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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 27, 1 February 1910, Page 6

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The New Zealand Loan ,-j .. : Agency Co., Ltd., nave receive «?" r ? w 9» mg cablegram from theirXonl "Wool: mc market"lor rSeri™ hqn ** : - strong, fine merino being dearer P^°° l * bred wool the market is Active, tv ctoes - of medium and coarse greasi• cro«£Li*"* ing slightly lower. Frol^mear? 6 ?',,"* &* ket is glutted for mutton. |w £* n »rmarket is. steady, and slihrlv~ii?.? fa beef (sides)." s"Shtly.better f«i., CHKISTCHT7BCH ' ie KSS&S earlier in the season. Therf?^ 6 showing of merino wool, tmt 15 *T* "■■" were generally of moderateoualih, c ■ ■'"M choice lots. The following faXT' Prices: Merino, "SB? <* lid; inferior, 7d to- 10d- halfwV 10 W to to good, 10jd to S ii\Z ?d> Bto&om 103 d; three-quarttrbred 105 dto 53? bred, medium to good lfw'rt t„ ,«?' "o*. TSd to lOd; longwoS m^lini 0 !?^ 11 Bid; inferior, Sd *°««m2' to llid; to nedale, medium to good ]m? M; *>*- pieces, merino, 7*d to9M- %L. to "«; bred to Oid; halfbred, Id £ UM^S??* : 4Jd to 7id; locks. 4d to CMdTlSjr ro6,to «. 9icU crntchings,- 6d to beUlfis » »Mt N.Z. PORTLAND CEMENT CO ' The thirteenth annnalmeetw holders in -he New Company was held to-day S» annual report stated that the year were £8717 17/8, which with t£ • ance at the beginning ofth ß JLr**'- l£ll.334 7/3. After d S ednctin£ t^ 0 * paid m an interim dividend So/ftW was a balance of £7474 recommended the payment of a 0 * 1 the rate of 6 per cent for tL Z^? 4 •* estimated to amount to £43ai>h7^£2 eai '> off of £1100 for depreciations,ls*s* transfer of £1061 10/-to the resirS^ 116 the transfer of £125 to vessl?^^? 3 ' ftmd, and the carrying forward of £%&?!!*■ ■ It was decided to add Mr J lane (Auckland) to the board of dlrSr**" The retiring auditors, feL jT* (Dunedin) and W. R. Holmes (i*i2Z! , ■were reappointed. ÜBeUa^ LONDON MABKETS. LONDON, January artr The demand for rabbtts is steady rltSydney rabbits, ex store, are quoted ,frl? There is a good trade, owing to alhortiS in supplies. -- »™nage The English wheat and fionr tfWut *n,» in the Kingdom amounts to 2.7SluTn'»2: Continental, 8G5,000 qrs; ments, 149,000; Pacrfie, ~** Hemp is doll and unchanged. -.. '*~*•■'['. Copra is dull, with «m-«ii sales of Sea in bags at £24. :-";-*«• Copper.—Spot, £60 11/3; at three moeth. £61 10/. T"^ Tin.—Spoi„ £147 15/; at. three montli. £148 17/6. ™jh«, AVaihi G.M. Co. Sharee.-—Buyers, £»i 3«» sellers, £9 16/3. ' »