THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2426, 12 September 1900, Page 24

THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS.

During the week ended Monday, September 10, returns were reported from the following 35 dredge?, the total jield being 19650s lldut 9gr, or an average of 560z per dredge : —

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. The following sales have taken place during the week. September 4.— Cairnmuir, 5s 3d p ; Electric (10 shares), £2 7s; Hartley and.Riley, £6 15s;. Upper Magnetic, 20s and 19s 9d ; Vincent Extended, 375. Roxburgh Lead shares changed hands at 2s 6.d dis. September s.— Electric' Extended, 15s 3d; Extended Fourteen-mile Beach, Bd; Gentle Annie, '4s 9d ; Grey River, 15s 6d ; Grey River Consolidated, Is ; Cromwell (10 shares), £4 10s ; JDmistan Lead, 365 ; Golden Point, 18s ; Hartley and Eiley, £G 15s, £6 15s 6d, £6 15s, and £6 16s. Junction Electric, 28s Gd ; Jutland Flat (contributing), 2s and 2s Id; Upper Magnetic, 19s; Vincent, £2 8s and £2 9s. In addition to the above Rise and Shine shares were sold at 2s discount. September 6. — Kohinoor, 6s ; Three-mile Greenstone. 3s 3d; Cromwell, .£i 11s I 9d; Dunpdin, 4s 8d ; Dunstan Lead, 25b; Evans Plat, 225; Hartley and Rilty. £6 15s, £6 15s Od, .66 16s, £6 lojs 6d, £6 15s, £6 14s, £6 14s 6d, and £6 13s Gd ; Halfway House, 28s ;' Manuherikia, £4 ]7s, £i : 18s (s' shares), ?nd £4 ]9s (10 shares); Mokoia, 20s 6d ; Vincent, £2 9s 6d ; Vincent Extended, 37s Gd. September 7. — Aldinga, par ; 7s ; Electric Extended, 15s 3d, 15s 6d, and 15s 9d ; First Chance, 13s ; Monte Christo, 6s 9d ; North Beach, 4Ad; Eoxbuigh Jubilee, 2s; Central Electric. £2 8s Gd ; Charlton Creek, 27s 3d; Cromwell, £4 14s; Electric, £2 7s, £2 Bs, and £2' 8s Gd ; Gold Queen, 31s Gd end 31s ; Hartley anil Eiley (ex div.),.£ 6, .£5 18s Gd, £5 17s Gd, £5 18s, £5 17s 6d, £5 19s, and £6 ; Junction Electric, 28s 6d; Magnetic, 345; Manuherikia, £5; Sailor's Bend, £2 Is, £2 Is 6d, and £2 2s. Morven Ferry shares were sold at 7s and 5s discount. September 8. — Electnc Extended, 17s p ; Charlton Creek, 28s ljd; Ciomwell, £4 15s; Dunedin, 4s; Gold Queen, 31s and 31s 6d ; Golden Point, 20s; Hartley and Eiley, £5 18s Gd, £5 19s, and £6; Magnetic, 34<s ; Merrimac, 19s. September 10. — Electric Extended, 19s Gd ; Gentle Annie, 4a 3d; Great Central ss; Kelly and Casey, 3s 3d; Alpine Console, 30s 6d and lil?; Central Charlton (paid), 12s 6d ; Central Electric, £3; Charlton Creik, 31s Gd and 31?, Ciomwell, £5; Electric, £2 11s 3d and £2 12s 6d; Gold Queen, 325; Golden Bed, 20s Gd;

