COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 8, 4 October 1919, Page 12

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. i A sale of Wellington Trust and Loan shares at £6 was reported yesterday. The quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Sellerß. •£s.d. £». d. i Bank of Australasia ... 12715 0 — ■• National Hank - 6 10 0 ' Bank New South Wales.., — 38 IS 0 ! Bank N.Z. T£3 6s. Bd.) ... - 15 0 0 Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... - 19 2 6 Bquitablt; building ._... 9 2 6 -■ N.Z. and Ever Plate ... 2 1 0 — Well. Investment 0 10 6 0 10 9 : Well. Gas (£10) 10 15 0 ' Well. Gas (pref.) 0 17 0 - i Now Zealand Insurance... — 114 3 ' Heat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) 3 8 0 - Huddart-i'arker (ord.) ... 2 6 0 2 6 6 1 ..U.S& Co. (pref.) 1 1 2 - ' P.'and 0. Deferred Stock — 580 0 0 ': Well. Woollen (ord.) 8 !2 6 : Westport Ooal 110 6 111 0 ■'■ Leyland-O'Brlen Timber 18 0 — Manning and Co 3 12 6 — • Sharland and Co : 111 6 — : Ward and Co 550 . - • Wilson Cement 0 15 9 . 0 16 0 NEW. COMPANIES. ! The following new companies havn been registered :-r ~. ■ „ „ ..'• ~.,,,.•• Mata'Co-operative-Dairy Co., Ltd. (The). ' Eegistered September'lß. Office: 24 Jeller- : son Street, Wellington. Capital: £3000, into 3000 shares olr'SLl- each. Subscribers: J. B. ; Wood, 60; 0. Disley, 260; JI. G. Cook, i '. 50V E. J. AugUßt, 250; D. Dickie and W. F. : Jl'Gowan, 260; W. T. Dick, 30; 0. li. Jen-

sen, 40. Objects: To manufacture and sell butter, cheese, milk, ham etc, Gilchrist Auctioneering Company, Ltd. (The). Kegistered as a private- company September 24. Office: The Square, Palmerstou Korth. ! Capital: £1740, divided into 1740 shares of £1 each, Subscribe""!: J. Gilbert, 1; H. Jl". Harvey, 1; J. H. Qilchrist, .1737; E. E. Gilchrist, 1. Objects: To take over with or without .modification the agreement between the Gilclirist Jtanufritturing and Furnishing Company, Limited, and the trustees for this company. To carry on business as auctioneers, house, land, and estate .agents. .. . Martiiibbrough' Lime Company, Limited (The). Capital: £5000, divided into 5000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: J. A. Ohcsham, Henry Daysh. -M. KLeod, MKI shareß each; L. B. Warren, 50."Objects: To acquire freehold land, 2 acres 7 perches, in Dry Biver district, near MaEtorton, and to carry on business of lime burners and producers in all its branches. ■ ■ Hand, Warrington, and Griffiths Engineering Co., Ltd. (The), ltcgistwed as a private company .September 26 Office: 12 Ebor Street, Wellington. Capital: £1008, divided into 1008 shares :of £1 each. Subscribers: J. G. Hand, 336; .T. Warrington. «6; J. C. Griffiths, 536. Objects: To. purchase as from July 1, 1919, and carry on the business heretofore carried on nB "lho Ticliablo Motor and General Engineering Company."

CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revenue collected' at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4142 Us. 9d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright October 3. Barley, English, malting, os. 9d. to 6a. per bushel; Cape 4b. 9Ad. to 4s. Per bushel. Oats, Algerian, milling, ss. 7d. to ss. 8(1.; feed, ,ss. sd. to ss. Cd. per bushel. Potatoes, £21 to £22 per ton. Onions, £10 to £10 10s. per ton. . . Hides are unchanged. Ihcre # waa good competition at last week's prices. THE METAL MARKETS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. October 3,-7.30 p.m.) London, October 3. Copper—£lo3 3s. 9d. to £101 ,17s. fid. per ton; electrolytic, £116. ' ■ Lead—£2s 15s. to £26 12a. 6d. Spelter—£4l to £41 15s. Tin—£277 ss. to £275 10s. Silver—64}d. per ounce standard.

SOUTH BRITISH 'INSURANCE , COMPANY. B» Telesrnpfl-J'ms AMoelatlon. . Auckland, October 3. The annual meeting of the- shareholders of the South British Insurance Company, Ltd., will be held on October £3. 'lhe report of the directors for the year ending August 31, lSlil, which will be submitted, states that the net premium revenue amounts to £645,955 3s. 5d., interest and rents received and accrued after payment of income tax on the same amount to £59,422 lis. 7d., making a total revenue of £705,375 15s. After making full provision for losses outstanding there is, a surplus in the underwriting account of £84.125 13s. Bd. The income from interest and rents as above amounts to £59,422 lis. 7d., a total of £143,548 si. 3d. 'line has been dealt with in the following manner: To the reserve fund, £50,(x.0; investment fluctuation fund, £15,600; reduction of company's office premises. £15.0JJ; officers' provident and. superannuation funds, £4939 lis. Ud.j sinking funds of leaseholds, £425; a total of J855.4'4 lis. lid., leaving available £58,133 13s. 4d. Out of this an interim dividend of 2s. 6a. per share was paid in April. 4919. absorbing £25,000, and the directors now recommend the payment of the balance of the profits of the year a dividend of 3s. 3d. per share, making the total distribution iot the year ss. 9d. per ehare. which \yill absorb £32,500, a total of £57,600, leaving «33 13s. 4d. To this must be added the balance from August, 1918, less dividend paid in Octoebr, 19.18. £57,801.175, 2d., leaving to ha oarried to the new account 568,235 10s. 6d.