COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 520, 29 May 1909, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

,>■ •' ?%::-;Vthe.share;Maeket.: ;, .•'; .-.,.■ : .- : ; Sales'of Cnristohuroh Meat-at 7s. 6d.,.and ;; :: .'.NewjZealandiPortland ;Cement a.t."iE2 Is; were .:''" reported yesterday. : The .quotations .were" un- .; . iohahgcdi Bank of .New' Zealand,, buyers £9, 'sellers £$ is.'; ■National 1 . Banks, sellers £5 7s, i : '6d.; Equitable Building, sellers>£9 7s. 6d.;.Wel- ■ lington'Trust' : ahd"Loan, sellers. . Is.; Now .'■■ Zealand 'arid River Hat*, sellers, £1 135.; Peild; ; : "ing Gas,- buybrs £1; Napier Gas (£lO paid),' sel;::;;lers- £25 10s.;, '.Wellington : . .Gas. (JEIO paid), : ," buyers. £Yl. 17s. 6d.; standard Insurance, buyers :-.-".:.'. JSI Meat, sollors 12s. Gd.'; v: ; Gear Meat '-'.(£i: paid);-''buyers' £10 2s. Gd., .- paid), buyers £3 Us. 6d., sellers £2 13s. Gd.; ::'v- Wellington Meat Export (.£2 125.:6 d, paid)/ul- ;■'." lers £3 Is.;.- Wellington 'Woollen (ordinary), ;. .'sellers jfi3;.vWestport-Stpckton Coal, oellers Bs.; :;■'■'■■■ Kanri Timber, buyers 14s; Bd.;' sellers 155.; New -,■'■'. Zealand-.Pprtland:. Cement, buyers £2 Os. Gd.", :"' 'sellers ;£2 15.;6d..; Tnranaki Petroleum, sollers r- ■■ 7e. %&.i Wellijgtpn Opera House,: sellers £i. , f: ■ : : v '■■'■: ; ;MARKET. 'V' ':, ' ::" , A fait; atnonnt,of .business was done yester- ••". A 'day. At,the morning oall sales of Talisman .at V. £2 Bs. and J22 Bs. Gd., and Waihiat £3 4s. 9d. •,'; .were-reported. . At the afternoon call tho re- '■.-. ported, sales-weroi Waihi Extended 6s.f 2d M ■ VWaihi-iO ss.,'and Now Alpine (10s. paid) at os. ,6d. and (9s. 3d. paid) 1 at Bs. 6d. and 9s. 6d.- The .:■; quotations,C-with the ; last recorded sales, ,were - ; :-.-'M'under:—:''Vi;;',.',■■:..■:■■.:■■•.:.'. .'-'•■' .■■:: -..:.• '■■■■■■.' ;.-'■■■ '":■' '•"■'. '•:■:"' 'I:.' ■''.::'' r.Bnyefs../ Sellers.'"- Sales. v,;.-:■:■ . ■■;■■**;: :^,.::j : ..:, B _ d _.. d- ; !£ 8 _ d . .:■* Waihi G'd Junotion 118 9 2 0 o'' — ;Waihi .;.......;;.......;.;; 9 4 G 9 5 6 ~?'''5 L 'O v Waihi Extended ...... 0 G 1 0 6 4 0G 2 .-.:> Talisman ~....:,:.. ~:2.8 9,12 9 6" 2 -8 6 ■■• Kara'ngahake/..;.....;. 0 .I'. 8 — .. .—. Kuranut; Caledonian ,0 ,0 11-. 0.1 -1 r — May.:Qucen 1......"..... .0. .2 0 0 2 1 — '"■'- '0 110 0 20 —\ : '.Tairua' , Broken Hills — • 0' 1 9V ■'■—■■' : : : vWaitatfgi; ;.„,;;.;,...;; -0 'i- 3 0 i 5 '/•' ■-.''' -: Waihi ■■ Consolidated' •; —: 0 2 A -"■■ - "' '.-,. Now Alpine (10/-' paid): 09 3 : —' 09 0 '.;•': New Alpine (9/3 paid) 08 6 — 08 9 '■: New Sylvia, ', ''■— . ■'■'■:' 9; 2.7 - : -• ■': .f-Con; :Golda<slds ::..... 01C 6 ■ -_'.; \. . '-,■ :■:','::'; -;■.v;.COLONiAIi- ; MUTTJAL : LlFE. 'r'- X : : : .The 'statement' of'- ; accounts; of. the Colonial ; vlfutual -Lifo for the year ended December - 31 ; : last, and■ submitted.to.members in Melbourne ..-; : ; on Wednesday/ shows that the business of the i.'sooiety was'fairly well maintained. The prin-■;"';.-eipal items in the balance-sheet compare with ;■-. those of the previousyear {■: ■■ :: : : : ' : - ''■: '■■':>' ■■' ; 1&07. - ' 1908. .■■• / : :' -■■..'■:.■ ' ■;■■'■'..-:.■; ;■•■-.■•:.• £.. :■ ■" £. ..;;........ .1,755,109 1,516,616 ' ' Completed. '...;..;..;.. 1,278,03-4 1,135,375 .:.