COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 785, 7 April 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. • There were sales of National Bank rights at £1 12s. 6d.. and Westport Coal at .£6 ss. Bank of New Zea-land, sellers £9 155.; Wellington Investment, sellers :11s. 4d.; Wellington Trust and Loan, sellers £7 45.; Wellington .Gas, £6 15s. paid, sellers £13 12s. 6d., new issue, .sellers £2 7s, 6d.; Standard Insurance, buyers £t 2s. 6d.; Rear jAlea.t, £1 paid, buyers £2 135.; Wellington Meat Export. £2 12s. fid. paid, sellers £2 15s. 6rt.; New Zealand Shipping, buyers £7 195.; Union Steam, buyers £1 Ms, OrL: Wellington Woollen, ordinary.

buyers £3 25.; Westport, Coal, buyers £6 hs. 6d., sellers £6 55.; New Zealand Paper Mills, sellers £1 35.; Sharland's ordinary and preference, buyers £1 2s. 3d.; Taranalu Petroleum, buyers Bs., sellers 9s. 6d.

WELLINGTON OPUP.A HOUSE. ■ In their report for the year ended March 31 last, tho directors of the Wellington Opera Bouse Company, Ltd., recommend a dividend of 5 per cent., making, with the 7 per cent, paid on September 30, 12 per cent, for the year, and the usual bonus and £105 to the directors. They also recommend that the sum of £245 9s. 3d. be paid in reduction of the Cuba Street Extension mortgage, which will then stand at £940 4s. lid. The directors add:—"lt ig with extreme regret that the board have to announce the death of Mr. Edward Scager. He was a member of the board for many years. The directors recommend that the vacancy be not "lied up, as the board is fully constituted according to the requirements of the rules of the company. The board thought it advisable in December last to increase the insurance on the Opera House from £6UOO to £6000."

• DOMINION EXPOBTS. The Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists publishes the following figures, supplied by tho Customs Department, showing the quantity and value of the principal exports, from March 16 to March 31: Value. £ Butter, 12067cwt 57,529 Oheese, 33,600cwt 132,603 Frozen beef, 10,310cwt. 10,755 Frozen . mutton, 81,422 carcasses, 40,494cwt. . 47,803 Legs and pieces, 2155cwt. ...a; 2,481 Frozen lamb, 160,042 carcasses, 48,766cwt. . 87,644 Wheat, 9886 bushels 1,694 Oats, 27,675 bushels a 2,551 Potatoes, 37 tons 310 N.Z.. hemp, 1099 tons 25,047 Tho total value of the principal products was as follows:— '

£ March, 1909 .. 2,339,652 March, 1910 . J,669,221 Twelve- months ending March, 1909 15,699,046 Twelve months ending March, 1910 20,048,449 The Customs returns for yesterday disclosed receipts totalling £5346 ss. 3d., included in which amount is a sum of £119 19s. 6d„ representing surtax receipts. • 1 WELLINGTON MARKETS. Messrs. Lcary and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report wholesale prices ruling on tho market:—Wheat., fowl. 4s. to 4s. Id.; feed oats, 2s. sd. to 2s. 7d.; dun oats. 2s. 6d. to 2s. 84*: sesd oats, 2s. 7d. to 2s. 9d.; Algerian oats, * 2s. sd. to 2s. 9d.; maize, 3s. lOd. to 45.; crushed malt, Vs.; fowl barley, 2s. 9d.; Gape barley seed, os.; flour, Now Zealand £10 15s. to £11 55., Australian £11 10s.; peas, Prussian blue, '. ss. 6d., split £18 10s.; bonedust, £5 155.; superphosphates, £5 to £5 55.: pollard, £5 65.. to £5 155.; bran, £4 to £4 10s.; pearl barley, 155.; basic slag, £4 10s.; chaff (oatensheaf), £4 10s. to £5;

oatmeal. £11 to £11 ids.: potatoes, table £3 to £6 ton; onions. 3s. 6d. to 4s/ 6d cwt.; molasses fodder, ; £5; bacon (fac tory), sides GJd., hams Bd., rolls 7Jd. butter, prime bulk, 9d.' Poultry: Hens 35.; duclts, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per pair: tur keys, gobblers, IBs. to 205., hens' 10s. to 145.; fresli eggs. Is. Bd. to Is. 9d.; preserved eggs, Is. 4d. dozen; cheese, sid. ner lb., loaf, 6id.; .Akaroa machine-dressed cocksfoot, 6d. to 7d. per lb.; farmers' dressed cocksfoot, 4d. to sd. per lb.; ryegrass, 3s. 6d. to 4s. cd. per bushel; Italian ryegrass, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per bushel; white clover, 70s. to 755. per cwt.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Dy Telegraph—Press Association—CoDyrleht. London, April 5. Tho following are the latest quotations :— Buyers. Sellers. Banks. ■ £ s. d. £. s. d. New South Wales ... 44 10 0 45 10 0 Australasia ; 107 0 0 108 0 0 Debentures: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £94; Melbourne Trams. ■ £103; Metropolitan Board of Works, £100. SILVER. ' Bar silver is Quoted at 24 l-16d. per ounce standard. METAL MARKETS.' liy Telegraph—Press Association—Conyrletat. . (liec. April 7, 1 a.m.)

' London, April 6. Copper.—Forward delivery, £59 ■ 2s. 6d. per ton. . Tin.—On the spot, £149 ss.j threo months', £150 75,. 6d.. , ' , . WHEAT. . By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Kec. April 7, 1 a.m.) London, April 6. An Australian cargo of wheat sold at 395. ' NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. BONDS DECLARED. Ny Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright ' London, April 5. . The-New Zealand. Shipping Company has declared an interim bonus of ss. per share.