LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 852, 25 June 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Jlcssrs. Da-lgcty and Co., Ltd., report oil their Levin sale, held this week, as follows:—Good entry of both slieup and cattle came forward,.all lots niectiui; witii keen competition. A number of outside buyers were present, with the result that a tatiil cltaranco was made at prices well in advance of late ratea. A keen demand existyd for both cow and bullock ljeef, the supply noL being equal to tlio demand. We (luoto as follows:—Two-tooth wethers. 12s. 3d.; store wethers, 13s. 7d. to 13s. Bd.; fat wethery, to Ifls.; fat ewes,'l4s. 6d.; lighter sorts, unfinished,. 12s. Id., 12s. 10d., 135., to 13s. til.; fat lambs, light, 9s. 9d. to 9s. 10d.; aged breeding ewes, £s. 6d. to 9s. 7d.; better sorts, lis.; cull hoggets, 4s. 9d.; others, 'is. Cd.; good woolly hoggets, 10s. lid.; forward ewes and wethers, 12s. lCd. Cattle—Light fat cows, £5 10s., £5 155., £6; heavy cows, to £7 17s. 6d.; forward cows, £4 10s.; fat steers, £7 15s. to £7 175.; light bullocks, £8 10s. to £8 155.; cows, to calvo in July, £6 10s.

Tho Now Zealand x.o.m and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. (Feilding branch), report for the week ending June 25 as follows:—At Apiti, ou Tuesday, owing to tho extremely rough weather, no sheep were yarded. A fair yarding of good quality cattle came forward, and sold well at tho following prices:—Mixed wcancrs, 345.; weaner steers, 305.; small weaner boilers. 205.; others, to 385.; heifers, in calf, £3, £3 65., to £3 165.; springing heifers, £4 55., £4 13s. 6d„ £5, £5 Bs. 6d„ £6 3s. 6d., £6 8s„ to £7; springing cows, £5, £6, £5 75., to £6 155.; store cows, £2 25.; fat cows, £5 Is.; bulls, 275. Oct.; sundries, etc., at usual rates. At Feildiug, on Friday, a fair entry of sheep and cattle met with a good sale, and every line was quitted at auction at prices In favour of the vendor, jiuyci'b were present from all parts, and competition for sheep was keen throughout, hoggets' selling particularly well. Dairy heifers were again well competed for, and recent high prices were well maintained. e quoteSheep—Cull lambs, 4s. Id.; late shorn wether hoggets, 9s. 3d.; medium wether hoggets, 10s. to lis. > woolly wether hoggets, 12a. Bd.; medium ewe hoggets, 12s. 7d.; empty owes, 9s. lid. to 10s. 9d.; fat ewes, 14s. Id. Cattle—2i-ycar steers, £4 19s. 6d.; store cows, aged, £2 ss. to £2 19s. Cd.; rough bullocks, £5 145.; heifers in calf, £5 12s. to £5 17s. 6d.; springing lieifers, £7, to £7 2s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows:—At-Levin, on t'riday, a very full entry of cattle came forward, and there was also, a very good yarding of sheep. Competition for all classes was keen, .and a good clearance was made at tho following quotations:—Fat ewes, 13s. to 14s. 7d.; forward ewes, 9s. to 10s. Id.; store, ewes, 6s. Id.; forward wethers, 13s! 4d.; full-moutli ewes,' ill lamb, lis., 135., to 13s. (id.; fat iambs, Ills. 5d.; fat c/iws, £4 18s. to £6; forward cows, £3 ss. to £4; three-year bullocks, £5 9s. 6d.; 18-mouth steers, £3 Ills.; store "own, £2 to .£2 18s.springing heifers, £5 9s. 6d. to £6 12s 6d.;. heifers, in calf, £3 15s. to £4 ssspringing cows, £5 to £8 155.; weaner heifers, 21s. to "335.-

