COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2692, 11 February 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

J INVESTMENT SHARES. '' i the investment share market yesterday 6Qle of Meat Export shares, 57.5. 6d. 5 paid, at 555. was recordea. The quotations { were as under:— b Buyers. Sellers. i - T . - _ • £s. d. £s. d. i National Bank 5 0 0 —" 3 Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... io 12 6 . Bank N.Z. (£6 Us. 4d.) ... 16 7 6 — Well. Invest. T. and A.... — 011 0 Well. Trust, Loan. Ltd. % — 7 10 > Welt. Gas (£10) — 16 0 0 l Gas (pref.) — ' 019 6 Shipping lord.) 18 5 0 Union Steam (ord.) 16 6 16 9 • Union Steam (pref.) — 10 9 J Wedl. Woollen (ord.) 417 6 — I Westport Coal 18 3 18 9 . Manning and Co 412 0 — Golden Bay Cement — 10 0 N;Z. Paper Hills — 016 6 WELLINGTON WOOL SALE. 'The Wellington wool sale, originally fixed for January 25 and then for to-day, will cie definitely held on Monday and Tuesday i fiext, when nearly 39,000 bales will be offer- ; ed. The catalogue is a large one, but it 'represents the January and February /sales. Values, are certain to be high judging by the records obtained at the Sydney wool sales. The order of 6ale end , the catalogues to be offered by the several / brokers are given below i— / t j , Balea. Loan and Mercantile 5,116 Levin and Co 9,500 . United and Wairarapa Farmers 592 Dalgety and Co. io 011 W. and G. Turubull 1,617 •N.Z. Farmers' Co-op 740 Murray, Roberts ; 7,133 Abraham and Williams 4,202 Wit , COMPANIES BEGISTEBED. . The "Mercantile Gazette," issued yester* day, .records the registration of the following companies:— >\anganui blot Machine Co., Ltd., repisP ffice: Wangonui. CapiV. divided into 300(1 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wanganui-G. W. Ourrie, 50: T. H Nixon, 1C0; I'. 0. Hilhvard, 50 i G.. Colman, 100; J. Fairburn, 50; IV S Dus?U G 'r sol H ' K Gooti - IC °: C. J. MOarthy, 50; G. S. Gordon, 50. Objects; Io acquire the patent, rights for certain parts of the North Island for an invention called "The Coin Feed Vending Machine," for packeted goods. H. G. .Bedell, Ltd., registered as a private company, February 3. Office: Nathan's l X u c ™ dln S s '. , Gre y strcet ' Wellington. Capital, £1500, divided into 1500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wellington-H. G. Bedell, SCO: L. l)\van, 250; T. B. Dwau, 750. Objects: To acquire.-as a going concern the business of a tailor and clothing manufacturer, car. ricd on by E. G. Bedell; at Wellington. PATEA HARBOUR BOARD. The statement of accounts of th* Patea Harbour . Board tor 1915 < shows that the actual revenue for,, the year amounted to A 5, ?£;• wharfage yielded ±<5063 16s. 10a.; tonnage and moorage, £620 3s. 6d.; and rents,- £828 10s. 7d. The ex-penses-totalled £2641 17s. 5d., of which £1414 7s lid. was paid out in interest on loans, leaving the excess of revenue over exnenditure at £1109 3s. IQd. The chairman, in his report, states that the large exten- j ?«V on . °t lll6 Dieat fr works, and the vfaat Coast Refrigerating Works, shows tile urgent necessity for improvements to enable vessels to. work at all states of tno tide, and the necessity for more vesseis v ,A c 8otiations0tiations are in progress for the establishment of the ironsand industry, which it is . hoped may be brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and thereby give a great impetus to trade and to the distrust generally. l mports F atca last year.totalled inmn * ' - aS 10 ' 392 in lsl4 . ani 10,020 tons in 1913. The imports in 1914 tvere 11,73 tons, but of this 2839 tons consisted of coal. Last year only 639 tons of coal were imported. The exports' last year included 117,939 cases cheese, as against 115,295 in the previ'ous year, 6281 boxes butter against 9675, 4942 cases meat against 3437 a and 2705 ' balos WODI Customs duty collected a,t the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £595875. SYDUET WOOL SALES. ' Teleeraph—Press Assoeir tiou—Copyright , , Sydney, February 10. A he v™, 01 scoured wool touched •si.a. f the highest price recorded for many years. i {Bee. February 10, 11,10 p.m.) I t Sydney, February io. j sa !? s bave closed with spirited diid well-distributed bidding, values being firmly maintained. AMERICAN TOEAT SUPPLY. . . . London, February 9. ifidn«/M 1f 10 i n i v ™- supl, ' y of wl, eat is 1W,051,000 bushels. Chicago May options, 127 3-8 cents to 1305; July, 120 3-8 cents to 1223. WHEAT MAEIvET. (Eec. February 10, 8.25 p.m.) rm,„ i \ , Fcbruan »• the wheat market is firm, but quiet. Australian, afloat,, sold at 68(3. per quarter. TALLOW SALES. At tho tallow sales 1154 casks were offered. there were no bids, and the quotation) nominally are:—Mutton, fine 555. 9d„ medium 50s.j beef, fine 535. 3d., medium 495. KABBITSKINS BALES. At the rabbitekins sale 2012 bundles were ottered. There was a strung demand, and practically all sold. New Zealand btMt, advanced 3d. to 4d.; good backs, 2d. to 3c1. ; and inferior, Id. Australian best, , 2d. to 3d.; good, 2d. to 2jd.; inferior, Id. ' METAL MAHKETS. l - Copper .-Oil spot. £99 17s. 6d. per ton; f forward delivery, £9B 17s. 6d. v Pig-iron, 91s. per ton. A.USTEALIiN PEODTJCE MAEKETS. Bylelegraph Press Association—Copyright (Eec. February 10, 9.35 p.m.) Sydney, February 10. Oats, Algerian Chilean 2s. to 35.; local 2s. « Bd. to 2s. 9d., Tasmanion white' 3s. 6d.; ho.rley, malting, English, 3e. to 45.; Oajo barjoy, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d.; maize, South l African, ss. 6d.; potatoes, Taemanian. old •610 to £13, new £17 to £18; onions, £7 to £8. Adelaide, February 10. / Pran, IOJd. to llid.; pollard, Is. 2hi,cats, 2s. j HIDES, ! ' 1 (Eec. February 10, 11.10 p.m.) Sj Melbourne, February It). The hides market reports :-Stouts, un- % changed; others, Id. to id. lower. ■