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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16262, 12 July 1918, Page 9

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AMERICAN WHEAT CROP. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.ii Cable V?6ociation.) (Received July 12th, 1.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 9. The Department of Agriculture has announced the! the 1018 crop is estimated at 591,000,000 bushels, which is 90,000,000 bushels above the average. AUSTRALIAN AtAUKETS. (By Cab^. —Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received July 11th, 8.55 p.m.) •• SYDNEY, July 11. Oats—-Algerian feeding 4s 6d, milling ss, Ta6manian 5s 6d. Maize—s« 7d to 53 Bd. Potatoes—Tasmanian £5 to £7. Onions— £18 10s. ADELAIDE, July I*. Oats—33 lOd. GERALDINE STOCK SALE. For thia week's stcck sale the yarciing showed a falling 05, the snow boing the causc. ;I aethers mad<> 263 8d .o 38s, fat ewes 22s 6d to 355, fat lambs 23s 6d to 27s lOd, wethers,'2o3 to 3:s, ewes 20s Gd to 31s, lamfce 2£s 6d, two and fourtooth owes 303, two-tooth ewes "1-j to 34s 3d, woolly wethers 455, mixed sex hogget 3 211 lOd "to 23a, cull ewes Gs 6J, cull m-..ino ewes 2s Ccl, wear.er pigs 15s lo ISs, stores 30s to 325. BOARD OP TRADE AT DUNEDIN. (SPECIAL TO DUNEDIN, July 11. The members of tho Board of Trade met tho mil lore to-day in regard to the price of wheat and flour. During thoir stay here they will also consider the importing, sale, and distribution of petrol. Another matter which will engage th»jr attention will bo the fixing of the price of bread. CHRISTCIIURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ a. d. DEBENTURES— "Whitcombs and Tombs <o\ per cent.) .. 100 0 0 — BANKS— New Zealand (fully pd.) 17 9 0 — New Zealand (£3 6s fid paid) .. .. 12 3 0 — BREWERIES— Manning .. .. — 2 19 0 COAL— Taupiri .. .. 018 6 — GAS— Christchurch .. .. 516 0 6 0 0 INSURANCE— Standard .. .. 2 10 WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi .. .. 7 3 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— D.I.C .. .. 010 3 — Co. .. — 2 15 0 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. .. 2 3 6 — N.Z. Paper Mills 12 6 — • Sharland and Co. .. 18 0 — MINING— Mt. Head and Rosebery — 110 YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS ON OTHER EXCHANGES. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) AUCKLAND. Sales:—Bank of New Zealand, £12 £s; South British Insurance, £6 ss: Rising Sua, 2s lOd. I DUNEDIN. Sale: —Talisman, 10s 3d. Sales reported:—Paper Mills, 22s Gd, 22s ! 6d.