COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2521, 23 July 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

1 x INVESTMENT SHARES.. In the investment market yesterday, a sale of New Zealand -and lUver. Plato shares at 4e. was reported. The quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d National Bank — 5 7 0 Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... - 10 17 ,6 National Mortgago 4 0.0 — Well. Gas (£10) — 17 0 0 N.Z. Insurance-.. 6 2 0 — Gear 'Meat (£4? .; — 17 0 0 Gear Moat (£1) - 4 10 0 Union Steam (ard.) — 13 9 Unioii Stea.in (pref.) . — 10 7 Westport Coal — 111 6 Westport'StocJtfon- 0.5 0 0 5 4 Leyland-O'Brien 1 2 0. — N.Z.. Drug — ,276 Sharlendi ford.) 12 3 — Sharland (pref.) .12 3. — , COMPANIES REGISTERED. 'flho "MeJcantile Gazette," published yesterday, reportsthc registration of the'following companies:— ) . Newman. Co.'-op. Dairy Co., Ltd. Office: Newman, Eketahuna. Capital: £2000, divided int6 2000 shares of £l each. Subscribers: Newman—T. F. Colton, 25; G. H. Hicksonj, 20; A. P. Dawson, 20;- W. 0 Crocker, 25; H. E. Elsmore,- 30; J. Cooper, 50: J. "W*. Hughes, 25. Objects: '.Po acquire as a going concern the land, buildings, plant," etc., of the dairyms business now carried •on by the N.Z.. Farmers' Dairy Union, Ltd., at Newman, and carry on tho same. ....

Sims, Cooper and Co. (N,Z.), Ltd. Office: 170 Hereford Street, Ohristoliurch. Capital: £100,G00, into 10,000 shares of.£lo each. Subscribers: A.'Sims, and .A. E. Cooper, 5000 shares each.' Objeots: To acquire the.business of Sims, Cooper and Co., end to carry on at Chrietchurch. or elsewhere the business -of buyers, exporters, and importers of meat, produce, etc., wool brokers, fellmorgersf, and incidental. •

Customs duty collected -at tic ■ port'_ of Wellington yesterday amounted to £o6bl 186. lid. '

AXTSTBALIAN PKODTJOE MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press' Association—Copyright (Bee. July 22,-10.40.p.m.) ... Sydney, July 22. Oats.—Ta6manian, ss. 6d.; New Zealand "A" Grado Gartons and duns, ss. 6d.; American, ss. 3d. to ss. 6d.; maize, ss. sd. to ss. 6d.; Java, ss.' 2d. Barley, nominal. ■Potatoes, Tasnmnian, £10 l(te. to £11; New Zealand, £8 10s. to £9. -Onions, Vlotoriap, £5; New Zealand, £6 to £7 10s. Cheese,. 9d.. to lOd. Bacon, lOd. to IOJd- . ■

Adelaide, July. 22. Wheat, 7s. Flour, £18 -55. Bra*, 2s. 2d. Pollard, 2s. 6d. Oats,' feeding, ■Is. id, ■ - ■ 'HIDES SALE. , (Bee; July 22, 10.40 p.m.) Melbourne, July 22. At tho hides sale there were fair supplies and, prices wore unchanged. SIDNEY WOOL SALES. . (Eec. July 22, 10.40 p.m.) Sydney, July . 22.. The week's wool sales closed fairly brisk, (food qualities realising late rates, LONDON WOLL SALES. . .' London, July 21. At tho wool. sales there was better allround competition. Prices were harder except for shabbies, Which continued slow of sale. The following prices were realised for the fleeco portion of the clip* named: "Warrenda," top. price 13id., average UJd.; "Springfield." 15 l-Bd. and t3Jd.; "Fordon," ISid. and: 15J4. New Zealand: "Coverham," 14d. and 13 3-Bd.; "I'o.paratu," 14d. : and 13jfd.; "Pungataua," ]6Jd and 15Jd. The Ba.nl; of New Zealand has received the following (cable advice from, ite London office,, dated July 20:—'"Owing, to. congestion and temporary' financial stringency m the trade, tho Importers' Oommitteo have deemed it advisable to close wcol sales 'on- July 24, which involves holding over large quantities." Messrs.. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, Wellington, have received the following oablegram from their London office", under date -July 20>—Owing to tho weakness of the market and the. congestion , at tho 'docks and warehouses,' importers decided to-day that the fifth series of wool sales should close on July 24. For the sixth 6eries.of sales, whioh have been fixed.to open on September 7, the list of arrivals closes on July 24. For good merinos and best fine crossbredis, there is a good demand, but'other sorts are dragging badly, especially shabby orossbreds, which are 15 per tent, to 10 per cent, lower" than the highest point ol" the eeries.

WHEAT MARKETS. London, July 21. ■ Copper. —On the spot, £75 15s. -to £76;, three months, £77 2s. 6d. to £77 15s. Tin—On . the spot, >£161 15s. to £166'55.; three monthß, £161 155., to £162 106. Lead, £24 10s. to £24 7s. 6d. . (Reo. July. 22,: 10.40 .p.m.) London, July 21. The wheat market is quiet and prices are occasionally lower. ' ', ■. > The American visible supply of, wheat is estimated- at -12,003,000 bushels. Chicago, July options, 1075 c. to 110 c,; September options;. 1041 c. to 1051 c. .

V TAIiLOW SALES. , ' / London, July £1. At the tallow sales 1504 ca,sks. were offered ■ and 1401 Bold. Prices: Mutton, fine, 365. 6d ; modliim, '325. 6d. Beef, fine, 365. 9d.; medium, Z?£. 6d. .