■Mr. ftewton Kincrs weekly report:—At the Haymarkct on Saturday but few mc.s wen. penued. though fair prices were realised. Weaners made 'ss. 6d. to 75.; snia.ll stores, Bs. 6d to 12s £5 2s. 6a. A Quantity of timber'and iron from the late winter show sold at very satisfactory prices. On Jtonday. June 20, I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. B Jloneyficld, Barrett Road, when there was a big attendance of buyers. The conyh were a nice Jot, in pood condition, and mostly of Jersey strain. Bidding was keen throughout, and everything was sold. Larly calvers made £7 ss. to £11; later do., £5 10s. to £6 155.; Very late and eniDtv no. £5 u. £4 155.; Jersey springing heifers, £11; ordinary springing heifers, £5 to £6 5s.5 yearling heifer?, good duality, £3 Is.: fat cows, £5 15s. to £6 125.; fat heifers. £4 10s. to £5 155.; pedigree Jersey bull 29 guineas; 2* to 3-year steers, £4 Bs.; 4 and 6-fcooth. fat wethers, 195.; baconers, £2 to £2 Is.; pure-bred Angora goats, mixed sexes, £2 55.; bay filly, 2 years, £15; half draft, gelding, £12; chestnut gelding. £16; chestmrt mare, 8 years, £21; bay filly, 3 years, unbroken, £24 55.; bay gelding, 3 years, £14; bay /illy, 2 years, £15 10s.: bundriea and implements sold at usual rates. At. the same salo I sold fir. A.'H. Gilbert's dairy. The cows were not in such good condition as' the previous lot, and wero. rather late ,in coming iu. Prices ranged from £4 10s. to £6 ss. At llakotu, on Tuesday, there was a good yarding, with a large attendance of buyers. Competition, for all classes was keen, especially for young cattle, and excellent priced ruled throughout, everything being sold, with the exception of one lino of in* calf heifers. Mixed weaners made 255. to 355.; weaner heifers, 395.; do., extra quality, £2 75.; weaner steers, £2 Is. 6d.; empty heifers. £3 175.; empty heifers, forward £3 19s. to £4 33.; store cows, £2 ss. to £2 145.; forward cows. £3 14s. to £4 95.; fat cowb, £4 15s. to £5 18s.; 3-year fat bullocks, £6 145.; springing heifers, small, £5 5a to £5 7s. Gd.; bulls, £2 10s. to £5 17s On the same afternoon 1 sold about 20,000 feet of mixed timber, on account of the Opunake Sawmilling Company, for . which very. t satisfactory prices were realised. At Waiwnkaiho, on Jhursday, there wa° a fair yarding. Bid'ding.for all classes was brisk. Empty heifers made £3 ss. to 12s. 6d.; mixed weaners, 325. 6d.; 18-months steers, £2 13s. fid. to £3; in-calf heifers, £4 7s. 6d. to £5; •springing heifers. £5 ss. to £5 145.; store cows. £2 14s. to £3 13s. 6d.; forward cows. l £4; fat cows, £4 15s to £5 155.; springing cows, £5 155.; do., Jersey strain £7 75.; nulls, £2 to £3 10s.; 4-tooth ewes, in lamb. 205.; f.m.'ewes, 6s. 6d.; goate, 19s. to £2. COMMERCIAL ITEMS. INVESTMENT SHARES. The transactions recorded yesterday wero Wellington Gas, £10 paid, at £18 10s.; £6 15s. paid, at £13 12s. 6d.; and Manning and Co. at £4 National Bank, .buyers £6; Bank of New Zealand, sellers £10 55.; Equitable Building, buyers £9 7s. 6d.; Metropolitan Building, buyers £12; Wellington Investment, buyers lis. 3d.; Wellington Trust and Loan, buyers £7 Bs. 6d.; National Mortgage, buyers £3 4s. 6d., sellers £3 65.; Palmerston North