COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

IV 1 V ;• INVESTMENT; SHABEB. ' 'V, -;inVthe inveHincnt : market sales weff© re-, -ported of 1 Ohristchuroh : Meat at £16. 75.". 6d.; Westport. Coal at £1.11-3. 3d.; and leyland-, O'Brien .at 225. 3d. . The, auotations were; as under:— , „ „ - j Buyers. Sellers. • '; ' ■' . £ s. d.' ;£ s. d. Ixational Bank-................. i'' 10 f-0, Ohristchurch Gas (£5) ... 8 0 0 8 2 6 Well. Gas (£10) 1610 0 17 . 0 0 Well.; Gas (pref.) 0 19 9 Gear 'Heat l£l) .............. 4 0 0. . - Wcil.,:Meat;.Export . —.... ■ Union Steam.(pref:). 1 0 5'" 5 " 1 . — ■ Ktiiapoi Woollen : {0rd.)... 5 I f ;'. —. ; Well:: .Woollen :(ord.) ...... ..-.-4.17 .6 Manning and; Co. '-............: ' 4.5 0 JT.Z. Oon. Denta1:.'.......,.'.,. 1 0 .0 . • —.. NZ Drug . - „ 2 7 6 N:Z;: Portland .Cement ... 0 .9. 0 — _ Golden Bay: . Cement' 1 1 -6 12 0 Crown Brewery '. — , 115. " ; Customs duty -collected- at, the port ot Wellington: yesterday amounted , to; £2059, 35.• Id. : v • PERMANENT XNTESTJIENT CO;, : . WAIRAEAPA. The Permanent.- Invest-meat'.-, and , Loan; Association of.'Wairarapa. : lias . donevery well durinjj the year' ended May 31 last. The amount .'on mortgage' is now £47,958 16s. 7d.i- the securities for which;ore.ample. .There are 1511, investment 'shares now; current, r 243 -shares having been paid off, and .142 ne\v- ones were vtaken up during the year. "The net profits for the year totals £2217 18s. Id:; -which has been appropriated -in accordance v.'itH Rule 42.-At, the annual meeting, of .shareholders, held in Greytown on Monday, Messrs. W. H. Booth and D. -P. LoaAy, th» retirine 'flirectors. werd re-elected, and Messrs.- Webster and - Dudddng were reappointed auditors. . The following ' resolution -. waa .'■ carried:—"That sliarbholSers . withdrawing shares in. any of the series up to June 1909 and taking up newl shares ia lieu' thereof be allowed their uhnre of the reserve fund, also that shareholders:, whose shares, . mature shall be allowed their share of the reserve fund.

BOTJmBHN MARKETS. (Br Telegraph.—Press Association.! Chrlstchurch, July 6. There is still no business doinc in -wheat. There, is some inquiry for oats, moetly from country districts, but those Rrowcrs ■who are holding- are asking. <«. Gd. in face of tlie dcclino in the market in South-' land there'are no buyers at tho abovo Srice, except it may be of special. Eced ncs. . . Oatshce-f chaff is very firm, and oat straw chaff is: now worth £4 at country stations, hut the demand is limited. . The potato. market has shown «, 'litU© improvement. As merchants are now ablo to get permits to export, they are offering £5 10s. to £5 15s. at country, stations, but there are'few sellers, as growere fl.ro as kin r- £6. Auckland buyers aro sill holding off the marirot.. Onions are Armor, and are now quoted at £3'ss. to £3 10s. at country stations. • ; BUTTER AND CHEESE.', Messrs. A ,S. Paterson and Company, Ltd., Wellington, havo been advised by cablegram, from their.'Londfon urincipals (Messrs. J. and J. Lonsdale and. Company, Ltd.), as follows:—Butter: Tho'.market is generally firm. Cheese: . Canadian 1 supplies are very heavy; and as d result tho market lids a downward tendency. ~ AUSTRALIAN WOOL BETIEW. By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, July 6. ■ The annual review of the wool industry shown that tij© wool shipped' to the United Kingdom, during. the'past seaeon increased by 289,500. bales; .that the .export to America increased by 67,500 bales, and to ■ Japan by 31,200 bales, r . The export to. the Continont decreased by 574,955. bales, compared with the previous season. '