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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10761, 27 March 1897, Page 1

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' • Daily Times Office, Friday evening. The amount of customs revenue receivpd to-'iay on goods cleared for consumption was £1054 Ms Id. . COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. „., „,,• . London, March 25. Silver, 2s 4Jd. Tallow: Mu'ton—fise, SOs ; medium, ISs 6d. Beef—fine, 18s !M ; medinm, 17s 6d. vS e o .)V£™'v an visible wl>eat supply is estimated at 55,2.}9,000 bushrls. * THE MEAT MARKET. Napier. March 26.—The Colonial Consigument and Distributing Company cabled to Messrs JNelson I>ros. to-day :—"No improvement in the frozen meat market; prices remain.unchanged." THE LONDON MARKETS. -The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cable from their London office, dated March 26 •—" Frozen meats : Mutton market weak. Canterbury mutton is worth 3d per ib ; Wellington mutton is worth 2£d per lb ; prime New Zealand lambs •are worth, per carcase. 5d per lb. 'fallow : There l* a better demand for beef tallow, but other .descriptions are unchanged.". -

" . ' ■»- ' Sl.. ' . . ".. DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. Friday's Quotations. .- Members: A. Bartleman W. G. Forbes Brodrick & Chalmer Cms J Fox E. A. QOGAN. ' TUOS. GKOSB A. G. Fenwick HamiltonifcM'KEßßOw Percy Helmore J. It. j-cott Alex. Herdman (Com- John Reid & Sons mercial Property Co.) Neville Sievwrigiit Ihos. Moodie (Per- Airrnijß M. Sidey* Co petual Trustees Co.) Edward Trvthall Harman Reeves W. J. Watson, Jun H. S. Valentine 4 ' From *To Ba«kS : , £8. d. £s.d. j National IIS 6 119 9 ! Insurance: Na«onal ... . 017 3 017 9 New Zealand 3 (i G 3 7 6 South British 2 5 0 2 6 6 Standard 015 2 015 8 Shipping : ■ New Zealatrd Shipping ... 415 0 5 0 0 Union Steam 818 0 9 2 6 Coal: Kaitangata (old) 19 10 6 20 5 0 Do (new) 1 9 ti 110 6 Westport 214 6 215 6 Loan and Agency.: Commercial Property Co. ,Uos) • 02 6 03 0 Dalgety and Co 5 10 5 5 0 National Mortgage ... 012 0 012 6 New Zealand and River Plate Land Co. ... 012 6 013 6 Perpetual Trustees ... 011 0 011 6 Trustees and Executors ... 18 0 19 0 Miscellaneous : Colonial Sugar Refining Co. (£2O) 28 15 6 29 0 0 Milbiirn Lime and Cement 017 0 017 fi Morniogton Tramway ... 015 0 016 0 Mosgiel Woollen 4' 1 0 4 3 0 New Zealand Drug (£2 paid), exdiv 2 7 0 2 8 0 New Zealand Drug (30s ~ Paid) 113 6 114 0 Otago Daily Times ... 10 12 0 10 17 (i Roslyn Tramway 110 6 111 b" Quartz Miking : _. _ REErTON. Big River Extended ... 018 0 019 0 Cumberland 0 13 0 16 Exchange 0 0 9 0 10 Hercules ■ _ 0 16" o 1 9 Humphrey's Gully .'" 017 0 018 6 Keep-it-Dark ISO 190 No. 2 ... 0 1 3 0 16 Lord Edward ... 019 0" n £yell Creek "J 0 { % 0 ° { § success ... 0 0 4 0 0 (! United Alpine (Lyell) '." 0 8 0 0 9 0 ■Welcome Co. (Ltd.X ... 0 3 3 0 3 9 ; AUCKLAND. Cardigan 0 010 010 t-uranui Caledonia ... 0 410 0 5 4 May Queen I) 9 0 0 9 G Sloanatatari (Ltd.) ... 012 0 012 (i New Alburma .... 04 9 05 0 Puru Consolidated ." 0 4 5 04 9 Victoria 0 2 5 -0 2 9 A'Pha 0 4 0 0 4 6 r?. wn ,-., 15 0 18 0 T^h.sman ■ ... 015 0 OIK 0 W'uhi-Silverton ...... 1 1 0 14 0 Waibi Dredging 0 0 3 0 0 4 Joritannia ... (I 1 9< nil Bunkert Hill ... \\\ 03? 036 Welcome Find 02 2 0 2 (J AUSTRALIAN AI.D TASMAMAN. Uarlen Hercules ... . 0 2 9 0 3 3 Broken Hill Proprietary.. 2 8 6 211 6 Curtin-Davies Proprirtkiy 012 6 013 6 Hercules G..U and Silver MininK Company 12 3 13 0 Mount Lyell Mining and * r, llai,l^?, y Company ... 9 0 0 9 5 0 OonahSilverMining Cm- Oa .Pa°y. 0 8 6 0 9 6 Silver Queen Mining ConiT Pan>' „ 016 6 01G 6 Dredging Companies: £,ull. er 6 5 0 0 5 6 de:-.- •••■ 70 0 0 75 0 0 sunedll! 0 9 0 010 fi Lnterpnse ... J. 17 0 2 0 0 Ettrick (vendors) ... '". * m 6 112 X JJo (contributing) ... 19 0 110 fi n °}^n£ro.wn 010 0 011 U ,° !r"?> c 110 0 112 (J Go den Run „ 010 0 012 0 Golden Treasure 22 0 2 7 0 Jutland Mat (vendors) ... 0 8 0 0 9 6 Do (contributing) ... 0 7 6 0 S B Otago 12 0 1 'i 0 ? T ew H°y Big Beach "'. 0 10 0 14 Upper Waipori (vendors) 0 4 0 0 4 9 l>o (contributing) 0 3 6 8 4 0 Sluicing Companies : Roxburgh Amalgam^ied (vendors) 0 9 6 fl 10 6 Roxburgh Amalgamated (contributing) 0 8 6 8 9 6 ANNUAL SHEEP SACK AT COTTESBPOOK. ! Messrs WniciiT, Step;ien«on, and Co reroit ! i a, 3 101 ?,?; s :~' »»»«mia; fixture took place yestcr- : I day. 1 here was a gocj entry of sbeep, »n,i as ! i there were buyer, preae.it for all classes ntaily : ; every lot was di.posed of. In all some 40(70 od,! : ; crossbred s-h^p C hangi->1 hands at the followii,« i ; prices —viz. : Pour-toiith tbree-quarter bred ' wethers. 7s Otl to 8s ; two-tooth halfbred do, 5s fid ' ;tu OS ;/Jo crossbred o"o, 0d to 7a ; fat do lamb- 8s • : i fo,'ef°ir 03Pd ; *ull-mouthed crossbred ewus,' I i 4s to us Bd. ' 1 ' SMIDDLKMARCH ANNUAL STOCK SALE. The Farmers' Agency Company (Limited) ■ held their annual stock fair at their yards ; Aliddlemarch. on Thumday last, the 25th lust' : lhere was an imniente gathering of buyers' from all parts of Ota K o and South Canterbury bent on doing business in suitable lines for their j winter requirements The early part of the day .' was very wet and foggy, uv.d this prevented some ; vendors getting their atoc!: forward to the sale •

