COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2871, 8 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A. salo of Huddart-Pa.rkor ordinary shaves at. Zle, was made on 'Chance yesterday. The Quotations wcro ns follow

NEW COiTPAIUES REGISTERED. Tho "Mercantile Gazette" reports. registration of tlio .following companies Wellington Glass Company, Ltd., private company, Wellington, . Capital, £2000. into 2000 shares of £1 eafch. Subscribers: Wellington—S.' H. Underwood, 600; T. W. Whittle, 200; E. Quinlan,, 100; L. Quinlan, 600; H. .rohnson, 300; P. Palmer, 200. Obioots: To darry on. T.he business of glass bevellers and silverers, glaziers, etc. Wellington Jasper una Argillito Quarries, Ltd., - Wellngton. Capital, £5000, Into 5000 shores of £1 each. Subscribers: Wellington—T. W. Hislop, J. S. Swan •L. Nelson, M. E. Denniston, D. IT. Findlay, E. W. Se&ton, J. W. Mackay, A. Gualtcr, all one share cach. Objects; To acquire land <Hid open up and work quarries for obtaining stone.

GOLDEN BAY CEMENT WOBKS. The TQporfc of the directors "to bo pre* sonted at the ninth annual meeting of tho Golden Bay Cement Works, Ltd., states that after providing tos depreciar tion ,the .amount to tho' credit of profit audi loss is £9344 9s. &d.» which includes a. balance of £334'195. 5d., brought forward from last year. Tho board recommends that a# dividend of 6 pea* cent., which ' amounts to £3600, bo paid for the year just ended, and to carry the balance viz., £§744 9b. 5d., to next year. In ac-. cordance "with the Articles of Association, Mr. Charles M'Arthur. and Mr. Charles Stewart are the retiring directors, <ind, r being elijrible, offer themselves for re-elec-tion. The retiring auditors, Messrs. E. Bucholz and D. E. Meazies, also seek reeleotion. .

WHOLESALE PEODCOB PRICES. Messrs. Leary and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follows:—Fowls' wheat, prime ss. 4d. per bushel, medium Ss. liL to sa. 3d. per bushel; fowls' barley, seconds, Js. Bd. per bushel; New Zealand. Oape barley, 3s. lOd. per bushel; Australian Capo barley, 4s. 6d. per bushel; partridge peas, 6s. 6d. per bnshel; maizo feed, 4a. 9d. to js. per bushel: jihafT (oatsheaf), £6 6s. per ton, sacks in; hay clover, £5 to £5 10s. per ton: flour in socks, £13 15a. per ton; oatmeal, 25' i, £1B 10s., 7'b. £20 10s.; pollard, £7 10s. per ton; bran, £1 15s. to £5 per ton. ' All poultry in. good demSnd: Hens, 4s. to 6®. 6d. per pair; .cockerels, , 4s. 64. to. Bs. per pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury), : Bs. to 9a. per pair, Indian, Runners, ss. to 6s. per pair; potato seed: Breeze's Prolific, £7 per ton, Northern Star £6 155.-per ton;TJp-to-Dato £7 55., .Gamekeepers £6 15b. ; bacon 101 l best factory), sides lljd, per lb., rolls Is. OJd. per lb., hams • la, slioulderß 10d'.; cheese (factory),'medium lOd.perlb.; linseed nuts, 13s. per cwt,;, linseed, ground cake. 13s. per cwt.; boncdust, £6 17s. 6d. per ton; superphosphates. £6 15s. per ton; Bilston's basic slog, £7 per ton; Victorian Brown Spanish onions, £7 10s. per ton; potatoes, £9 to £9 10s. per ton; pig-meal, £6 10s. per ton; turkeys; gobblers Is.'ld. to Is. 2d. per lb., hens lid. to Is. per lb.; butter, prime bulk;,ls. 3d. per lb.; eggs, Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. per: doz. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3105 Ss. Sd.

