THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 23, 8 June 1899, Page 15

THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS.

For the week ending (6th inst.) returns were reported from 25 dredges (says the Otago Daily Times), the total gold yield beiDg 8530z 12dwt, or an average of slightly over 340z per dredge. The returns reported were as follows :—: — Magnetic (Cromwell), 1270z ; Matau (Alexandra), 1250z; Alpine (Riley's Beach, Cromwell), 112oz; Golden Gate (Island Block), 440z ldwt ; Success (Waipori), 340z 17dwt ; Golden Beach (Alexandra), 340z 16dwt 15gr ; Golden Point (Alexandra), 330 a ; Golden Treasure (Miller's Flat), 30oz Bdwt ; Ettrick (Moa Flat), 30oz ; Vincent (Clyde), 250z lOdwt ; Jutland Flat (Waipori), 230z sdwt ; Golden Terrace (Lower Shotover), 220z 15dwt ; _ Molyneux Hydraulic (Alexandra), 21oz 2dwt ; Sunlight (Beaumont), 20oz 2dwt ; Waimumu (near Gore), 20. z ; Upper Waipori; 19oz 12dwt ; Nevis (Nevis River), 19oz ; Clyde (Alexandra), I9oz ; Manoburn (Alexandra), 17oz lOdwt ; Enterprise (Alexandra). 16oz I9dwt 6gr ; Empire (Waipori), l«oz ldwt ; Evans' Flat (Tuapeka), 13oz lOdwt ; Chatto Creek (Manuherikia), 14oz ; Macraes Flat (Macraes), Boz 4dwt 3grs ; Kyebura (Kyeburn), 3oz 19dwt;— rtotal, 8530z 12dwt.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street reports : — Wholesale price only — Oats : feed, medium to prime, Is 2d to Is 4d ; milling, Is 4d to Is sd. Wheat : plentiful : milling. 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; fowls', Is 6d to 2s. Chaff : LI 15s to L 2 5s according to quality, plentiful. Ryegrass and clover hay : L3to L 3 ss. Straw : bare, loose, 2Ss ; pressed, 27s per ton. Potatoes : Ll 10s to Ll 123 6d. Market overstocked. Flour : L7to L 7 10s. Oatmeal : in 251 b bags, LB. Butter : dairy, 6d to 8d ; fresh factory, 9d to lOd. Eggs : Is 6d. Bran : L 3 os. Pollard : L 3 10s. Onions :L3 10s to L 3 15s per ton best. "