-:.;'■; Claims by death. ... '; 116,956 152,603" ' ■ ; ■ - Endowment olaims '■■'"■'' 75,<51t"'-. 74,376' '■;- Total funds •.......;.' 3,077,126 13,073,570 '-'■ . Inoome ■.......„;..... .'483,486 .' : 488,932 - .. '::.-■■. . Cash'and deposits.... : ; 178,207 • 109,605 ,'i ..Debentures • 315,32 i 286,940 . . :■ ' 'Shares '...'.. ...;....■■ 9,252 : 5,248 V -.\- : 'Loans on mortgage -1,248,39.1 -. 1,378,932 : ' '" : ; ■■:■■> Property- -■:; : . : ..V.....; 930,475 '."■■ 893,021 '■: ; ■ .Loans'on pbMoies...' V 257,109. '.. -295,696';; ■',: Interest, percent;;.;. £i'Q 3 JU. 310 .'..; '-. Dnrihg.!the year the society dealt with 5958 proL ; posals for .assurance, the amount represented ■■■' being .£1,516,616..; Or these 4G27, amounting to : 'iE1;135,375 and 163.'9 d. per .annum, were ■ completed, the annual income therefrom being ■•'■ - : i641,385. Claims have matured by death "under ./■■ 414,.policies, .amounting t0; : J152,603, including :.. bonuses. ' This amount compares, with £116,951 '.:., paid in 1907... The sum .paid for endowments -V "'matured.:.was ' £liSli,'.. against; JE7_5,479 in tio -■:■':.'. previous, year, and'tho aruouiri; paid in: respect ,';■':•'.to tontino policies was J!53,318, as compared ... .with ;E50,772 |n1907."; Claims have been heavier .'.;;;.' I than "during thepreceding'ycar,' which; how- . : !.ever, was a.most favourable term. .|Tho renewal V". premium income .woe je312,903, against £308,139 :'. :l ; for, 1907, so that old'business written was. fully ■ retained; - The income, from interest and rents , ." amounted to £124,757, ;an "increase of £8545 for '. the year,, the total: income -amounting to ■, v £488,930.' .The rate of interest yielded by the . ' funds .-was. £4-" 35,'.10d.v per cent., as comparod ;•■,.".'; .irith £4.05. 3d.:for;the preceding year...'•■ The. , ad,- ''■■-', dition to. the.insurance fund during the year ■'■ *as £68,805. The total\of'the fund, which ; at .■. ■;:.- the bennriin'g ofith'e'yedr'.was £3,077,126/ how- ■,.. ever, snows a reduction of £3556; owing to the' ;;. fact that the Erectors have .written off the .':■ .whole lot:'the. fund, ::■■■':■■ amounting to-'£72,562. ■.':. That item, therefore, . ■■■': '-..,disappearß.:fr'om':'tbe'-liabilities in the balance- : ;•"■'..■ sheet, -the - total; of r; which stands at - £3,086,161, ..'including tho assurance .fund'of £5,073,170., In '■ ■."' the.|itflnis. r to' which .reference'haa ;, -been, made., above, 1434'' combined life; death', .; ' accident.'and'.ihvalidity-'assi-fance policies have :■-been issued, assuring ■'. £370,850 in.' the event 'of :.; : death:from accidont,' with l corresponding bene- , '. v .fits incase of. disablement. The annual,income 'arising ifrom the-acoident and,invalidity.,pop' ~ /;tion' of .this business : is.'etate'd;!at.'.£3o29.;;;' : ■' ■>■:; ALEXANDRA^TniONt-'CO^PAfITALTI). The annual general,meeting of the Alexandra ''Antimony Company, Limited, was. held at the '■■•':■'. Chamber of....Commerce on"'.Friday afternoon. -. '■; There was an attendance of some 30 to 40 sharor": holders. N, W. Bell, director,, was in •tho chair, : and,Vin- the course of his.remarks, '■•-. : ',; itated -that .the company's prospects had ■ never r ;\>been tetter.' :,■''•**■::'.' .■■ '■ •_' '•■■ " '-■-..■• :■■,■''■. , ■••■•'-. The-;mine- manager, .'