COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 765, 14 March 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

/ INVESTMENT SHABES.' ■ A ealc of Wellington Trust and Loan shares lit £7 is. was all the business recorded on Saturday. The quotations were few and unchanged. • Feilding Gas, sellers £1 2s. 3d.; Napier Gas, £5 paid, buyers £12 2s. 6d.; Wellington Gas, £10 paid; buyers £17 155., £6 15s. paid, buyers £13 10s.; Gear Meat, £1 paid, buyers £2 135..-£2 12s. 6d. paid, sellers £2 15s. 6d.;.New Zealand Shipping, buyers £7 155.; Taupiri Coal, aellero 19s. 3d.; Westport Coal, sellers £6 2s. 6d.; Leyland-O'Brlen Timber, buyers £1 45., sellers £l'ss.; New Zealand Drug, sellers £2 7s. 6d.; New Zealand Papor Mills, sellers £1 2s. 6d.; Sharland's preference, buyers £1 25.; Taranaki Petroleum, buyers Bs., sellers 9s. \ ' ' , NEW ZEALAND DEUG COMPANY.; • The balance-sheet of Kempthorne, Prosser, and ■ Company's New Zealand Drug Company for the year ended January 3i, 1910, shows that the net profit for the year amounted to £16,60'/ Ss. Vd., .and there was brought forward from -.the previous year £/«M os. 3d., making available £24,091 Bs. Ltd. The dividend for the year at the rate of 7 per -cent, per annum absorbs £14,000; £10W is written off the. Westficld works and £2500 is added to lie reserve fund, leaving £6591 Bs. 10d. to be carried forward. Ttte reserve fund now stands at£3o,olo. The dividend will be- payable to shareholders on and after March 30. \ LONDON WOOL SALES.'. - ' In cohection with the present Eeries of wool sales being held in London, Messrs. Dalg:;ty and Company, Limited, report tho following sales:— Average ot fleece, d. 13 bales wool PALJIGEOVE/GS on ac-» count of G. Scarle, Ashhurst 11l 8 bales wool, 111/B and C, on account ' t of Beattie and Crook, Masterton U 10 bales wool. PM/TE WHITI, on account of Pike and M'Kemie, Masterton ... 11 22 bales wool, M I, on account of L. E Woodruffe, Wanganui 103 12 bales wool, V, on account of E. G. Blalielcy, Wanganui :..;... .10* 7 bales wool, AA/E, on account of A. • Anderson, Masterton ini 26 bales wool, LX/SHANNON, on account of \\. H. DrightweU, 'Shannon 10.1 6 bales wool, WO, ob account of H W Ollivcr, Palmerston North 10 43 bales wool, JJB/P, on account of j] J. Bryce, Palmeraton North 10 21 bales wool, KJD/KOPJES, on account' of K. J. Didsbury, Palmerston North 10 10 bales wool, LETHAM, on account of A. Allison, Wanganui , « 5 bales wool Wlt/P, on account of W Roach, Palmcrston North 9> 7 bales wool, J 7, on account of Farr Bros, and M'Donald, Waneanui 9J .9 bale? wool, E 8.0, on account'of E. B. Coffey, Wanganui ... 9» 10 bales wool, WH/iIN, on account"of Eoach and M'Nie, Palmerston-N. ... 9 Customs revenuo collected at Wellington on Saturday amounted to £2587 18s 8d The total for tho week was £18,768 15s. 4d! beer duty amounting to £204 ss. I LONDON WOOL SALES. OEOSSBEJ3DS ■ STHONGEE. By Telecraph-Press Asßociation-CooiTlchl London. March 11. Merinos are firm, with prices unchanged. Crossbreds are stronger. ■ Americans are operating more freely. (Kec. March 13, 5 p.m.) London, March 12 Wool: Piikctoi, highest price, 13d.; average, 12Sd. HiLvelock, 12d. and 103 d.; Umutbe 15d. and 14Jd. LONDON MAHKETS. . (Keu. Itarcli 13, 5 p.m.) London, March 12 Wheat: 13,000 quarters of Australian March shipment, sold at 58s. 7iri., and three cargoes at 385., 38s. 3d.. 38s. 9d respectively. 'Jicinp is inactive, and prices arc unchanged. jeS 0 sa? " a<:tiTe ' SouthMa (i ? ba .e«)i

