Messes Fobd, Bell and Co. report upon the share market for tha past week as follows :— Salea—Colonial Bank, 45b 6d and 465; National Insurance, 28a ; Union Insurance, 18s. Clcsing prices—Bank of New Zealand, £20 10s to £21 103; National Bank, 69b to 61b; Colonial Bank, 45s to 47s 6d ; New Zealand Insurance, 60s; National Insurance, 28a to 295; Union Insurance, 18s to 18s 6d ; South British, 53s to 56s ; Colonial Insurance, 8s 6d to 9s ; N.Z. Shipping, 80a to 82s; Loan and Mer cantile, 92s 6d to 95a; National Mortgage and Agency, 26s 6d to 27b.
COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.
Auckland, September 3. Potatoes are somewhat overstocked, owing to recent heavy arrivals, and sales have been made as low as £3 at the wharf. The highest prices are, £310 ato £115s for Canterbury, and £4 5s to £410 a per ton for Dunedin. Maiz9 is firm, and a rise iv price ia not improbable. Kjian and Sydney ate practically ont of the i market, and local maize ia at about 33 6d, with an upward tendency. Oats are likewise firm, and well held. Rates are somewhat better than last quotation, and 2s 2d to 2a 41 is obtainable for good samples, anything below these prices not being of first quJity.
„-'■■■' Dunbdik, September 3. Good sample milling wheat, 4s4d to4a7d; fowls' wheat, 2s 6d to ',3a; feed oats, la to la 6d ; milling, Is 2d to Is 81; ma'.t barley, 2s 9d to sff€d; feed, Is 9d to 2s 6d ; potatoes, £2 5s ; flour, .£lO 10s to £11; oatmeal, £9 10 a ; pearl barley, £18.
THE ENGLISH MARKETS.
