HUDDART—PARKER STEAM.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 4

HUDDART—PARKER STEAM.

INTEIIIM DIVIDEND DECLARED. The directors or Huclcla"t. Parker, m<l., nave declared an interim dividend ror the half-year ended December 31, 192 5. of 3- per cent on preference shares and 5 per cent and a bonus or lj per cent on the ordinary shares of the company The annual meeting 3; shareholders 'win be &eia in Melbourne on March 10.

WHEAT AND OATS. ESTIMATE OF YIELD. The following estimated average yields per acre of wheat and oats tor the season 1925-26 have been compiled from reports furnished by stock inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion:— Wheatt Oats Bsliß Bshl*. per per District. acre. acre. North Island 26.43 25.54 Nelson lfl.OS 24.01 Marlborough 29.86 34.4;f Canterbury v 28-85 33.tf» Otnso 32.W *"■'" .Southland 33.53 43.10 Average (estimated) for the .Dominion, season 1024-2f> ... 29.0 C 3r..R3 Average (nrtn.il) for the Dominion, season 1924-Co 32.82 35.72 Tn accordance with these estimates, the" total yield of wheat for the Dominion should be approximately 4,600.000 bushels as against an actual yield of 5,447,758 bushels for the season 1924-25. The percentage of oat 9 threshed for the five seasons ending with 1924-25 was 20.90 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 3,700,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 5,707.174 bushels for the season 1924-25.