COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2829, 21 July 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

NEW COMPANIES. . The ''Mercantile • Gaiette"' registration of tlic following companies:— New 'Zealand Wood. Pulp and Paper Manu- , factiiring Co., Ltd.,. Christchurcli. Capital: £30,i00, in 30,CCQ shares of £1 each. Subkriburs: Chriutchurcli—W.. Beece, J. A. liedpath, jun., .F. E-. Dipman, J. ■' A. Frostick, -P. Kelig, :0; 0. Fan', J. Montgomery, each. 1 share. Objects: To acquire arid carry oil the business lately carried on by the Dominion Wood Pulp Syndicate. ' . Osborne Manufacturing Co., Ltd., private company, Adelaide Boad,' Wellington.!". Capital: £1500, in 1500 sliaTes of £I.each. Subscribers: Wellington—F. W. Moore, 550; B. ll.'May-all, 200; J. Newberry, 550; J. A. Beid, 200. Objects: To acquire as a going .concern the business heretofore carried on at Wellington under the stylo of "The Osborne Manufacturing C 0.," and to manufacture and iinport condiments, fauces, etc. : ltislc aiid Co., Ltd., private company, Mangacturoa, near Baetilii. ' Capital: £10.000, in: 100' shares of'£loo each. Sub-, scribcrs: Jtai'y Bisk, Amy Mabbott, Annie E. -Risk, Maggie Bisk, Nellie lli'sk, all 20 ahares cach. Objects: To acquire as a going concern the farm now occupied, by the trustees of th,c late Jas. Kisk, and to conduct the same as a farm. WHOLESALE PBODTJCE PBICES. Messrs. Laory and Co., Ltd.," Allen Street, report wholesale priceß as follow:—Fowl's wheat, prime 55.. 3d.'per bushel, medium ss. 2d. per bushel; fowl's barley, 4s. 3a. bushel; Cape barley, 4s. 9d. bushel; partridge peas, 6s. 6d. bushel; maize, feed, 5s to ss. 2d. bushel; chaff, £6 »15s. per ton; oat-straw, £4 ss. ijter -Ion; hay, clover, £6 Ss. per ton; flour, in sack. £13 153. per ton; oatmeal, £18 10s. per ton-; bran. £6 per ,tou;.. pollard, £8 15s. to ..£9 per ton; potato seed, Northern Star, £7 per toil; Up-to-Date, £7 10s. per ton; Gamekeepare, £7 per ton;, bacon (all- best factory), sides, Is. per lb.; rolls, Is. Id. per lb.; iiams, Is. Id. per lb.; shoulders, lOd. per lb.; cheese (factory); medium, 9jd. per lb.; linseed nuts, 13s. per cwt.; linseed ground cake, 13s. per cwt.; rice pollard, £6,155. per ton;, onions, Victorian brown Spanish, £7 10s. per ton; {potatoes, whiteskinned table. Southern, £8 10s. to £9 per ton. ' i

■ Customs duty collected at the port, of Wellington yesterday amounted to £5130 9s. 3d.

• 'LONDON WOOL SALES. Australiau-New Zealand Cable Association. . : London, July 19. An average selection of wool was offered. For merinos and fine ■ crossbred®, prices v.-erc maintained; low crossbreds were irregular, and in buyers' favour. There were some withdrawals. The .following prices were . realisedKaputoui, top average - . .Messrs. Murray, Eoberts and Co., Ltd., have received - the following cablegram from their 'London friends, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., under date July 19'"Crossbred market irregulaf;/ -compared with last sales' closing rates, 1 ' medium and coarse declined 5 per cent, to 7£ per cent." • , The N.Z. Loan ,and Mercantile Agency •Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their. London house, under date July 19:—Wool: Market active; as compared with June. 8 merino, superior, 5 per cent., to 75 per cent.; medium, inferior, 7J per cent, to 10 per cent.; lambs,

5 per cent, higher; crossbred, greasy and scoured medium and coarse, about 5 per cent; lambs, par to • 5 per cent, lower; others, little change. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Bee. July 20, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, July 20. Oats.—Algerian, feeding, 2s. 7d., 2s. Bd.i milling, 3s. 10d.; Tasmanian, white, 35., 3s. 2d.; barley, 3s. 5d.. 3s. Bd.; maize, 3s. 9d., 4s. 4(1.; potatoes, Tasmanians, £7, £9; onions, £3, £5 10s. Adelaide, July 29. Bran, £5; pollard, £5 15s. HIDES. Melbourne, July 20. Hides.—Fair supplies. Sloppy lots are neglected; othei-s steady.