LAST CHANCE H.S.E. AND D. COMPANY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2396, 1 February 1900, Page 20

LAST CHANCE H.S.E. AND D. COMPANY.

TO THE EDITOH.

Sib, — I would like to know what this company has been doing, and what the dhectors intend to do. There is no word of a dredge yet, and the shares are now paid up to some 10s. I was induced to take shares on the good information set out and vouched for in the prospectus, coupled also with the fact of your travelling representative writing favourably as h? did of this venture (vide Daily Times of 4tii July last), which was in itself no small assurance to those who became shareholders.

I understood the claim would have been profit yielding from the start, and that regular monthly returns, with the assistance of monthly calls, would speedily furnish a dredge. With the exception of, I think, one return of gold some months ago I have seen no others reported, nor any information concerning the claim, other than that someone was sent to inspect the property, xhe newspaper report of which, to my thinking, was not very encouraging. No doubt the published statement of the company's affairs as at 31st December .(required by the Mining Act) will soon be forth.-" coming, which should afford some information., I notice that shares have recently changed hands at 2s discount. Any information as to the future outlook would be welcome. — I am,

[We are informed that it was the intention of the directors to carry out the original idea oi -working a large portion of the claim down, to the false bottom with an up-to-date dredge, but owing to the voluminous correspondence of adverse criticism on the merits of the claim the directors secured the services of Mr J. P, Smith, M.A.1.M.E., to report on the property. Mr Smith's report, which was a very favourable one, has already appeared in our columns. Under the recommendation of Mr Smith the directors decided to further prospect the property by boring in order to prove whether or joos srold exigijed in payable quantities btaeatZi

th? false bottom. Until this is definitely decided the proportions of the dredge cannot be fixed upon. The boring operations are still being carried on, and the property has been tested to a depth of 40ft. Gold has been obtained below the false bottom, but -full particulars are not yet to hand. The company have obtained 560z of gold by hydraulic sluicing up to date. -The first wash up was the property of the vendors, as per agreement filed &fc date of registration. — Ed.

FROM WORKING DREDGES. The return from the Inch Valley Gold Dredging Company for the week is 360z for 136 hours. The Hartley and Riley Beach Dredging Company (Limited) washed up on Friday for a return of 790z 14dwt of gold for a week's dredging. The Secretary of the Golden Terrace Dredging Company reports a return of 12oz 12dwt 12gr from No. 1 dredge only. The return from the Earnscleugh No. 2 dredge last week was 490z 16dwt. Mr Laurence Ryan, Alexandra, wires the follow ing returns: — Galtee More, ISoz for nine daj's' dredging; Moiyneux Hydraulic, 320z; Nil Desperandum, 240z lldwt Ogr. The secretary reports that the return from the Morning Star dredge for the week ending Friday, 26th inst., is 20oz for 129 working hours. The secretary of the Charlton Creek Gold Dredging CompaJiy reports a return of 21oz 17dwt for 120 hours' dredging. - The secretary of the Magnetic Gold Dredging Company reports a return of 20oz gold for five days 17 hours' dredging. River rose during week 2ft, bringing quantity drift. Will take all week \o get once across the river. The secretary of the Golden Beach Dredging Company reports a return of 350z 4dwt lOgr goj.d for- 130^ hours' work. The secretary of the Manorburn Gold Dredging Company (Limited) reports a return of 211 ounces for the week. Dredge turning and working through tailings. The Dunedin Stock Exchange report the following returns: — Golden Treasure (week), 350z Bdwt; Otago (fortnight), 21oz lldwt. The secretary of the Golden Gate Dredging Company reports a return of 61 oz 15dwt for six days' work. The river is steady. The secretary of the Electric Gold Dredging Company reports a return of 1250z for 120 hours' derdging. The secretary of the Junction Electric Gold Dredging Company reports a return of HOoa from No. 2 dredge. The secretary of the Matau Dredging Company reports a retitrn of 520z for the week ended Saturday. The secretary of the Ciyde Dredging Company reports a return of 28oz for the week ended Saturday. The river is sft 4in above normal. The secretary of the Tuapeka Dredging Company reports a return of 12oz gold for 118 hours during the week ended 26th inst. The dredge was working through clay. The secretary of the Dunedin Dredging Company reports a return of 240z 14dwt gold for last week. Mr J. J. Gibson, Lawrence, reports a re.turn of 250z sdwt from the Success dredge. The secretary reports a return from the Efetrick dredge of 9oz gold. The secretary of the Chicago Dredging Company reports a return of 19oz 15dw,t 12gr for 5J days. The secretary of the Nevis Dredging Company Teports a return of 340z for 132 hours' dredg3»g- _ - The Upper Waipori Alluvial Gold Dredging ■Company (Limited) obtained last week 320z i3dwt of gold for 137 hours' dredging. The Jutland Plat (TVaipori) Gold Mining ■Company (Limited) obtained last' week 230z 12dwt of gold for 144 hours' wages time; 133 hours' actual dredging. The return from the llacraes Flat Gold Dredging Company's dredge is 6oz 12chvt x gold for 122 hours' dredging. The secretary of the Evans Plat Dredging Company reports a return of Boz 14dwt goid for the week ended Saturday last. The secretary of the Lawrence Gold Dredging Company reports 0 return of 13oz 18dwt 20gr for 130 hours' dredging. Mr J. D. Buchanan, Alexandra South, reports a return of 17oz lOdwt from the TJnity dredge. The secretary of the Earnscleugh No. 2 Di edging Company reports a return of 590z lOdwt for last week. The secretary of the Golden Point Dredging Company reports a return of 18oz for last week. The secretary of the Chatto Creek Dredging Company reports a return of 9oz 6dwo for 132 iours' dredging. The secretary of the Enterprise Dredging Company reports a return of 420z 6dwt 9gr for last week. The Empire Gold Dredging Company (Limited) obtained 48oz 18dwt of gold for last ■week.

THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS

During the wee*k ended Monday, 29th inst., leiurns were reported from the following 35 dredges, the total yield bsing 1160oz 18dwt, or an average of 330z per dredge: —

Sales took place on the 24th at the following premiums:— -Alpine Consols, 17s; 3endigo, 13s - 3d, 13s 9d; Blue Duck, Is 9d, 2s; Cardrona - JNb 1, Is 3d; Dunstan Lead, 17s; Dunstan ■- .Pioneer, 3s 7d ; Electric Extended, 13s 3d and ' 13s 6d; Endeavour, 8s 6d; Excelsior, 4s 6d; First Chance, 15s 6d and 16s 3d ; Fourteen-mile Beach, 225; Gibb's Beach, 4s 6d; Gold King, fis 6d, 9s, and 10s; Gold Queen, 17s 6d; Golden Chain, la 9d, 2a, and Is 9d; Golden Elbow.

4s; Golden Falls, 13s, 13s 3d, and 12s 6d; Golden Horseshoe, 2s 3d and 2s; Golden Link, 2s 9d, 3s, and 3s 3d ; Golden Mile, 6d ; Golden River, 2s 2d and 2a 3d; Golden Roxburgh, 9d; Great Central, 10s; Kelly and Casey, 6s 9d; Lioness, Is; Metallic, 3s 3d, 3s 6d, and 3s 3d; Moa Flat, 6s 9d ; Monte Christo, 13s and 133 3d; Morven Ferry, 9d; Old Dunstan, 4s 6d and 4s 9d; Paul's Beach, 2s; Premier Waikaka, par; River Moiyneux, 10s 9d, lls, and 10s 9d ; Roxburgh Jubilee, 8s 6d ; Royal Maori, 6s 9d and 7s 3d; Royal Sovereign, Is 6d; Sailors' Bend, 27s 6d and 28s; Second Magnetic, 14s 9d; Sixteen-mile Beach, 6s 9d and 7s; Teviot, 4s, 4s 3d, and 4s 6d; Upper Magnetic, 12s, 12s 6d, and 12s 3d; Vincent Extended, 12s; West Matau, Is 3d and Is. Sales were also made at the following prices : — Clyde, 635; Cromwell, 67s 6d ; Evans Flat, 335; Hartley and Riley, 1995, 200s, and 202s 6d; Junction Electric, 48s; Magnetic, 695; Morning Star, 24s 9d. Sales were made on Friday at the following premiums: — Bendigo, 13s 3d; Boundary Creek, 5s 6d; Central Electric, 80s and 85s; Charlton Creek, lls and 10s 9d; Dunstan Lead, 18s; Endeavour, 8s 6d; Erickson's Reward, 2s 3d; Ettrick (new issue), Is 6d ; Excelsior, 4s ; First Chance, 17s 3d; Gentle Annie, 8s 9d; Gibb's Beach, 3s 6d ; Gold Deposit, 2s; Gold King, 7s 6d and 8s 3d; Gold Queen, 19s 6d; Golden Bed, 5s 6d and 5s 3d ; Golden Chain, 2s 6d and 2s 3d ; Golden Elbow, 4s 6d and 4s 9d ; Golden Horseshoe, 2s 6d; Golden Mile, 6d, 3d, and 6d; Golden Roxburgh, 9d and lOJd; Golden Vein, par ; Great Central, 10s ; Grey River Consolidated, Is 3d; Kelly and Casey, 6a 3d; Leaning Rock, Is 6d ; Leviathan, 7s ; Monte Christo, 