COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2639, 9 December 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. - There were no transactions in the .investment share market yesterday. Tho quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. <i. £ s d. National Bank 5 2 0 — Well.. Invest. T. and A. — QUO Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. ... 7 0 0 7 5 0 National Insurance — . 26 6 N.Z. ..Insurance. 6 4 6 •?. Gear Meat (£1) 019 0 N.Z. Shipping (ord.) — 18 0 0 Union Steam (ord.) 14 9 — Union .Steam (pref.) 110 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 419 6 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 6 6 — Wcstport Coal — 18 6 Ward and Co 6 0 0 — W.F.C.A. (£5) -• 6 10 TO-MOIIROVR WOOL SALE. The Wellington Wool Brokers' Associatibn reports the followiirg catalogues in order of sale to. be offered al to-morrow's wool sale in the Concert Chamber:— * Bales. Abraham and Williams, Ltd 2058 N.Z. Loan and H.A. Co., Ltd. 2885 Levin and Co.. Ltd., cud Kreeman 11. Jackson and Co, 5850 United Farmers, Ltd., and- Wairarapa Farmers, Ltd 500 Dalgety and Co., Ltd 5895 W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd. — 760 N.Z. Farmers' C-0.-op. Dis. Co : 602 Murray, Itober'ts and Co., Ltd., and Johns-ton and Co.. Ltd WOO • • 23,451 GEAR. MEAT CO. The annual report of the Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Co., to be submitted to shareholders on WedneEdaj' next-, states tliat, including the amount brought forward, and after making allowance for depreciation, and payment of interim dividend, there remains a balance of £28.440 125., which the directors recommend for appropriation as follows;—In payment of a dividend of 10 per cent-, for the year endeil November 30, less interim dividend at 5 per cent, paid in June, £4600; in payment oI special diyidand of 5 per cent, from profits earned by reserve funds, less 25 ,per cent, paid in June. £2300; contributions to approved funds for benefit of New Zealand wounded soldiers hare and abroad. £2000; to be carried forward to next year's account, £19,540 12s. Owing to the satisfactory results of operations in connection with tho company's insurance reserve, the directors recommend the payment of a, bonus of 5 per cent, on the paid-up capital out of that account. The retiring directors aro Messrs. W. 11. S. Moorliouse and Nicholas Ibid, who. being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The auditors, Messrs. B. T. B«/lham and E. W. Hunt, also offer themselves for reelection. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £496' 16s. - ' . METAL MAKKETS. By TVloEraph—Preso Association—Copyright London, December 7. Copper, on spot, £77 ss. to £77 7s. 6tl. per ton; three months, £77 15s. to £77 17s. 6J. Tin on spot, £165 10s. to £166 per ton; three months, £165 to £165 10s. Lead, soft foreign, £27 per ton. Spelter, on spot-, £85 per ton; forward delivery, £74. Silver.—Bar silver is quoted at 26 15-16 d. per ounce standaid.