Gas, buyers £7 155.: Wellington Gas. £10 paid, buyers £18 10s.; £6 15s. paid, buyers £13 10s., sellers £13 145.; National Insurance, buyers £1 95.; Standard Insurance, buyers £1 45.; Gear Meat. £4 paid, buyers £10 Is.; New Zealand Shipping, buyers £8 2s. 6d.; Wellington Woollen, ordinary, buyers. £3 55.; preference, buyers £2 95., sellers'£2 10s.; Taupiri Coal, buyers 19s. 9d„ sellers 20s ; Westport Coal, buyers £6 lis.; Leyland-O'Brien Timber, buyer* £1 55.; Taranaki Petroleum, buyers 125., sellers 13s. 6d.; Ward and Co., buyers £4 18s. 6d. . . • THE WHEAT SLUMP. . The slump in wheat, for there has been a fall of about Is. 2d. per bushel recently, will affect the Commonwealth more seriously than it will New Zealand. We have had practically very little wheat to export, and the duality of what was shipped did not inspire the buyers in Mark Lane with confidcnee. .The wheat crop* of 1909 was never previously equalled, but as the outputs of the two previous years was much lower than the normal of recent years there was a comparative shortage at the beginning of the cereal year, consequently, high prices were maintained. In the second half of the cereal year the abundance ha 3 made itself felt, and values have receded. Tho United States Department of Agriculture at Washington has made an estimate of the world's wheat crop for 190y, which places the total at 3,616,109,000 bushels, as against 3,179,285,000 bushels in tho previous year. Tho figures grouped geographically are a-s under:— 1908. 1509. Bushels. Bushels. North America 785,036,000 911.930.0U0 South America 218,834,000 189,672.000 "Europe> 1,678,972,000 1,943,274,000 Asia 384,380,000 430,987,0C0 Africa 60,257,000 66,531,000 Australia 51,806,000 73,712,000 3,179,285,000 3,616,10^.000 According to the Melbourne "Argus," out of the quantity available for export from the ; Commonwealth, estimated at 54,500,000 bushels, about 37,000,000 bushels had alreadily been shipped, and realised over £7,000,000. "Tlio value of the remaining 17£ million bushels out of the Australian exportable surplus has, however, been greatly depreciated, the difference on this quantity being probably at least a million sterling. In addition, there is a depreciation on the blocks held for Australian consumption during the second lioJf of the year, so that the total depreciation of farmers' stocks is considerably over a million." NOTES. The Canadian' Bank of Commerce now has in operation 215 branches/95 of which are in the Western Provinces of Canada, 70 in Ontario and Quebec, 25 in British Columbia and the Yukon, 5 in the United .Slates, and one in Mexico City. Ten years ago the branches of this bank were only 58 in number. Early in May the prospectus of the British "Banana" Margarine Company was •circulated in London. The "Financial Times" was very severe in its criticism of this venture. Tho Hand gold output for April was 619,045 ounces, valued at £2,629,535, and for the four months to the end of April it was 2,403454 ounces, of the' value of £10.207,951. Within twenty minutes of the death of the Sovereign one London buyer of dross goods was in tho Yorkshire train. By eight in the morning he was clearing nut Bradford stocks of black dress goods before the telegrams of his . competitors wjuld arrive. ~ CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revenue eolleetod at Wellington yesterday amounted to £2025 16s. 4d. WELLINGTON MARKET REPORT. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd.. Wellington, report wholesale prices ruling on. tho markets Wheat, fowl, 3a. Cd. to 3s. Bd.; feed

