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4 (B7 Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) HAM AND BACON. (Received February 2Stli, 10.-0 p.m.) MEI7BOURXE, February 28. The wholesale prices of Australian and New Zealand hams have been fixed as follows: —In cloth Is 4Jd per lb, in seed Is s}d; bacon, sides Is Id, flitches Is Oid, middles Is 3d, shoulders lid. The retail prices are 3Jd per lb higher. "WHEAT. (Received March Ist, 1.35 a.m.) LONDON, February 28. The American visible supply is 14,300,000 bushcle. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (Received March Ist, 13.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 28. Oats—Algerian, feeding 3s 3d, 'milling 3s 4d to 3s 6d, Tasmanian 4s to 4s sd. Bailey—Cape 4s to 4s 3d. Maize —5s 4d to 5s fta. Potatoes—Tasmanian £1 10s to £7 10s. Onions—£7 to £7 10s. ADELAIDE, February 28. Oats —2s lOd to 3s. OTAGO POTATO SUPPLY. (special to "tub press.") DUNEDIN, February 2S. The position in regard to potatoes is causing much uneasinos-s. Supplies coming forward no more than meet requirements, and this is considered an unsatisfactory sign at this time of the year, when the stocks in hand should be abundant. Everything points to a much smaller yield than that obtained last year. The cause of the trouble is blight, due to the wet season. CHItISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Buvers. Seller."!. £8. el. i' s. d. BANKS— National .. .. 5 8 0 010 0 New Zeaiand (£3 6s Sd paid) .. .. — 19 ® " Union .. .. — 55 10 0 COALf— AVestport .. .. — 1 10 0 "Westport-Stockton (cum div.) .. .. — 0 3 0 FINANCIAL— National Mortgage .. fil 0 0 — "Wright. Stephenson and Co., Ltd. .. .. 710 0 — INSURANCE— New Zealand .. .. — . S 13 0 MEATS— ii.Z. Be frig. .. ..., — 2 1 G SHIPPING— Huddart-Parker .. — 1 19 C "WOOLLENS— Kaiapoj .. ~1 — ' 7 10 MISCELLANEOUS— Papuan Products >.■ — 0 3 3 AVarrc, Hockley .. — 7 0 0 Dunlop Rubber 13 0 — YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS ON OTHER EXCHANGES. (press association telegrams.) DUNEDIN. Sales:—Huddart-Parker (ord.), £1 IBs 9d and £1 lSe lid; Mount LyelJ, £1 10s. MINING, BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received February 28th, 10.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 23. The boom in Broken Hill Proprietary shares continues. They touched 78s to-dey, finislflng at 775, on the strength of rumours that the steelworks are to be run as a separate concern, and a company floated with a capital of over £1,000,000. Other rumours are to the effect that a bonus on shares is to be issued to shareholders, and the capital increased. The secretary of the company declares there is not an atom of truth in the rumour that the steelworks are to be run separately.