13s 9d and 14s; Prince Imperial, Is; River Moiyneux, lls and 10s 9d; Royal Maori, 7s 6d; Royal Sovereign, Is 3d; Upper Magnetic, 12s 3d and 12s 6d ; West Matau, Is; White Star, 4s. Sales also took place at the following prices: — Chatto Creek, 595; Hartley and Riley, 205s and 2065; Morning Star, 255; Nevis, 245 ; Perseverance, 81s and 80s ; Tuapeka,. 39s 6d ; Vincent, 425. Sales were recorded on Thursday at the following premiums: — Alpine Consols, 17s 9d; Bendigo, 13s 9d; Bhie Duck, 2s 3d; Central Electric, 78s; Electric Extended, 13s 3d and 13s; Excelsior, 4s 6d and 4s; First Chance, 16s 3d, 16s 6d, and 16s 9d; Gibb's Beach, 3s 6d; Gold King, 9s and 8s 3d; Gold Queen, 18s 6d; Golden Chain, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, and 2s 9d; Golden Elbow, 4s, 4s 4d, and 4s 3d; Golden Horseshoe, 2s 3d and 2s 63; Golden Link, 3s; Golden River, 2s 6d and 2s 3d; Golden Roxburgh, Is and 9d; Great Central, 103 3d; Greenstone Creek, 6d ; Kelly and Casey, 6s ; a Leaning Rock, Is lOJd and Is 9d; Lioness, ls° 3d and Is; Majestic, 5s 9d, Moa Flat, 7s; Monte Christo, 13s 6d; Nugget, 7s; Number Two Matau, Is 9d; Old Dunstan, 4s 9d, ss, and 4s 9d; Paul's Beach, 2s 3d; Reeves Proprietary, 4Jd and 3d; Roxburgh Jubilee, 7s 6d; Royal Maori, 7s 6d, 7s 3d, and 7s 6d; Royal Sovereign, Is 3d; Sixteen- Mile Beach, 7s 6d ; Tacon's Cardrona, 2s 3d ; Teviot, 4s 6d and 4s 3d; Upper Magnetic, lls 9d; "^"est Matau, Is 3d. Sales were also made at the following prices: — Gibbston, 6d discount; New Alexandra, 465. Sales 'were made on Saturday at the following premiums: — Ahaura River, 6d; Central Charlton, Is; Charlton Creek, lls; Dunstan ! Lead, 18s, 18s 6d, and 18s 3d; Electric Ex- : tended, 13s ; Excelsior, 4s 6d ; First Chance, 18s 6d, 19s, 203, 19s 3d, 19s 6d, and 19s 9d; | Gold King, 8s 6d ; Gold Quesn, 19s 3d ; Golden I Bed, 5s 3d; Golden Chain, 2s 3d and 2s; Golden Horseshoe, 2s 6d; Golden Link, 8& and 3s 3d; Golden Roxburgh, 9d; Halfway House, i 16s 6d; Harris Beach, 6d; Metallic, 3s 6d; j Nelson Creek, 3s 6d; Prince of Wales, 10s 9d and lls; River Moiyneux, lls 6d, lls 9di and 12s; Roxburgh Jubilee, 6g Od; Royal Maori, 8s; Royal Sovereign, Is and Is l£d; Upper Magnetic, 12s. Sales were also made at the following prices: — Cromwell, 68s 6d; Dunedin, 13s 3d ; Golden Beach, 61s ; Golden Gate, 1355 ; Morning Star, 25s 6d. '