oats, 2s. sd. to 2s. 7d.; dun oats, 2s. 7d. to 2s. 9d.; seed oats, 2s. lOd. to 35.: Algerian oats, 2s. 7d. to 2s. 9(1.; maize, 3s. 6d. to 3s. Bd.; crushed malt, 75.; fowl barley, 2s. 9d.;Capo barley seed, 35.; .flour, New Zealand .£9 15s. to £10; peas, Prussian blue 6s. 3d., split £18; boncdnst, £5 155.; superphosphates, £5 to £5 55.; pollard, £6 10s.; bran, £4 ss. to £4 10s,; pearl barley, 155.; basic slag, £4 10s.; chalT (oatensheaf), £4 15s. to £5 55.; oatmeal, £12 10s.; potatoes, table, £6 10s.; Tasmanian Up-to-datea (seed), £7 to £7 10s.; Beauty of Hebron, £7 10s. to £8; onions, 4s. 6d. cwt.; molasses fodder, £5; bacon (factory), sides 7id., hams 9d., rolls, Bd.; butter, prime bulk 9J.il. to lOfcd. Poultry, lions, 3s. 6d.; ducks, ss. to 6s. per pair; turkeys, gobblers 18s. to 205.. hena 10b. to 145.; fresh eggs, Is. 4d. to Is. 6d, per dozen; preserved eggs, Is. 2d. per dozen; cheese, per lb.; Akaroa ma-chine-dressed cocksfoot, 7d. per lb.; farmers' dressed cocksfoot, sd. per lb.;ryegrass, 4s. 6d. per bushel; Italian ryegrass, 3s. 6d. to ,4s. Gd. per bushel; white clover, 70s. to 755. per cwt.

Tho New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Company, Limited, report as follows:—Tho potato market is still weakening, and very little business is passing, in anticipation of l'urt-her decline. The price of Canterbury onions is unchanged, but Quality is no* declining. Pickling onions are in gootf demand. Vegetables are in pood demand, with better inquiry for swedes aud marrows than lias been the ease hitherto. Pie-melons arc wanted, and lettuce is spec.ir.lly inquired for. Fungus. is in particularly keen inquiry, more so than for mau, r years past. Apples are unchanged. Grapes and pears in first-class demand. For specially fine lines of porkers we have been able to realise 45d. per lb. Eggs are now in better supply. Busiuess in chaff and oats is dull. Potatoes: Price up-to dates, £7 to 7 10s. per ton; seed, specially selected, Canterbury up-to-dates, £7 10s. per ton. Onions: £4 to £4 10s. per ton. Pickling onions: 7s. cwt. Garlic: 3d. per lb. Cabbage: Choice, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d.; ordinary, 2s. to 3s. per sack. Cauliflower: Choice, 6s. to 75.; others, 3s. to 4s. per sack. Carrots: Hutt, Bd. dozen. Turnips; White, 9d. dozen. Swedes: Is. 6d. to 2s. per sack. Vegetable Marrows: Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per sack. Pumpkins: 2s. 6d. to 4s. sack. Pie-melons: 3s. sack. Lettuce; Choice, 63. to 7s. 6(1.; fair, 2s. 6d. to 4s. per case Spinach: Best. 3s. to 3s. 6d. per case*. French Beans; Bs. 6d. per half sack. Spring Onions: 6d. dozen bundles. Tomatoes Hothouse. 