking, choice, 7s to 8s 6d; do., good, bs to 6* 6d. Pears: Bon Chretien, 12s 6d to 14s 6d.; do., others, dw<

Bert, 7* to 10s 6cl; do., cooking, 5* to 7s 6d. Plums: English varieties, 2s fad to 5s 6d; damsons, 4s. Peaches: Superior, 6s to 8s 6d ; do., good, 4s to 6s 6d. Grapes: Local, indoor, special, Is to Is 3d lb; do., others, 6J.d to lid; do., outdoor, 2d to 4d ; do., New South Wales, 6s to 10s per 201b box; do., South Australian, 2s 6d to lis per 301b box,, according to condition. Lemons: Local, prime, 6* 6d to 9s case; do., Sydney, green, 5s 3d. Passion-fruit: Local, 2ft to 3s box for prime and Is for poor. Watermelons: Local, 12s to 20s dozen; do., Sydney, 12s to 20s. Rockmelons: Local, Is to 2*. Bananas, 4s to 5s bunch ; do., repacked, lid to 2d lb. Pints: Queensland, 5s to 9s case. Cocoanut.', 5s 6d sack.

Poultry.— Hens, Is 4d to Is 9d each; tabic rooster*," heavy. 3s to 4s: do., light, Is 3d to Is 6d; cockerels, 3d to Is ; ducks, Is 3d to Is 9d.

PROPERTY SALES. There was a good attendance at Mr. Thornes' land sale yesterday, when a property with 69ft frontage to Grafton Road by 109 ft and a house thereon was sold for £460. MESSRS. O. B. KINGSWELL AND CO.'S REPORT. On Tuesday we cleared a good catalogue of hides, sheepskins, tallow, etc. Hides: All well-flayed and conditioned are in. strong demand and others are very dull of sale. We quote—Picked ox, 7,', dto 7Jd ; extra stout, 7d to 7id; stout, 61d to bid ; shcety, 4jjd to bd; light, Hid to 4Jd: cow, best 4',d to 4£d, good 4d to 4Jcl, seconds 3d to 3id ; kip, 3id to 4d; calf, beat-flayed sd, cut 2d to 2£<l; stags', 2Jd per lb. Sheepskins : Large. 1* 7d to Is 9d ; good lines, Is 6d to Is 7d; medium. Is 3d to Is 4d; small, lOd to Is; lambs', from Is 3d to is 9d each. Tallow: Good, 26» 6d to 275; medium, 24s to 255; seconds, 20? to 21s; inferior, 14s to 15s per cv.t. Hough fat, l'Jd. per lb. Hones, £4 15s per toil Hair: Horse, tail Is 6d to Is 7d, niano 4d to 6d per lb.

FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, have received the following cablegram from London :— The lamb and mutton market is firm, with an upward tendency. For beef there is a poor demand, and prices are unchanged. Present quotations are:—Lamb: Prime heavy Canterbury s?d, light 6id ; heavy North Island, 51, light 5Jd. Mutton: Heaw Canterbury 3Jd. light 4id ; heavy North Island 3W. light 3Z,d. Beef: Fore-quarters, 2Jd ; hindquarters, 3!d. LONDON. By Telegraph ---Press Association.—Copyright. (Received March 6, 9.35 p.m.) Lokdok. March it. HANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. The Bank of Kngland returns for the week are as follows:—Gold coin, £37,915,000; reserve, £29,518.000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 49.59 per cent.; notes in circulation, £28,212,000; public deposits. £18,710,000; other deposits, £40.861.000: Government securities, £14,319,000; other securities, £33.918.000. MONEY MARKET. Bank rate. 3] per cent. Three months' bills me discounted at V a per cent. CONSOLS AND COLONIAL STOCKS. Consols, £88 ss. New South-Wale* 3 per cents., £89. South Australian 3 per cents., £87. New Zealand 3 per cents., £88 10-:. Other stocks .are unchanged. WHEAT. Wheat is 6d dearer. The American via!die supply is 57,917,000 bushels. The wheat market is linn, with a cheerful tone. Cargoes ate mote animated. Australian afloat, is offering at 35s 6d to 375; FebruaryMarch shipment, 37s 3d. A steame;- parcel afloat sold at 36s 9d. FLOUR. Flour is firmer, Australian offering at. 28s to 29s landed. BUTTER AND CHEESE. Butter is linn, colonial clearing satisfactorily. Choicest New Zealand sold at 120 a to 1225; Australian stilted. 116s to 118s; unsalted, 120s; Danish, unaltered. Cheese is steady. New Zealand, 62s to 645. METALS. Copper: On spot, £59 2s 6d ; at three months, £56 12s 6d. Tin: On spot. £135 10s; at three month?, £131 10.--. Lead, £13 15s. Spelter. £20 15s. Iron, 50s lOd. i Silver, 2n 1 7-16 d per online. . SUGAR. German, 10s 3d: first marks, 12* Id. WOOL. On the Bradford wool market there is little doing. Forties sold at Hid; other classes unchanged. COPRA. Copra is Pat and supplies large. Sellers of South Sea in bags want £15 7s 6d. DUXEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. [BY TELEGRAPH.— CRESS ASSOCIATION" J DTJ2OEDIK, Friday*. The following Stock Exchange sales have been reported :—Golden Bed, 12k 9d ; Milburn Lime and Cement (10s paid). 13a IOAd.