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TALLOW AM) SILVEB. Press; Association-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, August 25. At the tallow auctions 947 casks •were offered and 909 sold. Good mutton tallow is unchanged. ( Other sorts have advanced 3d per cwt. Silver, Is 11 5-16 d per oz. A I'STK ALI AN Q UOTATIONS. Received 11.30 p.m., August 2(>tli. SYDNEY,' August 2G. Wheat, old, 4s lid to os; new, 10,000 hags have been sold locally on account, at equal to about 'ls ill the country. Flour, £ll 10s. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; seeding, 2s -Id to 2s 3d ; Tasmanian, 2s 7d to 2s SJ. Jiarlev, Cane, 3s 3d. Maize, £'3 10s to £4. Bran and poliard. £ I Jos. Potatoes, Tastnauiau, £7 10s to £8 10s. Onions, Yiet'orian, £7 10s; Japanese. £9 to £lO. Butter, lKis. Cheese, GJd. Bacon, 7-Jd. MELBOURNE. August 2(i. Wheat, Is (id to 4s lid. Oats, Algerian feeding. Is !Ud. Barley, good malting English, 3s 9d; Cape, 2s Bd. Maize. 3s fid. Bran. lOd. Pollard, Is. Onions. £6 to £(> ss. Pototoes, Li .Is to £4 10s. ADKLAIDF,, August 20. Wheat. 4s GUI ; holders are asking ii]! to Is Nd. Flour, £lO los. Bran and pollard, 111. Oats, Algerian, Is l()d. HIDE MACK KT. Received 12.30 a.m., August 271 h. SYDNEY. August 2(>. Hides nii't :ui excellent market, and prices were very firm for all classes. KAIAI'OI WOOLLKN COMPANY. Per Press Association. CHIUSTCHUKCH, August, 20. The annual meeting of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company . was held to-day. The directors report recommended a dividend of 7 per cent, on ordinary shares and G.' f oil preference shares. After making provision for depreciaiition'(£4ooo>, repair* (£2241). and reserve (£1500) and after providing for the dividend \ete., the profit and loss account showed a- balance of £B4l 7s Id. which the directors recommended should he carried forward to new account. The report was adopted.