10s. 6d. per half case. Apples: Cookers, large, 4s. to 55.; small, 2s. to 3s. 6d. case; dessert, well coloured, 7s. to 9?. Gd.; others, 4s. £0, ss. 6d. per ca-se. Pears: Dessert, 10s. to 15s. 6d.; cookers, large, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d.: small, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per case. Grapes: Best Hutt, Is. 6d.; best Nelson, Is. 3d. per lb. Butter: Separator, 10d.; dairy, 9id. per lb. Cheese: Best factory mediums, s£d. per lb.; loaf. 6id. to 7d. per lb. Dressed Pork: 70's to 90's, 4Jd. to 42d.; 90's. to ICO's, 4sd.; baconers, 4d.; choppers (heavy), 2d. to 22J. Eggs: Fresh, Is. 6d.; preserved, Is. Id. per dozen. Bacon*. Factory sides, 7d.; rolls, 7{d.; hams, 83d. per lb. Honey: 4d. to 4Jd« Per lb. Beeswax: Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per lb. Fungus: Keen demand at 5Jd. per lb. Walnuts: sd. to sid per lb. Tallow: Tins, 225. cwt. Poultry: Cockerels, s'j. 6d. to 6s. 6d. for, good birds; small, 3s. fd.; table roosters, 4s. to 55.; table hens. 3s. 6d.; small, 2s. 6d.; ducks, large, s=. tj 6s. 6d.; small, 3s. 6d. per pair; turkey gobblers, 9d. per lb.; hens, Bd. per lb. live-weight. Maize: 3s 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel. Wheat: 3s. 9d. to 4s. per bushel: seconds, 3f. 4d. to 3s. 6d. per bushel. Barley (feed): 3s. 3d. per bushel; Cane 3s. Gd. per bushel. Horse Beans: 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d .per bushel. Pariridge Peas: . ss. per bushel. Prussian blue peas: ss. 6d. per bushel. Barley •Meal: £5 10s.- per ton. Pollard: £6 15s. per ton. Bran: £4 10s. per .ton. ' Chaff: Oaten sheaf. £5 to £5 15s. per ton. Hay: l'rime, £3 15s. to £5 ss. per ton. Straw: Wheaten, £2 10s. per ton; oaten, £2 7s. 6d. per ton. Linseed Oil Cake: Genuine, £13 oer toni Oats- Feed, 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd. per bushel; seed, Sparrowbills, Gartone, Dune, 2s. 9d.; Algerians. 3s. 3d. per bushel; crushed, 2s. 9d. per bushel;

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. The New Zealand Fruit and Produce Co., Ltd., report:—Potatoes are weaker, aud pricos have declined sliprhtly, although first-class Derwcnts - continue to sell well. Cauliflowers "arc in keen demand,, especially well-known brands. Other vegetables remain practically.-the same. Fruit is much the same, all'kinds being in fair demand, Epps seedlings only, being dull of sale. The following prices give a fair indication of the state of our mart:— Potatoes, 6s. to 7s. cwt.; onions, 4s. to 4s. Cd. cwt.; swedes, 2s. cwt.; turnips, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. sack; carrots, 3s. to ss. sack; parsnips, 6s. to Bs. 3d. sack; beetroot, 3s. to 4p. sd. sack; cabbage. Is. 6d. to ss. sack; cauliflower, 6s. to 10s. sack; lettuce, ss. to 6s. 6(1. case; spinach, 3s. to 3s. 6d. "case; pumpkin, 3s. to 4s. sack; marrows, 2s. sack; apples, cooking 3s. to 55., dessert 7s. 9d. to 95.; passion fruit, 7s. lid. box; oranges, Island, 6s. 6d. to 95.; pears, cooking 68.. to 75., dessert 13s. to 15s. 6d.; bananas, 15s. to 18s. 6d. case; pines, Bs. to 95.; lemons, Messina Us., fid. (150), Sydney 7s. 6d. to Bs.; nutndarins, 9s. to 10s.; sevilles, Bs.; eggs, fresh Is. Bd. doz., preserved Is. Id. doz.; chaff, £s'to £5 155.; oats, A grade gartons, 2s. Bd. bushel; bran, Bs. 3d. sack; wheat, 4s. to 4s. 3d. bushel; straw, 2s. to 2s. 3d. balo; rice, 6s. 6d. (561b.) mat; pollard, £6; ducks, 4s. 6d. to 6s. pair; pear nuts, 20s. 6d. sack; hens, 3s. to 3a. 6d. pair.

