COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

!» I THE SHAEE MARKET. I [ Yesterday a sale was reported* of LeylandO'Brieu Timber at £1 2s. 9d, and a sale of I Taranaki Petroleum at 7e 6d. was made v on \ 'Change. There was a fair inquiry for most ; of the- active stocks Bank of New Zealand, ,; 10s.; National Bank, buyers .£5 2s, , sellers £& 5s ; National Mortgage, sellers £3 Is , r ' oum'div.; New Zealand and River Plate, buyers £1 11s 9d , Loan and Mercantile, sellers 3s I- 9d ) Teilding Gas, buyers 19s 9d ; National Insurance, buyers £1 Bs, sellers £i Bs. 6d , [ New Zealand Insurance, sellers £3 17s ; South f British Insurance, buyers £2 Iβ 6d, sellers .£2 t 10s , Gear Meat, £4 paid, buyers .£9 17s 6a , r £1 paid, buyers £2 10s , Meat Export, .£4 paid, ," * —sellers .£5; Manawatu Eails, buyers £2 lss , Wellington Woollen, sellers- £3 '2e 6d , West [ port Coal, buyers .£6 is , sellers i 6 8s , Kauri ' Timber, 15s. paid, sellers ]4s 3d., Leyland- \ O'Bnen Timber, buyers £1 2s 9d, eellere £1 t Ss; Manning and Co, brewery shares, sellers V £i Is , t New Zealand Portland Cement, £1 paid, k buyers £1 9s. 3d, selleis ,£1 10s , 12s 6d paid, I buyers 20s. 10d, sellers 21s 6d ; Taranaki Pet- | rolemu, buyers 7s 6d, sellers 8s , Ward and r Co, brewery shares, sellers<£s 2s , Wellington [ Freah Food and Ice Co, 2s. I \ I v THE MINING MAEKET. f Yesterday sales of Waitangi at is Id and Talismans at £2 7s were reported, and a sale of the latter ■was" made on Change at £1 7s v 3d. The quotations were as undei — \ ■.; * Buyers Sellers Sales i ' •Bsd^sd.Ssd [ Talisman '.. .273 2 7 6 273 Waihi Grand June 15 0 — — Waihi 818 0 819 0 — Waihi Extended 0 211, - . - ' Tairua Broken Hills 0 110 0 2 1 — I Waitangi 0 4 1 — 0 4 1 f KZ Crown 0 4 0 — — 1 Big Eiver ... .. 117 6 119 0 — f BJaokwater 017 6 — — x i 1 \ } , ' NEW ZEAL IND WOOL ? t From Messrs Thomas'and'Cook we haVo re- ' eeived a return ehowine the quantities of New Zealand, wool catalogued by the vanons selling i brokers durmg the last two years ' The figures r are as under — . 1908 1907 ? Bales Bales Thomas and Cook . , 101,232 70,'2t \ i Buxton, Eonald and Co. . 87,189 81,726 \ Chasußalme and Co .. 50,359 44,957 f Du Cxoz,- Doxat and Co. —.— 45,998 33,834 f Jacomb, Son and Co ... . 34,350 30,931 t Willans and Overbury, .. „. ~31,263 29,655 f John Hoare and Co. . >.t...»30,201 BJ,SIi H. P Hughes , and Sons "* % ,17,509 15,760 1 H Scwartze and Co 12,731 12,256 < H Irwell and Co , 10,368 i 9,094 I Windeler and Co \- . 8,8(55 5,934 \ 429,565 362,294 } *7 1 The Customs revenue collected at Wellington , > jesterday amounted to ,£5284 7s Id ( I THE GOLD EXPORT. ( The total quantity of gold entered for duty *■ for exportation from New Zealand during tne ' quarter ended December 31 amounted to 115,980 f ounces, value .£460,694 Prom April I, 19dS/ the- , . figures are 18,725,103 ounces, value .£73,533,903 1 s Tie provincial returns are —Auckland, 4 587,410 f oz , Wellington, 188oz , v Marlborough, 90,1910z , * Nejson, 172,6680z • West Coast, 5,410,7930? , , Canterbury, 99, Ctago,' 6,914,5470z , -unknown, t 2070z i \ I IMPOSTS AND EXPORTS FOE THE, . [ QUARTER F -~r«i. f The value of the imports at the various ports [ t of New Zealand for the quarter ended. Decemi ber 31, totalled £4 010,155 For the cor/espondE ing quarter of 1907, the totals were .£1,573,297 f The exports reached, in total value/ 43,372,413, j as against v for the _ ' quarter of the previous year j PROPERTY SALE y , I ' Messrs J H JBothune and,Co. < oniWedn&.day submitted at auction a residential property in Shannon Street The land has an area of r / 23 perches, and on it stands the newlv-biult eight-roomed residence, known as "Qlen Ayr ' ' , The firm report having sold the property for 1 v A £1600 to Dr. W J. Anders.on.i Messrs Bethune * and Co also report having since the auction sale on Tuesday last, sold) the following sections' I in the new subdivision, known as Plimmerfcon Extension —Section 6, M> J Hislop, Srea 23° perches price ,£4O, Section 7, Mr J Hislod, ,_area 22 parches price .