COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2385, 15 February 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

int.sstm;ent shares. j . investment' market on Saturday ; jsplej. were reported of Wellington, woollen Vordinaj-y at £4r Ids. and Union Steam'pref- | icrenco at 20s. ■ lOd. The quotations wore j jes-follow:— - Buyero." Sellers. ; £ e. d." '■ £ B. d. fatidnol Bank _L_.. 58 0- — ink K.Z. (old) 10 5 0 — ank 7TJI. (new) 16 10 0 — ell, Int. T. and A. 0 11 0 011 3 Swell., Trust Loan, Ltd. .., 7 5 0 — j!Well. Dep. and Mart. 0 7 0 — £jtaoE<md Gas (paid) ...... 18 0 — . IGrristchurch Gas (£5) ... 7 8 0 — 1 FPalmerston if. Gas 12 5 0 — Wear (£4) 14 5 0 - Meat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) 2 15 0 217 6 5J.Z.: Shipping (pref.) — 10 5 0 — TJnion Steam (ord.) 13 6 — • iTJnion Steam (pref.) ...... 1 110 — jOTestporWitockton 0 4 9 — •jaringamutu. ..... — 24 0 Sharland (ord.) 12 0 — Sharland (pref.)-.- 1 2 0 — Ward and Co. — — 5 15 0 -- •Paranala Oil WcHs — 0 4 0 ' Customs duty collected at the port of [Wellington on-Saturday amounted, to £314 mud.. - WOOI^-AJED-SKIS' SALES. ' Mess""! Abraham and Williams, reporting on their I'almerston North wool, skin, hide,. . end. tallow sale, say—We held the firstlocal £ale o£-the-new yxsor on Fnday. Wo Oiad a largo entry to offer buyera, rompris■ill" 2W hales and bags of wool,. 3888 shecpi rkTns, 575 calfskins, 440 large hides, and u, i fair quantity of taJlow, horse-hair, etc. i Bidding throughout the solo was very spirI ited, and the prices realised compare well i Y.ith those ruling at tile Wclliiifrton ea.lc last- : week. Wo quote:-Wool~Southdown, > . IM. to 12W-; crossbred, flno B'l. ; croaebrcd. ' moitcrfllc, 9Jd., lfld., IOJd., lOsd., 103(1.. to n»d.: (Irart. 6d., Bid., to 9Jd.: lambs, ■ 9d!, 93d.. 10d.. lid.. UW-. to 12Jd.; black. M. I . to B'd.; bellies and pi«fC6, 6J(L to o|d.; 1' locks and pieces, 6d.; v»shod pieces, Bd.; ; (irutchinga, 7J& to 7Jd- Sheerpskms—Cffora-

KJJtJ.; oroesbred faulty, s}d. to 73d.: lambs, '9d.;'dead; W.' to 7id.; dead iioßgets, 61(1.; black,, 6d.;, pelts .to 3-wool, 6)rf, to 7!d.; crossbrcd at per piece, 2s. 10d., 3s. 5d., is. 9<L, to 75.: polta to 3-wool, Id. 3d. to 25.; lambs, 4s. to 4s. 4d.; Falted lambs, 3s. 5d.; salted crossbred,. Is. 9d„ 2s. 4d., 2s. lid., 3s. 2d., 3s .3d., to 3s. lOd. Calfskins—Sound, IOJd. to 11 ; id.; cut calf, 9d,; 6lippy calf. s;d. to 6Jd. per lb.; yearlings sound, 8!d. to 9jd. .per lb.; cut, 7d.; slippy, sd. Largo hidesr-Ox, medium weights, lOd. to 10 l-Bd.; cows, medium weights, 91d. to. 9 7-Bd.: lii:ht. 93d.; cut and. slippy, 5 3-Bd. to Bd.; heifers and steers, 93d.; horse hides,.ss. 9d. to Bs. 6d. each. . Sundries—Tallow in caske, 23. .per cwt. ;• tins, 20s. per cwt.; rough fat, Bs. to lis. per cwt.; horse-hair, in baps, per lb., 6d. to Is. BJd.; cow-hair, Ed. per lb.