Hartley and Eiiey, £6 and £G 2s; Junction Electric, Sis Gel, Sis, 33s 9d, 345, 33s 9d, 32s od, and 325; Manuherikia, £o ; Sailor's Bend, £2 6s Cd. Eise and Shine shares were also sold at 2s 6d discount. s The following aio Monday's latest quotations, subject to the usual brokerage : — Alpine Consols— Buyers £1 11s. Alpine No. 2— Buyers £1 ss. Bendigo — Buyers 6s 6d, sellers 8s p. Caimmnir — Buyers 6s, sellers 9s p. Cential Chailton (paid; — Buyers 14s. Central Electric— Buyers £5 Is, sellers £3 2s Gd. Central Mataura — Sellers par. Charlton Creek — Buyers £1 11s, sellers £1 12s. Charlton Valley— Sellers 2s dis. Chatto Creek— Buyers 18s, sillers £1 Is. Cromwell — Buyers £i 19s, sellers £5. Davis Bend — Buyers par, sellers 2s 6d p. Dunedin — Buyers Is, sellers 4s. Dunstan Lead — Buyers £1 ss, sellers £1 Bs. Dunstan Pioneer — Buyers 5s 6d. Electric — Buyers £2 12s, sellers £2 15s. Electric Extended— Buyers 19s, sellers 19s 6d PEndeavour— Buyers 3s 6d, sellers 6s 6d p. Evans Plat— Buyers £1 Is 6d. Extended Fovirteen-nnle Beach — Buyers 3d, sellers Is 3d p. First Chance — Buyers 11s, sellers 12s. Foley's Creek— Buyers 5s 6d, sellers 7s 6d p. Ford's Creek — Buyers 2s 6d, sellers Is dis. Fourteen-mile Beach — Buyers £1 11s. Gentle Ann.e — Buyers 3s 9d, sellers 4s 6d p. Globe — Sellers 7s p. Gold 'Queen — Buyers £1 12s, sellers £1 12s Golden Bed — Buyers 19s 9d, sellers £1 0s 3d.« Golden Gate — Sellers £7 ss. Golden Pomt — Buyers £1, sellers £1 2s 6d. ■ Golden Ripple—Sellers par. Golden Run — Buyers £1 15s, sellers JE2 4s. Great Cential — Buyers -ss, sellers 7s 6d p. Grey River Consolidated — Sellers 2s p. Gunton's Beach — Sellers 2s dis. Halfway House — Buyers £1 9s, sellers £1 12s 6:!. Hartley and Eiley — Buyers £6 2s, sellers £G 3s. Island Creel: — Buyers 3d dis. Junction Electric — Buyers £1 12s, sellers £1 12s 6d. Kelly and Casey — Buyers 3s, sellers 3s 9d p. Lady Charlton — Buyers 7s, sclleis '4s dis. Lafranchi — Sellers par. Leaning Eock — Sellers 5s dis. Lioness — Buyers 4s, sellers 3s dis. Long Valley— Buyers 3s, sellers 7s 6d p. Magnetic— Buyers £1 13s, sellers £1 14s 6d. Majestic— Sellers £1 6s. Major Robin — Sellers Is 6d dis. Manuherikia — Sellers £-5. Marsden No. 3 — Sellers Is 9d p. Mati.iT — Buyers £2 ss, sellers £3 2s 6d. Meg and Annie— Buyers £1 15s, sellers £2 4s. Metallic — Sellers par. Moa Plat— Buyers 16s. Mokoia— Buyers £1. Moonlight— Sellers Gd dis. Morven Perry — Buyers 7s 6d, sellers 5s dis. Nevis — Buyeis £1 6s 9d, sellers £1 11s. Nil Despeiandum — Buyers 5s 6d, sellers 8s 6d. Nugget — Buyers 4s, sellers ss. Orwell Creek — Buyers par, sellers 3s 6d p. Perseverance — Buyers £4 16s, sellers £5 ss. River Molyiieux — Sellers 5s p. Roxburgh Ji.bilee — Sellers 3s p. Sailor's Bend— Buyers £2 6s, sellers £2 6s 6d. Second Maeneiic — Buyers £l-Bs, sellers £1 Us. Sixteen-mile Beacli — Sellers par. Sunlight— Sellers £1 Is. Three-mile Greenstone — Buyers -Is, sellers Is 3d p. Upper Fraser- — Sellers 2s 6d dis. Upper Magnetic — Buyers 19s. Vincent — Buyers £2 11s 6d, sellers £2 14s 9d. Vincent Extended — Buyers £I. lßs 6d, sellers £2. Waikaka Forks — Buyers 6d dis, sellers par. Waikaka Queen — Buyers par. Waipuna — Buyers £1 ss. White Star— Sellers 3s p. OTAGO STOCK EXCHANGE. The following sales have taken place during the week. September 4.- — Electric Extended, 15s p ; Dunstan Lead, 27s and 27s 6d; Electric, £2 5s 9d; Hartley and R-iley, £6 15s, £6 14s Gd, and £6 15s; Leviathan, 375; Nugget, ss ; Vincent, £2 6s 6d. September 5. — Hartley and Eiley, £6 14s 6d; Olrig, 14s. Day Dawn shares were sold at 2s discount. September 6. — Central Electric, £2 ss ; Hartley and Eiley, £6 14s, £6 13s, £6 13s 6d, £6 14s, £6 13s, £6 12s 6d, £6 12s, £6 12s 6d, and £6 11s 6d; Nugget, ss. September 7. — Charlton Creek, 27s 6d; Dunedin, 4s; Golden Bed, 19s 9d; Hartley and Eiley, £6 2s and £5 17s 6d. ' September 10. — Boundary Creek, 3d; Electric Extended, 19s ; Alpine Consols, 30s ; Cromwell, £4 19s; Electric, £2 12s; Leviathan, 355; Vincent, £2 12s and £2 12s Gd. THE EQUITABLE STOCK EXCHANGE j The following sales have taken place during the week. September 4. — Gold Queen, - 31s 6d ; Grey River Consolidated, 2s 3d p ; Leviathan, £1 15s ; Manuherikia, £4 19s ; Second Magnetic, £1 12s. September 5. — Alpine Consols, 255 ; Cromwell, £4 15s; Electric, £2 7s 6d; Gold Queen, 295; Hartley and Eiley, £6 15s ; Naumai (new is,sue), par. September 6* — Alpine Consols, 275 ; Second Magnetic, £1 12s 6d; Upper Magnetic, 19s; Vincent, £2 Bs. September 7. — Central Electric, £2 6s; Electric, £2 ss; Electric Extended, IGs p; Hartley and Eiley, £6 .and £5 18s 6d ; Vincent, £9 2s 6d. September B.— Electric Extended, 16s 3d p; Charlton Creek, 28s 3d; Cromwell, £4 355; Dunedin, 3s 3d and 3s; Gold Queen, 31s 9cl ; Hartley and Eiley, £5 18s, £5 10?. and £5 10s 6d ; Sailor's Bend, £2 3s. September 10.— Electric, £2 13s, £2 13s 6d ; Hartley and Eiley. £6 2s ; Junction Electric, £1 12& ; Sailors' Bend, £2 3s ; Vincent, £2 12s. : _ EEEFTON RETURNS. (Per United Press Association.) GEEYMOUTH, September 9. Eeefton gold returns: — Progress Mines retu'';i for August, 1G950z gold from 5000 tons ciuslied; chlorinated, 81oz, gold from 30 tons; total value, £7354. Consolidated dredge, 12oz 16dwt gold for 190 hours.