.Mr. Rillstpne, reported ; ■ that he estimated,,there.were some 800'<to'850 ■ ;tons;of,h,igh-grade-ore in;sight, and' at■ Brass/ : During the year the company acquired, on very ■•'. favourable..terms,-, the oiy-hydro smelting pro--;.,'■"cess:for'-treating ore, and.tne.erection of the .furnace for: the smelting was completed in the ■■ "■'■■'. second week in May.' .Smelting operations are ■ .-.■: to commence early next week. , The shaft has ;:, : beeh sunk a : depth of some ; 150.feet, and several .:.'. drives.made east and. west, veins of. antimony, : ;-being,met.in all;the",drives. The best chute . : of, ore = struck in the mine has>a. width of-.18.1 ;: " inches, which ithe mine manager, estimates will .'.:■ Tetnrn;so per c6nt..pure antimony/ On stoping ; the'ore put,'.au..ore body 4ft. wide was met, .•■.-.■• arid the manawr expects that'this chute of ore, '.'on/the 150 ft. level, continues right through to -.. tho 50ft. level.- ' From: this chute alone he estimates that there are available 450 to 500 tons .",- •■■ of 60 per cent.ore. , .The result of the smelting by the oiy-hydro process is being watched with ■.'. -. interest by persons interested in mining. '.'■.. ■>.y;hy^y; : .---} •".-'• ■.■.■■■■.' notes.'-'../.';■'",■ ;"■' ::--.'*.■> V: . It: Beems ■■•■ scarcely credible that: London ■'. ;. .bankers and morohants should deem it neces- ; sary'.to establish-an association' for, the de- ..'-..-'.'. -fenco ; of. Freetrade'in England. They have done. ■•;.•■■ eo,. however, and .'the executive committee is", a ';'■'<: -etrongione, consisting of Lord Avebury (chair- ••.■■"-' man),'Sir.-.-TJelix Schuster; Sir Albert Spicer, ■'-. ■;-■ • M.P., , Sir James Mackay,' Sir Ernest Hatch, 1 Sir ' George : 6ibb, : and, Messrs; Brodie Hoare,-F. , , .-Huth-Jacksoii, .Charles-: Stewart, ■ H..C. ' Blyth, ■and.L.:R. : Erskine. The general-committee con-. '•' ; tains an equally distinguished list of names. • ; '"• -: Apart from India/ the.'cotton grown in'tho ' ,; 'British (Empire last, year amounted to only ; •;23,000 bales of :40Qlb.,;valned at £360,000," which '•■-. ■■, was 'less thaii -in the preceding .year. ..Thero : was,' however, a drought in West Africa. Tho .■;;.'. ; total "British African, output "was ,13,500 bales," '.. and .West'lndies 7000.\ Tho'Empire ought to do ■'■ ". better, 'than .this. Tho .Mother Country now ; on the average imports 20,000,000.0wt. of.cot- .: ton,'of; a'value of more than £60,000,000.: Of '■■':'-■■ this, 'the- United-' Stated appropriate'well over -~-■: .£40,000,000, and Egypt £15,000,000.-, ~.-.>•', . .-..- '. T .Winnipeg : ha 3 decided to have a world's' ex- . .position in 1912...-At; a .meeting held in March ' it was decided to rqiso.a fund of £400,000 for :.-,; that purpose.-. .::■•■;■..: -i-. ... :• ..' •■•.-■■■ v It is stated that'the year 1908 was the most -. progressive period in: the history of the Argen- " tine Republic. During.the year over 1000 miles :■.■■■" of Tailway, wero.i.constructed 'and concessions "-. :"■ ' .were granted " for . the, building of. over. -.3000 ,':. 'miles more.:: The earnings of .the- railways in- -!■" ;creased ?0 per'cent., in spite of the fact that :;; : the preceding year' marked 'a. notable increase ..■over 1006.':'. The total earnings for 1908 were . -, £20,278,200;-tho net profits were■ £8,0H4,600, or ':■,:... over 5 per'cent/of the capital invested, which ':• is placed at £157,792,873. The capital is in the -.- main-British. :;-.-.■ .. ;" . ~./ ;•■;,.'. ;". ■ ::Cus.toms revenue collected at Wellington yes--,'..terday amounted to £1187.63. sd. . ■-.-.,:

