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AUSTRLAIAN MARKETS. ' MELBOURNE, August 15. Barley: English milling, 5s Bd, 5s 10(1; Oape, 4s 3d, 4a 6d. Oats: Algerian milling, 6s 2d, 5s 3d; feeding, ss. Potatoes, £l3 10s, £l4. Onions, £l7, £lB. SYDNEY, August 14. Oats: Algerian feeding, 5s 6d to 5s 8d; milling, 5s 9d; Tasmanian, 6s 3d to 6s 6d. Barley: Cape, 5s to 5s 3d. Maize, 7s 6d. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £lB. Onions, £l9 to £2O. ADELAIDE, August 14. Oats, 4s 8d to 4s 9d. OAMARU MARKETS. (Feom Oob Own Cohhespondbnt.) OAMARU, August_ 16. There is a short supply of beef animals, and fat bullocks are in good demand. Sales have been made at £2O, while weightier class cows brought from £l6 to £l7, and mediums from £l2 to £l3. Bullocks in forward condition are also in request, but are practically unobtainable. Store three-year-old steers have been sold at £l2, while two-year-old mixed sexes realised £7 10s. Young cattle are not much sought after, and few are changing hands. Latest sales have been at from £3 10s to £4 for 18 months' old mixed sexes, and £2 10s to £3 for yearlings. Extra good dairy cows, just at profit, are >in demand, and have changed hands at £l4 to £ls; medium quality cows find buyers at from £lO to £11; and old cows are neglected, and though near profit, go at from £5 to £6. SOUTHLAND MARKETS.- * (Fbom Our Own Cobhkspondent.) INVERCARGILL, August 16. Fat cattle are pretty scarce in this province, and any good lines offering are realising splendid prices. At Wallacetown on Tuesday a record for the yard! was obtained, £36 per head being got for two pens of very prime bullocks. There is a fairly good inquiry for store cattle, but prices have not hardened, as there was a very large yarding at Wallacetown of all classes of store cattle, most of which changed hands. Feed for cattle is still scarce in Southland, and we cannot expect the market to firm much until the grass'comes away. There is a good demand for fat sheep, prices being on a par with those last reported. There is also a good demand! for good shearing hoggets and wethers, wethers being very hard to get. Prices may be quoted: —Fat cattle —ox beef, £3 ss; heifer, £3; cow, 555; extra prime bullocks, £26 to £36; prime, £2O to £22; light and unfinished down to £l6; extra prime cows, up to £2O; medium, £l3 to £l6; extra prime heifers, £l6 to £18; light and unfinished, down to £ll. Store Cattle.—Good three to 3J-year-old steers, £l2 10s to £l4 ss; two to 24-year-old, £9 10s to £lO 10s; 18-months, £6 10s to £7 sa; £3 10s to £5; calves, 30s to 50s; empty cows, £7 10s to £9; good dairy cows, up to £2O; ordinary, £l2 to £ls. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, 42s to 46s 6d; prime, 35a to 40s; light and unfinished, 365; extra prime ewes, 34s to 369 6d; prime, 30s to 325; light and unfinished, 265. Store Sheep.—Extra good hoggets, 30s to 325; medhim, 25s to 275; poor and weedy, down to 12s; four and six-tooth wethers, 35s to 37s 6d; two-tooth, 31s to 335; four and six-tooth ewes, 33s to 355; two-tooth ewes, 30s to 34s 6d, according to quality; soundmouthed ewes, 2Ss to 30s. ■' —————— LIVE STOCK MARKET. Bumside, Wednesday, August 13. Fat Cattle.—-A very small yarding, only 112 head coming under the hammer. The entry was composed of medium to good steers and heifers, there, being no animals of extra heavy weight' and quality forward. The yarding was not sufficient for butchers' requirements, and prices advanced fully 20s per head on last week's rates. In some caees this rise was exceeded. Prime bullocks brought £23 to £23 10 s ; medium, £l9 to £22 10s; light weights, £ls to £18; prime cows and heifers, £l6 to £18; medium, £l3 to £ls 15s; light and aged, £lO to £l2 10s. —The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association sold: For Mrs Win. Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £22 7s Pel, 1 £2l 12s 6rl; Wilkinson Bros. (Green Island), 1 cow £l7 12s 6d; Mrs R. Wostwood (Mosgiel), 1 cow £l2 10a; Wm. Lindsay, jun. - (Allanton), 1 heifer £9 7s 6d; a client, 7 bullocks at quotations. Stronach, Morris