Sale 3 were made on Monday at the following premiums: — Beaumont Lead, 14s 3d; Bendigo, 143 and 14s 3d; Cairnmuir, 15a; Central Charlton, Is and Is 3d; Central Electric, 87s 6d and 88s 6d; Dunstan Pioneer, 3s 9d; Earnscleugh No. 3, 33 3d; Electric Extended, 14s and 15s; Erickson's Reward, 2s 3d; Ettrick (new issue), 2s and 13 9d; Excelsior, 4s 4Jd and 4s 6d; Gibbston, Is, Is 3d, 2s 6d, Is 3d, and Is 6d; Golden Bed, 5s 6d and 5s 9d; Golden Chain, 2s 6d; Golden Elbow, 4s 9d, ss, and 5s 3d; Golden Horseshoe, 2s 6d, 2s 9d, and 3s; Golden Link, 3s and 2s 9d; Golden Mile, 4d; Golden River, 2s 3d; Great Central, 10s; Gray River Consolidated, Is 6d; Kawara\i Bridge, 3s; Kelly and Casey, 6s 3d; Leaning Rock, 2s; Leviathan, 8s; Lioness, 6d; Majestic, 6s 6d ;' Monte Chriato, 14s ; Old Dunstan, 4s 9d and ss ; Prince of Wales, lls ; Reeves Proprietary, 9d and 6d; River Moiyneux, 12s 3d, 12s 6d, 12s 3d, and 12s 6d; Roxburgh Jubilee, 6s 9d and 8s; Royal Maori, 9s and 9s 6d; Second Magnetic, 17s; Tacon's Cardrona, 2s 6d; Teviot, 4s 9d and ss; West Matau, Is. Sales were also effected at the following prices: — Dunedin, 13s; Golden Terrace, 8s 6d; Haitley and Riley (ex dividend), 1975, 198s, 1995, 198s 6d, 1975, 1995, 200s, 201s, and 201s 6d; Inch Valley, 465; Vincent, 40s. • The following are Monday's latest quotations, subject to the usual brokerage: — Adams Flat — Sellers 2s dis. Ahaura River — Buyers 'sd, sellers 9d p. Alexandra Lead — Bxiyers 9s, sellers 10s p. Alpine No. 2 — Buyers 13s, sellers 14s p. Bannockburn Creek — Sellers Is dis. Beaumont Lead — Sellers Is 6d p. Bendigo — Buyers 14s, sellers 14s 4|d p. Blue Duek — Buyers 2s, sellers 2s 3d p. Boundary Creek — Buyers 6s, sellers 6s 9d p. Cairnmuir — Buyers 14s 6d, sellers 15s 9d p. Cardrona No. I—Buyers1 — Buyers Is, sellers 2s 6d p. Cardrona Valles' — Buyers 2s, sellers 2s 9d p. Central Charlton — Buyers Is 3d, sellers Is 9d p. Central Electric — Buyers £i Bs, sellers £4 12s 6d p. Charlton Creek — Buyers 12s, sellers 14s p. Clyde — Buyers JE3 2s. Cromwell— Buyers £3 7s 6d, sellers £3 10s. Dart River — Sellers par. Dobson No. 2— Sellers Gel p. Dome Creek — Sellers par. Dunedin— Buyers 12s 6d, sellers 13s. Dunstan JUead — Buyers 19s 3d p. Dunstan Pioneer — Buyers 3s 6d p. ■* Earnscleugh No. 3 — sellers 3s 6d p. Electric— Sellers £2 12s. Electric Extended — Buyers 14s 6d p. Endeavour — Buyers 6s, sellers 8s 6d p. Enterprise — Buyers £& ss, sellers £i 15s. Erickson's Reward — Buyers Is 9d p. Ettrick (new issue) — Sellers Is 9d p. " Evans Flat— Sellers £L 15s. Excelsior — Buyers 4s, sellers 4s 6d p. First Chance — Buyers 19s, sellers 19s 9cl p. First Taieri — Sellers 6d p. Fraser Flat — Sellers 3s p. Galtee More— Sellers £1 Is. Galvanic — Buyers 6s 6d, sellers 7s 6d p. Gentle Annie — Buyers 7s, sellers 8s 3d p. Gibb's Beach— Buyers 2s 6d, sellers 3s 6cl p. Gibbston — Buyers Is 3d, sellers 2s p. Gold Deposit — Buyers Is ljd, sellers 2s p. Gold Queen — Buyers 18s 6d, sellers 19s 3d p. Golden Beach— Sellers £2 19s. Golden Bed — Buyers 5s 9d, sellers 6s p. Golden Elbow — Bxxyers 5s p. Golden Gate— Buyers £Z 15s. Golden Horseshoe — Buyers 3s, sellers 3s 3d p. Gold King — Buyers 7s 9d, sellers 8s 6d p. Golden Link — Buyers 2s 9d, sellers 3s 6d ■$. Golden Mile — Buyers 4d, sellers 6d p. Golden River — Buyers 2s, sellers 2s 3d p. Golden Roxburgh — Sellers Is && p.

