FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 2631, 5 August 1908, Page 10

FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

v : . THE. SHARE. MARKET. i,; sl : : oA : 'ibnple^bf'"i^iniiditot^'Bal«V^^'^fiade;. . yesterday. Wellington Deposit changed ;liattds , at ~9s. 2d., and' D.I.C. preferenco at 225. 3d. In other, respects, the .market was quiet, withno change in values. Bank of New Zealand, sellers i; 9 2s. Gd.;/National ; Is., i sellers £5 . 2s_. ,6d.; Ijoan and Mercantile, •/■.■•■'. sellers 4s. 3d.; Feilding:Gas, buyers. 18s. Gd., sellers ,19s.;;,National, Insurance, buyers .275., ! 9d.;,New, Zealand• InsuranceV. sellers .£3 165.; . : South' sellers <£2- 15s.Standard. In- ;, j - surance,'-buyers ,225.' 3d., ■ sellers 22 s.' 9d.;';Wel- : jlington' Meat Export, third /Issue,/ sellers G4s., : cum. div.;. Mana:watu;Rails, sellers',49s.;; New ;Zealand /Shipping, :buyers. -'M-.i25.-Gd:;, Union Steam, buyers 345. 9d.; sellers 355. Gd.; Wel- .!■ '■ lington Steam I'erry, sellers 17s. Gel.; Wellington Woollen, 255..: paid,'Sellera 2Gs.; Westport, Goal,' sellers..£6.l2s.;.:S;estport-. ; Stockton, Timber,«lssr-,paid,: ;v sellers . 125. ; 4d.;' Eeyland-O'Brien' Timfcerj" 'sel- ; rlers £2 35,. Gd.;.:Manning a,nd Co., .brewery. shares, sellers £3 17s. 6d.; New Zea'land r Dfugs, ... sailers lis. Gd.; New Zealand Paper' Mills;' buyers 23s:', sellers 235. 4Jd.; Sharland's ordin*.--.V |ary,-- - sellers 205.; Whitcombe- and; Tombs, sel- ■ lers .£4 2s. Gd.. ■ ' . THE MINING MARKET. . Big Eivers have had a sensational, advance.' On, Saturday last buyers-' offered ,300.',;3jd.,. on . . Monday there were ; sales at £1 12s. Gd., and : • yesterday 'sales ■ were■/made,. at 40s. c-and 425., ■ and from the optimistic views that prevail a .. ; further advance 'seems' likely." - Other sales were : Talismans, at ,£2 7s. 1 3d-, and Tangiaros .. st Is. B|d. The quotations were as under:—~Buyers". " Sellers!'' Sales. • ■ , . '. •B'-s.-vd; 'ifi s-'d.- ifi's.' d- . . Talisman • j2: 7-.-S0: 2 7 6 2 7 a ' Waihr •9 3 G 9'4 0 '—' 1 Waihi Grand June. . V— -..- : 1-12 : 6 ' ■ 1 — >, Tairua Broken Hills 0 2 9 0 3 0 — Tangiaro 0 1 8 ' 0 110 0- 18V Big River ■ 2 0; Gu 2 5. 0 2- 2 0

FABMERS' CO-OP. INSURANCE. ; The 'report'-of-, the ; Farmers- Co-operative. In-,'j v.' surance New Zealand,i'Limited,: for tho year'ended June 30 last, states'that the ; , revenue, including a balanco of £1260.125. 2d. carried: forward from.-tho . previous- year, is •j y ~£16,987105. Bd., and the ■ expenditure. i£9o2i .135.: , Bd., leaving .£7962 17s. to be 'dealt-with..- After making provision in the'accounts for all unrv adjusted losses, and appropriating a sum of . >£1850 to reinsure current risks' .£6112 17s. re- ,.', mains for, distribution, out of which the dir- • actors recommend the. payment -.of..:,a.,dividend at the rate-'of 7 per cent. per. annum* on'paid-' i.. up capital, '.a'boniis ofMO.' per' cent:,;on..firp.',pi;eY '.. miums 'to,'th'ose'; shareholders. who' have not . 'benefited by'thp'r.e'diiction'of'the33l-3'pef cent!,"' ■ and tliotransfer' : of .£ISOO to the reserve fund, the balance being carried.iorward. =. The • ' profit and" loss account showsVfire.S'marincf and accident premiums, ; ii 0,615;■: interest, £3458; transfer fees, £3 10s.,- and reinsurance: reserve, ,£1650. The losses totalled .£2599,' the . . expenses of /management amounted: to '.£2BOI, and i£lßso ;has been held iin reserve : to reinsure current risks. ; The., reinsurance • returns totalled £8624. ' : . '

