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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 115, 15 May 1874, Page 2

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Mr Mabin reports sales of Bank of New Zealand shares, ek dividend, £17 10s to ' £17 15sj National Bank, 69s 6d; South British, 52s 6d. ,-. " " •. ~^ — — . ' '«

[From the Australasian, May 9 ] Wheat is saleable at 6s 6d for , prime samples, and 6s '3d for medium qualities Oats are very much firmer, since the advance in maize, and .though arriving much more freely, almost'. all the shipments coming to hand are going into store,' and higher rates are now. looked for. Under the hammer yesterday a parcel of very common feeding was quitted at 6b o£d to 5s 2d. A rumor has been current 'throughout to-day that about 12,000 bushels Californian have arrived at Sydney by the mail steamer; no notice is, however, taken of that circumstance in our Sydney telegram's. Bran has been sold as low as ls 2Jd, but Is 3d to is 3)d is considered a fair quotation. Pollard is disposed of at is 6d ; For Victorian oatmeal a steady quotation of £32 to £33 hos been maintained. Hops are only in moderate demand for trade requirements. Best 1873 Kent arc moving iu ' small lots at Is lOd. Yearlings are quoted at Is to is 3d. Tasmanian 1874 are selling at from. Is 3d to Is 8d; 1873 rule at from 9d : to Is Id. A moderate trade demand is experienced for malt, at lis 6d to lis 7}d.