Golden Standard — Sellers Is p. Golden Terrace — Buyers 7s 6d, sellers Bs. Great Western — Sellers 18s. Grey Duek — Sellers par. Halfv/ay House — Buyers 18s 3d, sellers £1 p. Harris Beach — Buyers 6d, sellers Is p. Hartley and Riley (ex dividend) — Buyers £10, sellers £10 2s 6d. Hokitika River — Buyers 6d p. Inch Valley — Buyers £2 ss, sellers £2 10s. Kia-Ora— S'ellers ljd p. Kawarau Bridge — Sellers 2s 9d p. Kawarau Consolidated — Sellers par. Kelly and Casey — Buyers 6s, sellers 6s 3d p. Klondyke— Buyers £1 8s 6d, sellers £1 Us. Leaning Rock — Buyers Is 6d, sellers 2s p. Leviathan — Sellers 9s p. Lioness — Buyers 6d, sellers 9d p. Magnetic — Buyers £3 6s, sellers 3s 9d. Majestic — Sellers 7s p. Matau — Buyers £4, sellers £0. Meg and Annie — Buyers 12s 6d p. Merrimac — Buyers 10s 3d, sellers lls p. Metallic — Buyers 3s 3d, sellers 3s 6d p. Miller's Flat Electric — Sellers Is 3d -p. Moa Plat — Buyers 6s 6d, sellers 7s 3d p. Moiyneux Hydraulic Co. Dredge (A issue) — Buyers 9s. Mokoia — Buyers Is 3d, sellers Is 7id p. Monte Christc — Buyers 13s 9d, sellers 14s p. Morning Star— Sellers £1 5s 6d. Nelson Creek — Buyers 2s 6d p. Nevis — Buyers £1 6s. New Alexandra — Buyers £2 2s 6d, sellers JS2

Nil Desperandurn — Sellers £2 ss. Nugget — Buyers 6s 6d, sellers 8s p. jSTumber Two Matati — Sellers 2s p. Old Dunstan — Buyers 4s 9d, sellers 6s p.

Orwell Creek — Buyers 2s, sellers 3s 9cl p Pactolus — Buyers Is p. Paul's Beach — Buyers Is, sellers 2s did p.

Perseverance — Sellers £i. Prince Imperial — Sellers Is 3d p. Prince of Wales — Buyers Bs, sellers 10s 9d p. Reeves Proprietary — Buyers 3d, sellers 6d p. Richards's Beach — Buyers 11s 6d, sellers 12s 6d p.

River Moiyneux — Buyers 12s 3d, sellers ISs 6d p. Roxburgh Jiibilee — Buyers 7s 9d, sellers 9s p. Royal Maori — Buyers 9s 3d p. Royal Sovereign — Sellers Is p. Sailor's Bend — Buyers £1 7s, sellers £X 10s p. Second Magnetic—Buyers 17s, sellers 17s 6d p. Sixteen-mile Beach — Sellers 7s 3d p. Smith's Creek and Bannockburn — Buyers Is, sellers 6d dis. Springvale — Sellers 2s p. Tacon's Cardrona — Buyers 2s 6d, sellers 3s p. Teviot — Buyers 4s 9d p. Tuapeka — Sellers £1 19s. Upper Magnetic — Sellers 12s 6d p. Vincent — Sailers £2. Vincent Extended — Buyers 10s 6d p. Waikaka Porks— Sellers Is 3d p. West Matau — Buyers Is, sellers Is 4Jd p.

