COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1448, 24 May 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

' ; investment shakes. A sale of Wellington Woollen ordinary shares a,t £3 10i. was the only transaction recorded iu investment shares yesterday. The buying and selling quotations were as- under:- Buyers': Sellers. £ 8. d. £ s. d Well. Gas (£10) « ' ' ~ . Meat Export (525. 6d.)... - £.9 2 .Union Steam 28 6 Zll o Taupiri Coal • ' ' }i ! Kauri Timber (335.) — J 1 i ? Loylaad-O'iJricn .1 J TariiiKamutu lotara f J{ Golden Bay Cement — J ? i Sharland's ordinary — 1 0 ■> COMPANIES REGISTERED. In the list of companies registered published in the last issue of the Mercantile Gazette," there appears the fpliowipo. . The Banks Box Company, Ltd., jfav 17. Olfice, Palmerston J>orth. Oapital,£SCoo. divided into 1000 shares of £5 each. Subscribers, J. M. Barr. SO; A. B. Barker, SO: H. M. Johnston, 50; J. W. Kclvie, 50; B. B..Sutton, 40; W. Farmer, 40; W. F. M'Alliim, 40, and 23 others, totalling 30. Objects: To carry into effect ail agreement between the Creamery Package Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., of the first cart: Leslie Banks', of Wellington, and James A. Warnock. of Auckland, of the second part, and John M. JohnstoUi of Palnierston North, as trustee of the company, of the thfrd part. To acquire an invention rolatin,? to an improved butter box. Silver Pine Timber Company, registered as n, private company. May 21. 1 Office, Auckland Street, Uoropito. Capital, £7500, divided into 15C0 shares of £5 each. Subscribers. S. Athy, G. J. Goldfinch, jun.. ; A. D. Nelson, SCO each. Objccts: Sawmilling, etc. WEIGHT, STEPHENSON. AND CO., LTD. The sixth annual meeting of Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., wa3 held at tho head office of the company, Dunedm. on Monday last. There was a good attendaaco of. shareholders. The net profit for the year, added to the. amount brought forward from last year (£11,168 12s*. 3d.), gave a total of £41,771 ss. 9d. An interim, dividend amounting to £71Ei 2s. had been paid in October last-, leaving a balance of £34.588 3s. 9d. available for distribution Dividends on preferential shares at the fixed rates, and on ordinary shares at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum were declared; £SCOO was carried to reserve account, which will now f.'tajKi at and £17,508 13s. 3d. carried forward. The increase in rcscrvo accounit, and in the carry forward represent, an addition of £11,340 le. to tho undivided profits of we company, which now total £42,508 13s. 3d. Customs dutios collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1214 4s. 9d. LONDON MARKETS. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. have received the following cablegram from thwr London house, under date May ■ 22:—N luyifc: We have sold an Australian carqo at t9s. 3d. c.i.f. The buyers are holding off, and there is 'very little demand. The outlook is discouraging. We duote nor quarter oi.f., New Zealand wheat, long-bcrncd. 375. 6d.: shortberricd, 375. Tallow: We quote present spot values for the following descriptions :-Good mutton, 355. 9d. per cwt.: good beef, 345. 9d. per cwt.: mixed, 325. 3d. per cwt. TM market is firm. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Kec. May 23, 10.20 p.m.) Sydney, May 23. Wheat, 4s. 3>.d. to 4s. 4Jd. Flour, city brands. £10; country brands, £9 17s. 6d. Bran, £7. Pollard, £7 £s. Oate, Tasmanian Sparrowbills, 3s. 5d.; Giants, 3s. sd. to 3s. 6d.; Algerian feeding, 3s. Ed.; seeding, 3a' 9d.; New Zealand whites, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d.; Giants, 3s. 6d. Maize,, £5 3s. to £5 4s. Barley, nominal quotations only. Potatoes, Tasmaniams. £10 10s. Omoiis, Spanish, £12 10s.; New Zealand, £8 9s. Butter, selected brands, IZCs.: prime, toßs. to 116s. Cheese, lOd. Bacon. 6d. to old. Adelaide, May 23. Wheat, 3s. lid. to 4s. Flour, £8 17s. 6d. to £9 2s. fid. Bran and pollard, Is. 6d. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. (Rec. May 23, 10.20 p.m.) Melbourne, May 23. The hides markot is firm at late rates.