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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1809, 9 May 1874, Page 2

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«. _ Advertiser Office, Friday Evening. Business has not improved during the month, so far as the demand for imported goods is concerned, although the mining industry of the field shows signs of substantial progress, The number of payable and rich claims is on the increase, and the area of the field in good working condition was never seen to better advantage thau it is at present. The new finds we are almost monthly called upon to notify, and the steady returns yielded by much old ground, are evidence of the permanence of the field as a gold producer. The extensive works in progress and in contemplation are such as cannot fail to develop the resources of the district, which only require capital and labour to mature. The Old Whau mine, which has been steadily prospected for several years, ■ has at length paid £10,500 in dividends within a month, and promises to repeat the gift at no distant date, if present prospects continue. The Manukau mine is, after two or three years of inactivity, turning out very rich at low levels, and other claims aro expected to afford equally gratifying surprise to shareholders. ■ The export of timber. during the month has shown no diminution. The barque ' Oorrido 1 has sailed for Port. Lytfcelton with a cargo of 183,000 feet shipped at the Hauraki mills; and the brig 'Drover' has left for Newcastle,' N.S. W., with a cargo of 30,000 feet, shipped by the Shortland Saw Mill Company. Both vessels arrived here with full cargoes of coal from Newcastle, necessary to supply the deficiency in the out-put of coal at the local mines, situate at the Bay of Islands. The dividends paid since our last list, issued six weeks ago, amount to £12,650, We append our ususal prices current:— BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber.— Boards and scantling, kauri, 15s per 100 feet, tongued, and grooved, 17s 6d; kahikatea, 9s per 100 ft; plaued, tongued, and grooved, lis 6d; New Zealand palings, 5 feet, lis to 12s; tea-tree rails, £3 5s per 100; shingles, 14s to 21s per 1,000; Hobarfc Town palings, 5 feet, 18s; 6 feet, 21s; .Hobart Town rails, £4 ss. i% COAL AM) FIREWOOD' MARKET. Coal.—Newcastle, wholesale, none offering j Bay of Islands, 32s 6d per ton on board the vessel; do., delivered, 34s per ton; no slack. Firewood.—Best tea-tree wool, 13s per ton at the yard. BREADSTUFF.*, PRODUCE, &e, Adelaide Flour, £17gl0s to £18 per ton; Southern do, £14 10s to £15; Auckland do., £16; sharps, £910s; bran, none; maize, 8s per bushel; oats, very scarce, 63 6d to 7s; barley, none; pearl barley, £4 10s; chaff,- £7 10s per ton; hay, £8; fresh butter, Is 5d per lb ; salt do., Is to Is 4d; bacon, scarce, lid to Is; cheese, 8d; potatoes, £7 per ton, Provisions.—Hams and bacon, English, none; Colonial, lid; cheese, English,' none; provincial, 8d; Canterbury, 9J; rice, Java and Patna, 28s; salt, fine, £5 10s; toa, common, Is ,9d to 2j 3d; medium to fine, 2s 6d to 2s 91; orange pekoe, 2i 9d to 3s; hvson skin, 2s lOd to 33 21; sugar, No. 1, s|d; dark, 4Jd, GROCERIES, OILMEN'S STORES, &a. Candles,—De Roubaix's, Price's Belmont's

