o , Mr W. J. Hopkins has received from a correspondent on the West Coast a letter in which the "following occuib: —"Unfortun- -1 ately a portion of the machinery which ar rived this week, par Herald, for the Grey River Gold Dredging Company, was dam aged, and it is likely to keep them back for a month or so longer than they originally expected." '.■':' The Waihi Gold Mining Conipaay (Auck land) has declared its twenty-ninth dividend, which will bring the amount paid in'divi- I dends by the company to close on £500,000. I The temporary "slump" in gold dredg ing on the Coast :s thus explained by a Coaster: —"There are so many good things going in the dredging way, which accounts for the .temporary lull, but great things are anticipated as soon as the dredges get to work." The Stock Exchange of Canterbury report the following share quotations yesterday: Dredg ing Stocks.—Buyers—Premium: Aldinga Is, Grey Eiver 10a, Kohinoor 4b 6d, Leviathan 7s 9d. Quartz: Croesus 4a, Prince of Wales 6s 6d Saltwater Creek 3d. Paid: Al 225, Crom well 70s, Gold Queen S6a, Golden Gate £7, Discount: Garibaldi Iβ. Paid: Al 3s 9d, Alexandra Eureka 8s 6d, Aylmer Lead *9d, Brandy Jacks 19. Bignall's iNo Town la, Cale donia od, Claugheaey Freehold 9d, Commis sioners' Flat ss, Consolidated(Buller River)los, Dobson No. 2 3a. Endeavour 16s, Gold Jving 7a 6d Golden Cradle 6d, Golden Molyneux ss, Greenstone 3s. Greenstone Creek 2s 9d, Grey River Extended 9d, matter's Creek 9d, Hokitika Extended 2s 9d, Hokitika Junction Is Hokitika Kiver 6s 6d, Humphreys Gully 6s' Kelly and Casey 16s, Kohinoor Extended la 6d, Malonea' Beach Is 6d, Major Eobin 6d. Mareden No. 1 la 9d, Marsden No. 3 4s. Mor ven Ferry 3d No Town Creek sa, Orwell Creek 98 9d, Pactolus 16s. Perritt'e Junction 6d, Prince Imperial 3d. Premier (Buller) 3d, VBsd Jacks Is. Boss Day Dawn 2s, Keetton United Is, Shellback 3d. SulUvan'e Lead Is 6d Teremakau 3d. Three Mile Greenstone 3s, Tucker's Flat 3s 6d, Tyson's Beach 3d Vic tory 3a 6d, Waimea Iβ, Westland 9d. Paid: Alpine Consols 395, Electric Extended 20s Golden Treasure 110s. Hartley and Biley £U, Junction Electric 50s, Reeves' Proprietary 20s 6d Saltwater Creek 14«, Waimea 16s. Par: Boss Flat, Upper Fraser, Horowai. Discount: Royal Sovereign Is 6d. (FRSSS ASSOCIAHOK TMJKJKA3I.) DUNEDIN, June 5. 