COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1775, 13 June 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAEES. A sale of National Ifortgago at £i 17s. 9d. was the only transaction in investment shares yesterday. Tho quotations were as under:Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ e. ri. National Bank (old) — 5 3 6 N.Z. Loan & Mer. (pref.) 96 0 0 - Well. Trust and Loan 7 J 0 ~ Ohristchuroh Gas — . , 5 Wellington. Gas (£10) — 16 3 6 N.Z. Insurance 52' 6tandard Insurance 1 )$ J " Ohristchurch Meat 15 10 0 — N.Z. Shipping 15 12 0 16 2 6 Union Steam , ,T „ " " Well. Woollen, (ord.) 5 10 0 - Westport Coal J '■ { We?tport-Stockton 0 3 0Golden Bay Ooment ■ — ■ 10 4 Manning and Co. 4 2 0 N.Z. Drug - 2 6 0 Sharland's preference .... — 1 « 0 Ward and Co 5 10 — DEPOSITS IN BRITISH BANKS. The- joint stock banks of tho United Kingdom hold enormous deposits, and, according •to tlie figures compiled by "Tho Statist," 6how the following:— Amount r No. of of deposit?. Year. Banks. . £ ■ H912 62 . ' 1,083,614,CC0' 1911 ... 84 1,017,707,000 ■ 1910 " .. 83 982,133,000 *905 88 871,165,CC0 *1900 11l 825,419.000 1595 ' 155 735.394.CC0 1890 124 541,405,000 1885 1.. 128 . 439,694,000 1880 101 356,070,000 It will ho seen that between 1880 and 1912 the deposits of British hante have risen • from £356,070,000 to £ 1r M8,614,000-ln other words, they have more than trebled in thirty-two years. COMPANIES REGISTERED. Tho following appear in the list of companics registered published ill this wceK 8 "Mercantile Gazette" Hirst and Co., Ltd., registered as a private company, Juno 6. Offlce-Kaiwarra. Capital—£3o,ooo, into 25,000 ordinary shares of £1 each and 6000 preference shares of £1 each. Subscribers— Wellington: Jonan Harris, 14,899 ordinary and 3570 preference; John Holmes, 9101 ordinary and 1430 preference: W. H. Harris, 1000 ordinary. Objolts—To acquire as a going concern tno business • carried on by J. ifarria and J. Holmes at' Kairarra under tho stylo of "Hirst and C 0.," tanners, leather nianufacturers, etc. , „' ' W. and G. Ttimbull and Co., Ltd., registered as a private company June 10. Of-flcc—3o-34 Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Capital—J3lCo,ooo, into 100,000 shares of £1 cach.' Subscribers —Wellington: A. H.Turnbull, 24.500 and 25,000 part fully-paid; James Macintosh, 8168 and 8334 paid up to m. Masterton: E. L. Holraw-ood, 8166 and Boi3 'paid 'up to 10s.; A. 0. O'Connor, 8166 ana '8533" paid up to 103. Invereargill: W. D. -Hunt, ICOO. : Objects—To squire the business carried oil at "Wellington and Wanganuiby "W. and G. Turnbull and Co., and the b'UGiness carried ou at ( Wellington ana Masterton of "James Jfacintos-n and 00. To carry into effect two agreements. To carry on-' the business of general merchants, general traders, stock, station, estate, and land agents, auctioneers, ctc. Customs duties collected at the port oj Wellington yesterday amounted to £mQ 13s. sd.

- LONDON MARKETS. TIS. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency'-Ootniratiy, Limited;'--h«ve "received; tlio following cablegram from their London. house, under date Juno 11Wheat. Wo have sold an Australian' cargo at £1 16s. 6d„ c.i.f. There is very littlo demand, and the outlook is discouraging. Oat Wo quote: Gartons, £1 2s. 6d.; Sparrowbills, £1 2s. There is a restricted demand. Hessrs. Lacry and Company, Ltd.,'wholesale produce merchants, report prices ruling on the Wellington market as follow:—Fowls' wheat,.4s. sd. to 4s:> 6d. per bushel; fowls' barley (best), 3s. Id. per bushel; Cape barley,-seed, 33. 3d. per bushel; oata, short feed, 23. Ltd. to 3s. Id. per bushel: oats, seed Algerians, 3?. to 3s. 3d.; Duns, 2s; lid. to 3s. 2d.; maize, ss. per bushel; Prussian Blue peas, ss. 9d. per bushel; partridge ; peas', 4s. sd; per bushel; flucro•fcdc, £7 per ton;'flour,.Atlas brand, £9 17s. 6d. per ton; oatmeal, £15 I,os. per ton.; pollard, £6 15s. to £7 per ton; bran, £5 55.-t-o £5 Ite." per ton; chaff, prime oatensneaf, £5 ss. per toitt straw chaff, £3 15s, per ton; stTaw, £3 per ton; factory baeon, shoulders 9d. per lb., sides ltd, per lb., hams 1«. per, Jo.. rolls 1;. Id. por lb.; factory cheese. loaf size, 7d. per lb.; factory cheese, medium size. 64. per lb.; honey, bulk. in 661b. tins. 4id. per lb.; margarine, in 2Blb. tins, Bid. per lb.; whole linseed, 16s. per cwt-.; linseed, ground, 2d!, per .cwt.; linseed cake, Us. per cwt.; linseed nuts, 13s. 6d'. per-cwt.; basic slag, £4 per ton; superphosphates, £4 15s. to. £5 per ton; rolled oats, lCs. to 10s. 6d. per dozen; potatoes, prime table, £5 ss. to £5 IDs. per ton; seed, Up-to-Datcs, £5 10a. per ton; peed, Gamekeepers, £6 10s, per. ton; seed. Breed's Proline, £6 per ton; Beauty of Hebron. £8 se. per ton; onions, £10 per ton. WHEAT By Telegraph— Press. Association- -Copyright London! June 11. Tho American visible supply of wheat is 49.453,1100 bushels. Official quotations for wheat—South Australian, New Month Wales, -and Victorian, for prompt delivery. 375. 6d.; on passage. 3P*. 4*d. Liverpool futures, 895 cents, July 89i (Rcc. June 12, 10.20 p.m.) London, June 11. Tho wheat market is dull and lifeless. Australian, off the coast, is being offered at 385., ' TALLOW. London, June 11. At the tallow sales, 1209. casks wore offered and 691 sold. Prices were unchanged. SILVER. London, June 11. Bar silver is quoted at 27 7-16 d. per ounce standard. ' AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE QUOTATIONS. (Rec. June 12, 10.20 p.m.), Sydney, June 12. "Wheat-, fe. 7id. to 3s. 73d. Flour, £8 15s. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s. 6d. to 25. Bd.; seeding, os. Id.; Sparrowbills, 2s. lid.; Giants. 2s. Ud. to 3s. Barley, Cape. 3«. 3d. to 3s. 9d. .Maize, 3s. 9d. to <<-. Id. Bran. £4-106. Pollard. £5. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £7 Ba. to £10. Onions. £'! 10s. to £8. Butter, folccted, U2s.; secondary, 104s. to 108s. Choose, 7Jd. Bacon, 7d. to 7Jd. Adelaide, Juno 12. Wheat, 3s. BJd. to 3s. 9Jd. Flour, £8 to £8 65. Bran and pollard, Is. ITIDES (Reo. June 12, 10.20 p.m.l Melbourne, Juno 12. Domand irregular; lights arc steady, but heavies arc one-eighth, lower.