Fish,—Sardines, halves. 13s; salmon, Mor =. ton's, lGs; sardines, qrs, 7s 6d; lobsters, 13 to Ms. , Fruits.—Currants, sd; raisins, Eleme, 6d: . sultßuas, 7£d; raisins, Cape, sd. ,] Oilmen's Stores, ko.— Fruits, Eattys anc ' Morton's, 15a 6d to 16s fid; pickles, Morton's, ', Us 6i to 12s; do., Whybrow's, 11a to lis 6d: ,_ salad oil, pints, 13s to 14s, half-pints, 7s Gd, castor pints, 12s, half-pints, 7s; mustard, Ift, 15s to 17s; p> 3 , 8s 6d to 5h fid; starch, white, sd, do., blue, 51; vinegar, hulk, 2s Gii to 3s, bottles, quarts, 10s; fruit, Colonial, 10; tolos6d, Hobart Town Jam, 8s; sauce, Lea and Perrins', 14s to 14s fid, Olson's 13s fid, half-pints, 8s fid, ■ WINES AND SPIRITS. , Spirits in Bond.—Brandy, Martell's, pale, 9s 6d; Hennessy's, dark, 7s 6d to 8s; pale, 9s fid. Incase; Hennessy', 325; Geneva, 11a 6d to 18s; Schnapps, 21s; old torn, 12s to 15s; whisky, Dunville's bulk, 7s to 7s 6d ; ' case, 15s; rum, 30 0.p., 4s 9d to 5s fid. ' Wines, Duty Paid.—Port, from 12supwards; t sherry, from 12s upwards; champagne, from 50s upwards; claret, from 25s upwards. j SHAREMiRKET-MONTHLY REPORT. There has been great animation in the shareit market during the month, and stock generally has advanced in value, closing with a decidedly healthy feeling. We append quotations of the 1 principal stocks:—Caledonian shares have e fluctuated from £9 to £11, present quotation ' £10; Tookey, sales from £5 2s 6d to £6, 3 buyers £5 10s; Cure—Owing to the continued rich discoveries iu the Manukau these shares have been in great demand, audhave advanced from 7s to 15s, closing buyers 14s 6d; Otago 3 —Slightly in favour, sales having been effected at prices varying from 10s to 14s fid; Moauataiari—Business limited, a few sales at 353; j lied Queen advanced from Is 6d to 2s fid; . Golden Calf declined from 22s to sellers 18s; ] Central Italy (2nd issue), a few transactions at [ ss; Nonpareil advanced from 3s Gd to 7s; Italian, sellers, 2s; Old Whau—These shares have been in great great favour, but have shown considerable fluctuations. Immediately after the last dividend of 10s per share they receded from £5 12s 6d to £4 ss; but speedily recovered ■ and have gradually advanced to £6, at which ■ figure sales have been effected to-day. Albumia —A large business has been done in this stock ' at prices varying from 30s to 50s, second issue. • It is looked upon very favourably by speculators, a large quantity of payable quartz being on hand at the mine awaiting facilities for crushing. Ruby advanced from 3s 6d to 9s 1 6d, and are now firm at Ba. We have few sales to record in Black Angel shares. They i may he quoted at 17s. Coliban advanced from . fis to 12s fid, closing buyers, 10s 6d. Watchman, sales from 7s 6d to lis 6J, siuco receded, buyers, 4s fid, There have been a few trans-, actions in Lincoln Castle at ss, Gs, and Windsor Castle at 2s fid to 5s 3d, buyers, 4s, Sons of Freedom—Sellers, £410s. Crown Prince— < Sales, 17s 6d to 20s, Exchauge advanced from 7s 6d to 18s; sellers, IG3, City of London - stock has been unsettled and fluctuating; i sales, 235, 23s 6d, 245, 21s; closing buyers, . 21s. Queen of the May advanced from 12s Gd to 15s 6d; declined to buyers, 13s. City of York shares have chauged hands freely, and are iu demand at 33 6d, Queen of the Thames —Sales from 3s 6d to 6s; sellers, 5s 6d, Bright Smile advanced from. £4 5a to £5 12a 6d; closing sellers, £5 sj. Bird-in-Hand advanced from 16s to 22s 6d, and have been in great favour; sellers, 223, with a slight downward tendency.—John Fiuter, Chairman Thames Stock and Mining Association; R, R, McUrkqor, Hon. Sec. \ THAMES STOCK AND SHARE MARKET. Friday, 6.45 p.m. Sams.—Caledonian, £1015s, £10, £10 ss; Old Whau, £G; Watchman, 7s fid, 8s; Coliban, lis; Cure, 12s 6d, 13s, 13i 3d, 13s 6d, 14s, 14sGd. 15s, 14sGd; Otago, 13s Gd; .Crown Prince {(contributing), 20s—(paid-up), 18a; Central Italy, 4s fid. Sellers.— Caledonian, £10 ss; Old Whau, £6 ; Ruby, 8s Gd.; Watchman, 9s; Coliban, lis; Nonpareil, 7s; Otago, 15*; Bright Smile, £5 53; Queen of the May, 13s 9d; Exchange, 365; Crown Prince (contributing), 19s 6J—(paid-up), 19s; City of York, 4s ; Cure, 15s Gd; Central Italy, ss. Bums.—Old Whau, £515s ; Watchman, 7s 6J; Coliban, 10s Gd; Red Queen, 2s 4d; Nonpareil, 6s; Bright Smile, £5; City of London, 2 Is; Queen of the May, 13s; City of Cure, 14s fid; York, 3s 6d. R. R, Mo jlreoor, Hon, Sec.