COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2553, 30 August 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

; , KVESKtBNT SHAKES. •: the" investment' market. 011'■ Saturday ,' : -.a sale of 'Manning and Oo.'s,shares at £4 125.-6 d. was reported. The'quotations were as follow:— " ' 1 v ' ' Buyers. ■ Seller*. . £s. d. ; ' £ s. d Xfiiional ; Bail!; — ; 4 18 0 Bank N;Z. (£3 65.. Ed.) ... 917.6 ' ■ io- 2 6 .Bonk:MfJs.--(£6.Bs; .4dJ"... 15 19 0 .: 16 2' 6 ''--'■-'Well.uGas (pref.) ...: ...10 0 Well Meat Ex. (£2 12s. 6d.) < 217 0 •:-'.Union :Steani: (pref.) ■019:6,.: ■ 1 0.0 .' " Kaio-poi .Woollen (0rd.)... 5 1 6 . —' ' -.'' : *WelU Woollen (ord.).'s '0 0 , — -. Well.- Woollen (pref.):.....;-.3 10 0 . — ■ : Westport' Coal •• 5 1 — . lieyiajid : o'l!rien — 1 2 3 Taringaihutu Totara ... — ■ 2 2 0 .\N.Z. Drug .'. 2 6 6' :': l floldon Bay. Cement ...... — • I*l 0 .' (ord.) ... 1.1 9': . '.Wilson's':.Cement (pref.) :1' 2 9 ' ' . Ji.Z. Paper'/Mi115,............... 0 9 6 .. ; — :' 'Cum dividend. ■ v M V . v'' : .-V- ". .' ■ '■ ■ fr GOLDEN BAY CEMENT CO. - The directors of the . Golden Bay Cement - Company; in their eighth...annual. report and balance-sheet for'the-year ending Juno M. 1915,; congratulate.'shareholders 02 the' • satisfactory results. '. After providing for depredation,the amount to.Uio credit.of . profit and . loss account, including the balvance brought forward from last year, is : £10,934 19s. Sd. Tho board recommends tho payments a dividend. (the first);bf 6 per ■ V cent. for. the iwhich amounts' to £3600, and to ■ ernes- to •,dividend equalisation Te- ; i«erve £4000.-leaving a, balance oC' £335 l 19s. 6d.: to : carry -forward. ■ 'Dr. 0. Prehdergast 'Knight ahdJiDv J. A, Plimmer, the retiring • directors, being: eligible, offer themselves for re-election. ,

FEUDING' PBODtTOB MARKET. -, . Messrs!- Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report as follows:'—Ohaff, £8 10s. to £9 155.; seed barley, £sj pressed hay, £6 to £7; tablo potatoes, £6' to '£6 155.; pig potatoes, £2 10s.: seed,-£4 to £4 IDs.; .Scotch tares, 17s. 6d.; seed Algerian oats, 7s. 6d. to Bs.; feed, ss. to ss. 4A Wofrner pigs qnd .slips,. 15s. 6a. to 17-3.,6 d.; stores, 21s. to 25a.; porkors, 27. to Ws. Hens, per pair, 3s. 6d. to ss. 3d.; ducks. 4s. 9d.; turkcj hens, 75.; gobblers, ■ 205.; geese, ss. 6d, At our Kimbolton clearing sale, oil account of Mr. G. Lome, the dairy cows averaged £(! TBs.; heifers mado - from £2 ss. tc £6 10s.; wcaners, 375.; draught horses, £13 to £22 55.; colt, £12 10s; ploughs, £7; potato .planter and digger; £10 10s. and £12 10s: Customs duty collected, at the port of Wellington on .Saturday amounted to .£403 Bs. . 3d.. . .v. - .WEST COAST COAL- SHIPMENTS, toy s" •' ' Westport, August 29. The coal output' last week was as folio™ Westport Coal Co., 10,520 tons 4cwt.; coke, 84 toils 3cwt.; Westiport-Stockton Co., 2207 tons 19c\vt. \ ' v FROZEN MEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. August; 29, 5.5 p.m.) •. ■" London, August 28. The incorporated Society of Moat Importers' Smithfield market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are. based on actual sales of not less than one hundred 'carcasses of mutton or -lamb or twenty-five, auarters of beef, of fair average quality. The quotations aro rot for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the'.bulk 'of .the