and Co. sold: For W. Lindsay, 6en. (Allanton), 1 bullock £24 10a, 2 £23, 2 £22 17s 6d, 2 £2l 15s, 2 £2O ss, 2 £l9 7s Gd, 2 £lB 10s, 1 £ls 17s tSd, 1 heifer £l2 17s 6d; W. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £l9. Wright, Stepheneon and Co. 6old: For Blue Cliffs Station (St. Andrews), 32 bullocks to £26 15s; J. G-. Wyllie (Outram), 1 bullock £25 2s 6d, 2 £24 7s 6d, 3 £22 7s 6di, 2 £2O 12s 6d; Mrs HL M'Gimpiey (Otiako). 3 bullocks £l7 ss. 2 £6 15s; A. J. Betting (Mornington), 3 bullocks £l6 17s 6d. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. sold: For R. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £l7 12s 6d; Wm. Lindsay, sen. (Allanton), 1 bullock £l6 15s, 1 heifer £l2 2s 6d. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For M'Kerrow Bros. (Hampden), 1 bullocTc £29 10s, 3 £lB 15s, 2 £ll 10s, 2 heifers £l6 2s 6d, 1 £ls 17s 6d; Peter Robertson (Ou'.ram), 3 bullocks £2l 2s 6d, ,3 £2O 10s, 2 £l9 15s, 2 £l9 17s 6d; Arthur Robertson (Outram), 1 bullock £2O 17a 6d, 2 £2O, 2 heifers £l2 iOs; North Otago Farmers' Co-operative, 1 bullock £2l ss, 2 £l9, 1 £l7 12s 6cl, 1 £ls, 3 £l6 17s Gd; A. Scott (Arngibbon), 1 heifer £lB, 1 £l3, 1 £ll, 1 £lO 2s Gd; Wm. Lindsay, jun., 1 heifer £lO 10s, 1 £8 10s; T. Hewitt (Anderson'a Bay), 1 cow £l3 2s 6d. Store Cattle.—Donald Reid and Co. sold: For Mrs M. Brandham (Port Chalmers), 2 heifers £5 12s, 1 cow £lO 15e, 1 bull £6 6b; S. F. Wells (Cavershain), 1 cow £9 17s 6d; G. Donaldson (Leith Valley), 1 cow £9; Wm. Lindsay, jun. (Allanton), 1 cow £9; Alex. Scott (Burnside), 1 bull £ll. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association sold: For a client, 1 cow £l2 12s 6d, 1 £ll 15s; Geo. M'Leod (Jixomona), 2 cows £8 2s 6d; Wilkinson Bros. (Green Island!), 1 steer £lO 7s 6d; J. O'Connell (Mornington), 2 cowe £4. Stronach, Morris and Co. sold: For A. Scott (Arngibbon), 1 cow £8 lOs, 1 £6 2s 6d, 1 heifer £5 12s 6d; T. M'Carthy (Leith Valley), 1 cow £7 iOs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold: For Mrs E. M'Girnpsey (Otiake), 1 bull £l2, 1 steer £8 155.; A. Porterfield (North-East Harbour), 1 heifer £ll 7s 6d; J. G. Wyllie. (Outram), 1 heifer £9 17s Gd. Dairy Cowe. —The Otago Farmers' Co-op-erative Association sold: For a client, 1 £l2 12s 6d; D. M'Laren (Caversham), 1 £ls, 1 £7; Mts Hodge (Mosgiel), 1 £ll 10s; Charters . Estate, 1 heifer- £7 ss. Calves.—Donald Reid and Co. sold: For W. Harvey (Momona), 1 6& Gd; G. Lyall (Berwick), 1 £2 ss, 1 375; D. M'Millan (Brockville), 1 12s; S. Wallace (St. Leonards), 1 6s; J. and W. Ford (Pine Hill), 1 12s; J. H. Harris (N.E.H.), 1 10s; John Allan (East Taieri), 4 17s to 23s. — The Otago Farmers' ■ Co-operative Association sold: For R. Bremner (Momona), 1 355, 1 345; W. G. Taylor (Silverside), 1' 31s, 1 28s; H. A. Walker (Sawyers' Bay), 1 245; W. Knox (Green Island), 1 20s; H. A. Miller (East Taieri), 1 20s; J. S. Blair (East Taieri), 1 20s, 1 15s; M. A. Hodgson (Sawyers' Bay), 1 18s, 1 12s; J. O'Connell (Mornington), 1 17s; C. Gamble (East Taieri), 1 12s, 2.10 s; J. Crawford, 1 8n 6d; W. Thomas (Ross Point), 1 7s— — Stronach, Morris and Co. sold: For H: White ■ (North Taieri), 1 25s 6d, 1 18s; W. Laverty (Pukehiki), 1 255; J. J. Walker (Otokia), 1 275; T. Flannery (Wyllie's Crossing), 1 30a; H. Ashby (Wyllie's Crossing), 1 255; Miss Jessie Williamson (North Taieri), 1 15s. - Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold: For J. Taylor (Otokia), 1 38s; P. O'Connell (Mount Cargill), 1 245; J. Shand (PoTtobello), 1 10s; 1 Bs, 1 7s, 1 ss. Fat Sheep.