WELLINGTON GAS CO., LTD. ISSUE'OF ADDITIONAL SHARES. , CAPITAL TO BE DOUBLED. At the annual meting of shareholders, of the ■Jiovc company : some weeks ago,' the chairman .. announced thiit tlie directors proposed to increase tho capital of, the'company,)and effective stops' we now to>be»takeri"in: accordance therewith., in extraordinary,.'general'.'meeting • of : shareholders is to Wednesday, August 19, 'hen- the'j;following ' resolutions ' will be oitted .for; consideration:— ■. . . m , , 1. ThatCthe\capital of tho company bo increased to the: amount of £400,000 by the creation of additional' capital'' to the amount of V £200,000, diyided into,twentv.thousand shares' of .£lo..eachjvsuch.'shares-to bo issued as ordin- ■; ary shares..- , . . .2. That six - shares 'of •: the said 'capi-' . tal bo offered"'in : the first instance to menibers' of tho company at a'premium, and that notico ;• shall be given to each member specifying the number of shares to which each member is en- ■ titled, and limiting'the time within which the < offer if . not accepted by signing-an .application ' (and paying the deposit and ; proportion of premium payable on application) will bo deemed to be declined. That each member shall bo entitled for every'three shares held by "liinito purchase one share at. a premium of: £5 per share, and for every two shares held by any member in excess of any multiplo of three to purchase one'share at a-premium of £B ■ per share; ■ and for any single share held by ■. any member in excess, of any. multiplo of Hiree to purchase one share at a premium of JE7 per share. : That members shall be permitted to tender any shares not . applied for, and for any her surplus, shares at a premium of not i,js than' £1 per share, and that such-shares, liall be allotted to the highest tenderer, i'hat, in the event of thero being any of the vix thousand shares not applied for by the members, the directors are empowered to dispose of tho same in such manner as they may. consider expedient in the interests of the company.' - -■ H. That a deposit of ss. per share, with 2s. 6d. of the premium payable on each 'share, be paid on application, and a further sum of ss. per share, With 2s. 0(1. of the premium payable upon each share, shall be paid on allotment in the case of shares offered at a premium of <£5; but in. the caso of shares offered and taken up at a higher rato of premium : than £5,-the,amount of.the : premium per sharo to be paid'on allotment shall be such a sum as : shall leave tha balonce of premium remaining unpaid at i£4 155.. per share. That the balance .of tlio money, payable in -respect.",of the shares and of the unpaid Drflmin-'o =liall, : be' paid at 6uch timo

WELLI NGT O N S HARELI S T

-in ■ suoli mannon as •• the directors., may deter-, mine, provided that the amount: of premium payable in~respect of each share- upon any call' being ■: made shall bo'-, equal to half of: tho, amount of tho call upon such share,/and that no ealL shall exceed 10s.' per share, or be made parable within two, months after the last prepayable. .. . 4.'. If any 'sum payable in respect' of any call or'instalment of premium bo not paid on 'or ibefol'fe. tbo day.:appointed for tho payment thereof/''ttte - for the time -being of tho 'sharo'in. respeot of■ which the call is madoj or'the-instalment , is due shall -pay interest for' the same I 'at the' rate, of £8 per 'centum'per annum-or "such' less, rate as the- directors, may .det9Milie'-from'/the''''day:appointed for. tho pay-'mentltFerebf-to-the time of the, actual payment. 11 '. ~■; ... ,": i 5/-That_' , all , - | Bhares. to be' issued shall rank ,for;'.(UyidenHj' ■ other respects, accord:ihg''tb":the.:,amount'::nctually paid; up thereon .until such /shares and all premiums thereon, 'are^fujly: paid;-and- thereafter will .in all respepts-; bo subject <to the same provisions as .ordinaj'y .[shares., in the • existing capital of the company; ** G. That interest on the cost of the new works dicing..,'the.,, course, of construction "may,- if the directors -fit, be charged to capital accou'iit. * .