::.:'■■■-■';••.■;•;;■:•■;'.'' ; lEVlN PIG sale. .;./ .;.. : ' ; ■'. .'; :-:. Messrs/■ Hudson .aud Marriott, Ltd., report Y having -held fortnightly sale of .pigs .at ...'. Leviu yestorday. The yarding of prime pork ; -was small, and prices ruled very high, in con , - ,-. 'sequence of,the limited, supply. \'-'There was a . .:' ■ particularly good. attendance of buyers, and every lino was keenly, competed for. Qiiota- '■'■'■'■■■ tions:— Prime mediuin iveigbt porWs, 375., v •-.■.' S3s.-,- and' 383.; Gdi;''light porkors, 325. to 355. -.-.■■'■ (equal-to 51d. r per lbj; sows, 43g. Cd.; bacon«rs,' ■i"-.'■ .<-is. : ; boar, to 17s. Sd.; suckers, ; .". 7c.,9d..t0 10s. , , '■;. .-■ , . ; ■ ■',: ; j';'.'W'opii,. : -Hn)E,'.',ANp TALLOW'SALES. ' '•', lUgardihj their Palmorston North wool, skin, .. '. and hidoisale,.Jlossrs. Abraham and Williams, . Ltd., report as follows:—\Ve,held our monthly V sale yesterday, .and..submittedi.to. a. good at- :; ';■•' tendance: of buyers . a catalogue comprising 46 .''bags and/bales of wool, 1500 sheepskins, 300 \ . Jargo hides/ 100 calfskins, 9. oasks. and 29 tins of ; ••.: tallow,;'• also horsehair,; horns,; and cowtails. Bidding' throughout was ' animated, and the .... whole offering'was:disposed of at prices com- .. paring ivory favourably with late rates. /We ; , eold lambs' wool up to 7Jd.' per Ib., and fairly ':-. : good crossbred at 7d. per lb. In skina the beet

price was 6s. Sd. each, and in" hides one line of extra heavy ox mado 7ii. per lb., equal to £2 Bs. 9d. each. Cow hides were also in de- • mand, several lines selling at GJd. per lb., equal to £1 10s. id. each. Calfskins made up to BJd. per lb., or 3s. 9d. each. . We qnoto :— . Woil.—Crutohings, 2Jd., Id., 5d., to 5Jd.; lambs, 51d., 6d., to 7-Jd.; crossbred, 51d., to 7d.; black, 5d.; dead and pieces, 4d., 4|d., 5d., to GJd. .. . Skins.—Crossbred fine, to 7Jd. per lb.; crossbred medium, 6Jd. to GJd.; crossbred damaged, 2|d. to 5Jd.; half- and quarter-wools, sjd. to GJd. .per lb.; three-quarter-wools, GJd.; halfbred, to 7Jd. per lb.; lambs, Bid., sjd.. to 7}d.; lambs,-damaged, 4M.; doad, 3Jd. to SJ<L; pelts, inferior, id..to 3id. per lb,; woolly pelts, 3jd. to sJd.;''lambs', pelts, 4Jd.; dead hoggets, id. per lb.; butchers' skins, crossbred, 4s. 3d., 4s. 4d.,'45. 10d., ss. 3d., and Gs. to Gs. 5d.; halfwools, 3s. 5d., 3s. fid., 3s. 10d. to 3s. lid.; quarter-wools, 2s. Id., 3s. Id., 3s. 2d., to 3s. 4d.; three-quarter-wools/ 4s. 7d. to 4s. 9d.; lambs, Is. Bd.i 2s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. ;'black, 2s. 3d.; green lambs, 2s. 3d. to 2s. lid.; crossbred, green, ss. 5d.; crossbred, salted,-35., 3s. 10d., to 4s. 3d.; salted.lambs, 3s. Gd. . -.-■■,. ; Hides.-rOx, heavy, average weight 841b., 7Jd. .per lb.'; ox, heavy, average weignt 741b., 6§d. per lb.; ox, heavy, average weight 621b., 5Jd. to GJd. per lb.; ox, medium, average 521b., GJd.; .ox, light, aycTago 431b1, 5Jd. to 51d.; damaged, sd. to Gα. per lb.; cows, heavy, 641b., 6Jd.j cows, medium, : 521K, 5!d.; cows,' liffht, 451b., SJU.; damaged, 4Jd. to 5d.; heifers, 4|d. to 5Jd.; ;bulls, 4Jd.; steers, 4d.; horse, 6s. Bd. each; calfskins, average weight 61b., 9Jd. per lb.; average weight -Jl-lb., 7d. per lb.; others, from 2d. to 4d. to s}d.; yearlings, Gfd.; cut, 4d. .Sundries.