COMMERCIAL, ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1159, 21 June 1911, Page 10

COMMERCIAL, ITEMS.

-■. . . - • ■ . 3. INVESTMENT SHARES. There were no transactions , in investment shares yesterday. The buying and selling Quotations were as under:— - - -

LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE . IXSUItANCK. The report of the directors of the Liverpool nnd London and (i'.obc Insurance Company for 1910 states that the profit. ,iml , 10,<5 account has been credited with .£330,710 from fire account, £16/23 fiom members*' life profits account. £70.000 carried from suspense account; XIC4.COD interest not' included in other account?, and ,£iSl7B suiulrv - credits, the whole waking, with £937,*!89 brought forward, a total of £1.525,200. Out of this. £-16.731 is , absorbed by the amount paid to Globe 5 per cent, annuitants [or » the year, £150,000 is Iraiis-rcrrcd to general 1 reserve. .C25.0C0 tranpfcrrtd to accident reserve funds, j≥25.000 transferred to ■ staff r Thc Dalefielil Dairy l-'nctory Directors X havt decided to iiistnl fivp now Viclor Milk Vats, and have instructed .Air. Al- L l.'prt. .1. Parton, of CartPrton, to deliver them complete for August. Anyone interested in ulilk v.ils, cans, or cheese : hoftps should writo tor a. catalotrue. 'The " •"Victor" makes ate out on-'their dwn for I,aualit}' and'* finish.* Write'now, , 1

pon-ion fund, £AH2 paid-for income tax, . £16,001 rcconstitulion of canital ospentea, and .£<B,BH purchase of other companies , business. A finil dividend of 12s. per share, ranking 225. per share for the year, is. propose:!, leaving £955,C!)J to carry, forward. ■/niABE.Ix'AI.LKX STKEET. Friiit.-The Maitai is due from the Cook Islands to-morrow with consignments of Inland oranges humerus, etc. The Xnvua is due from Kiji on Friday .with the usual monthly shipment of bananas, nnd the Sydney boat, due to-day, is brineinp 7DO packages. Cooking apples arc in strong demand, prime green now bringing ss. Gd. to 7*. 6d. per wise; good desert apples have fair inquiry, at 7s. to 95." psr case.' The market is heavily supplied, with lemons, .and prices ranee from 6s. to 9s. per ease. Vegetables.—At auction yesterday, cabbages Euld up -to Bs. 3d. per sack for prime finality, the current quotation being from 45..t0 Bs. 3d.; swedes are dull of sale, fit Is. td. per cwt.; pumpkins arc bringing 3.--. 6d. to <*.- ud. per sack: for a lii'.o or choice cauliflowers up to 11s. was obtained at. auction. Hutter.-Prirac milled in bulk ie scarce, and is ruling at. Is. per II). Cheese is' in' far demand: best factory medium, 6d. to 6.\d.; leaf, 6id. to 6}d. Margarine.—Australian lnargirine meets with ready sale, at, 85d. to 9(1. per lb., and the quality is excellent. Ebbs.—An early decline in the value of fresh eggs is looked for. Hip current price is Is. 10(1. to 2s. per dozen, with preserved ruling at U. 2d. Bacon and Ham?.—Sides continue at 73d., ami rolls and hams at 8!d. per lb. Poultry.--]!™.-, 3s. to 4s. a pair; cockerels. 4s. to 55.; ducks, ss. to 65.; turkey cobblers, 7d. to Ed. per lb. live weight; turkey, hens Cd. to 7d. Oats have fair inquiry. A grade Gartons, 2s. 7d.; A grade sparrowbills, 2s. 6Jd. per bushel. Chaff.—A movement is on foot to have the duty on chaff removed, owing to the high prices ruling just now. New Zealand chaff, best quality, £6 to £6 55.; and medium quality, £5 to £5 15s. per ton, sacks in. Baled, straw is selling at 455. to £3 per ton. according to qualitv. Baled Hay—The current quotation is £4 I to £s'per tori, according to quality. Fowls' Wheat.—The. • demand continues good, the quotation for prime whole being 4s. to <s.!d. per bushel. Maize.—An excellent business is passing at 3s. Id. to 3s. 3d. per bushel ex store Wellington. Pollard is without any change, the prices locally being £6 15s. to £7 ss. per ton. Brau , continues to make £5 15s. per ton locally. ■ Flour is ruling at £8 10s. Ncr ton f.o.b. south, less the usual trade discounts. Rica meal Ins fair inquiry, at £5 per ton, with rice flour, ruling at £6 per ton. Potatoes.--Ui>to-Date and Princocs Victoria,, are ruling at £6 to £7 per ton for picked &2ed. Table'potatoes arc se'.linz at £5 ss. to £5 10s. per ton for prime quality. Onions.—The market is well supplied with; New Zealand-grown onions.'at £4 lCs. per ton; Victorian, £5 to. £5 ss. Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2703 15s. ■ ■ . '. BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION. By. Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, June 19. Horr F. 0. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular, states that the production of. beet sugar in Europe during the first six mouths of the 1910-1911 campaign, which began on September 1, shows an increase of 802,01'0 tens, as compared with the previous campaign. He estimates the total amount produced during the current campaign will be afcout 0.121.CC0 ton;, or an increase, of 1.963.CC0.' . ■ ■. CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET. ißy Tclerrapu.-Pross 'Association.) Christchiirqh, June 20. There have been a number of fairly large lines of wheat in store on offer, but there ' is'difficulty in effecting'sales, as buyers are ml prepared to give more than, an equivalent of 3s.' 2d. and 3s. 3d. at country stations.. There is-no speculative clement in the market,'and what few, purchases are bciilg made, either by millers or 'merchants, arc only for the purpose of keeping up nominal stocks. Oats are reported to be rather firmer though, at prices asked by growers, it is impossible to do any business with other centres. Farmers are selling "to one another at h'i?herpricos!'than merchants are' able''to give, and, consequently., little groin finds its way towards the market, excont for local consumpion. There is a considerable quantity of chafT o)i ofTer, but sales with the north are difficult to effect in view of cheaper supplies from Australia. The potato .market is still quiet, and until the supplies that have recently gone forward, and the northern markets 'are shortened. thcr.e. does not appear to be any prospect of improvement; Buyers are ' indifferent about making purchases at present, but, for delivery in July, 70s. at country stations is being offered. Onions 'arc now gettiuc shorter in simply, and the price has firmed somewhat. They are now 45s.'to 50s. at country'stations.

■• Buyer?. Bcllere. . £s. d. £s. d Natinn.il Hank 6 0 0 6 16 Bank of New Zealand 11 12 6 — Well. Trust, and Loan ... 7 13 0 - Gisborno Gas- : 3 10 — Meat Export (£5) 6 6 0 — Meat Kxport. (52s. 6d.) ... - 5 6 0 Xew Zealand ShippinR ... 11 12 6 11 15 0 Union Hte-im 2 10 - Well. Woollen (ord.) - 4 2 0 •iVell Woollen (pref.) 3 0 0 — Taupiri Coal 113 West port Coal 19 0 - U-ylanil-O'Bricn 1 V II - X.Z. Drug 2 9 0 - N.Z. Paper Mills — .116 Tarnnaki Petroleum 0 16 0 0 17 0 Taringainutu Totara ... — 210 0 Ward and Co 5 2 6 -