::, A :circular, issued in connection with the •above "gives": tho' following information:— .. That; iin oohseqnence of the large and continued. growth "bf" the business of the com. panjr, it. lias, ; become necessary to arrange for considerable extensions to the manufacturing plant, which will involve the raising of moro capital. Tho following statement shows the growth for'the: past six years :— Cubic ft. gas. ■ ' ' . 1902 :■ 14-i.3G7.000 . ' 1803 • ... ~ - ~ 173,393,000 ; 1904 . , ;, 4 . .... 199,006,000 -■ 1905 .r ... '... 208,194,000 1005 Virt ... ...,229,478,000 :cc.;i9o7' ; ... ; • J 259,866,000. :;Jt will be, seen, that, the increase in five years has been' eighty per cent. During tho half-year (January-June," 1908) 1 tho manufacture has been 137,453,000 cubic . feet, as 1 ■ compared with 122,525,000 cubic feet for the similar period of 1907, an .in'cireifse of 'byer 12 per cent The plant at present in .use has a'producing, capacity of about a million' cubic feet of gas. per. diem, and tho maximum daily consumption lias now. reached that amount, and owing" to tho congestion'"and 'insufficiency of'the present works' site'.it is 'not possible, to erect plant on tho' Courtenay Place site of sufficient magnitude ■to cope with the growing trade. The directors .have, therefore, acquired a block of •land.vof; about, fourteen acres in extent at Miramar;as, a..site, for ;new works. .. The land is -situated-, oloseifo'deep-watei l in Evans Bay, and is,,,M i tho.;ppiiiioii stithe Company's engineers, suitable for the purpose. .In order to enable the existing works to cope with the production of gas to an extent-needful for tlio fulfilment of the'demanifs. iuntil r n'ew works can be erected the directors have obtained an additional scrub-ber-washer,--and .other plant, which is now in course 1 of erection.

. The. .storage*, capacity of the three existing, holders is under naif a million cubic feet, or -only-about half a day's supply, and the directors have deemed it essential to obtain a new of about one and a half 'million' cubib'Teet. 'This- holder is in course of.:'er.ectioii'"on the .Miramar site, and will haVo to-be^c6nnected v with'the works by-a special inaih'.j'< .This plant; will. form part of. the proposed;;noTr .works;:';, and with other essential works ftoi which-the . Company is committed in-! volves an-expenditure, of over .£60,000.. The directors propose that the new works shbuld',bo"laid'out on a design capable of en--largement from'-time to time as the growth in .tho-sales",'of-gasiimay demand; and they are of. opinion,-, that, the first instalment of this work ought,to be proceeded with as speedily as possible, and; estimate that. there will be required within the next three years to cover the ■ cost ;of . work in hand, and proposed the ,Sum;,of from £200,000 to - '" The directors recommend:— . ' •I.'That 1 the nominal capital of the Company be' increased from .£200,000 to ,£400,000 by tho creation of new shares of <£10 each. v :;. 24 there be sold 6000' shares .'and .'that the existing uncalled capital-of be called up, and the balance of expenditure bo obtained by debentures. If air the shareholders avail themselves of their power of purchase it is estimated that there will remain some two hundred shares out of the six 1 thousand shares, which it is proposed shall -be- offered to shareholders by tender, and be allotted pro, rata to the'highest ten; derers. ... .. ■ .Tho directors proposo to call up the balance of tho £a paid shares in the proportion of ss. per share for every 10s. called up on the fresh issue, so that all tho shares will bo fully paid at the same timo.

, THE TRADE OP SAMOA. _ Tlio ; British Consular report on the trade of bamoß for 1907 shows thnt imports amounted to ~£141,396, against i! 143,561 for 1900. and ,£144,093 for 1905. Out of last year's total ;£88,109 came from Australasia. The export trade lias, fallen off, the total for 1907 beine only against .£151,314 for 190G and ,£101,392 for 1905,. The falling-oft' has been 'principally in copra, 'the shipments of which —$400 tons—were only about half the quantity exported in 1906. This is due partly to the lower prices, and partly to the new law forbidding the ;working-up of unripe nuts with good-copra,--under penalties on both the buyer and the seller. appears to bo made in the cultivation of- cacoa and rubber, threo large rubber-plantations being now in existence in' Samrfa: " Amongst imported articles,' Australian claret and other light wines are competing favourably with Californian. . The Universal drink in Samoa,'however, is lager beer. Flour comes principally from Sydney, Now Zealand..Woollen goods find a sale in Samoa. With regard to the public finances, the report statts"tlfat as revenue fall far short of the 'expenditure, the Government has in Tiow the imposition of fresh taxation. It has

been announced in tho " Samoanisclie Zcitung" that it is intended to raise a loan of several millions of marks in 1910 for developing new roads, erecting a Custom-house, and suitable wharf accommodation, tho repayment of tlio loan to extend over twenty years.

