COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2473, 28 May 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

'investment shares. In the investment market sales -were reported of .South British Insurance at £4 lfe. 6d„ and Westport Coal at £1 Is. IOJd. Tho quotations -were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ a. d. £ 8. d. National Bank ~ . ,f J2 f Bank Jf.Z. (£3 6s. M-) 11 ' ® 11 12 6 Union Bank 57 0 J — Equitable Building 9 10 0 - Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. ... ~ 712 6 N.Z. Insurance SIS ~ Gear Meat (£1) 4 0 0 Well Meat Export £5) ... - 55 0 Well. Meat Export (£4) ... - 44 0 Well. Meat Export (525. 6d.) 212 6 213 6 Union Steam (ord.) 1 3 11 14 6 Taupiri Coal o 14 6 ~ , Leyland-O'Bnen - J J J Manning and Co — 15 2 K.Z. Drug „ "7, i 1 u N.Z. Portland Cement ... 0 \ « - Golden Bay Cement 116 1 Z • Customs duty collected in the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2027 3s. Za. NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. The "Mercantile Gazette" reports the.registration of the following new companies: Maungaiti, Ltd. Capital: £3000, divided in <0 shares of. £75 each. Subscribers: War fleamii —H. A. Lomux, 4; W\ A6hwcll, 2; j; T. Werry, 2, H. E. Good, 4; 0. J. M'Carthy, 4. Feilding-H. Roberts, 4. Hai-combe-L. G. Hogg, 4. Turakina-H. Y. Lethbridgc, 4. Objects: To acquire certain lands at Atiamuri and deal in same. ' H V. Bcnge, Ltd., Upper Hutt. Capital: £2000 divided into 2000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Upper Hult-Eliz. Bcnge, sOO; 11. V.. Bengo, 500. Taita—J..C. Mabey, 1000. Objects: To acquire as a. going concern the grocery and provision merchant business heretofore carried on by H. V. Bcnge at the Upper Hutt. Builtaniu Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., Eketohuna. Capital: £2000, divided into 2CCO shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Hukanui— W J. Parker, 40; H.' 0. E. Billington, 40; C Parker, 28; A. Pratt, 35; H. E. Baneke, 15; J Parish. 35; P. E. Wingßeld, 30; W. Griffin, 20; W. Parish, 35. Objects: To carry on at Hukanui the business of a, cooperative association. Freeman li. Jackson and Co., Ltd., War nzanui. Capital: £40,000, divided into 40,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wanganui -E B. Jackson, 20,000; F. Moffatt, 10,000; S. M. Davis, 10,000. Objects: To acquire as ji> going concern tlie- business now c&rricd od at Wflngticui, Waverley, etc., under the style of "Freeman E. Jackson and Co. M.A.P. Stores, Ltd., Marton. Capital: £1000, divided into 1000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Marton—L. M'lndoe, 250; G. Atro, 250; S. Prince, 250; J. M'Donald, 250. Objects: To acquire as-a.-going concern ' the business now carried on at Marton by ] present subscribers under the 6tylc of "The ; M.A.P. Store," as general merchants, etc. j Mangawata Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., Ma- . ngawata. Capital: £2000, divided into 2000 shares of £1 cach. Subscribers: S. 1 Macantey, BO; J. Hodges, 40; C. H. Wood and J. E. Lucas, 66; R. B. Knudeen, 70; H. Wilton, 60; I. D. S. Cookslcy. 50; l'oitoko Matai, 25; W. Greenaway, 100. Objects: dairying and incidental. ABATTOIR REPORT. 1 The Abattoir report for the month of , April as presented to tho City Council last ; night, showed the following figures of j cattle slaughtered, the number condemned 1 bein» given in parentheses:—Cows. 546 (65); , bullocks, 517 (14); bulls, 00 (2); sheep, 6280 • (29); lambs, 1040 (1); calves, 161 (1); pigs, TO (1). The fees received for the month , were £<18. on increase of £140 over the j fame month of last year. 1 LONDON' WOOL SALES. ] (Br Telegraph,—Frees Assn.—Copyright.) London, May 26. * for t.J>A neit wool sales the arrivals total 51 tiifft holes, forwarded direct to manufacturers 310/0) bales leaving available for the M2//J0 bales, Shipmep'.s by the Rotonio, Ben»lla. ond Tclamon ore the tel. to he Included. ftyftSßV WOOL SALES. (Bee. May 27, 10.10 p.m.) 1 Sydney, May 27. This week's wool Miles closed strong, with . on a/'tive demand. flood cla?fes were fully I 10 per cent, above March rates. Faulties were hard, to plncc- 1 BIDES SALES. , (Rec. May 27, 10.10 p.m.) Melbourne, May 27. ( At the hldcß tales there were moderate , supplies. Heavy and good were unchanged, others were a farthing lower. AUSTRALIAN PRODfJCK MARKETS. (Rec. May 27, 10.10 p.m.) Sydney, jfay 27. Oats, Tasmanlan, ss. 6d.; New Zealand "A" grade Gartons, &. sd. to js. 6d.; barley Cape feeding, se. 9d. ; English. 6e.; maize. se. 7d. to ss. 9d.; potatoes. iasm«nlan £6 10s. to £8, New Zealand (UjvtoDate) £7 10s.; onions, Victorian £B. Jsew Zealand Globes £5 ss. to £5 ICs.; cheese, 9t<l. to lOd.; bneon. Bid. to 9d. Adelaide, May 27. Wheat, Bs. 4d. to Bs. 5d.; Hour, £17 155.; bran, 2s. 2td.; pollard) 26. M.; oats, jb. 9d. WHEAT. (Rec. May 27, 11.35 p.m.) London, May 27. Tho A.morican visible supply of wheat ifi estimated at 38.002,000 bushels. METAL MARKETS. London, May 26. Copper.—On the spot, £76 16s. to £77; three months, £77 lSs. to £78. Tin.—On the spot, £I*2 to £162 10s.; Urce months. £161 10s. to £162. Lead.—Soft foreign, £20 to £20 10s. Silver—Bar silver is quoted at 23 9-15 a, ouffl.ee standard,