—Tallow: 9 casks at £22 ss. to £22 10s. per ton;'tins, 16s. 3d. to 19s. Gd.; rough iat, 155.. 3d. per'.owt.; horsehair, . Is. 2d. per lb.; obw horns, 2s. per dozen; cow tails. Is. 2}d. per dozen.' - . •';'''.'' '*, '.-.. ; .;;. LONDON" MARKETS. . .Messrs. Dalgoty and ,C 0.,, Ltd., report having received.'tno following cable message from their London house:under date of May 27:—. Frozen meat.—The' market for lamb and mutton is weak, ■ but prices : are not quotably changed. The", frozen beef market is firm. Prices for hinds are Jd. per lb. higher, but fores are 'unchanged. ' Tallow—ln general, price are from par to 3d. higher. The next public sales will be held on June 9. rThe' Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house under date, May 26:— ~.'"■ Tallow.—Wβ quote present spot valnes for tho following descriptions of tallow:—Good mutton,' 31s. Gd.; good beef, 30s. 6d.; mixed, 20s. 6d.. Market firm. .. ' ■ WELLINGTON MARKET REPORT. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., report as follows; —Maize, ss.Sd.; wheat, whole fowl,' 4s. 10d.;'barley, Cape seed, 1 35.6 d.; barley feed, 3s. to 3s. 3d.; barley meal, £6 10s. per ton; oats, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 4u.;:oats, seed, sparrowbills, gartons, duns, algerians, 2s. ,9d.; oats, crushed, 2s. 7d. per bushel; hay, prime, .£3 10s. to £i 10s. per ton; straw, wheaten, £2 ss.'; oaten, £2-2s. Gd. per \ton; bran,.£s ss. to, £s' 10s.; pollard, £6 15s. to:£7; sucrosine, 200's £7, 100's £7 ss.'.per'ton'; linseed oil cake,'genuine, 14s. per. owt.; prime oaten sheaf chaff, £3 ss. to £3 10s. per ton; potatoes, £5 to £5 10s.; selected Canterbury Up-to-Dates, seeds, £6 10s. per ton; onions, £5 per ton; butter, separator 9Jd., dairy Bd. to 9d. per lb.; eggs, fresh, 2s. 2d; po'r dozen, weakening; preserved, Is, sd, to Is. 6d. per dozen; homy, GO's 4jd., 14's 5d.; beeswax, la. 6d.; fungus, 4jd.;'iValnuts,. 5d.; cheese, best factory mediums, Gd.; bacon, factory sides Bd., rolls 9d., hams Bjd. per lb.; ; porkers, 70's to-90's 43d., 90's to 100's 41d.; baconers, 4d. to 4Jd.; heavy pigs, 3d. to Sid. per lb.; cabbage, Is.; parsnips, l 2s. Gd.; carrots, tatye, 2s. 6d.; marrows, Is.; cauliflower, ss. to 8s. ;'pumpkins, 2s. per sack; swedes, 253.. per.'ton; apples, dessert, 6s. to ■75., 6d.. per. case; apples,, cookers, ,4s. Gd. per case; choice tomatoes, 7s. per half-case; quinces, 3s. per case; pears; dessert, 75.; pears, cookers,

,ss. per case; poultry, vtable roosters 45., c cockerels 4s. to as., table bens 35., ducks ss. 1 6d., all at per pair. / '■ ■" , £ ■"- .-. . . ... ' ' i .''-".■■. ; :-' ; "'' ; <JEAIN AND PBODTJCE. 7 *. '.''? .. (bi tsleobapr—toees association.) | Y . ..'>■ Christchurch, May 28. The past week has locally been the busiest in the shipping of grain since the days when wheat-growing: was a much more important busi- 1 ness than it is at present.