LONDON..WOOL SALES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rcc. September 7, 8.55 .p.m.) London, September 7. At the wool sales there was a largo and good selection of greasy orossbreds. and keeu bidding, yesterday's advance being fully maintained, and being sometimes in tho sellers' favour. There was a fair offering of merinos,-the price being firm. Okare, top, 17W., avrage, lZid.; ICaputone, 35d., 331(1. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, ' dated September 5, from the High Commissioner for Now Zealand in regard to the London wool sales: —''The wool sales have "commenced with ft firm market and a good demand. Merino and fine crossbreds, all grades, are firm at- last, quotation. Medium and coarse crossbreds, all grades, are 3d. per lb. higher than last sales. Prospects are favourable. The total net quantity of New Zealand wool available' is 43,200 bales." 1 (Note: Tho - estimated values given by tho High Commissioner in his cablegram on the last wool sales are'as follows:—Fine crossbreds, all - grades. Is. Sd. to Ib. 10£ d.; medium crossbreds.. . all grades. Is. 4d. ,to Is. 7d.; coarse crossbreds, all grades, Is. 2d. to Is. 6d.;'suporior merino, Is. 9d. to 25.; medium merino, is. 6d. to Is 84d.; inferior merino,. Is. 2d. to Is. 4Jd." ..•■•.'■ Tho Bank of How Zealand lias received the following cablegram from its London office, under date September s:—'.'The sales have opened with' prices for crossbreds at from par to -Ave . per cent, dearer. Meinos are* unchanged." ' Tho, United Farmers' Co-operative Asso-'

ciatinn, Ltd., incorporated with tho W»irarepa ■Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., have received tho following cablegram from their London agents under date September l>:—"Sixth series of wool sales oojmed to.day, and were well attended. Fine crossbred, unchanged; medium and coarse crossbred, pna' to 5 per cent, higher compared with closing rates of previous sales." WHEAT. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, September 6. Tho wheat market at Chicago ie strong. September options closed; at 15U centß, and December 1525 cents. (ltec. September 7, 8.55 p.m.) London, September 7. The wheat market is nuiet, with prices occasionally dca.ror. TALLOW. London, September 7. At the tallow sales. 948 casks wore offered, and 73 were sold. Quotations:— Beef, tine, 495.; medium, 455. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec September 7, 11.20 p.m.) Sydney. September 7. Oats,' Algerian, leediug. 2s. 6d... 2s. 7d.; milling, 2s. Bd.. 2s. 9d.: Ta3m<vnia'n, white, 2s. 10d.. 3a. Barley, os. 6d.. 4s. Maize, 35.. 4s. 3d. Potatoes. Tasmnmans, £7 10s, £°. Onions. £4. £4 15s Adelaide, September 7. . Oats, Is. 10d„ Is. lid. HIDES. MolDourne, September 7. Hides.—Good catalogues. Lights and kips are unchanged. Hea-viea and eloppif?6 oxo from Jd. to id. lower.

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ 6. d. Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. 8d.) ... 11 2 6 Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. Id.) ..17 4 0 - Wu. Invest. T. and A. 0 10 8 Q 10 10 Wn. Trust, Loan, Ltd. ... 6 17 6 7 0 0 CUch. Gas (£5) 615 0. Qlsbornc Gas 114 0 — Na>pior Gag (£10) 15 10 0 — Well. Gas (£10) 14 7 6 - National Insurance ....." 2 13 u — N.Z. Insuranco 6 4 0 — Gear Moat (£4) 17 10 0 - Gear Meat (£1) .4 9 6 tWell. Jtcat Ex. (£5) .. - 6 0 0 ♦Well. Woollen (ord.) ... - 6 4 0 Wcstport Ooal 19 9 — "Ward and Co 5 17 6 — Manning and Oo 4 11 6 — N.Z. Consolidated 'Dental 12 3 - — Sharland (ord.) 16 6. — Shorlond (pref.) 16 6 — 'Cum div. fEi dir.