Oz. ciwt. gr. Electric, Cromwell 417 12 0 Cromwell, Cromwell (124 hours) 217 0 0 Manuherikia, Alexandra .. .. 199 0 0 Jurctioii Electric, Cromwell .. 197 0 0 Clyde, Alexandra 170 0 0 32eTseverau.ee, Alexandra . . . . 114 6 0 Haitley and Eilev, Cromwell (104 hours) 91 12 0 ! Earnscleugh No. 2, Alexandra (117 hours; 67 13 0 Vincent, Clyde (130 hours) .. 48 0 0 Empire "Wa'ipori (2 dredges) .: 42 6 0 G-oldcu Beach, Alexandra (126 houis) 40 16 0 Chaillon Creek, near Gore (136 hours) 40 0 0 Golden Point, Alexandra (120 hoiu B ) 36 10 12 Ei lerprise, Alexandra (128 houis) 31 13 0 Golden Go te, Millei's Flat .. .. 28 18 0 Chicago, Alexandra 24 1 0 Woiimunu Extended, near Gore (228 hours) 23 11 0 WaiumTnu Cenlial (90 hours) . . 23 0 0 Evans Flat, Tuapeka. (190 hours) 22 9 0 Upper "Waipori, "Waipori (128 hours) 21 6 0 Golden Treasure, Miller's Plat .. 20 5 0 "Waixnumu Q-peen, near Gore 19 4 6 Unity, Clyde (18 hora-s) .... 19 0 0 Maori, Lowburn, Clutha .... 19 0 0 J&agnetie, Cromwell (3 days) .. 18 0 0 Wiiinuimu, nea-j Gore (116 hours) 15 0 0 Earnscleugh No. 1, Alexandra.. 14 18 0 Lawrence, Tuapeka Flat (125 hours) 14 10 21 SJcrring SUr, Manuhcrikia (115 hours) 14 8 0 Oiago, Miller's Flat 12 12 0 Woolslied, Glenore (34 hours) — 9 14 0 Olris, Mamiherikia (94 hours) . . ' 9 11 18 Tuapeka, Tuapeka Flat (125 Lotus) 8 15' 0 Dtiiiedin, "Roxburgh ' 8 2 0 Inch Valley, near Palmerston (92 hours)" 5 17 ° Total .. .r '. 19G5 11 9 •