FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 563, 19 July 1909, Page 10

FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

WE LLI N 0 TOM SHAH E L IST.

The above quotations are taken from the daily official lists ot the Wellington Stock -, \ , ' Jtoeaa»»» '

I I THE SHAEE MARKET.

Investment shares closed dull on Saturday, ■with no business recorded, and Tery few quotations registered, National Bxnks, sellers £5 13s. cum div.; Bank of New Ztaltnd, buyers .£9 2s. 6d> Wellington Investment, buyers lis. 9<L; 'Wellington Trust and Loan, sellers £6 18s.; Peilding Gas, buyers £1 os. (!d.; Nltional Insurance, buyers £1 Bs.i3d., sellers £1 95.; New Zealand Insurance, buyers £3 17s. 6d.; Chnstchurch Meat, buyers £10 10s.; New Zealand Shipping, buyers £6 17s. 6d.;.'Kaia'poi »Woollen, preference, sellers .£5; Westport Coal, buyers ,£6 7s. 6d.; Westport-Stookton, buyers ss. 9d.; Leyland-O'Brien Timber, sellers £1 2s. 3d.; New Zealand Portland Cement, buyers £2 25.; Taranaki Petroleum, buyers 7sA; Sharland's ordinary and preference, buyers 215., sellers 22?.; Wellington Opera House, buyers £7 14s. 6d., sellers £l 17b. 6d.; Whitcombe and Tombs, buyers £4 6s.

THE MINING MAEKET. ( Good business was done on Saturday.' Waihi Grand Junction sold on 'Change at £2 7s. 3d., and thei reported sales were:—Consolidated Goldfields, 19s. 6d.f Kuranui, Is 4Jd.; May - Queen, 4s. 9d.; Talisman, £2 165.; Waiotahi,- 7s. Id., 75.; Waihi Consolidated, 4s. lid.; Shotover, sid.; Dixon, Consolidated, Is. Id.; Dominion, 9tt. Tho quotations with last recorded sales .were as under:— , ' .Buyers. Sellers.' Sales. £s. d. £s. d. £s. d. Con. Goldfields' ...... '0 19 6 1 0 0 019 6 Dixon Consolidated 011 0,1 3 011 Dominion' .-..'..., 009 0\) 10 009 Kuranui - i — 0 1 6 0 14J Kuranui Caledonian 023J 02 4 — May Queen v.. 048 410 049 Maoriland .'... 0 0 8 0 010 — Mountain King 01 9 01 11 — N.Z. Crown 06 5 06 6 — New Big Eiver,...... — 213 0 " — New Sylvia 03 3 — — 'Progress ..... 013 j6 — — Saxon ....1—:...'. 'o'3 3*''o 35 — Shotover — — 0 0 51 Tsirua Broken 1 Hills 021J 02 3 — Talisman 215 9 216 3 216 0 Waihi G'd Junction 270 276 273 Waihi .'..„ „...:...." 92 0 — ' —

Waiotahi '... 06 9 — <OJI -u Waihi Consolidated 0 410 0/~5 I 0 411 IWaitangi 1 i'O 04 3 — . The course of Bales during the past week was as follows:— Consolidated Goldfields, 18s.' 3d., 18s. 2d„ 18s. 9d., 19c, 19s. Cd. , Dixon Is., Is., la. 2d., Is. 2d Is. Id., Is. Id. Dominion (Thames), 6Jd., 6Jd., Is., Is. Id.' Is lid., Is. 2d., 9d. ' Hartley and Kilcy, £1 3s. 4jd. i Kuranui, Is. 4Jd. , ' Karangahake, Is. 2Jd. ' / 2s. 2d., 25.. 4d. May Queen, 4s. 10d., 4s. 6d., is.' Bd.,- 45.-9 d. 4s. 10d., 4a. 9d., 4s. 10d., 4s. 10cL, 4s. 10<L, 4s. 9d. Maonland, 7d., Is., Bd. Mountain King, ,Is. 9d., Is. 9d.',' Is. 9d.'.'is Hid., Is. Hid., la. lOd. New Sylvia, 3s. 7d., 3s. 3d., 3s.' 4d.' New Alpine (9s. 3d. paid), 7s. 3d. Progress, 13s. Gd., 13s. 9d. Saxon, 3s>2id., 3s. sd. Shotover,-5Jd. • s Talisman, -545. 9d., 555., 555., 505., 545. 9d„ , 655., 555., 556., 555.', '555. 3d., 555. .6d., 55s 9d 665., 565. / '' , Waifangi, "4s. 5d., Is. Gd., 4s. 2d. 'Waihi Extended,Js. 6d. Waihi Grand Junction, 475.',' 475.. 47<s fid 475. 3d., 475. 3d., 475. 3d ' M- ' Waihi Consolidated, 4s. Bd., 4s. Bd., 4s lOd 4s. 9d., 4s. Mid., 55., 4s. lid. * Waiotahi, Bs. 5d., Bs. Gd., 95., 7s. 2d. 7s 3d 7s. Md., 7s. 9d., 7s. Bd., Vs. '2d., 7s.' 3d.', k Watchman, 25., 2s.