—A medium yarding, only 1635 being penned. There were no extra prime heavy sheep forward, the yarding being composed of medium to good ewes and wethers. As several of the big butchers had! bought supplies privately outside, the above number proved sufficient for requirements, and prices dropped from la to Is Gd per head as compared with last week's rates. Prime wethers, 48s 6d to 53s 6d; medium, 41s Gd to 465; light and unfinished, 30s to 37s 6d: prime ewes, 37s to 40s 9d; medium, 32s to 35s 6d; light and aged, 24s to 28s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co sold: For J. 'O'Neill (Gore), 21 wethers 46s 6d, 145 to 40s 9d.— The National Mortgage and Agency Co. sold: For M. Williams (Kelso), 15 wethers 41s, 17 365, 13 345, 9 ewes 38s 6d, 6 36s 9d; A. K. Paterson (Heriot), 64 ewes to 26s 9d; a client, 54 ewea at quotations. The Otago Farmers' Cooperative Association sold: For Southland Farmers' Co-operative Association (Gore), 10 wethers 40s, pen 36s 6d, 16 ewes 37s 6d, 21 28s, pen hoggets 38s 6d; W. Bennett (Middlemarch), 2 pens wethers at quotations. Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold: For J Walker (Tapanui), 33 wethers 47s 6d, 30 42a 3d, 18 ewes 40s 965, 21 375, 11 31s 3d; T. Potter (Greenvale), 25 wethers 44s 3d, 22 375, 7 ewes 39s 9d, 3 lambs 375; J. O'Neill (East Gore) 35 wethers 40s 9d, 43 371 s 9d, 11 36a 9d 24 34s 9d; J. S. Miller (Palmereton), 30 wethers 40s, 30 355; Jas.- Chapman (Dunhack), 28 38s 6d, 16 35s 9d, 19 lambs 2Ss 3d; H. J. Burrows (Kelso), 40 wethers 38s, 25 36s. —- • Dalgety and Co. sold: For. A. S. M'Kay (Pomahaka), 39 wethers to 47s Gd, 15 ewea 38s 3d; John Eskdale (Tapanui), 60 wethers at quotations; G. Johnston (Balcluttoa), 57 wethers at market rates; T. Flannery (Poolburn), 70 sheep at market rates. D. Reid and Co. sold: For Southland Farmers' Cooperative Association, Gore, (account Mra Smith), 21 ewes 38s 9d, 15 88s 3d, 17 345; J E White, 16 wethers 41s 6d, 20 ewes 38a, 17 86s- H. P. M'lntyre. 17 wethers 38s 3d, pen 80s, 25 ewes 30s, 21 35s 3d, 16 34s 6d, 1 pen hoggets 26s 3d; a southern client, 8 wethers 37s 9d, 29 36s 9d r 22 27s 3d. pen wethers 32s 3d, pen hoggets 345; R. Borthwick (Taieri Beach), 23 wethers 88s, 17 38s, 59 45s 9d, 23 sheep 20s to 245; Jas. Liddle (Taieri Beach), pen wethers 41s 3d; Mts Lobb (Taieri Beach), 21 ewes 26s 9d to 35s 3d; Jno. Wilson (Lauder), 49 wethers 80s, 17 hoggets 235; L. C. Hazlctt (North Taieri), 19 wethers 49s 6d, 26 43s 6d, 25 42s 6d, 37 39a 3d, 15 34s 6d, pen hoggets 33s 6d. •■ Pigs.—A medium-sized entry of fat pigs and a email offering of stores were penned. There was a full attendance of buyers, who competed keenly, and a complete clearance of all soils was soon made under very brisk bidding. Fat pigs of all weights sold at » prices °ss to 7s 6d per head above last rates. Stores also brought prices in favour' of vendors. —Donald Reid and Co. sold:. For R. P- Buddicomb (Cavershain), 1 £3; Jno. Wilson (Lauder), 2 £6; Mrs Morrison (Henley), 3 £3 4s, 3 £3 7s, 1 £3, 8 225; Walter Grieve (North Taieri), 2£6 4s 6d; a client, 1 £5 6s; Wm. Thomson (Maungatua), 3 £3 16s; W. Adam (Otokia), 3 £3 10s-; G. Lawson (Momona), 3 £3 13s; A Stewart, jun. (Mosgiel), 1 £5, 2£4 ss; Mrs T. Begg (Saddle Hill), 1 £4 7s; T. Schofield (Mount Cargill), 2 £6 lis; J. P. Gardiner (Green Island), 2 19s; Wm. Harvey (Momona), 5 31s;. J. J. Walker (Otokia), 5 203; Geo. Middleditch (Sawyers' Bay), 1 14s, I£2 Is. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. sold: For a client, 1 £6 6s; W. J. Smith (Mihiwaka), I£2 15s. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association sold: For a client, 1 £5 17s; T. Sonntag (Brockville), 3 £5 10s; a client, 2£3 4s. Stronach, Morris and Co. sold: For Mental Hospital (Seocliff), 4 £6 15s 3 £6 ss, 3 £6, 5 £5 19s, 4 £5 13s, 3 £5 10s, 3 £5; T. Richards (Opoho), 1 £6 10s; W. Nichol and Sons (Allanton), 3 £4 2s; Weston Beard (Mosgiel), 2 £3 Ss; D. Snell (Momona), 6 19 9 . Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold:For T. Richards (Opoho). 1 £6 12s; P. Watson (Burnside). 3 £6 Gs; G. W. Bush (Brighton), 1 £6 3s; Mm M. J. Hushes (Wyllie's Crossing), 1 £6; W. Geary (Portobello), 1 £5.

THE FRUIT WORLD. Reilly's Central Produce Mart, Ltd., reporte:—We handled heavy consignments or fruit from Auckland, Nelson, and America. Apples in full supply. Oranges and lemons are short of requirements. High prices obtainable for rhubarb, asparagus, and tomatoes. We have a nice lot of spring faowera. Poultry: Extreme prices ruling. The eg„ market has collapsed. . The vegetable market has been barely supplied. Our first consignment of cucumbers realised 21s dozen, \nere is a keen demand for rabbitskms and tallow. We recoived and sold: —Flowers (narcissi): Yellow Trumpets, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Paper Whites, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; Sol d© Or, 6s to 8s dozen. Apples! Delicious, 17s; Jonathans, 13s ad; Esopus, 16s; Sturmers, 15s 6d; Koke■woods, to 10s Cd; Munroe's Favourite, lis; choice cooking, 3d, 31d lb. Pears, 17s to 20s; cooking, 14s 6d case. Lemons: To arrive, 80s. Oranges realised 50s. Bananas: Arriving on Tuesday. Tomatoes, Is 2ftd to Is sfd. Rhubarb, Is per lb. Potatoes: Locals, 12s; northern, 10s Gd cwt: Southland seed (choice), 12s 6d to 16s. Cauliflower: Choice, 6s to 12s; email, 2s 6d to' 4s 6d. Cucumbers, 21s. Cabbage, 3s 6d to 7s dozen. Onions: Prime, 183. Swede turnips: Slow aale, 3s cwt. Carrots : Choice tables, 8s cwt. Parsnips, lis per cwt. Bacon: Holla, la 3*d; hams,. Is 4d. Pigs: Baconers, prime, lOd; porkers, 9|d; heavy-weights, S&; choppers, 6d lb. Butter: Bulk, Is 6d; separator pats, Is 7Jd. Eggs, la 4d to Is 9d. Honey: Bulk, 7Jd, 8d; ijo pats, 5s 6d per dozen; lib pats, 9s 6d; 10lb tins, 7s 6d. Tea: Special quality, 2s per lb in 51b and 10lb boxes. Linseed oalf meal, 15s. Barley meal, 9s 6d per 1001 b. Ceremilk oalf foods, 30s. . Farro food, 9s per 1001 b. Meat meal, 19s. Oatsheaf chaff, £7 10s. Oaten dust, Sa 6di per sack. Oaten strawchaff, £4 103. Wheaten straw chaff, £ 4. Wheat: Choice fowl wheat, 6s 9d; broken, 6s 3d per bushel. Oats: A grade seed Gortons, 4s Bd. Bran, 7s per 1001 b. Wheaten. pollard, 14s per 150 lb. Lime sulphur, 2s 3d in barrels; 4-gallon tins,. 3s gallon. Bluestone, 79s per cwt. Beeswax, 2s per lb; inferior, Is 6d. Case nails: Flat head, 44s per cwt. Egg crates, 12s 6d. Rabbitskins, 14d to 84d. Tallow, 35s to 42s 6d per cwt. Poultry: At our sale on Wednesday cockerels realised from 5s 8d) to 9s lOd per pair; hens, from 4s 2d to 9s 8d (the bulk of the birds being sold at 7s 6d per pair); turkey gobblers realised Is 2£d, and hens lOd to Is, per lb. E. OSWALD REILLY, Managing Director, Moray place, Dunedin. BANK'S BONUS TO OFFICERS. 'Mr C. J. Henderson, superintendent of the Bank of Australasia for Australia and New Zealand, states that, owing to the increased cost of living caused by the war, the bank has increased to 25 per cent, the 10 per cent.