COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 887, 5 August 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. A singlo transaction in New Zealand Paper Mills shares was the only business 'in investment shares recorded yesterday. The buying orders continue numerous, but sellers are scarce. How to reinvest the money in the event of sale is the problem that confronts many holders. The quotations; were as under:— .' Buyers. Sellerß. Sales. £ s. d. £ s. d.> £ s. d Bank N.Z. : — 11 0 0' — Eciuitable Building; 9 10 0 ' - ■ -r Metropolitan Bldg. 12 0 0 — — N.X. Loan and Mercantile „. — 012 6 — Wellington Invest. 011 0 — — Wellington Trust and Loan 7 go — — Wellington Deposit 0 8 3 0 9 0 — Feilding Gas -HI — Wcl'gfii Gas (£10) 18 0 0 - - Wellington Gas (£6 'ISs-l •••" ...13 10 0 - Wellington Gas (new issno), prcm 2 2 6 2 7 6 — Gear Meat (£4) ... 10 5 0 - - Gear Meat (£1) ... 214. 6 — - Meat Export (£4)... — 510 0 — Moat Export (£2125.6d.) _ 3 9 0 tW'gt'n Woollen (ord.) 3 5 0 - - . Taupiri Coal — 10 9 .—' ' Leyland-O'Brien ... 1 6 6 1 7 6 — ■ Manning and C 0.... 4 0 0 — — N.Z. Paper Mills ... 1 2 3 - 12 6 Sharland's pref. ... 110 ~ . ' — Taranaki Petroleum ' — O'll 0 — ■ Taringamutu Totara 19 o'— — Ward and Co 5 2 .6 — — ARTICLES IN COMMON USE. •The return ' submitted to Parliament' showing the consumption of articles . in common use affords some interesting information when closely examined. The consumption of spirits, wine, and beer for the- past two years compare as under:— ,■.-.■■■.■-, . , , •1908.' '1909. ' ' ■' ' ' Gallons. Gallons. 5pirit5'...................... 751,605 719.138 Wine ;..... 149,107 138,699 '.Beer ....;..... 271,780 '. 252,320 .■' . ■l.r 1,172,492 1,110,157 There was a, slight falling-off in the consumption last year, due, no doubt, to the slump experienced early in the .year. The,duty,paid on the above for the past two: years was as under:— ' . 1908. ~1909. Spirits ~..........'.;„..'... 601,284* 575,310 Wine '.! ; 42,797 . 38,749 • • Beer.. ..........,.„, '.27,178 25,232. .'..'■.' ' 671,259' , 639,291 Worked put at per head for the male and. female population' over 15 years of aeo. including Maoris, the rate last year was £1' 17s. lljd., as. compared with £2 Is. 2J,d. in 1908. Spirits contributed £1 16s. 2d., as against £1 19s. 2d. in the previous year. In 1901 the consumption of spirits waa 596,073 gallons, or an average of 2.47 gallons per'hoad, while last year the consumption .was. 719,138 gallons, equal, to 2.26 gaUons per head. In the past twenty years the consumption ,of spirits has more than doubled, The consumption of -ale and beer shows a tendency, to decline. , In 1589 it amounted to 274,427 uaUons. ■ and drooped in 1896 to 182,080-gallons, gradually rising to 279,108 gallons ' in 1907. . ■ The consumption of tea:shows-remark-able growth, and the total consumed now is 'double what, it was in 1889. The tea taken for consumption last year was .7,302,3101b., eaual to 7.08ib. per head of the entire population, , while so recently as' 1904, it.was 5,22516681b., or 5.801b. per head. The increase has been most marked since the duty was abolished. ',•'■' .; The - consumption of tobacco shows steady growth, year by year. during tho past twenty. years. . The total consumption last year was 2,278,0351b.', equal to i7.171b. per head, while in 1908 it .was 2,247,1011b., or 7.331b. per head. The consumption -in;. 1889. 1.157,3101b., or. 6.541b. per head.' '• The' total - Customs •' dnty obtained from'tobacco last'year was £395:794, or £1 4s. 10Jd. per head.' . Tho consumption of.' cigars,, cigarettes, and snuff for recent years arc not civen in the return, but there; has apparently been a phenomenal growth/principally in cigarettes/judging by the amount of duty collected. Last, year the duty totalled £163,110, equal to 10s. 3Jd. per head, as 'against £169,027, or lis. OJd. per.bead in : the -previous year. In .1904 the duty per head , amounted to only Bs. sd; per head. Cigarette' smoking is a firmly-fixed habit with the hoys and young men, and tho consumption is likely to increase. ' '■ ' :. ' ' CUSTOMS REVENUE. .; ' Customs revenue collected at Wellington, yesterday, amounted to £2185 os. 3d. J'.-'' METAL MAEKETS. /ilyTelegraDn—l'ress Associa tion-Cob.vrlehL London,' August 3. .' Copper, supplies total 40,309 tons; '. deliveries, 45,027 tons; stocks, 91,239; afloat, .7500. • Tin— Stocks- total 17,836 tons; - on : the snot, 4750 tons; afloat, 5161; deliveries, '2300. (Kec.; August 4, 9.50 p.m.). London, August 4r Tin.—On spot, £150.175...6 d.; three months. £151 7a.j 6d;,;.'-.' ,/■/. \ ' : "/-,i,.;'': •"" ■ TALLOW. •'■;■:..:' ' " • By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. • ■•'' ''.:':" London, August' 3/ . Tallow.—ln stock, 6821 casks;' imports, 5498; .deliveries,' 3738. . . , "■ ' ' SILVEB. ' ' :: , ', By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London,' August 3. Silver is quoted at 24Jd. per ounce standard. ' WHEAT..' : V By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.' London, August 3. The ■ American visible supply of wheat is ■ 23,214,000 bushels. s , (Eeo. August 4, 9.50 p.m.) London, August 4. Wheat is weak at'36s. 6d.; 375. 6d.. 1b asked for Australian, off coast and afloat. FROZEN. MEAT. : (By Telegraph.—Press Association.! -'" . . 'Napier, August 4. . Tho 0.0. and D. Co.' to-day cables' the following report on frozen meat:—"Canterbury mutton, 3Jd.; Napier, Wellington, and North Island, 33d. Lamb—First quality, s|d.; second quality, 43d. Beef—Hindquarters, 3gd.; fore-quarters, ■ 23d." - ' '.."-' AUSTKALIAN..PHODUOE MARKETS. ■' ;'■■. , (Rec. August 4, 11.50; p.m.) '.'-•.. - '■■ Sydney, August 4.,.: Wheat, small .'lots, 3s. 9d.; parcels, 3b, 913. to 3s. 10»d.; flour, £9 10s.; oats, Taslnariian 2s. 6d. to 2s. 7d., Algerian, feeding 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d., miUing 2s. 6d.; barley/ Uapo, Ss. to 3s. 2d.; maize, 2s.' Bd.; bran, £4 55.; pollard, £4; potatoes, Tasmanian, £8 10s.; others, £6 76.; onions, £3 10s. to£4; butter, 1125.; cheese,- 6d.; bacon, 6d. •'to 6id. . ' ' . .' Melbourne, August 4. •' Wheat, 3s. 10d.'; flour, £9 10s.; uats, Alee-' rian, Is. lOd. to 2s. ;<-barley, prime malting, 'Ohavalier. 4s. 3d.,, Cape 2b. ,6d.; maize, 2s. 5d.; bran.and pbUard, £4 10s.; potatoes; £4, to £6;. onions, £3, to £3 ss.- . ; ,'. Adelaide, August 4. -Wheat, 3sl 104.;/flour, £9 to £9 55.; bran and;,pollard,,£ll.los. . . " • . . . :'.'' ',''. : WHEAT AND, OATS.' .'New-Zealand, 1/oan and.Mercantile AgencyCompany, Limited, have -received the fol-: lowing cablegram from their London house, under- date AugU6t 3:—Wheat: Sales - of •Australian, have been made, at 375. 6d. c.i.f. . Thero. is very little demand, owing to ■ favourable, crop reports from America, and the market is likely to decline. Oats: Gartorisi 18s.; Snarrowbills, 175.; market weak. ..... MINiNG NEWS. WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. Mining shares .'were very quiet, and comparatively . lille business was done yesterday. Talismans sold up to 545.. 6d., and-Waib.is--S.t-'£B-4s; There was very little traffic in Ross Goldfields, and the shares were considerably weaker, selling at 9s. 9d. The' transactions recorded yesterday. „\vero as under:—. . - ' ■ ■ ' . May o.uccn, 4s. 4d. (first call); 4s. ;4d. (third' call).- ' „ '„■ ~ . Talisman, 545. 3d. (first call); 545. 6d... 545. 6d.,.(third,call). . ■ -. Waihi,' £8 4s. - 3d. (first-call); £8 4s. (third caU). - ; ; •' ',„ ' Blackwater, ■ 345. '3d. (first caU). Ross Goldfields, -10s. (first call); 9s. 9d„ 9s. 9d. (third oaU).. ' ' -. '• ' . QUOTATIONS. . Buyers. Sellers. Sales. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.; Dominion , — 0 .0 3 — Hauraki Reefs ■ — 0 0 11 —. -. Kuranui Calcd'n:.. 0 1.? 019 - Mav Queen 0 4 3 0 4 6 0 4.4 Maoriland : - 0 0 7 - Mountain King- — 0 10 — New Sylvia 0 4 0 0 4 2 - . Old Hauraki 0.4 8 0 4 10 —. . Saxon ' ' 0 17 0 19 - Toirua Broken Hills 0 1 9 0 1 11 — Tali'inan .'. 2 14 3 2 14 9 2 14 6 Waihi •• 8 3 6 8 4 6 8 4 :0 Waihi G'd. June. ... 118 6 — ' — Waitangi 0 2 2 -,'.-■ Watchman - 0 2 4 - , ■ niackwator - 115 0 114 3 Con. Goldfields - 12 3 - Now Big lliver - 3 2 6Progrcss - 0 14 0 .-" ■ Eooa eohlltaUfl .„. 0 9 8 0 9 9 .0 9 9,

STOCK EXCHANGE. ' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) August ,4. Business done on 'Change thiß morning:— Hay Queen, '4s. sd. Sylvia, 4s. Waiotaui, 3s. 7d. Watchman, 2s. 3d., 2s, 2d. Moss, 10s., 9s. lid. . Old Hauraki, 4s. 9d. Crown, ss. Waihi, £8 65., £8 6s. 6d. Grand Junction, 38s. 9d., 395. Hikurangi Coal, 21s. Taupiri Coal, '20s. 9d. ■ AucKland Gas, 695. Devonport Swam, 355. Kauri Timber (con.), 17s. 2d., 17s. 3d. Harks Turbine, 455. to 525. The following businesu was done at the afternoon call to-day:— . Kurauui Caledonian, Is Bd. ' Jtay Queen, 4s. sd. Slonowai, 2s. Id. New Sylvia, 4s. Waiotahi, 3s. 7d. Boss Goldflelds, 9s. 10d„ Ss. 9d. Old Hauraki. 4s. 9d. Crown, ss. fairua Urolten Hills, Is. lOd. Waihi, 1655. Waihi Heels, ss. Gd. Waihi. Grand Junction, 395., 395. 3d., 395. 6d. . South British, 655. 6d. Taupiri Coal, 20s. 9d. Marks Turbine, 525. New Zealand Consolidated Dental Co.. 265. Auckland, Trams (ord.), 246. '' Christchurch, August 4. Sales reported on the Canterbury Stock Exchange:— Christchurch Meat Co. (£2 paid), £2 lis. - Taupiri Coal Co., 20s. 6d. Booth, Macdohald and Co., 21s. New Zealand Paper. Mills, 225. 6d. . Ward and Co., £5 4s. . Dunodln, August 4. ■ Stock Exchange sales:— Ross Goldflelds, 9s. 6d., 9s. 3d., 9s. 6d. Waihi Grand Junctions, £1 18s. 3d.. £l 18s. ,6d. '• Waihi. (forward delivery), £8 ' 6s. Milburn Lime and .Cement (£lO paid), 18s. 9d.: . Sales reported:— New- Zealand Paper . Mills, £1 2s. 6d.; Nokomai' Hydraulic, 165.; Waihi Grand Junctions, .£1 18s. 6d., £1 18s. 6d., £1 18s. 6d.; Old Hauraki, 4b. Bd.; Consolidated' Goldflelds, £1 25.; Muddy.-Terrace, .£1 os.. ! .6d.; Milburn Lime(£l paid), : £1 17s. 6d. MINING REPORTS. The Wellington Stock Exchange received the following telegrams yesterday:— From the Waihi Grand Junction Company:—Are crushing 271 tons' per day,, value £1 lis. 6d.; Martha lode, No. 5 level cast,. 718 ft., low grade; No. 13 rise, 25ft.. low grade; Martha lode, No. 5 level west, north reef, 177 ft., width of milling ore, 62in.; crosscut at 150 ft., 17ft.; No. 2 lode, No. 5 level east, 410 ft., width of milling, ore, 61in.; No. 6 rise, risen <Bft., holed to winze from No. 4 level; No. 4 lode, No. 5 level oast, 991 ft., low grade, 980 ft., cross-cutting south, 48ft., in order to improve the ventilation; lioyal lode, No. 5 level east, 744 ft., width of milling ore, 60in., fault, has displaced the lodo; No. 1 shaft is now down 1020 ft., have cut a reef 96in. thick, value 19s. 9d.j impeded by water. From the Old Hauraki Company :—Fifty pounds picked stone northern stopes, 400 ft. level.'. . .. ' ' ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. ; .;'. . .'.—: * — : ~ ; . A.BOY'S DEATH.. ; (B.y Telegraph.—Press Association.) ';' ■ Napier,August;3. Fred Baker, aged eight years, .■ died in the hospital under circumstances renderingan inquest necessary. Deceased had been "plaving soldiers,"' and received a thrust in" the abdomen from ■ a stick. Next day he was taken seriously ill, and was 'removed to tho hospital; where ■he died.. A post-niortem examination revealed the fact that death was due- to peritonitis, and the stick thrust was in no wav responsible for, the death. Ihe inquest was adjourned for. further evidence. . ;'■' ■'"■.' '•, . DEATH -AT A FOOTBALL MATCH. ■.•'":" , • Napier, August 3. ' ' A young man named AVilliam -Walck,. son of Mr. .Joseph AValch,'borough foreman, of roads, died suddenly to-day while; looking'on at a football match. Ho was .suddenly'seized with convulsion's, and died before reaching .the hospital;.. An-; inquest .wiirbe'held tQ-morrqiv afternoon." '•.'.■.''; GORED BY A BULL. . Westport, August 4. A shocking mishap occurred. at lCarainea. . Michael Clancy was in.; company ■ with-another man crossing, a paddock in which'there was a bull. The bull charged Clancy before ho could reach a fence, caught and gored him, -seriously injuring ono of his eyes. He-is being carried.thirty miles over a rough track to 'Scddonville to connect with a • train for Westport. ■■'■•■ -FOUND'AT FOOT-.OI?..CLIFEy .-',... ~ Napier,; August. 4. A. young married 1 woman, Alice May Blewden, was found early this morning lying 'unconscious at, the foot of, a huge cliff near the district school. It, appears she had suffered for a long lime. frominsomnia, and got in'a very low-,stato-of health. Her husband missed her.shortly, before daybreak,' and'shb was,.later found as described, • having - fallen! about,. 180. feet.' Serious internal-injuries are feared,' and-there .is little hop© of her. recovery. ..'•' TWO.-MINERS INJURED'. - : ~,. •;• Westport, August 4'. •-. Two employees at the-AYestport-Stock-' ton -Coal Conipany.'s mine—Bertram Malphas (motorman) and Stephen Hassett (brakesman)-were injured .through being taught between, a motor and some trucks. Malphas was brought into -the■Westport Hospital. ■■■■■■.■■■.■ .''.-'■ ■'',SHOCKING ACCIDENT. ' ■- . .-.■ ..'■'■' Greymouth, August 4... A fatal - accident occurred, .at' M'Alis•ker's sawmill,.on the Otira line; "to-day, when a young man named T. Hansen, a"ed 27 years, was killed by, a : , trolly laden with timber getting beyond" control when coming down an. incline. Hansen had his neck broken, death being in- ■ stautaneous. . .;, '.-