COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, 14 March 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday's quotations for investment chares were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers.' f £s. d.' £b. il. National Bank - : 1 610 0 Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 13 16 0 14 0 0 Hani; .v.z,. (£(> Ijs. 'lu.) — 18 10 0 Union Bank (new issue) 54 5 0 55 0 0 Equitable Building 9'o 0 — • N.zi. and River i'late 2 1/6 — Well. Investment 010 3, • , ~ Well. Trust and Loan ... b la 6 — Well. Deposit — „ ! Auckland Gas ; — 17 0 Onmcnurcn Gas 6 4 0 — Well. Gad (£10) 1110 0 ■- Well. Gas (prcf.) — 0 16 6 Rational Insurance 3 14 0 — S.B. Insurance 7 Iff 0 8 0 0 hianda«i insurance ...... 2 V U" — Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... — 216 Union Steam (pref.) 110 Hikurangi Coal 0 7 6 - Westport Coal 111 6 112 0 Levia'iu O'lirien Timber 1 V 9 18 6 N.Z. Dry? 2 H 0 Mtarlaim (ord. and pref.) 1 10 0 — Ward and Co 4 12 6 — Vairarapa farmers ■ - 612 6 War Bonds (1936) - 97 5 0 War Bonds (1930) .'... - 97 5 0 AUSTRALIAN PRCSDUCE. (Rec. March 13, 9.5 p.m.) Sydney, March 13. Oats, Algerian, feeding, ss. 4.\d.; milling, 6s. !6d.; Tttßmanian, white,, 6s. to 6s. 3d. Barley. Cupe, ss. to as. 3d.; malting, ss. 9d. to 6b. 3d. Maize, Bs. Id. to Bs. 3d. Potatoes, Victoria, £'J 10s. to £13. Onions, £15. N . Adelaide, March 13. Oats, 4s. 4d. Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3063 i lis. 9d. i The "Mercanlilo Gazette" reports the registration of tile following companiCß:Farmers' Finance Co.. Ltd. Registered as a private company February 25, 1919. Office: Borough Council Chambers. Hawera. Oapital: £10,000, into 100 shares of £100 each. Subscribers: Hawera—H. E. Candy. 20, W. 0. Williams 20, n. Hpratt 20 f jtokoia— C. J. Hawken 20, B. C. Lysaght 20. Objects: To carry on business of financial agents, etc. Dominion Film Co., Ltd. Registered as a private company March 7. 1919. Office: The Square, Christchurch. Oapital: £4000, into' 4000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Ohrietehurch—D. Redpath 300, W. Hill 3CO, E; H. Olarlc' 300, W. N. Seay 600, A. Butcher 300, M. F. Barnett 300; Auckland— E. A. Craig 500; Wellington—G. L. Johnston 500, H. it. Dutbie 500, F. A. King 400. Objects: To.acquire from Messrs. Btoddart and Proctor, of Wellington, for £250, the New Zealand rights to the exhibition of a series of picturo films during 1919, etc. Colonial Farmers' Co-operative Trading Co., Ltd. Registered as a private 'tympany March 11. 1919. Capital: £100,003. into 1000 shares of £100 each..\ Subscribers: Wellington—Jl'./J. Walkinton Smyth 650; Mnrton—Jane Gardiner 200, S. Gardiner 150.' Objectß: To carry on business of a trading and indenting association, etc. THE HONEY CROP Tlio Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture has received from the apiary instructors the following report concerning the honey crop prbspocts :— Aiuildand.— February has 'been an ideal month for the bees, and prospects have improved accordingly. Waikato reports indicate tlio honey crop will be, slightly below the average. Thames Vnllev will show good returns, mainly owing to tlio late flow from pennyroyal. lieucrally the season will be fair. Wellington.—A number of returns are now available, showing the' honey crop gathered from apiaries in the district. They are all good average crops, which serve to indicate that the climatic conditions were very evenly distributed, as usually the crops are patcli.v. Tlic quality is all that could be desii'ed. ' None of this season's crop has'yet reached Ihe market, but prices are likely to remain firm. Beeswax is in demand at 2s. .Id. per lb. Christchurch and Dunedin.—Weather conditions have been favourable for extracting operation?, and, as indicated last month. I here is an assured crop in Canterbury and northern districts. In Olago the crops.are light, but in Southland the season generally has been a failure. ]f weather condition's had been favourable a good surplus would have been secured from the thistle bloom. Prices are linn. A few consignments of this season's crop are forward for export. .Section? lo 10s. per dozen; bull; honey lo Oil. per lb. No pat honey forward. Beeswax is in good demand. When von ask for SFfAfiLAND'S FLUID MAGNESIA. don't take anything "just ns good," but get .SHAHLAND'S. Best that money can liny — Advt. For Children's Flacking Cough, Woods' Great Pejpermint Cure*