> temporary addition to salaries. Early in the war the bank granted its staff a 10 per cent, temporary addition to salaries, and, in addition, two bonuses of 10 per cent, each have been paidL Increases in salaries' have also been allotted as usual. Bonuses paid to date to the staff aggregate more than £120,000, while payments to members of the staff on oversea military service amount to more than 1683,000. WHITELEAD AND LINSEED OIL. Little change has taken place in the whitelead position- this -week (says the Melbourne Herald of July 26). Stocks of Lewis Berger and Sons' Australian . are .again very scarce, as the .supplies which were received two weeks ago speedily, went into consumption, and at present there is no prospect of other consignments being received by Bteamer from Sydney. What little is available is being distributed on the basis of £7O a ion in. ton lots; £7i in half-ton lots, £72 in quarter-ton lots, and £73 in single cwts, le3s 2J per cent. British makes are offering at £77 to £BO a. ton, the' higher price being asked for Fergusson's Elephant brand. American Pioneer is quoted to> £75 a ton. The manufacturer's price of Meggitt'e Australian linseed' oil has for some weeks been 9a 4dl a gallon raw, and 9s 6d boiled, but the oil has been selling in Melbourne, .at 93 3d and 9b sd. A rise of 2d per gallon is now notified by most holders, 9s 5d and 9a 7d being freely asked. Barnes's is similarly quoted. Australian linseed oil is very scarce, the small consignments being received by rail not relieving the position to any extent. The tnddan product, imported when the shortage of shipping was very acute, has now good attention at 9s 6d a gallon for. raw; and! British is to be had at 10b to 10s 3d. There is every indication that the price of Knseed oil is going to advance appreciably. The latest private advices from London state that the market is 10s to 10s 6d a gallon for raw in bulk. The price of linseed is abnormally high, and the manufactured article is going up proportionately to the increased cost of production. Turpentine is very firm at 7s a gallon. WHEAT SCHEME OPERATIONS. Of 469,713,000 bushels- of. wheat handled by the Australian Wheat, Board in the four pools, 159,606,000 had been shipped by July 21. while the flour shipped represented 42,000,000 and the sale 3 in the commonwealth 124,874,000. On that date the flour stocks held were 5,503,000 bushels, shippers' stocks 129,367,000, and millers' stocks 8,361,000 bushels. In the week 968,000 bushels of wheat and flour, equivalent' to 420,000 bushels, were shipped, and the sales in Australia were 870,000 bushels. PRIVATE COMPANIES. The "following companies have been registered (says the Mercantile Gazette): Dunn's Co-operative Co. Office: John street, Balclutha. Capital: £IO,OOO, into 10,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Warepa—John Christie, 20; Stirling—George Patrick, 20; S. Nelson, 20; tjrurua— H. J. Cuttance, 20; Te Houka—S. T. Soper, 25; Balclutha—Charles Shand, 20; Hillend —A. Cunningham, 20. Objects: To acquire and take over business of machinists and wheelwrights lately carried on at Balclutha and Owiaka by Dunn Bros. Bruce Christie and Co. Office: Tyne Btreet, Oamaru. Capital: £IO,OOO, into 10,000 ©hares of £1 each. Subscribers: Oamaru— A A. Christie, 9939; Hannah B. M. Christie, 1. Objects: To acquire and take over business of auctioneers, land and commission agents lately carried on. Tinder the name of Bruce Christie and Co, Todd Bros. Office: 71 High street, Dunedin. Capital: £IOO,OOO, into 100,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Dunedin—Todd Bros., and Co., 50,000; Charles Todd, 13,000; Henry Hegarty, 12,500; Andrew Hegarty, 7500; Charles P. Todd, 4000; Desmond H. Todd, 4000; Heriot—Robert C. Hyde, 