UNCLAIMED BANK BALANCES. A bill was introduced into tho Houso of Commons in Juno to compel tho disclosure and handing over by bankers to the Department of the Public 'Trustee of tho amount of dormant balances and securities in their possession and of unpresented old bank notes issued by them. Mr. Bottomley, who fathered tho measure, said that the object of tho bill was to bring into the possession and control of tho State the vast amount of wealth which was at present lying, dormant, 'and in many Cases entirely unproductive, in the vaults and strongrooms of the various banking institutions of tho United Kingdom. The'- bill provided that on January 15 next every corporation and other persons carrying on the business of a banker should make a return in a prescribed form of all moneys in their • possession which had been lying dormant for a period of six years and upwards; also of all securities in the shape of scrip, shares, mortgages, plate, jewellory, or other valuables which had remained in their possession for, a certain period. It was also provided that these' institutions should account for all thoold bank notes and other obligations which, by reason of the effluxion of time, had bcenlost or become obsolete. There was ono joint stock bank in tho City which until a few years ago had a customer in the shapo of an eccentric old lady who had .£28,000 standing at her credit. About onco every year she drove up to tho bank, asked for the manager, drew a cheque for tho entire. .£28,000, and having become satisfied as to the security of the money returned, tho chequo, and ■ then disappeared for tho whole twelvo months. For the last seven years the bank had scon nothing of her, and, therefore, it was safe to assumo that'she had ceased to exist. "What about her* poor, dependents, who were deprived of participation in her_ money? ' There' was ono banking institution in the West End of London which admittedly had over ,£2.000,000 worth of securities of a dormant character,' and anyone who was cognisant of such affairs knew that nearly all the grand buildings which at present served as head offices of the great banking institutions had been erected at tho expense of these dormant balances. He'asked the House to give a first reading to tho bill on the understanding that it should be re-, ferred to a. select.committee, or that anyother course should be adopted with regard to it the Government thought desirable. Tho Customs revenue collected at Wellington yestorday amounted to <£3022 ss. Bd. . STOCK EXCHANGE. (BT TEtEGBArH—PEES3 ASSOCIATION.) ' • Dunedin, August i. Stock Exchange sales:—Lady Roxburgh (contributing), Bs. 6d. , MINING'NEWS. (BY TELEGEArH—HtESS ASSOCIATION.) I , Reefton, August 4. The new Big River return shows that 335 tons yiolded 5070z. 2dwt of retorted gold cyanido in June and July, and 300 tons of tailings yielded liloz. odwt. bf bullion, a' total value of .£2380. '

Pactolus has declared' a dividend of one shilling per sh^ro.. WELLINGTON PRODUCE MAEKET. . : Messrs. Lnery and Co.', Ltd., Wellington, report wholesale prices ruling on the market: — Wheat, fowl, 4s. lid. to ss. 2d.; oats, 2s. 9(1. to : 35.; seed oats, 3s. 2d.> to 35.; 4d.; maize, ss. to ss. 3d.; crushed malt, Bs. 6d.; Prussian blue peas, Gs. to 6s. 6d.; fowl peas, 4s. sd. to 4s. 9d., all . at per bushel; flour, New Zealand, £11 10s., Australian JEII 55.; bran, £7 to £7 55.; pearl, barley, .£!9s. lOd.; split peas, -GlB 10s.; bonedust, .£6; superphosphates, £i 15s. to £b 55.; cliait (oatenslieal'), ,£5 15s.' to XG '.55.; oatmeal,. .£l3 10s. to. £1-1 10s.; potatoes, table 10s. to £6, N.Z. seed (Up-to-Dates) ,£6 10s., Beauty of Hebron .£6 10s., Early Rose, .£G 10s.; bacon, factory sides BJd., hams. 9d., rolls 9}d.; butter, bulk, prime Is. Id. to Is. 2d.; poultry, hens 3s. 'to 3s. 6d., ducks Gs. to 7s. Gd.; turkeys, gobblers 15s. to 225., hens Bs. to Us., all at per pair;' cauliflowers, 10s. to 17s.j cabbages, 4s. to 10s., all at-per sack; fresh eggs, Is.' Bd./ preserved Is. 3d. to, Is. sd. per uoz.; cheeso, Gd. to GJd. per lb., loaf 71d. per lb.; onions, £10 to d£U 10s. per ton; Akaroa cocksfoot, lOd.; ryegrass, 4s. 9d. to ss. 6d. per bushel.