SOITCEIiAIfD ME4T COMPANY. (By jTeleeraph:—Press Ae*ociatiott.) Invarcargill, February 14. The annual meeting of the Southland . Frozen Meat and Prodnco Kxporting Co. was held on; Saturday. The annual report showed that the net profit for the year had been £5991 17s. 3d., .which, with the amount caried forward from the previous year, left £14,709 to'.be dealt with. The directors ■ .recommended that the balance bo applied as follows payment of dividend anil three per cent, bonus oil the paid-up capital aiid to -carry forward the balance. £9244. The •chairman, Mr. John tM'Queen, ■ moved the' adoption of the report, which was carried. " The seconder said they were charging the' maintenance of their; buildings and plant to ctirent revenue, and had a reserve fund. The dividend was .the same as tho:laettwo years, and they would air agree that an eight per cent, dividend was very satisfactory. They had a reserve ' of-£14.000 for'lire insurance, and another of "£22.000 available should anything go wroit's with- the company—a' vory remote possibility. '.TBOZEN, MEAT.. ' Assoclfltlon-CVpyrteht CEec. .',February 14, 5.5. p.m.) . . ";T ■ London, February 13. The -Incorporated Society of Meat Importers' Smithfteld market quotations for .the" undermentioned classes' of frozen meat .-are'-based-on actual sales of not less .then 'one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or -twenty-five' ■ quarters of beef, of fair average quality. The quotations are not " for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of tho shipments now on the market. The prices which follow are on. tho averag ea farthing per lb. ' more" than , the value ex ship, this difference 'representing the average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat:—. Mutton— ■ tf. Canterbury _... NoneoffeTintf North Island, best 5 11-16 ' North Island, ordinary 5 3-8 . New Zealand., ewes 5} ■■ . Australian, light S5 >• . Australian, heavy 5j , Australian, ewes.'; 5 ' Uiver Plate, heavy '. 5} Lamb— /■".'■■ Australian, best fcj , Australian, fair 6}. Australian, inferior .'. S. 3-15 River Plate, first 6S Kiver Plate, second 6 J-5 Beef- ' ■ New 7/ealand, ox foren ....... S New Zealand, ox hinds ...: ;.. Australian, ox fores t Australian, ox hinds 6 3-8 ' 'Kiver Plate, chilled fores S A-U , Eiver Plate, chilled hinds 6 5-8 Other meats are unchanged ... ' BABBITS.. Babbits are Arm and unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. - . (Eec. February 14, 5.5 p.ir..) ' ' . ' London, February 11. Butter.—Danish 'butter'is quoted at 138s. to 140s. peir cwt. Jute, native, first marks, February-Marcn shipment, £19 10s. per ton. New-Zealand Hemp.— I The market is firm. March-May shipments, £29 per ton. Rubber—Hard, fine Paro. Zs. w.: plantur-tion,-2s. 23d.;. smoked sheets, 2s. 4Jd.. Copra.—January-February shipments, £24 : 15s. per ton.' , - - Cotton.—May-June shipments are quoted at 4.84 id. per lb. ... • On-icksilver, £12 10s. per bottle. Silver.—Bar silver ie quoted- efc 22 , per ooilco standard. ' | WHEAT. , ' (Eec.. February 14. 5.5 pjn.) London. February 13. The rTieort. market has declined fid. an freer offerings from Argentine and the decline in America.- ' .'MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. .No business ims-. done in the mininc maTket on Batnrday,' The quotations were ■ as under:—. Bnyera. Sellers. . £ s. d. £ e 6, Blockwoler Mines 0 15 6 . - 017 -fl Montezuma 1 0 6 . — Murray Greek (old). ■ 1 10 9 — ♦Murray Creek (new) ......" 0 10 9 — New-Sylvia *. 0 0 9 . 0 010 Talisman .; 18 3 1 9 0 .Waihi — 2 o'9 Grand Junction ;. 14 6 ■Waitangi #11 0 13 , STOCK EXOHAUGE. • , Dunedin, February 14. Stock' Exchange sales reported:—Waihi Grand Junction, £1 4s. 3d.MOtWT MCHGAN MINE. ■ (Eec. February 14, 5.5 p.m.) - . • Brisbane, February 14. The returns of the Mount Morgan mine for the month ended February 7 show that : 22,670 tons of ore were treated for 2833 tons of concentrates privd-acing 785 tons of cop-per-and 9714 ounces gold.