MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1765, 2 June 1913, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. Kales of mining shares recorded on Saturday were: Xew Sylvia at 10d.; Blackwater, 23a.; Talisman, 395.; \Vorkeop Dredge, £3. The auotatioua wero as under: Buyers. Seller*. £ s. d. £ s. d. Blackwatcr .— „ i 5 .5 New Sylvia .. 59? S2 ? Jioss Reconstructed J • J ' Talisman } !§ n ! Waihi 116 0 116 9 Wailii Beefs 0 0 6 — Waihi Grand Junction ... 0 17 3 — Worksop Drcdgo 2 19 0 3 2 0 Tho courso of sales during tho paGt month was a3 under:— Blackwatcr, 23a. New Sylvia, 9d„ lOd. Progress, 7s. 6d. , , Kofs'Reconstructed, ss. 4d„ 6s. Sid., 6s. 8(1., 6s. Bd., 6s. 3<U*s.'3d. Swastika, 9s* Saxon, 4d. Talisman, 395. 3d., 395. 5(1., 395. 6d., 395., 395.. 395., 395. 3d., 39a. 3d., 395. 6d„ 395„ 393.. 38s. 9d., m. Victoria, 2d. Waihi, 355. 9d„ 365. 9d.. 375., 365. 9d.. 365. 9d„ 365. 6d., 365. 3d.. 37b.. 375.. 36a. 9d., 365. 6d„ 375. 6d., 375. 3d., 375. 6d„ 385.. 425. 3d., 433. 6d„ 425. 3d., 425., 40s. 101 d„ 40s. 10id.. 41s 425., 4te. 9d.,-"2s. 9d., 423, Sd., 425. 9d., 425., 38s. 9d„ 365. 6d., 365., 355. 9d., 355. 6d., 365. 3d., 365., 365. 3d., 38s. Wailii Grand Junction. 16s. Bd., Ifc). 6d„ 17s. 6d., 175., 175., 16s. 9d„ 17s. 9d„ 17s. 9d„ 17s. 6d„ 175., 17s. 9d. Wnitanji., 6d. Worksop Dredge, £3, £3, £3, £3. CUSTOMS. Customs duties collected at the port ol Wellington on Saturday totalled £1163 14b. lid., the amount for tho >veck beine £13,813 14s. lOd. Tho returns for oach of tho past eiffht weeks, compared with tho figures for tho corresponding period of the brtrlou® year, show as under:— 1913. 1912. April 12 14.421 10.971 April 19 14,297 22,803 April 26 16.050 12.160 May 3 18,172 16.093 May 10 17,123 10.3J9 May 17 16,644 1 8,298 May 24 12,518 11,453 May 31 13,813 10,224 119,987 112,331 Tho heer duty collected for the past neoU totalled £256 18s., as asainst £212 16e. for the corresponding week of last year. Tho Customs duties collected last month totalled £67,998 ss. 2d„ as compared with £61,666 15s. Bd. in May, 1912. Tho returns for caeh of tho past five months, compared with the figures for tho corresponding months of last year, show as under:— 1913. 1912. £ s. d, £ s. d. January 96,827 2 4 64,856 14 6 February 81,918 16 5 72,74110 5 Mnroll 77,483 3 4 74,484 3 6 April 68,444 17 9 67,986 6 3 Hay 67,998 5 2 61,666 15 8 392,672 5 0" 361,735 10 4 The beer duty collected durins tlio past month totalled £959 14s. 3d., as against £1159 15s. Sd. in May of last year. STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telejrra-ph — Press Association.! Auckland, May 31. Sales of mining scrip rcport-cd on 'ChaiiEO to-day were as follow; Waihi, £1 16s. 6d. Northern Coal, 10s. Chrlstchurch, May 31. Sales reported:—National Insuranco of New Zealand, £2 4s. . Dunedln, May 31. The following sales wero rnado on tho Stock Exchange to-dar:— Golden Bed, ss. 6d. Waihi Grand Junction, 17e. td. AUCKLAND GOLD RETURNS. Auckland, June 1. The gold returns from the Auckland mines tor tho past month totalled MM''Tho figures were made up as followOhinomuri, £63,866; Thames, £8127; Coromandel. I llßs ' NO JUNE DIVIDEND. By Telenr&ph—Press Association— Copyriffht Melbourne, May 31. At tho half-yearly meetiiic of the Mount Lycll Company, tho chairman stated that it was cxpected that tho whole of tho 1100 feet level would be free from wofcev early nest w'eek. Tho output of the mme now is 2CO tons a day. It was expected to restore the normal output, » tons, by the end of June. The Lyell Oomstock mmo was opening up better than liad been cxP The i 'direotors had' reluctantly concluded that the payment of a Julie dividend would hamper tho finances and prejudice payment of tho usual December dividend. Therefore tliov had withheld tlio June dividend. » The reports wero adopted.