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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1014, 2 January 1911, Page 8

FREE TO ALL DAIRYMEN.

FARMERS AND STOCKOWNERS. , Tho' Wellington edition'- ol SYKES'S. Journal, for -.Dairymen,' Farmers, awlStockowners : iias. now., issued, from tho ■ press, 1 and contains ■ tlje most comprehensive information necessary to successful dairy-farming .ever, distributed. Specially useful will bo-found, the-eitensivo tables for, recording tho daily milt-testing, records for.the year. Tho diseases common to cows and their treatment are explained in language'that>no ( farmer can misunderstand. Breeding fables, seed-sowing tables, herd register, account books, in fact, everything .a farmer should know ore now offered to you free. If I havo overlooked your nan\e in' tho Wellingtondistribution, send a? once a postcard to tho publisher, and you will receive ono by return mail. ' A. E--SYKES, Chemist, Proprietor SYKER'S DRLNCH, New Ply, mouth.—* A Wairarann settler in Wellington on Saturday said" that last week's rains freshened lip the district considerably, and that' the want of rain is not pressing very heavily on many pnrts of the Wnirarapa just now. Nevertheless, a dry season is expected.

COMMERCIAL, ITEMS. CUSTOMS. ' •,TT^^ ioms rc -cnuo collected at tht. port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1791 j ?i amOUDt * or week being £11,930 is. 6d. Compared with the corresponding dates of. last ye?.r, the receipts for the. past eight weeks arc as follow 1910. 1909. £' £ ' November 12 { 3-3 November 19 17,570 15'oM ftovemoer 25 13,935 10.C21 December 3 19,2<9 ' . 15 270 . December 10 12.969 IUOS December 17 17i j 74 December 24 13,923 "11.679 December 31 11,530 10,933 _. . . , £119,584 £98,937 ji.i it u 'or the past week totalled £13 155.. as agniast £228 10s. 6;1. for tho corresponding week Ijst year. The gross Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington for the month of December, 1910. amounted to £69,364 13s. lid., as against £65,764 2s. lid. for the ' C ? r SS n .i lne 'Sf rio<t list l'®"- ™ increase of £1600 lis. The beer duty collected for ?fSS m irf r, M 191 » 0 ' "S! £1394 9s " 6d - « against £15U1 iu,. aa. for-the same period last year, repr&ssnting a decrease of £107 Cs. 9d. THE AUCKLAND -GOLD YIELD! , (By Te.lesjraDh.—Press Association.! ri '• n , Auckland, January 1. During December the mines in the Auckland district yielded-bullion worth £107,694, an increase of £6592 as comrared with November, and a decrease of veitiv'9 as compared with December, 1909. Tho total reoleven n month s give a value of £1,233,429, or £19,691 more tW n for the corresponding period of the previous year. m l nj«o mi 1 s return s are:—Oliinemuri, £103,J69;-Thames, £2020; Coromandel,£2lo6. DISPATCHED TO LONDON. MoEsre.. J. B. . MaeEwan and Co., Ltd., supply the following return of exports to London, under dato December 31:— _ w , . Butter.. Cheese I From Aew Zealand. Tons. Tons. Tainui, Dec. 29, 1910 11193 954 Drayton Grange, Dec. 30, 1910 ' 14 <03 1.507 1,357 Athenic, Dec. 39, 1909 1,353 1 098 Sussex, Dee. 24, 1909 15 •' . 1,363 1,542

SHIPMENTS TO DATE AS COMPARED WITH LAST SEASON. Butter— Season 1009-1910 8257 tons. Increase, 12% Season 1910-1911, 9256 tons. Increase 12? 0 Chcece— Reason 1935-1910, 7785 tons. Decrease 18V Season 1910-1911, 6349 tons. Decrease, 18% FROM AUSTRALIA (Up to December 21). ButterSeason 1909-1910, 13,498 tons. Increase, *5 0 0 Season 1910-1911, 19,787 tons. Increaac, 46% DECEMBER E'ZPORT FIGURES. Tho values of the principal products exported from Wellington during last month 1 show as nuder:— £ Butter 211,611 Cheeso 86,£60 Beef 30,152 Mutton 34.C49 Legs and pieces - 6,730 Lamb 50,106 Hemp 63,068 Tow 4,877 Hidss : 1.2 3 ' Skins 3,943 Tallow 50,671 Wool 664,033 ' £1,207,113 DAIRY t PRODUCE SHIPMENT, . THE TAINUI'S CARGO. . Anoiher • fairly large shipment, of dairy produce was sent forward' to", the Horne" markets at tlio latter end of last week by the Tainui. A summary of the cargo is as follows • Boxes Crates Butter. Cheese. Auckland 24,344 499 New Plymouth 14,869 2,679 Patea. '.. 5,063 5.C49 Wellington 13,712 5,396' Lyttelton 1.746 ! ' 59,732 14,313 * Tho Athenic. which left Wellington on December 31, 1909, took 54,140 boxes of butter and 16,463 crates of cheese. . Shipments of dairy produce from New Zealand to date during, tho. present season. as compared With'.the corresponding poriod of last year, ; were as follow:—Butter, 9256 tons, an increase of 12 per cent.; rheese, 6349 tons, decrea:o 18 per cent. The export from Australia during the rame period of butter was 19,787 tons, an increase of 46 per cent. \ LONDON MARKETS. Cy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. ' (Rec. January, 1, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 31. ' Copra.—Moderate business is beinc done

i in South Seas, in bass at from £23 to £23 10s. per ton. . Copper.—On spot, £56 Is. 3d. per ton; three months'. £56 16s.- 3d.; electrolytic, £53 10s. Tin.—On spot, £175 55.; three months', £174 7s. 6d. Lead, £13. Wheat.—An. Australian cargo has been ' sold at 355. 9d. Cotton, 7.89 d. per lb. Hemp.—Tho market is dull. DecemberFebruary shipments are quoted at £20 2s. Cd. . Rubber, ss. 6sd. per lh. . -■ENGLISH COMPANIES. By Telegraph—Pros? (Roc. January 1, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 31. Messrs. V. Weddell and Company, the well-known produce uievcUants, arc con* vorting their business into a. private limited company, the present partners being the first directors. A company to be known as "Tuills, Limited," is being formed to conduct the English business of Messrs. 0. S. Yuill ami Company. LONDON 3IABKETS. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, dated December 29:— Frozen Meat—Beef: Demand is poor. We ftuotc: New Zealand prime ox fores 2i>d., hinds 3£d. to 3Jd.;. prices are higher for chilled hinds by Id. ; Mutton.—Demand N.Z. limited, but priccs •firm. We quote: North Island, heavy, 3?d.; light, 'Lamb.—Demand Australian steady. New Zealand ie not quoted. • Chaperon: ."l am surprised that- rou I'irls should like that young man;" •Myrtilla: "Why, auntie, what is wrong ;V.*ich him. 5 " Chaneron: "Well, he has .such, a fresh air about him." Myrtilla: "Oh, but we are fresh-air fiends." • Motorist: "Going to have a big rear in your town, I suppose?" Village notable: "Yep, a grand peace celebration. This is ;ths first year since 1872 that we haven't had a centennial, county fair, soldiers' reunion, hold-home week, or Knights of Ceres convention!" = "Did you get Tiri of the fties?" "I don't know," said Mrs. Corntossel. "Af;ter we had burned carbolic acid on a hot shovel and made a smudge of some kind of powdev and scattered oil of sassafras anund, I don't believe any flies could stay in the place. I know, us folks couldn't."