TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 540, 18 December 1928, Page 12

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

UNITED STATES WHEAT VALUE OF THE HARVEST tralian unil N.Z, Press AssociationJ WASHINGTON, Sunday. The total wheat production of the t inteil States as at December 1 was ' allied at £175,438,600, based on the farm Pi i. e of 47.0 d a bushel. The total production was estimated at 902,749,000 bushels. Details are as follow: Value. Production. , £ Bushels. Durum 13,347.800 92,770,000 • >ther Spring .. 42,179,400 231,015,000 Winter 119,911.400 678,964,000 The above figures were based on the following farm prices: Durum, 35.4 d a bushel; other spring. 44.9 d; winter, 51.05 d. NEW ZEALAND HONEY EUROPEAN MARKETS WON i Australian amt .V.f. Press Association) Heed. 9.15 a.m. LONDON. Monday. New Zealand honey is steadily winning ‘be Northern European markets, despite tariffs up to 5d a lb. It now constitutes 90 per cent, of the h .m\v imports of Denmark. It is the only honey eaten in Greenland and Iceland. COMBINED BUYERS, LTD. LIQUIDATION SUGGESTED (Special to THE SUN) WELLINGTON, Monday. A recomendation that the company go ; > voluntary liquidation is made by the directors of the Motor Company of Combined Buyers, Ltd. They report a net I ss for the year of £23,621. Heavy writing clown of stoc k is stated to have been largely responsible for the debit balance.

DAIRYING INDUSTRY AN ALL-ROUND INCREASE CAMBRIDGE, Monday. (From Our Own Correspondent) The dairying season in this district so far has been a record one. Some indication of this can be gained from the results already obtained. To date the Cambridge and Bruntwood Companies have advanced to suppliers the sum of £126,876, as against £117,149 for the same period of last season, an increase of £9,727. For November supply the Cambridge Company has made an advance payment of Is 6Xd a lb for cheese and Is 5d for butter, compared with is Gfd and Is 4Jd respectively for the corresponding period of last season. The total distribution for the month is £33,100, an increase of £729 on November, 1927. For the six months to date the company has distributed £lll,lOO, compared with £101,071 lor the same period last year. The Bruntwood Cheese Company distributes £4,755, an increase on November, 1927, when £4,685 was distributed, at the rate of Is 5d a lb butter-fat. The total pay-out for the season to date is approximately £15,776, against £16,07S for the same period last season. WAIROA COMPANY’S BIG INCREASE The aggregate pay-out to be made by the Northern Wairoa Co-op Dairy Company for November butter-fat shows a considerable increase on the figures for November of last year. Thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and iwentv-eight pounds, based on Is 4d a lb, compared " |th £34,903 last year, will go to suppliers. To date this season suppliers e received £107,456, compared with last 01 * tlie correspon< * ing period of TAURANGA PAY-OUT The Tauranga Co-operative Daily Association will pay to suppliers £17,500~f0r butter-fat supplied during November, the rate being is 6d a lb for superfine quality. Ihe increase in output for the current season to the end of November is nearly per cent., compared with the corresponding period last year. The company wifi pay Is 6d a lb superfine to the end of the season.