shipments. now on the , market: The prices which follow are on the average a farthing per lb. more .'than the values ex ship, this difference representing the average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, l and selling of the meat:— 1 ' . .. Mutton— d._ Canterbury, light none offering : Canterbury, medium ...... none offering Canterbury, heavy none offering Southland ...... .mono offering New Zealand,' best none offering New Zealand, ordinary... none offering •New Zealand, ewes 55 Australian, heavy . S Australian, light .« ..Australian ewes w River Plate, light 63 River Plate, heavy .' 6a .River ewes 5J lamb— .* Canterbury, lifht 85 Canterbury, seconds .'.... 8 ' Canterbury, medium .'... 73 Canterbury, light 73-8 Southland 713-16 \ North Island,, ordinary. 73 North Island, selected 8 Australian, best 75 Australian, fair .73-8 Australian, inferior ■ 73-8 ' River Plate, first quality 73-8; River 'Plate, seconds 71-8 Beef- . : • Argentine, chilled fores .. 65 ■' Argentine, chilled hinds .... 8} I!.? .IMPORTS OF: LIVE ANIMALS. ■/ The' Government' permits -.the. landing. at AYonmouth and Cardiff for slaughter animals from South America, United States, Australia. New Zealand/'Abyssinia, MadaLgascar, Nigeria.,'' Senegal,. Cuba, and ,Hondnr.is.. till three months after the end of the-war..' : : '-'; -/ LONDON MARKETS. ' By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyriglK . (Bee. August 29, 5.5 p.m.) , London, .August 28. •Cotton, .August-September shipment, 5.52 d. per lb; ' Jute;— Native first marks, August-Septem-ber shipment, £24 12s. 6d. per ton. New, Zealand hemp, August-October shipment,'£32 Is. per t0n.... Rubber, hard fine Para, 2s. sd. per lb.; plantation. 2s. 4J&; Waoked 6heets, 2s. 33d. ■ Copra,> "August-September shipment,' £23 per ton. . . •' .. ';• • Quicksilver, "3455. per, bottle. Silver.—Bar silver is quoted at 22 15-16 d. per. ounco standard. . '.. ' " METAL'MARKETS. London, August 27. Copper.—On the spot, £71 10s. to £71' 155.; threeimonths, £72- 15s. .to £73; electrolytic, £84 to £85. Tin.—On the spot, £152 15s. to £153 55.; three months, £154 to £154 10s. • Pig-iron. 655. sd. . ' .' Lead, £22 15s. to £22 17s. 6d. per ton. Spelter.—Bar v silver, 23 l-16d. per ounce standard. WHEAT: ■ j.: (Rec. August s 29, 5.5 p.m.) , London, August 28. Wheat is dull, and lower in value. Chicago; September options, :991c. to 97 3-Bc.; December ;oiftions,"97Jc. to 95} c. The wheat and.flour afloat for the United Kingdom total -1,310,000 auar tors, Continent 715.000. :■ Atlantic shipments, 381,000 Quarters; Pacific, nil: total for Europe.-500,000; quarters; Russia, 20,000 Quarters; India,' 14,0C0. • DANISH BUTTER. , : ; (Dec. August 29, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 28. Danish butter is quoted at 1655. to 1695. The high prices have checked dema.nd,'.especially from. Germany, and; Austria. Never has the demand for clear-headed constructive thinking in business been w urgent as it 1 is'right novr. We are living in a progressive age, and. must take advantgae of all up-to-daite methods. It is in savings from waste of any description that, money is made to-day, .and by concentrating, one's efforts on all details of our, business we claim to be able to produce results for. our,many cream suppliers. We want more cream. Can you supply us? Further particulars, .Wanga nui fresh Food, Co.—Advt,