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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10731, 20 February 1897, Page 4

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■» — Daily Times Office, Friday evening. The amount of customs revenue received to-day on goods cleared for consumption was £220919s sd. j,2i\e D«? eflin, Star-Bowkett Society disposed of i&UO on Thursaay evening, .£SOO being drawn by two numbers holding cluster 223 of two and three shares respectively; £100 was then sold atthe price tendereu for £32, and £200 disposed viva voce at I a premium of £28 per centum. The chairman of ' directors, Mr J. H. Chapman, presided. PALMERSTON MONTHLY SALE. Messrs Weight, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows:—V\ re held our monthly sale at M'Kay's I yards yesterday (Friday). There was a very fair / entry of sheep, but fortunately not many cattle as there were practically no buyers for this class of stock forward. Tbe sheep, with one exception, all changed hands at the orices stated below It ha 3 become matter of public talk that not niauv buyers attend the Palmerston sales, and we feel rt. °ur cJuty in this connection to say to the settlers, in the districts interested that if they would intimate their intention of having stock at any particular sale a week or ten days before Hand, so that it might be properly advertised more buyers both from the north and south would Kie forthcoming. Prices ranged as follows:—Primtat crossbred lambs, 8s to 8s 6d ; good store JV- 0„6s; two-tooth crossbred wethers (thin) Os to Gs (3d; cull do ewes, 2s 2d to 3s 6M ; three* year-oia steers, 65s to 78s; yearling steers, 30s to •%; rows, 15s to 655. —: » DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. Friday's Quotations. Members: , A. BARTLESIAN W. G. FORBES » Broorick & Chalmer Chas. J. Fox E. A. Cogan Thos. Grose A. G. Fenwick Hamilton & M'Kerrow Percy Helmore 3. R. Scott I Alex. Herdmaji (Com- John Reid <fc Sons mercial Property Co.) Neville Sievwright Thos. Moodie (Per- Arthur M. Sidey &Co petusl Trustees Co.) Edward Trythall Harman Reeves W. J. Watson, Jun . H. S. -Valentine From To Banks: £s. d. £s . a. National 119 0 2 0 0 Union of Australia, Ltd... 25 0 9 26 0 0 : ... ~. ... 017 1 017 4 Zealand .„ ...3 5 0 360 HH^Boutb. British 2 4 6 2 5 6 ■M^Kandard (cum. div.) ... 015 6 016 0 H^^^^W Zealand Shipping ... 412 6 417 6 H^^^B°n Steam ... 90 0 95 0 (old) . . .„ 19 0 6 19 10 0 . (new)... .„ 1 7 0 18 0 ■^^^M#ort ... 2 7 0 2 S 0 HHj^^^Bak*o Agency: ■■^^■ety and Co. ... ~. 417 6 52 6 Mortgage ... 013 6 014 0 Trustees 010 9 011 3 and Executors .„ 1 7 6 ISO Woollen Co. ... 519 0 6 10 Lime and Cement 016 0 016 6 Tramway ... Qls 0 015 6 12 0 4 3 0 Zealand Drug (£2 ... ... 3 7 0 2 8 0 Zealand Drug (30s Paid> ■•*, 113 0 114 0 Woollen Factory 13 6 14 6 DaUy Times " „ 10 5 0 10 15 0 .Tramway«. ... 110 0 111 0 Mining i WT „.„.,,, , BEEFTOS. Big River Extended _ 1 1 0 12 0 Cumberland .„ w 01 0 016 Exchange »»■--. 0 0.9 010 Hercules -.''«. ... 01 9 fl '2 0 Keep-it-Dark ... „ 19 6 110 6 Keep-it-Dark, No. 2 w 019 0 2 0 Lord Edward „ «, 019 02 0 Lyell Creeks. _ _ 014017 Success ... „. ....,...• 0 0. 6 0 09* United Alpine (Lyell) ,„ 010 6 Oil 6 Welcome Co. (Ltd.) ... 02 9 03 3 _ AUCKLAND. ' ■ "■ Altrarnia East ... „ o 1 0 01 3 Cardigan ... „ 01 2 015 L-uranui Caledonia „*. 05 9 '063 May Queen -.„ _ ... 09 6 010 0 Monowai ... M. w 05S' 06 0 NewAlburnia . „, 0 6 0 0 6 6 Puru Consokdatsd *. 