■" Thero has been a , j rush to fill May charters, and there has been ' a large , turnover of merchants' stocks to fill s the requirements of shippers. Very little wheat' 1 or. oats, has been, purchased jfrom farmers, as .i the latter are holding wheat.firmly for higher j prices than exporters, would give, and immo- ( diate delivery.'waa, of- course, required. Wheat j has also been offered moro cheaply by holders j in-Timaru than cbuld be"purchased locally by I Christchurch shippers, ana consequently there -.' has been.no disposition to-make any .advance , ! upon the ruling price., of 45.. at' country ' stations. - For a specially good. line. 4s. Id. was ( offered, but was.refused. ■ "■-. :-.■-.■ For oats .there has been an active inquiry i during the week for shipping purposes, but '( not advance in prices is reported, and as in ( wheat the turnover has'.been between mer- , ohants. ; Threshing haying been resumed upon supplies of sacks having come,.to hand it is • expected that offerings from tho country will be ' shortly made.. . ' ' '■Potatoes'are rather easier, as growers have ' ■been' offoring more freely, "and accepting 655. ' .at ■ ; ••■ ; •" ■ ' ■.: ' "The onion market .is now dull, as North ] Island supplies,-which have been'held "back, i are now coming forward. Onions are not keep- \ ing well this year..: A large shipment that went . to Sydney a short time ago had to go into , store, and, buyers having lost by them, local ' merchants are,.therefore; adding to their stocks. '

,V •:':■ '•■ V-; ■ '■;' wheat.;. : ; .• (bt TiLSOEAra—phiss association— cor-TitiariT.) .'. '" ■"• . London, May 27. .An Australian wheat cargo has been'sold at 445. 9d. per quarter. ■~ ■ ■ ." ■ ' ■ :: The Americart visib'le supply .is 35,791,000 bushels. . ■■■'■' [ 'METALS. .- .-"' ■■';.' ißt TItEOEAPn—rUESS AUSOCI.iTIOW—COrTRIOIIT.) '■ '■" ' London, May 27. Silver, 24} d. per ounce standard. : • . Lead, • £13 ss. per ton. -.'.- .-■■.-.■•■ ...-. ■.V : :;; MININQ NEWS. - ; ; - THE -MOUNT LTELL RETURN.' (DX TXX.XQUAriIT-rKE33 A5Sf)tT AT.ON —COPTKIOIIT.) , Melbourne, May 28. • The Monnt Lyell returns from April 22 to May 19. shows that 31,049 tons of or,e were treated,' also 18 tons of purchased ore. The converters produced 690 tons of blister copper, containing 681 tons of copper, 58,045 ounces of silver, and 547 ounces of. gold. \-'-... ' '."■■;' .WAIHI MONTBXT YIELD. ~ ' ■"'. (BT.TZLEaBAI'K—ritESS ASSOCIATION.) - ; ' Auckland,' May 28. • During the period ended May 15 last, the Waihi Gold Mining Company crushed and treated 32,619 tons of-oro for a return of bullion valued-at £73,412. The total amount won ifrom the mine to date, is £7,568,424. .',".:..' .. ..". STOCK EXCHANGE. " ' .'..■':■ : ."•■-■-. :■ DunediivMay 28 Stock Exchange.'salesi—Woihi Extohded, Cs lid. (two parcels), 6s. 10d. (four parcels). Other sales reported-.—Union Steam Ship Co., £1 lls. (two parcels). . . ' : :* DEEDGING. . Duncdin, May 28. Dredging returns:—Hartley and Riloy, 620z.; Mystery Mat, 48oz. 12dwt.; - Masterton, 420z. 3dwt;; Lady Roxburgh, 290z.; Electrio No. 2, 270z. 15dwt.; New Roxburgh Jubilee, 220z. 15dwt.; Koputai, 20oz. lldwt.; Waikaia, 20oz. 4dwt.; Central. CharltoD, 15oz. lGdwt.; Chicaeo 12oz. 2dwt.; South Waikaia, 12oz. ldwt. '

; TALISMAN CONSOLIDATED. The following wire, dated May 28, has been received by:■ Wellington Stock Exchange from the. Talisman Consolidated, Ltd.— "Number. 12 level, south, progress 17ft., width ofree! 42in.; values low. . . . .