White Star — Buyers 3s 3d, sellers 4s p,

In our quotations on Saturday the prices quoted for Merrimacs should have bsen for Metallics.

OTAGO STOCK EXCHANGE,

Sales took place on the 24th at the following premiums : — Alexandra Lead, lls ; Alpine Consols, 17s 3d; Coal Creek Flat, 2s lO^d; Dv.-tan Pioneer, 2s 10§d; Electric Extended, 14s; First Chance, 15s 6d~; Galvanic, 7s ; Gentle Annia, 8s 3d; Gibb's Beach, 3s 6d; Golden Link, 3s 3d and 3s 6d; Golden River, 2s; Great Central, 10s 3d, 10s 4Jd, and 10s 6d; Kelly and Casej', 6s 4j.d; Majestic, 63; Metallic, 2s 9d; Monte Christo, 12s 6d; Old Dunstan, 4s 9d, os 3d, and 5s 4Jd; Otama, Is and Is 6d; Reeves's Proprietary, 6d; River Moiyneux, 103 9d; Sixteenmile Beach, 7s, 7s 3d, and 7s 4£d ; Three-mile Greenstone, 6s; West Matau, Is 3d. Sales were also effected at the following prices: — Hartley and Riley, 197s 6d; New Alexandra, 47s 6d; Smith's Creek and Bannockburn, Is discount. Sales were made on Friday at the following premiums. — Ahaura River, 3d; Alpine Consols, 17s 3d; Arrow Junction, 7s; Coal Creek, 3s Dunstan Pioneer, 3s; Golden Bed, 5s 3d; Golden Falls, lls 3d and 12s 6d; Golden Reward, 6d ; Golden Vein, par ; Great Central, 10s; Grey River Consolidated, -J.s 3d and Is sd; Harris Beach, Is 3d and Is 4Jd; Horseshoe Bend, Is 6d; Leaning Rock, "is 9d and Is lOd ; Moa Flat, 7s 4kl ; Nugget, 6s 6d ; Old Dunstan, 5s 4d; Reeves Proprietary, 6d; Remarkables, 3d; Richards's Beach, 10s 9d; Sixteen-mile Beach, 7s 6d; Tacon's Cardrona, 2s 3d; Upper Magnetic, 12s; West Matau, Is. Sales were also effected at the following prices : Golden Beach, 60s and 61s ; .Inch Valley 455. Sales took place on Thursday at the following premiums- — Dunstan Pioneer, 3s 6d; Golden Bed, 5s 6d; Golden Gravel, Is lOJd ; Golden River, 2s 2d and 2s 3d ; Golden Vein, 3d ; Great Central, 11&; Grey River Consolidated, Is 4d and Is 3d; Horseshoe Bend, Is 6d; Leaning Rock, 2s; Moa Flat, 7s and 7s 3d; Reeves's Proprietary, Is; Richards's Beach, lls and 10s 9d; Royal Maori, 7s 6d. Sales were also recorded at the following prices: — Cromwell, 655; Gibbston, 6d discount; Hartley and Riley, 202s 6d and 2055; Magnetic, 67s 9d; Nevis, 265; Smith's Creek and Bannockburn, Is, 9d, and Is discount.

Sales were recorded on Saturday at the following premiums: — Bendigo, 13s"; Boundary Creek, 5s 6d ; Dart River, par; Golden River, 2s 3d; Old Dunstan, 4s lOld, ss, and 4s 9d. Sales also took place at the following prices: — Golden Beach, 60s; Inch Valley, 465; Perseverance, 80s; Vincent, 41s 6d.

Sales took place on Monday at the following premiums:— Ahaura River, 6d; Dunstan Lead, 19s 3d ; Dunstan Pioneer, 3s 9d, 3s 10d, and 4s ; Electric Extended, 15s, 15s IJd, and 15s 3d ; Excelsior, 4s; Gibbston, Is, Is lid, Is 3d, and Is 6d; Gold Queen, 19s 3d and 19s 6d; Golden Link, 3s and 3s 3d; Golden River, 2s 13, dI 3 ,d and 2s 3d; Great Central, 10s 6d and 10s 9d-" Grey River Consolidated, Is 3d and Is 4Jd; Horseshoe Bend, Is; Kia-Ora, 3d; Metallic, 3s; Monte Christo, 13s 6d; Reeves's Proprietary, 6d; Roj'al Maori, 9s; Upper Magnetic, 12s-, West Matau, Is. Matau shares were sold at 84s.