But notwithstanding these drawbacks there was a good yarding, consisting of 90SS sheep, 59 ram?, 183 cattle, and 7 horses. The bulk of the sheep were crossbred and halfbred ewes, with a few ptus of lambs and wether?. All sorts were well competed for, and, with a further advance in values for best eorls, a speedy clearance was made of eveiytHiug in the sheep-pens with the exception of one small pen of merino ewes. Cattia were not much sought after, the scarcity of turnips in the district preventing those who usually operate at this time of the year from bidding. They were mostly held over, and will ba sent to the coast markets for sale. The Mixtakanui draft of 73 head were a specially rip-? lot. Our sales at auction and prjvately for the day were 13.28fishe«-p, 59 rams, 1 nraucht mare (£18). The following were the rauge of prices obtained at the sale:—Four-tooth crossbred ewes. 7s 4d to 8s 3d ; four, six, and eiaht-tooth do, 7s 2d ; twotooth mixed lo's, 5< to S3 ; crossbred wethers, 7s 6d to 9s 6,1 ; full-mouth halfbred and crossbred ewes, 4s to 6s 9<l; good crossbred lambs, \> 3.1 to 5s 6d; fat do, 8s Sd ; halfbred do, 3s 9d to -4s; merino wethers, Ss ftl; four-tooth cull maiden merino ewes, 4s ; aged crossbred do and boilers, Is Id to 2s 9d.