5000; R. F. Sim, 2000; John Richards, 2000. Objects: To acquire and take over plant, assets, and liabilities of Todd Bros, and Co., commission agents, auctioneers, and dealers in motor cars, etc. Ptirkor Aeroplane Improvement Co> Capital: £22,500, into 22,500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Dunedin—E. T. Shand, A. Hegarty, J. Cowie Nichoh, H. T. Wright, E. P. Denny, T. Glendming, F. Parker, all one BCAie each. Objects: To carry on business lUB aeroplane manufacturers, dealers, etc. Trading Import Company of N.Z. Capital: £IOOO., into 1000 shares of £1 each. Sub-

ecribers: Dunedin—T. W. Bamfield, 900; L. Bamfield, 100. Objects: To carry on _business as general merchants and commission agents, land agents, and auctioneers, eto. SUGAR CANE. Reporting upon the Queensland sugar cane crops, the Australian Sugar Journal of July 10 states that the sugar season has now commenced in the northern part of the State,' and matters appear to be progressing favourably, though apparently, should the shipping strike continue much longer, there will be a repetition of the harassing conditions of last season, owing to the lack of supplies of one kind and another. Labour is plentiful at those mills which have started, and some of the returned soldiers who have taken up work as cane-cutters are making 35s a day, although unused to the work. The news, doubtless, will spread, and there need be no fear of any shortage in that direction. Recent rains in the Mulgrave area have largely improved the crops, and a heavier tonnage is expected in consequence. In the Johnstone River district excessive rains have interfered with the preparation of land for planting, which consequently will be late this season. Plant cane is looking well, though the ratoon crops are backward. Crushing at Goondi was to commence immediately. On the Herbert River, the weather has been most favourable; planting for the 1920 crops is in progress, being somewhat delayed owing to the lateness of the wet season. The lower Burdekin is suffering again from the effects of continued dry weather, which is interfering considerably with the progress of the newlyplanted cane. Accounts from the Mackay district are generally favourable. Further south, the weather on the whole has been helpful to the cane crops. In the Isis district, however, the crops are suffering from another dry spell. INVESTMENT STOCKS. August 18. Investment Stocks. Bank of Australasia-—Buyers £1 2s 9d. National Bank—. Sellers £6 10s 6d. Bank of N.Z. (£6 13s 4d paid)—Buyers £lB lis. National Insurance—Buyers £4 0s 6d. N.Z. Insurance —Sellers £1 lis. South British Insurance—Buyers £8 3s. Standard Insurance—Buyers £2 18s. Union Slteam (pref.)—Buyers £1- Is. P. and O. (deferred)—Buyers £520, sellers £530. Huddart-Parker (ord.) —Buyers £2 7s, sellers £2 Ba. Westport Coal Co.—Sellers £1 9s. Westport-Stockton (ord.) —Buyers 6s, sellers 7s. N.Z. Coal and Oil—Buyers 4a 4d, sellers 4a 9d.D.I.C. (ord.)—Buyers Is 9d prem. D.I.C. (pref.)—Buyers £1 Is. Dominion Rubber Co. —Buyers £1 16s. Donaghy's Rope and Twine—Buyers £1 Dunedin Stock Exchange Propy.—Buyers £2 2s 6d. N.Z. Refrigerating Co.—Buyers £4 10s 3d, sellers £4 10s 9d. Milburn Lime and Cement —Sellers £1 16s. Mosgiel Woollen Factory—Buyers £5 14s, sellers £5 16s. National Mortgage—Buyers £5 10s. N.Z. Drug Co. (£2 paid)—Buyers £2 16s. Canterbury Meat—Buyers £l2 7s 6d. South Otago Freezing Co.—Buyers £5. N.Z. Paper Mills—Buyers £1 8s Id, sellers £1 9s. Perpetual Trustees —Buyers £1 9s. M'Gavm and Co. —Buyers £1 15s. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile (ord.) —Sellers £ll2. Otago Central Preserves—Buyers £1 3s. Sugar of Milk—Buyers £1 13s 6d.