SALE OF SHARES

Mr D. M. Spedding had a crowded

f«f «— <. room on Monday at his weekly shai. sale. The following were the salcsi' made :' — Cairnmuir, 15s ; Vincent Ex'-* tended, lls" 6d ; Duristan Pioneer, 3s ; Metallic, 3s; Gibb's Beach, 2a lid; Golden Link, 3j» 6d; Reeves Proprietary, 3d; Horseshoe Bend', Is, Is 2d, Is 3d, and Is 4d; Dunstan Pioneer^ (20s paid), 20s 6d; Reliance, Is; Sunlight, 355 ; Coal Creek, 3s 6d ; Orwell Creek, 2s ; Gold' Deposit, Is 8d; Golden Bed, 4s 3d; Electric Extended, 14s; Electric Extended (20s paid), 30s 6d. The following lines were put up at the upsets: — Dunedin, 14s; Morven Ferry, IsSpec Gully, 3d; Tuapeka, 38s; Majestic, 7s; 1 Alpine Consols (20s paid), 365; Enterprise Gully, 13s; Last Chance, 6d; Vincent, 44s 6d; Clyde, 62s 6d; Great Central, 10s; Nevis, 30s;" Kavarau Bridge, 3s; Richards's Beach, 12tf 6d; Otago, 47s 6d; Kelly and Casey, 6s 9d ; Great Beach, Is 3d; Golden Standard, 9d ; Sixteen-mile Beach, 7s 6d; Nugget, 8s 6d; Jutland Flat, 4s; Morning Star, 27s 6d; Golden Mdyneux, ss; Gentle Annie, 9s; Reliance, Is; Leaning Rock, 2s ; Galvanic, 7s ; Golden River, 2s 6d; Erickson's Reward, 2s 6a ; Ahaura River, 6d. The auctioneer, at the close of the sale, requested vendors to send in their entries before 1 o'clock on Saturdays, so that they wight be advertised free of charge. Many of th 2 entries passed on Monday might have been sold had the list been before the public in time.

Electric, Cromwell (120 hr) * . . 125 0 Junction Electric, Cromwell . . 110 0 Hartley and Biley, Cromwell (week) 79 14 Golden Gate, Island Block (6 . days) 61 15 Earnscleugh No. 2, Alexandra .. 59 10 Matau, Clyde .. .. „ 52 0 En-pire, "Waipori 48 18 Enterprise, Alexandra .. .. 42 6 Inch Valley, near Palinerston (13Glir) 36 0 Golden Treasure, Miller's Flat (week) 35 8 Golden Beach, Alexandra (130Shr) 35 4 Nevis, Nevis River (]32hr) .. 34 0 Upper "Waipori, Waipori (137 hr) 32 13 Molyneux Hydraulic, Alexandra 32 0 Clyde, Alexandra . . . . . . 28 0 Success, "Waipori 25 5 Diraedin, .Roxburgh (week) . . 24 14 l^il Desperandurn, Manulierilua 24 11 Jutland Flat, Waipori (133 hr).. 23 12 Charlton Creek, near Gore (120 hr) 21 17 Otago, Miller's Flat (fortnight).. 21 11 Manorburn, Manuherikia (week) 21 10 Morning Star, Manuherikia (129 hr) 20 0 Magnetic, Cromwell (5 days 17hr) 20 0 Chicago, Alexandra (5£ days) .. 19 15 Galtee More, Manuherikia (9 days) .. .. „ .. 18 0 Golden Point, Alexandra .. 18 0 Unity, Clyde 17 10 Lawrence, Tuapeka Flat (130 hr) 13 18 Golden Terrace, Lower Shotover 12 12 Tuapeka, Tuapeka Flat (118 hr).. 12 0 Chatto Creek, Manuherikia (132 hr) 9 6 •Ettrick, Moa Flat 9 0 Evans Flat, Tuapeka .. .. 814 Macraes Flat, Macraes (122 hr).. 612 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 20 12 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1160 18 0 DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE.