COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1048, 10 February 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

, , INVESTMENT SHARES. •/.'. A salo of Ohrlstchnrch Gas shares at £10 was the only transaction recorded yesterday. Tho quotations wcro as under:—

Tho annual report of tlio Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company slates that the profit for the year ended November JO was JE2J.CO6. to'which was added £2552 undivided profit from previous year, making £26.658. Tho dlrcctora havo decided to' pay. a..diyldcnd Of JLper, v ccnt. and a bonus of 2 per cent., absorbing together £22,924, leavins £5434 to be carried tomato.

WOOL EXPORTS. • This wool shipments from Australasia for tho seven months from July . 1 to January 31, compiled by Dalgcty and Co.. Ltd., compared with the shipments for tho corrcspondng period of tho previous year, show as under:— 1909-10. 1910-11. Bales. Hales. ;N.'.South.Wales 679,525 615,392 {Victoria :.;, 390,900 403,320 •South Australia 145,223 . • 154,385 Queensland 1(6,686 , 178,811 W. Australia ;, 56,728 61,795 Tasmania 15,527 13,937 r Commonwealth ...1,354,589 1,427,640 . New Zealand 296,676 272,518 "..'-'/ , ' 1,651,265 ' 1,700,158 ;.Th<>ro is an increaso for' tho prciod of <8,893 balc3,duo ontiroly to tho Commonwealth. The increase from Australia is (3,051 bale!, whilo Now . Zealand exhibits adecrcaso of 24.158 bales. During-tho pastsoven- months tho wools catalogued at the local sales in Australia and Now Zealand wero 1,519.011 bales showing an increaso of 54.424 bales, but tho wools sold locally wero-1,432,362 bales showing a-decrease of 26,663 bale's. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. add:•A considerable chango has occurred in tho position of tho total wool cxportß from Australia and New Zealand a3 compared, with a month ago. Tho figures to December 31 showed a total increaio for all Australasian ports of 111,836- bales, whereas at January 31 "tho surplus was reduced t0,,48.693 bales. There seems good ground for tho belief that tho increase at Juno 30 next-will not greatly exceed tho present surplus, as Victoria Is oxpcotcd to have a much smaller clip than was, nt first estimated, whilo tho shipraents from the other States promißo to. bo modorate.. The present • table of:exports will prorldo some interesting.figures for tho English experts, who have done so much damage this season to the producing interests through their overestimates of tho colonial wool production. Customs revenue .collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1092 2s. ;lCd.. .-. • ' v ;'. . . THE. METAL MABKETS. by .Tolegraph-Pros's Association-Copyright ■ . ■■; .London, February-8. Copper.-iOn tho. spot, £55 3s. 9d.; threo months, £55 16s. 3d.; electrolytic, £57 15s. *£l u ',7° a tho spot, £185; three months, i £185 .- IVS., - ■ . , , Lead, £13 2s. 6d.' 1., Silver.—Bar silver is quoted ato 231 d. ■ per ouuco standard. ' ':_'" . , ... London, February' 9,' -Coppcr.-Spot, £54 lCs.; thrco months, £55 55.1 ■ -.. Tin.-Spot, '£161 55.; thrco months,* £181. Owing to bear pressure and poor sup- • port, tho chief bull sellers of tho eastern markets have given way. •,|.',, ■ .:;'."'. '.WHEAT. . • By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright-: ■ .J ?;: \' "' '."•'.' London, ■ February 8. ■ Six thousand tons of South. Australian ■ wheat i!old : at 355.' " ' ;'j T i l . e , n ;^ or L ica ;' ".T^'Mo; supply 'of wheat .is 74.323.CC0. bushels. ' ■■;, London, February-9. Wheat.—Two Australian, cargoes sold at 3-!8..3d. per Quarter.: .-. -~, ;■..-„_■;-..■... ''..'.: \\, ; .- \. ,-. -. , . _ TALLOW. :■•'.'•• v ', \ „ London, February 8. vAt. the tallow sales, 9<6 casks were offered and 575.501 d- Prices wero unchanged.' - •' •.*'<•■ AUSTRALIAN MABKETS. '■ Uy TelccraDb fives' AesociaJon- Ccpyrfitbt t ,;..;.• (Bee.. February 9, 11.35 p.m.). , ■ '- Sydnoy, February 9.-. ; i,Wheat,.3s. 6d.-to.3s. 51d.; fiour, £8 10s.: (oats, Algerian 25..3d. to 2s. 5d., sparrow- \ bills 2s. Bd., .giants 2s. 9d.j barloy, Cape: ,26'.:6d. to 2a. Bd.: maizci 2s. 9d. to 2s.- lid.; ■bran; £4 55.; pollard; £4 10s.; potatoes, ;Tasmanian,'£s to £6; onions. £3 to £4 55.; 1 butter, 905.; cheese, 6d.j bacon, 7d. ! '•■>" • ■'■"'.. Melbourne,' February 9.: :-Hides:'Excellent competition' for all ! classes', Id. to Id. dearer. Wheat, 3s. sd. ,to 35..5 id.-; flour, £8-55., old £8 10s.; oats, ils.vlld, to -2si;.i barley,- prlmo malting, Ohovalior 4s. 9d., Capo 2s. 4d.; maize,'2s. 41d.; bran and pollard, £4 15s.; 1 potatoes, to £5; pnlous, rt to,,£2 ,155.... .._, Adelaide, Fabruary 9. Wheat, 3s. sd. to 3s. sfd.; flour, £8 lOs.'^

~ NAPIER WOOL SALE. (By Telegraph-Press Association.)

, 1,. . ~;, , Kapler.. February 9. . ■ Tho fourth and last of this season s'Napier wool sale 3 wa3 held here this afternoon. Bidding was animated, and, taking Into, consideration tho quality of tho wool offering, which was inferior, to last. Kilo, prices were well maintained. The wool catalogued was mainly' small parcels to somo extent back-country lots. Competition was keen for crossbred, from BJd. to Sid., whilst first pieces met with goaddemand at an average of about-7d,' Tho top prico for. halfbrcd was 10} d. A fow lots.woro passed in. Tho salods regarded as most satisfactory.

, Buyers. Boilers.' Ms. A. £ s. d Bank N.Z. ;....'..... .. 10 15 6 10 17 6 National Bank .: 5 18 0 — Equttablo Building 9 15.0 - Metropolitan ;... 12 0 0 — N.Z. Loan and Mercantile — 0 10 6 N.Z. and RWor Plate 118 6 — Well. Investment 0 11 0 0 11 6 Well. Trust and Loan... 7 11 6 7 U 0 Well. Deposit - 0 8 0 Christchurch Oas ..- 9 17 6 10 2 6 KclldinE> .Gas '•■• 119 - Olsborno Gas 32 0 — Well. Gas (£10) 19 2 6 19 10 0 Well. Gas (£6 15s.) 13 18 6 — . Well, (laa (new) 2 10 0 — N.Z. Insuraoico — 4 8 0 South British ....: 3 8 0 — Standard, Insuranco 17 3 — Gear Jlcat (£1) 3 3 0 - Meat Export' (£5)'.; ■ •- . 676 Meat Export (£4) — 5 5 0 Meat Export (52s. td.) 3 0 0 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 3 16 0 4 0 0 Well. Woollen (prcf.) ... 2 14 6 - Tauptrl Coal ;... 110 — Westpopt Coal (£1) '—. 1 11 6 Lcyland-O'Brlen • •— ■' 17 6 Manning and Co 4 10 0 - Jllramar. Ltd. ..-..: —' 0 2 6 N.Z. Paper Mills - 1.4-0 Taranakl Petroleum 0 12 6 0 13 6 Tflrineamiitu Totara ... 2 6 0 2 7 0 Ward and Co. ■ — . 5 0 ; 0