Closing Quotations at : to-day’a mid day Sellers. Buyers. £ «. i 4. £ S. 'd. I!A.NKiiBank of Australasia 14 17 6 Coin, of Australia . 1 10 10 1 10 p Ditto (pref.> .. . . 7 7 ft Xai. of N.Z Nat. of Australasia 7 6 s 7 3 6 ('•on.) ft ft i; New South 'Walts oft 0 •New Zealand 3 1 3 1 let to, D (Mort.), ‘-fts paid 1 7 K 1_ nion of Australia . — 15 11 0 INSURANCE- * Australian Provin... 0 3 New Zealand ft 2 5 !* • South British .. .. 3 o 0 3 4 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Farmers’ Co-op. Auot. 3 6 Xewton Kin*? (pref. > ft ft N.Z. and River Plato 1 12 ft N.Z. Loan and Merc 118 0 115 I'Mtto (pref.) . . North A tick. Farm- • 80 0 0 ers’ Co-op., F: i pref.) 0 TO 0 0 7 ft CUAL— llikurangl ft C) 0 Ditto (pref. > . . .. 11 __ Ditto A (pref. > 0 6 \ ukemiro ft Ken own <ord.> .. .. 15 * ft K» Ditto (pref.) .. .. 2 10 ft K Tauptri 1 6 0 1 ft Ditto (pref.) .. .. Westport - Stockton — 1 0 (pref.) — ft 4 0 CAS— Auckland 1 4 0 1 3 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 17 ft ft 17 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam . 1 4 « 1 » L ud dart-Parker ft Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 1 ft 6 SHIPPING— Northern Steam ft 13 s 0 , Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 5 ft IV O. (del. stk.) I nion Steam (pref.) 1 1 ft 1 0 3 T fMBER— Bartholomew Kauri Timber .. .. ft 1ft 3 Ley land-o' Brien National WOOLLEN— 0 10 6 Kaiapoi Ditto (pref.) .. .. BREWERIES— — 0 14 9 C. T,. Innes 1 ft Ditto (pref.) .. — X Z. Breweries 2 17 0 2 16 3 MISCELLANEOUS--Auck. Amuse Pk. . 0 5 ft ft 4 British Tobacco 5 6 Burns, Fhilp .. ... ,— 2 9

call were:— Sellers. Buyers. Bycroft, Ltd. ... .. 1 12 0 Checker Taxi .. .. 0 10 0 — Colonial Sugar — 58 10 0 Dominion Pictures . — 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 1 1 0 Farmers’ Trading — 0 8 0 Ditto A (pref) . . 0 17 6 0 15 6 Ditto B (pref.) .» 0 10 Fullers’ Pictures 1 0 0 Grey and Menzies . 0 10 3 Hamilton Theatres . 0 19 0 Hayward's Pictures 1 0 4 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 17 0 Hill and Plummer . H.M. Arcade Theatre (pref.) T 1 0 N.Z. Drug . 12 Lewis Eady, Ltd. (pref.) 0 19 3 Milne and Choyce . . Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 H 0 Ditto (B pref.) . . — Ditto (deb. sto<k> 1 N.Z. Farmers' Fevt. N.Z. Refrigerating (con.) Sanford, Ltd . . . . /• Ditto (pref.) — 0 18 o Taranaki Oil . . . . 0 5 8 0 Thames Theatres ,. . 0 15 o 0 10 1 onson G’arlick 0 S fi Lnion Oil 2 0 Whittome Stevenson 2 5 0 Wilsons Cement — 2 1 It MINING— Alburnia (2s 6(1 pd) . © o Lucky Shot (4s paid) n 2 0 0 0 9 Ditto, (con.) .. .. 0 0 10 0 0 Maoriland (con) 0 0 6 New Waiotahi (4s o 1 0 Ditto (con.) . . .. 0 0 Ohinemuri .. .. .. 0 8 Waihi 0 14 4 14 Waihi Grand June. . 0 1 0 0 0 8 Mount Lyell 1 19 6 1 19 0 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 1032, Ditto, 1935, 6i .. 103 Auck. ilar. Board, 6 p.c 3 03 0 0 Auck. Hosp. Bd., 5i 101 0 0 99 0 Bor. Devon port. G . 101 0 0 Ditto, 4.’. 94 0 0 X.Z. Breweries 1 G 0 1 fi Glaxo — 89 0 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS — War Loan. 1930, 4£ 100 0 0 Ditto, 1938, 4 i 100 0 0 Ditto, 1939, 4i . . 100 o 0 o ■ Ditto, 1936, 5i p.c. — 101 5 0 tNSCRIBED STOCK War Loan. 1938, 4i 99 30 0 Ditto, 1939, 4i 99 0 Ditto, 1933, 5i p.c. 101 5 0 Ditto, 1936. 5J p.c 101 5 0