Cotton, 7.80 d. Silver, 23 11-16 d. Antimony, £8 10s. r Copper-Spot, £58 17s. 6d.; three months, £59 16s. 3d.; electrolytic, £62,55. Tin-Spot, £146 10s.; three months, £148 The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house under date March 11:—"Frozen meat: The market for mutton is generally better; lamb unchanged. The market shows increased firmness for beef." WOOL, HIDE, AND -TALLOW SALES. The New Zaaland Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., .report as follows:—We hold our fortnightly sale last week, when we offered a catalogue of about 3500 skins, a- quantity of hides, calfskins, and tallow, also a number of bags of wool; Prices were firm at last sales rates, and thovo was a good attendance of buyers. We quote—Wool, in bass: Crossbred, eoarra, 7Jd. to BJd. per lb.; pieces and bellies, crossbred, 4d. to 5Jd.; lambs, super, 93d. - lambs, seedy, 5Jd. to 61d. Sheepskins: Crossbred, fine, to Bfcd. per lb.; merino, to 73d,; cross'brcd, medium and coarse. 7d. to 8»d.; dead Skies, 53d. to 63d.; short wool, 4Jd. to 6Jd.; damaged pelted skins, 4d. to 63d.; dry. pelts, damaged, 2d. to 3Jd.; lambs, to 7Jd.; green skins, Is. 7d. to 2s. sd. each; green lambs. Is. 6d. to 3«. 3d. Hides: Cow and light ox, "6id. to 6!d. per lb.; cow, 6d. to 63d.; faulty hides. 2d. to sgd.: calf, best, to 81d; calf, damaged. Id to 7j. Tallow, in tins, 20s. to 225. per cwt.; in casks, 265. ■ . Murray, Roberts, and Company report:-We offered a catalogue of 4200 sheepskins last week, when a, large numher. of buyers attended. Prices' were on the whole slightly easier. The offerings were chiefly short-woolled skins and shorn lambskins, which were about a farthing lower than was the case last week, and, at the lower rango of prices, buyers operated fairly freely. We quote :—Halfbreds and fine crossbreds, BJd. to 9d.; crossbreds 7d. to 8-id.; short; to-halfwools, sd. to 6Jd.; damaged pelted skins, 41d. to 7d.; dead and hoggets,. 5Jd. to 6Jd.; badly damaged, M. to 41d.; lambs, 5Jd. to 7id.; salted lambs, 3s. to 3s. lid. each; salted lamb' pelts, Is. Bd. to 2s. each; salted crossbreds, short woollcd, 2s. to 3s. 4d. each. . FEILDING MARKET BEPORT. Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., of I'eildiner, report oh Friday's sale:—There was a medium entry, o£ pigs, and verv f'.'.tle life in the market. We quitted aft (o*.s penned, but prices showed no improvement on late values. Of poultry, we had a fair entry,. and. good values were made for birds showing' growth and condition. We sold, a quantity, of grain and produce at rates in. advance of previous quotations. Peaches and Comatoes made higher values.. Sound potatoes are -worth up to £4 10s. per, ton, and onions Bs. to 9s. per cwt.. Wβ-sold a. largo o.uantity of stationer's stack and sundries to a good' buvin" public. Quotations: Weaners, 4s. 3d'.,'4s. 6d:, to ss. 3d.; slips, 65., 75., to 7s. 6d.; stores. 14s. to 14b. 3d.; Devon boars. 275. 6d.. to 305. , ; sows in pig, 375.; aged horses,.l2s. to £5 10a. Poultry, at. each: Hens, Is. Id., Is. 3d., Is. 6d., to Is. 7d.;,cockerels. Is. 7dV to is. 9d. ; chicks, 7d. to 9d.; ducks, lid. Is. Id., Is. 2d., Is. 6d... Is. 7d.: geese.ls. 10d. to 2s. 6d. Produce: Eicemeal,'7s. 6d.; bran 4s. 6d. to 55.; wheat,'4e. : 3d.;•oate..Zs. sd. to 2s. 9d.; potatoes, 4s. 6d, to 75.; nig do.', Is. to Is. 6d.;onions, 3d. to Id. per lb.; piemelon, Id., per lb.; rock do., 3d. to 5d each; pears,. 2s. to 35.-6 d.; quinces.- 45.; apples, 3s. Gd. to 55.; peaches,' 35., 3.?. 6d., to 45.; tomatoes. Is. 9d..t0.35. 6d.; factory bacon, 6Jd.; hams, 7d. per lb. ■•••■. ''.'■'.'PAIiMERSTON , MARKET .REPORT. Mr. Harry Palmer reports a moderate entry of pigs at his Palmerston" sale last week, these being confined 'principally to weaners, slips, and stores. . Very' few porkers were offcrine. The report adds —

We had a very hie entry o[ poultry of splendid all-round duality, and prices showed a distinct improvement. There is a scarcity of vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, and parsnips. Potatoes are firm in price, and there is a tfood demand for sound samples. Onions arc now nioro plentiful, and prices are easier. We have had an exceptionally hea-;y week with fruit, over 2000 cases of Uawkc's Bay and other colonial fruit, being handled. Prices are on a par with previous quotations, pears and peaches being slightly easier, while tomatoes showed a slight improvement. We cuote:—Weaners, 3s. 6d. >.<k ti 55., ss. 6d., to 65.; slips, 6s. 6d.. 75., 7s. 6d.; stores, Bs., 95., to 10s.; porkers, 175., IBs.. to IBs. 6d. Poultry: Turkey gobblers. 9s. 6d. to 10s. 3d.; durks, 3s. to ss. 6d., averaging <:s. 6d.; cockerels, prime •Iβ. lo 5s 6d average 4s. 6d.; and chicks, Is. to 4s. per pair; pullets, 3s. 9d. to sb'.; hens, 2s. 3d. to 45., average 3s. 6d. Fruit- Pears 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., s<s. 6d.; peaches, 2s 2s. 6d., 35., 45.; plums, 2s. to' 35." 6d.; tomatoes, Is., is. 6d., 2|., 2s. 6d.; cucumbers, Is.; apples, 25., 2s. (,&;, 35., 3s. 6d., 45. 6(1.; cooking and dessert o.uinces, id. to Id oer lb.; osions. 7s. to Bs. per cwt.; pumpkins, 16. to Is. 6d. sack; marrows, 2s. 6d. Pig potatoes, 2s. 6d.; prime table potatoes 10s to lls. per sack;, inferior, touched with bight, 4s. to 7s. Wheat, 18s.: pollard, 9s. 6d.; barley, 9s. to 10s.; chaff, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. Bacon, rolled and sides, 6d. Our clearing sales .were well attended, and. the prices realised vrero good.