WOOL, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALES. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.,. report having held their monthly wool, hide, and tallow sales at Palmcrston North on Friday, when they submitted a good catalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. Bidding for wool aud skins wc3 spirited, but, owing to the- abscncc of several, hide buyers, they had to pass a number of lines of hides. Quotations:—Wool—Crossbred, medium," 6jd., ?jd., 7£d.; dead, 53d. to 7id.; urutchings, s£d-> 53d., 6d., 6Jd., 61d., to 6ijd.; crossbred, black bellies and dead, 4d. to 6d.; locks, 2*d. to 3£d., and 4d. SkinsCrossbred, fine, 7Ad. to 73d.; crossbrcd, medmm, 6d., 62d., to 73d.; crossbred, inferior* 33d., . 4*d., to 52d.; dead, s*d.; damaged, 3^d.; mevrino, 51<3.; hoggets, 5^(1.; lambs, to 6d.; peltS, 2Jd.; butchers'' skins, crossbred, fine, 3s. 2d. to ss. 3d.; crossbred, medium, 3s. 7d., 4s. 7d., 4s. lod., ss. 6d., ss. 10d.. 6s. 6d., 75., Bs. 2d., to 9s. 3d.; crossbred, inferior, 3s. Bd.; lambs, 2s. 3d., 2s. <d., to 3s. 6d.; dead, 3s. to sa. Id.; green, 3s. 9d.; salted, crossbred, 2s. 6d., 4s. Id., to ss. 5d.; calfskins, B£d. to 9Jd. per lb.; cut and drv, 3*d. to 4Jd.; yearlings, 3d. to ssd. per lb*; pigskins, Is.; horse hides, 7s. to 10s. Ilidcs— Ox, heavy, 7Jd.; medium, 6£d. to 7d.; cows, medium weights, 6gd. to 6id.; cows, cut and slippy, sd. to 53d.; steers and heifers, 6d.; bulls, sd. Sundries-Tallow, casks, 255. 9d. to 275. per cwt.; rough fat, 15s. 3d.; per cwt.; horsehair, Is. sd. per lb.; cow tails, Is. sd. per dozen. , LONDON MARKETS. ' ilcssrs. , Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cable advice from their London house, under date June 24;— Frozen mutton—The demand is slow, prices being unchanged. LambThere is an active demand, and prices are firm. Beef—Fair demand,' prices beini,' a' id. higher since our last advices. TallowFair demand al auction, prices since last advices being 6d. lower. FLOUIt PRICES REDUCED. Messrs. Laory and Co., Ltd., agents for the Atlas Milling Company, received a telegram to-day reducing flour ss. per ton, making the price now £9 per ton, f.o.b. south. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. (By Telegraph.—Press Associations Christchurch, June 24. Although the turnover in wheat is restricted, yet thore. is a far healthier tone in the market than existed a week aeo. News from America has hardened ideas of values, and stocks held by millers arc reported not to be excessive. Oats are very quiet, and prices are unchanged. Quotations for o«as are only nominal, nothing ottering at present. Potatoes arc sti'l well in demand, and prices remain firm, in spite of the sunplies coming forward.

