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(By Cable—Presi Associiition— Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) METALS. LONDON, April 3. Copper—Spot £136 ss, three months £135 15s: electrolytic, £119. Lead—Spot £30 IDs, three months roQ io« ""Tin—Spot £215 lis Cd, three months £214 17s 6.d _ ; Shelter —Spot £*w tnreo months £n-2. Silver —13G 13-16 d per ok. SHARES. Waihi—Buvers 32 s 6d, sellers 33s 9d. STOCK EXCHANGE. (Received April 4th. 8.5 p.m.') LONDON, April 3. America's entry into tho war had a bracing cffect on "the Stock All gilt-edged securities rose. Consols j to oil. TALLOW. Stocks 7105 tons, imports 2312, deliveries 2952. , LONDON WOOL SALES. (Received April sth, 12.40 a.m.) LONDON, April 3. At tho wool sa'lo3 tier© was a very Boor catalogue. All classes met keen competition. Decent combing merinos made full recent rates, and good scoareds sold well, but faulty wools were irregular. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS! (Received April 4th, 10.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 4. Oats —Algerian feeding 2s 4d to 2s 6d, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Maizes— 2s JOd. Potatoes—Tasmanian £4 to £'G. Onions —£o 10p. ADELAIDE, April 4. Oats —Is lOd to Is lid. CULVER-DEN SALE. At tho Cnlverden sale on Tuesday tho yarding comprised about 3500 sheep and lambs. The principal sales were:—Fat lambs G. W. Wade bO at 30s Id; J. 0. Sanderson, 103 at 28s 2d: executors of the lat© W. O. Rutherford, 35 at 26a 7d; R. A Preston 66 at 23s 7d to 26s 6d; A. Fisher, 104 ia-t 263 sd; G. H. Sharpe. 123 at 20s 3d; Achray Estate. 99 at 265; Geo. Jelfs, 71 at 25s 6d; D. O. Rutherford, 95 at 255. Fat ewes—Achray Estate, 48 at 25s 4d to 32s 9d; J. O. Sanderson, 79 at 28s 8d: H. D. Oroseley 208 at 18s 6d to 20s 3d. Store sheep—-99 rap© ewes at 16s, 27'1 sound-mouthed at 24s to 255, 924 sound-mouthed merinos at 14s 2d, and 600 at. 13s- 6d to 14s 3d. TEMUKA STOCK SALE. There was a large yarding of carttlo at the Temulca, stock sale on Tuesday, but buyers were not koen and: pneas wero lower than those ruling a fortnight ago. Sheep wero in good demand. and prices wero up to recent values. Fat «wes mado 24s 9d to 335, fat lambs 24s 3d to 38s 3d, fat wethers from 27a lOd to 38s 3d, cull ewes is 9d, halfbred ewes 20s 10d, fat and forward owes 245, two, four six and eighttoot h ewes 2Ss 9d to 29s Gd two-tooth ewes 26s 9d to 36s Id, full and failtngmoutli owes 14s ScT to 2Cs, wethers 16s Id, store lambs (culls) 4s t>d to 10s Id, fat cows £8 to £11 los, fat heifers £6 5s to £9, fat fitoters £6 5s to £10, store cattle £4 to £6, spnngin" cows £6 15s. cows in profit £8, pigs Ss"6d to £4 lis.

BURNSIDE MARKETI'. (PfiESS ASSOCIATION* TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, April 4. At Burnside to-day 161 fat cattle were penned. Competition was very slack, and prices declined 20s to SCh-per head. Hest bullocks mado £23 2s Od, heifers £15 lfrs. _ ]j'at shee]> —1668 were penned. For prime quality competition was very keen at prices from Is to Is 6d above last'week's rates. Lambs—S3l wero penned, too quality !)cin" medium to fair. Owing to the freezing works closing down for tho holidavs, export .buyers limited their purcha»K and prices declined Is 6d to 2s ner head. Pies —A omall yarding realised lato rates. > CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANSE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Buycie. Seller#. £s. d. £e. d. dkbestures— Govcram«nt li pe» cent., 1330 .. 89 15 0 BANKS— .-on ' National .. •• ° - " X 3 t.' ikaland (fully pd.) 17 o 0 — COAL— „ „ , Woslport-Stockton .. — 0/0 1* J XAN CIA L— 2s.Z. Loan svnd Mercantilo (prcf.) •• — <0 0 0 WOOLLENS— Kaiapo: ■ . .. C S 0 MISCELLANEOUS---Y'fcitoombe and Toaibs — 6 G 0 JITNTNGTalisman . • 0 8 0 — AVaibi .■ •• 1 3 ~~ "Wailii Gra-d Junction — 0 H 6 MIKING CONSOLIDATED GOLDFIELDS, LTD. The Chriatchurch Stock Exchange has Te-c-'ivcd the following tokgram from the attorneys of the Consolidated Group ol Mines •at Keefton: — Crushing returns for month of March, Consolidated Groun of Mines: Progress: Crushed 2000 tons, value X23GI, working- expenses £216G; capital, £1~: development, £370. Blackwater: Crushed 3214 tons, value £6439, working expenses £3546; capital. ; clove!opment» £358. Wealth, of Rations: Crushed 2060 tons, value worlnng ex£2033; development, £107.