METROPOLITAN BUILDING SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3026, 13 March 1917, Page 8

METROPOLITAN BUILDING SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING. annual meeting of shareholders in the Metropolitan Permanent Building and investment Society iras held last night, somel twelve shareholders attending. Mr. A , Sannay, chairman of directors, presided.

Tho chairman, moving the adoptiou of ?i - r « ejs ? r k ant * balance-sheet {(dlTeatSy published), congratulated tho shareholders on tho success that had attended tho years operations, for in spito of the "war the society h<id earned better profits than in tho preceding year. For a great part of thia ro3ult credit was due to the secretary, Mr. 0..A. Ewen, and the shareholders owed thanks to him and to his staff. The report and balanco-sheet were adopted. The retiring- directors, Messrs. W. H. Hannay and George Moe. were re-elected, without opposition. A dividend was declared at the usual rate of 7 per cent, per annum, and a further sum of GSGO was added to the fund, raising it to the amount of £12,000.

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PIUOES. JiessrA Laery and Co., Ltd.. Allen Street, report, wholesale prirt»s as follow:—Fowls' wheat, primo. 6s. 9rt. per bushel; fowls' barley, 4s. Bd. per bushel; Capo barjey, 4s. 9d. per bushel; partridge peas, 7s. 9d. per bushel; maize feed, ss. 6d. per bushel: crushcd maizo, 6s. per bushel; chaff. oat sheaf, £6 10s. per ton; hay, clover. £5 .per ton; hoy. meadow,. £5 per ton: flour, in sacks, ill 6 10s. per ton: oatmeal, 25's.' £21 "ner ton: pollard, £7 15s. per ton; bran, £5 15s. tht ton-: baeon (all best factory). I Ride?. If. per lb.; rolls. Is. Id. per lb.; ; liauie. Is. id. per lb#l shoulders, 9Jd. per « lb.; nliee*? (factory), medium, lOd. per lb.: clt,<?eso. loaf, lid. per lb.; linseed meal, I IfiO'o, £11 Ifts. per ton; 50's, £12 per ton-; SO's, £12 10s, ner ton; linseed nute. lis. 6d. per <nvt.: linseed ground cake, 12?. 6d. pe»* cwt.: whole linseed.' 255. pes cwt.; onions. £3 per ton; potatoes white-skinned table, £6, £7 10s. per ton. AH poultry in very good demand. Jlens, 35.'54. to 6s. per pair; eockcrels. 4?. to 7s. per pair; ducks '?elc*n and Arlesbury). 6a.. 7s. 6ddocks (Indian UunnoTe), 55., ss. 6d. per pair;, butter (nrime bulk), Is. 4d. per lb.; turkey® (gobblers), Is. Is. to Is. 3d. per lb. livo-woi'ght; turkeys (hens), 10d. to la. per lb. live-weight; eggs, fresh, 2s. per dozdo. HIGH COSIIfTfWiTONFR'fI MAKKET • "REPOET. The Department, of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerc© has received tho following cablegram, dated March 10, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified,. arc aTerag© market price? on spot):— Meat.—There is no material change in the market. Home-killed mutton and ,beef ar« in «rood supply. Argentine mul'ton and lamb, prices are higher owing to continued email supplies of English lajnh. Now Zealand and Australian mutton arrivals, per lb., 8?d.; owe mutton. BJd.: Argentine mutton, heavy-weight, lljd.; light' weight, llid.; New Zealand lamb, ICsl.: •Aigeutin*. lamb, 12? d.; New Zealand bf»«f. no supplies available; Argentine chilled be*f. hind?, llld.; fores. 10W. , Batter.—Market continues firm owing to the of Dutch nnd. Danish.' Demand is mostly for colonial patted butters. Cheese.—Market continues firm owing to continued small supplies. By the authority of the Pood Controller the followinr maximum wholesale prices have been fixed for both "butter and cheese during the next two weeks. Danish and finest New Zealand butter, salted and unsalted, 2245. per cwt.; Dutch creamery, Argentine, and Irish creamery, heavy buying by Home and Continental trade. 2185.; French. 217©.; American oT*amerv. 234q.; English Cheddar, per owt., 1655.; Caji«tdian white and coloured cheese, 1625.: State flats, 160s. Hemp.—Market firm, and prices continue to advance. Good fair N.Z.. per ton, £69; fair. £67: Qovemment-Grmded [ fair Manila, £901 coarse, £77; March to i May shipment, gpod fair N.Z., £69; fair, » £66; Government- graded fair "Mptoila. £90: coarse. £75. The output of hemp at Manila for the week ended' last Saturday was 22,000 bales, Wheat-.-Market firm, with an upwnrd tendency. Australian, 835.; Canadian, 81s.; Argentine, 80s. Oats.—Market firm, with hardening tendency. FROZEN' MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert; Anderson and Co. (Messrs. MeUsop. Eliott «nd Co., Palmerston North, •local agentf) report on the frozen meat market, under -date London, January 12, as follows:— Home-grown imeat has eased slightly owing to unfavourable weather checking the demand. Choice quality meat, however, maintains its value. Frozen Meat.—A very firm tone prevails, And; South American sheep and lambs havo risen Jd. to Id., the supply of Government m'iat not being sufficient to check the advance. There are no new season's New Zcalaiid 1 goods arrived yet. New Ze.'Lland plain cow beef sells at about 7d. for fores and 7?d. for hinds; supply very limited. Advice of/ Meat Shipments to U.K. Only. Frozen Frozen Frozen Chilled mutton, lamb. beef. beef. Nor. 191/ ... 406,537 357,670 289 031 62,000 Nov.. 19**5 ... 212,600 234.000 250,000 63,M0 Shipments during December, 1916 (Complete). Australia 277,800 482,360 65,700 — New Zealand 94.000 203.000 11,300 — S. America ... 100,000 68,000 148,000 109,000 471,800 753,360 225,000 109,000 Dec., 1915 257,600 321,475 323,6C0 62.0CQ "Market Prices for Weeks Ending: Jan. 12, Jan. 14, Jan, 5, Home-grown— 1917. 1916. 1917. Beef, sides 10H-122 72- 8£ 11J.13 Mutton, wethers... 115-135 8- 9 32 -13$ • Mutton, ewes 10 -10J 63- 7J 101-114 Mutton, Dutoh .... 92-11 — — Tess 12 -133 9 -10 12M3i Lambs 13 -15 9HOj 121-131 Veal, best 12 -14 IQJ lius Pork 125-13£ 8£- 9* 11 -14 Frozen—

Mutton: N.Z. wethers ... 83 85 N.Z. ewes 8 7J- 63 8 S. Amer. wethers 9J- 83 7i- 73 9• 8g Lamb: New Zealand ... 9* 6• 7s 9i Australian 9* — S. American ... 9$ — 9J- 9J Pork 9*-10J H 9i-10i Chilled: Argentine, ox fores ,v and hinds B*-10J 6i- 9 9 -10i