MESSAGEEIES-MARITIMES COMPANY. ' .--•; ■■; ;The .-Messageries Mariiimes Compalnv recently' ■:'■ ■/.Bay?.v.??t»?6 to.;the;'French Government •.termi- ; v ; nating,-its 'mail/contracts in 1912-fhat is, on , ::Prefent Negotiations were'.bpened,--and a convention'.ffas signed,■■subject to ratifi; : .>cation; n for; ; .2s.years r : on rather novel cbndi-. ■•v2?n^--lhe;:flnbv«ntion- : ;-.'; tially\thei same;as at jpresenfc (^6oo,ooo'a yoir)/ ;; but might be inoreaseJnntlor certain eventuali- .; tiesj.-the company would be authorised to bor0f,£4,560,000, the: Government guarv anteeiDg the' interest' and sinking fund.' That i;:6nm; would partly: employed, to pay off .-.the : debenture ,debt; of the 'company, the: v:-:;*Mt-to.-.bml4rnew.,steam«rs--of''modern--reonire- ; nients. The ;State wonld iake one-half the prl ■ its over 1 per cent, reserved for,shareholders;' cent and. two-thirds of the surplus :^^a ; a right: of, purchased On , V tb^^vha n d, JW folate an , .indemnity if; .from^.a, .state-.of war or unforeM nn!St ? n^: V"'i&» "f ookl on 'some ,-;. of its lines should;rise abnormally. .The convenbon.applws to eifht p.stal lines, now perlformed by..'^o-steamers,, of a. total of 200 000 1

NO. |5 'CO-OPERATIVE ; BUILDING ' SOCIETY; i*P?rt "of tbio directors 1 of the No. 5 Co-operative Building-society of Wolhn^on:r 'nVith pleasure youV; directors pre- : Bent their eleventh .annual report; ■ The so'cietv is steadily, for which .it was formed;,the securities held are:sufficient ; for the purpose for which they were taken.'.and the balanceijon; the-.profit: and loss account'' .which now. amounts to 31789,33. 10d., exclusivo ;of any moneys :frbm.: forfeited shares, was 'in': creased by; 3111 lis. in; the year. Your directors have given close attention to the society's affairs,.and think that yon maybe congratu. lated on the .success that has been attained. J? "Ti^ 1 1 7 ''Peetmra'of the beard wereheld, JZ ot them being ordinary meetings, and:five epecial The directors retiring are 'Messrs; W. P. Healy and P. W. Scott, who, being eligible, offer for 're-election. The sub ™? lions the year, amounted to - fe-'ld" ' - '• I !? d « m P tion; -- n «>»«ys to I

[In Saturdays issue the report for 1807-1905 which tho secretary handed to our reportor bt mistake, was published.]

' ( 'THE PEICE OF EGGS. ..Fresh" eggs have been a scarce commodity in Wellington during the past month or two, and .retail prices have reached abbve 2s. per dozen Importations from Marlborough and other parts of the South Island have eased the marJcet, and, the quotations for Saturday last were Is. Id. per dozen. ■

The Customs returns for the week'ending Saturday last show that the total amount of revenue received was £19,321 13s. lld.-a docrease on the corresponding week of last year, in which .£20,297 16s. Id. was collected. The beer duty totalled £215 6s. fld. last week, as compared-wjth £243 U«l 8i forHhe same week i> ?? "i £ k V mom } ?? Uected on was £2155 18s. 9d., and the amount collected on the corrospondng Saturday of 1908 was £1387;

LONDON WOOL 'SALES. (By Tclograph.-Fress Assbciation.-Oopyrleht.) A . ~ , , xv London, July 16. At the wool sales there was a good sale, and bidding was animated. ~. " (Eec. July 18, 5.5. p.m.) ' , 'mi. i ~ , .—' Lond <"'. Jnly 18.' The sales-included "Wakio," 10Jd.; and Tapanui," 12Jd. . >

THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET, (By Telesraph.-Presa Association.) (Eco. July 18, 0.35 a.ra.) it i • London, July 17, Meat prices aro practically unchanged, and hSt n^° ?l7 6ales aw repaid. The bulk of the importers are abiding loyally by -.nW 1 fixed, though * a few small holders are clearing their stocks. The weather coninues unseasonable. Importers are awaiting New Zealand's reply,, and urll be tost The following are the latest quotaMutton- J^ d W - 3u \ "• Canterbury, light _ „ 31 q Canterbury, medium _. _ 2] m Canterbury, heavy , ol Z{ Beef- '" * New Zealand fores .21 01 New Zealand hinds 1 "' A ? Australian fores _ '" «J !. Australian hinds „ ~ A ii Eiver Plate fores _ "" »i g I Eiver Plate hinds ' ~ ~ g f |

COLONIAL (AND OTHEB PBODUCE (By Telcerapfi.-Prow A 63o ci al ion.-Co P7rll:ht .j, •Homp-The market is dulWndXoVlitUe doing m New Zealand hemp ht " in^g^^j 3 a **»*■ South Sea, linseed oil,. .£26 Ms. THE METAL MAEKETS. ' (By Teleeraph-Prw, A S so=l,tlon.-Oo D yr ll! , ll , (Eec. July 18. 5.5. p.m.) Ife-JTT F* 15s -" thrie" months''L 18s. 3d.; electrolytic, £59 10s. per ton \ • 1 Lead, iJ2 15s. per ton. sta S ndaV arsUTeris< l noted at «». per ounce LONDON MAEKETS requirements for frozen lamh nmiH , ! MININO NEWS. DEEDGINQ. - , (By Tolceraph.-P rM 3 4 BBo i| a u 0n , Returns : -Now Trafalgar Wifi.W 7 -» lVo ? . lldwt.; Worksop, Moz' w* W.W

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