MINING NEWS. WELLINGTON SHAKE MARKET. Ross Goldfields at one period yesterday gave promise of recovering .and sales were made at 14s. 6d., but tliey slumped towards the • close of the, day. and •wore sold on 'Change at 13s. Waihi Grand Junctions exhibited an upward tendency, and sold up to 365. 6d. Waihi and Talismans wero both steady. The sales recorded yesterday were as under:— New Sylvia, ss. 7d. call). Talisman, 525. (second call). Waihi Extended, 2s, 10a. (second call). Waihi Grand Junction, 355., 9d., 365. 3d. (first call); 365. 3d., 365. 6d. (second call): 365. (third call). floss Goldfields, 14s. 3d., 14s. 6d. (first call); 14s. 6d., Us. l*rt., 14s. 3d. (second call); 14s. 3d., 14r>. 6d., 145., 13s. 6d., 13s. 3d., 13s. (third call). QUOTATIONS Buyerj;. Sellera. Hales. £s- d. £s. d. £s.d. Kuranui — 0 010 - Kuranui Caledon'n 0 16 0 19 — May Queen 03 9 04 *0 — Maoriland 0 6 0 0 7 — Mountain King 0 011 010 — N.Z. Crown C 4 0 0 4 3 — New Sylvia. 036 038 037 Old Hauraki 0 4 6 0 4 7 — Saxon 0 15 0 17 — Tairua Broken Hilb 0 16 — — Tairua Monarch ... — 0 0 5 — Talisman 211 9 212 , 0 212 0 Waihi 719 0 8 0 0 — Waihi Reefs 0 5 3 — — Waihi Extended ... 0 2 9 — 0 2 10 WaJihi G'd. June. ... 115 6 116 0 116 0 Watchman — 0 2 0 — Blackwater 1 U 6 112 6 — Con. Goldfields — 110 — New Big River 2 3 0 — — Progress — 0 15 0 — Ross Goldfields 012 6 013 0 0,13 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Teleerapb-Press Association.^ Auckland, June 24. Business done on 'Change to-day:— May Queen, 3s. lid., 3s. lOd. Mount Zeelian .paid), Is. 9d. .Ross, 335. 6d.. 13 •; 3d. Hauraki Eecfs icon.), lOld. Old Hauraki; 4s. £d„ 4s. 7d. Grown, 4s. Tairua Broken Hills, Is. 6d. Tairua Golden Hills, 3s. Id. Waihi Beefs. ss. 4d. Waihi Extended. 2s. lOd. to 3s. Graud Junction, 3Gs. 3d. to 355. 9d. South British ' Insurance, 645. Auckland Gas, 70s. Auckland Trams vpref.), 255. The'following business was done at the afternoon call to-day:— New Sylvia, 3s 7d Ross Goldfields, 14s. 6d., 14s. 9d. Hauraki Beefs (con.), IOJd, Old Hauraki, 4s. 7d., 4s.* 3d. New Zealand Crc.wn, .4s. Tairua Broken Hills, is. 7d. Waihi Grand Junction, 365. 9d., \37a„ 375. 3d., 375. 6d. Missouri Mines (paid up), 2d. Mountain King (con.). 6Jd. Taranaki Oil, 120

Waihi, 1625. 6(1. May Queen, 3s. JOd. Bank of New Zealand, 2045. Auckland Gas (nov.* issue)! 51s. Auckland Tramways. 235. 6(1. Wilson's Cement (ordinary). 41s. Dunedin, June 24. Stock Exchange sales:— Old llanraki, 4=. sd. Waihi Grand Junction. £1 165., JSI 16s. 3d.. £1 16s. 6d„ .£1 165., £1 15s. t and £1 17s. 3d. (forward delivery). ' Sales reported:— Talisman Consolidated, £2 lis. 9d. Waihi Grand Junction, £1 15s. 10} d., £1 16s. 3dd. Golden Bed, £1 os. 9d. Old Hauraki, 4s. 6d. HAHTLEY AND RILEY. A CAPITAL RETURN. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedin, _ June 24. The Hartley and Riley dredge, which gave sensational returns in the boom days obt-aiued 104oz. IGdwt. this week for 130 hours' dredging. MOUNT LTELIi RETURNS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, Juno 24. The Mount LycOl mine returns for the period from May 10 to June 15 (inclusive) show that thirty thousand and ninetynine tons of ore treated by the converters, produced 670 tons of blister copper, containing:—Copper, 663 tons; silver, 51,wU ounccs; gold, 860. ounces. DEEDGING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunodln, June 24. Dredginp returns' Electric I, 270z. 11 dwt.'; Muddy Creek. 21oz. JlasterUra, 17o». 14dwt.; Mystery Flat. Woz. lZdwt.; Waikaia, 12oz. 12d\vt.; ClneaEO, 12oz. lldwt.; K'oputai, Boz. 19dwt.; South Waikaia. soz.