04 6 0 5 0 Sheridan «.. „, 0 2 6 0 2 9 Tarara Creek .„ 0 5 9 063 Crown / ... ■„ ... 110 0 111 0 Talisman' ... „ 018 6'o 19 0 Talisman Extended „, 0 1 9'< 0 2 0 vJr a-£ ??, ns?i s ' ~ -009010 Waihi-Silverton ... „ 13 6.15*0 Britannia ... _ JO 1 9 Bunker's Hill ... ... 04 3 lo 4 9 Hauraki North (paid np) 05 6 06 0 Do (contributing) 03 9 0 4 3 --' ftewGolconda 0 010 0 10 _ AUSTSALIAJf AND TASMANIAN. Barlen Hercules 03 0 03 3 Curtin-Davies Proprietary 013 0 013 6 Hercules Gold and Silver Mining Company ... 015 9 016 3 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company ... 817 6 9 0 0 Oonah Silver Mining Com- - pany (cum. div.) 08 0 08 3 wedging Companies-^ BuUer ... ... 0 5 9-063 Clyde... ... „. _ 60 0 0 63 0 0 Enterprise ...... _ 115 0 20 0Jit trick (vendors) ... _ 110 0 111 0 r. ?? (contributing) 0 19 0 bolden Crown w 0 70 079' Golden Gate... .„ „ .1 12 0 115 0 . £°H en£ UII-- - - 016 0 017 0 trolden Treasure .„ „, 200 250 Jutland Flat (vendors) _ 08 0 0 8 6 Do (contributing) 080 2tas^-- ~ ~ 1 1 0' 1 2 0' bew Hoy Big Beach ... 01 6 0 19 Upper Waipori (vendors) 0 4 0 0 4 0 - Dp (contributing) 0 3 0 0 3 6 Sluicing Companies: Roxburgh Amalgamated (vendors) ... ... 09 6 010 0 Roxburgh Amalgamated (contributing) ... „ 090 09 6 PGST OFFICE NOTICES. ■■ c ■ ■ Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Dnnedin subject to any necessary alteration!), as under •— Overland, North, daily, 10.30 a.m. Guard's van (late) 11 a.m. This Day (Saturday), February 20. • For Lyttelton, Christchurch, and Northern ports - of ]\ew Zealand, per TeAnau, at 4.20 p.m. Late letters, C.P.0., at 4.30 p.m. t, „ ~, Mo-nday, February 22. lyirSsutliland, Australian Colonies (via Hobart), India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Mediterranean ports, Contiaeat of Europe, United ■Kingdom, &c , perTalune, at 2.50 p.m. Money orders (for Australian colonies only) revered letters, books, and newspapers, at 1.59! Late letters, C.P.0., at 3 p.m. xarcel post wails for the Australian colonies. cloecs afc.! p.m. To-day (Saturday), SCth. „ A supplementary mail will be made up at 3J5 p.ia. (overland, to connect with the Talune at the ".'-,, Letters for United Kingdom must be specially addressed. Due in London on April 7. t Tuesday, February 23. ForLyttelton, Christchurch, Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Rotomahana, at LbO p.m. Late letters, Port train, 2.30 p.m. Tuorseay, Januart 25. Sor Lyttelton, Christchurch, Northern Ports of New Zealand, and Australian Colonies (except Tasmania), per Mararoa, at 1.50 cm. Late letters Port train, 2.30 p.m. " ' _ Money ordea; (Austriliia colonies only) at 12.50 p.*, . J n Maili^for New Hebrides leave Sydney on the -.. 24th lest. 1 Mails leave Sydney for Now Guinea on March I, i and for Noumea aad Fiji oa March 3. j Hails for Fiji, per Iticlmiond. close at Auckland ' on Priday, March 5, at 4 p.m. j Math* for Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, per Taviuni, i wiU dose at Auckland ou Wednesday, March 10 at-ip.m. 1 ]^ oUi'—'^\^l-(», Postage on newspapers;addressed to Qcssnsland, as from the lst January • 1837, must be Id for first 4oz or less, and id for every additional 2oz. ~N.-1 8 - T-From tbe lst March next the wei-ht-lnmt of sample packets for the United States will 06 extended irom Boz to 12oa. m (Signed) Snn. Cook, Chief Postmaster i CHef Post Office, February 19,1897. 1 ============= ]