COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2883, 22 September 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. • /. investment shakes. ; Ycstcrdy'as •Yeetorday's quotations for investment ihares-Tvero as under:— ■ , ' . ' Buyer*. Seller*. f s. d. £ s. u. National Sank — 5 7 9 Bank-.ItZ. (oldj ... U 6 0 - National Insurance 2 13 6 — NiZ. Insniranoe 6 9 0 — Huddart-Paiker (ord.) ... 1 6 0 — H.Z. /Shipping (pref.) ... 10 10 0 ' — Well. Woollen (ord.) - , 6 0 0 Westjiort. Ooel 19 9 lieyland-O'BHcn 12 9 — ♦Golden 'Bay Cement ... — 12 0 N;Z.Con. Dental 12 9 — NiZ/ 1 . Drue '.. 2 7 6 N.Z. Portland Oement .. , — . 112 8 .Customs duties collected at the port of . Wellington yesterday amounted to '£4J67 NEW COMPANIES. Eegistxation of the. following new companies is reported by tie "Mercantile Qnzotto":— New Zealand Co-op. Bennet Co., Ltd., Wellington. Capital: £20,000, in 20,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: 3. D. ■ Forsyth. W. Fisher, P. H. Wise,'J. Morn, J., B. Murdoch, W. D. PowdrcJl, 1\ O. ' Brash, all one share eaoh.- Objects: To carry on the businesses of ■ importers and dealers, etc., of rennet or any similar product, derived from, animal or other •' source. .Ferguson arid Osborn, Ltd., private company, WeUineton." Capitol: £UjHtt, in 10,000; shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wei- • lington—A. Ferguson' 50C0, 'A'. J. Ostein " 6000. Objects: To acquire as a.'going oonoern the business of printers, manufacturing stationers, eto., oarried on at Wellington'by Ferguson and Csborn. Itavenswood 00-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., lalmerston North. .'Capital:. £EOOO, in 5000 shares of £l each. Subscribers: P. P. Hanson 60, ,T. H. Hudson 90, W. J. Sn'ith 76, H. Oampbdl-Eaikes 76; A. .Smith 40, H. J. Lnurideoh 63, T. W. Kingsbcer 75. Objects: Dairying and incidental. BoyeJ Drainatio and Comedy Company, Ltd., private company, Wellington. Capital: £3000, in-120 share* of i 25 each. Subnoribera: Wellington—B.. Boylo" 44, E. A. Phelps -10,' A: A. Phaips.fG, W. F. Loikin ' 10, 0. Slock 30, W. Clayton 8, E. W. Hunt 8. Objects: To. carry into effect a certain agreement: made •, between J. C. Williamson "Ltd., of one .part and 0. Slock on behfllf of the company, and to carry on. tie businesses of theatre, music-hall proprietors,- etc. . "*A. Doig. Ltd., private company. Wel- ' flington. ' Capital: £1600, in. 1600 shares of •vSI each. Subscribers: A. Doig 10C0, J. IT. Tivrnibull 100, -J. Mt. A. Ilott 100, E. H. ■ .Kidger 200, J. Hott.loo, D. A. Hamilton 100., Objects: To acquire as.a going con-

cern the business of A. Doig, of Wang?mil, chemist, carried on by nim in Australia in respect of preparations. WHOLESALE VRODijOB PRICES^ Messrs. Ixiery anil Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale pricw as follow Fowl's wheat, prime, Ss. 3d. to 6s. sd. per bushel; fowls' barley, 4s. per bushel; Cape barley, 4s. 6d. per bushel; Australian barley, seconds, 3b. Bd. per bushel; partridge peas, 6s. 6d. per bushel; maize feed, 4s. 10a. to ss. per bushel; chaff, oatsheaf, £6 ss. per ton; liay, clover, £5 to £6 per ton; (lour,, in sacks, £13 15s. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, £18, 7's, £20 per ton: hran, £4 15s. per ton; pollard, £7 10s. to £7 16s. per ton; potato .e-.eds. Lrroze's J'rolill- £7 per ton, Nortnorn Star £6 15s. per ton, Up-to-Date £7 15s. per ton, Gamekeepers £7 por ton; Imcou All ::est lictory). sides Hid. per lb.; rolls Is. OJd. per lb.; hams la. per lb., shoulders lOd. por lb.; checsc (factory), medium lOd. per lb.; linseed nuts, 13s. per cwt.; linseed ground cake, 13s. per cwt.; Victorian Brown Spanish onions, £8 to £8 10s. per ton; potatoes, white-skinned, table, £9 to £9 Ids. per ton. All poultry in very good demand. Hens, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per pair; cockerels, ss. 6d. to Bs. per pair; diucks (Pekin.ond Aylesbury), Bs. 6d. to 9s. 6d. per pair; Indian Runners, ss. to 6s. per pair; turkeys, gobblers Is. Id. to Is. 2d. per lb., hens lid. to Is. per lb.; butter (prime bulk), Is. 3d. per'lb.; eggs, .Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. por dozen. -LONDON WOOL SALES. Auitralian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. September 21, 7.35.p.m.) London, September £8. . At the wool sales a poor miscellaneous selection was offered. Faultios'were slow of sale,, and prices were irregular. Good sorts sell well at late rates. TALLOW SALES. (Kcc. September 21, 7.35 p.m.) London, September 20. At the tallow salc9 1929 casks were offered on a good demand, and 1711 were sold. Quotations: Mutton and beef, both fine, <155.; medium, 415., 6d. . WHEAT. (Bee. September 21, 7.35 p.m.) London, September 26. Tho wheat market Is inactive, with, an easier tendency. ■. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MAItKET. ' By TeleeraDh-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. September 21,, 9.50 p.m.) , , . ' Sydney, September 21. Oats, Algerian, feeding, 2s. 6d., 2s. 7d.; milling, ,2s. Bd., 2s. 9d.; Tasmanian, white, 2s. 10d„ 3s. Barley, 3s. 6d., 4s. Make, 35., 3s. lOd. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £6 15a., : £8 10s. Onions, £4, £5. Adelaide, September 21. •Oats, Is. 6d., Is. lOd. • -HIDES. • ' Melbourne, September 21. Hides are in moderate supply. Lights and kips aro firm; heavies are neglected.