£4O, Section 13, W. H Brabant area 22 perches, tmee £i 5, Section 93, i John Maohe, larea: 1 food 13 pecohes>. pneu ,£4O, - Section 15, B and S. Morton, area 10 rood, t price w£6o _ ' I ' ' > LIVE ST"OCK SALES I The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile , Agency Company, Ltd, report —At Palmereton i on Thursday, we had_a small entry •jf * ( both sheep and cattle SEeep sold freely it late rates, but cattle were a shade easier Wd i quote Cull lambs, 4s 7 medium lambs, 6s lid , to, 7s 6d , two tooth wetKers, small, lOsn. 2d ; > 6wes and wethers, mixed,i9s lid Cattle rear » Isng heifers, 27s 6d , springing cons, ,£6 v Messrs Dalgety and Compnny, 'Limited, rev port oniheir Upper Hutt stock sale yesterday J as follows—A good yarding'of sheep camo forward (about 1700), and a total clearance was ! . effected The entry of cattle was small, but - most of the lots found buyers at auction i The following were prices reahs»d —Breeding ( 'eues, from 8s 3d "to 8s 9d.; store lambs, from t 78 6d to 8s , rape lambs, to 9s 7d ; 2-tooth ewes, 10s 9d , 2 and 4-toothr-wethors, from Ms 7d to Us 4d , cull ewes, 5s 3d , butcher's wethers, 12s 5d to 13s ' 18-months steers,',£2 14s , 18-months heifbrs,- 13s , bulls, ! store cows, £2 Us, Pigs (slips), 17s , ? TIMAEU WOOL SALES ( (BT TELEGBiPfI—PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 ~„ ~ / limaru, January"2B At the. third wool sale to day 6800 bales were offered to a good bench of buyers The wool j, was said to in get-up, most of it dirty, and prices were irregular in consequence For good sorts, with which comparison could I be made, prices showed some decline on Decem--1 bei rates Fine halfbreds were not nearly so keenly bid for as three-quarters, and crossbreds pieces sold well Top prices for halfbreds and three-quarters were the same, 10W, and best crossbreds, 7Jd ,* specially gV>od, 9}d. t- ( LONDON WOOL SALES. *' ( (»I TBI.ECBIPH-1-KE2S ASSOCUIION-COPYItianT ) m , , t , London, January, 27. 1 Ine wool sales have been postponed on ac- . count of fog_ , K ' The Tbkomaru clip realised IOJ-d. per lb ' Messrs levin and Co , Ltd, have received Cable advices from London that the following I clips have been sold at the sale now on The i pneeE stated are the average of the fleece Dor- \ tion of the clips.— G E Parsons, Kaikoura 12 lea Station, Matterton ~... 77 10 65 Kebbell Bros, Alfiedton .. > / ... 830 W H Simcox Otaki 8,60 ' S H. Biyant, CLanu 8 F F Day, Masterton 8 A. Smit'i, Coiyton .. . % J H Cameron, Tmui ,' ~* _, v 745 * ' G E Alleri, Masterton .' .'.~lo\ Otahuao Station, Masterton \. / .., iiS I Shaw, MAstertom, f.. ' ',-'„ 8,50; 3 Bradley Bros, Pahautanui. ?.. 1* w .8,85 * b M Leod, Pahiatua >f ■% vW "8 50 W. and J. Cook, "f 8 35 Abraham 'and Williams, Limited, have received the following cable from Condon, under date January 27 —The market js active, at advance, rates established for superior menno and all cltsses of*crossbred For washy tnermps the market is weak Americans are buying superior crossbreds very freelv WHEAT. '/". ')' (BT TELEOEiPH—raE33 ASSOrtATION—COPIBIdUT } London. January 27 Australian wheat been sold "at from 36s to 36s 7Jd per quarter METALS ' '* London January 27. ' Copper, on the spot, 6s 3d per-ton, three months, 5s Electrolytic, j!63 5s Tin—Spot, .£125 17s 6d per ton, three months .£127 12s 6d TALLOW i London, January 27 At the tallow auctions 1420 casks were offered and 1194 sold Mutton, fine, 34s , medium. 31s 6d , beef, fine, 32s 9d , medium. 31s The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Crmpany have received from their London oince the following cablegram, dated 1 January 27 —We quote present 6pot values for the following descriptions "of tallow —Good mutton, 32s 6d, good beef 31s 9d ; mixed, 30s 6d Market firm ( " • HIDES MAEKET. ' (Bee 28, 11S p.m) ! ' Melbourne, January 28 In the hides market there was spirited, competition. Heavies were in active demand, and Slices ebowed a'firmer tendency. <