LIVE STOCK SALES. \ Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as - follows on their Pahiatua sale, lield yesterday :—We had a good attendance and a fair yarding of sheep,.-but a small one of cattle. There was animated. bidding for she'op, . especially for hoggets. •. We quoto: Woolly'hoggets (good), up,, to 12s. Id.; others, 10s., 9s. 3d., 7s. 9d.; culls, ss. 6d. to 6s. Gd.; ewes in lamb, good two-tooth, lis.; medium, 9s. 6d. to ■ 10s. 3d.; 2 and 4-tooth Wctherß, fat and forward, ,12s. 13d. to Ms,; 2-tootk wethers, 10s., lid. to lis. Gd. ■ Messr3. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonvillo sale as follows:—A full entry of bullocks came forward. The bulk of the beef was of prime quality, but the balance-was only plain. Unfinished steers, prime beef, made 245.; plain, 235.; best bullocks, 6d; to ilO; others, ,£8 15s. to £9 2s. Gd.; plain, £1 to £1 12s. Gd. There was a good yarding of sheep, including a few extra prime wethers. The lighter wetherd . were' lighter than last week. Extra : heavy wethers made 205.; others, 17s. lid. to 18s. Gd.; lighter, 17s. 2d. to 17s. sd.j ewes, 155., 145.. Gd. to 15s. Id. , ..

Messrs. Dalgety and'Co.,/Ltd., report that at their Marton stock sale yesterday they had a good entry of sheep, and a large attendance of buyers. There was a good demand, especially for hoggets. All lines sold under tho hammer. Medium 2-tooth owes in lamb made 13s. 2d. to 13s. ,Gd..; cull 2-tooth ewes in lamb, Bs. Gd.; full mouth ewes in lamb, Gs. to 9s. Gd.; aged ewes, 45.; 4-tooth to f.m. Ronmey rams, Bs.; medium hoggets, Bs. Gd.. to 9s. Gd.; smajl hoggets 6s. sd. to 75.; cull hoggets, 3s. lid.. Messrs. Dalgety and' Co., Ltd.,'report:—At Wanganui, on Wednesday last, we had a small yarding of 1000 sheep and 50 head of cattle, several entries not coming forward. The sheep consisted mostly of fat and forward wethors and aged ewes in lamb, for which classes there ,was a slack demand. Lambs, according to quality, sold well. ,

At Waverley, on Friday, we : yarded 1200 sheep and 20 cattle. • There ; was a brisk demand- for lambs, prices showing considerable advance; store wethers sold well, but ewes in lamb were neglected. . On Thursday we held a clearing sale of sheep and cows at our Waverley yards on. behalf of Mr. L. H.. llaynor. The sheep were mostly ewes in lamb, for which there was ii quiet demand. Cows showing well forward sold well, but backward sorts were neglected. We quote:—Wanganui.—Old ewes in lamb, 4s. 9d.; medium lambs, 9s. 4d.; cull lambs, < 5d.; low-conditioned 15-months steers, 375. Waverley.—Good j lambs, lis., Id.; medium lambs, 10s. 4d.; mixed age store Wethers, 12s. Gd.; springing cows, <£4 10s. Mr. L. H. Raynor's sale.—Forward cows, £5, £6, >£7, £7 10s., .£B, <£9 to <£'9 155.; backward sorts, £1 15s. to £& 10s.; mixed ago ewes in lamb, 12s. ; mixed age store wethers, i2s. Gd.'; pair buggy horses (just broken), ,£l7 10s.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. (BY TELEGBAPH—rEESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, August 4. There is a quantity of wheat and oats offering, but no buyers at the prices asked, 4s. to 4s, Id. at country stations boing asked for wheat. There is still a large quantity of chaff awaiting to be shipped to Sydney. All available space in tho regular steamers has been booked up to tho middle of next month, and tho Whangape has been put on to relievo the pressure. This steamer has. been loading principally oats and chaff at Southern ports, and completes her cargo with 'chaff at Lyttelton. The chaff to be shipped is in fulfilment of old. orders, and does not represent new business. It is said, however, that there is still some inquiry for chaff for shipment- to Sydney, and buyers arc ojfering .£3 15s. to -E3 17s. Gd., whilo sellers are asking £4 and over at country stations. Potatoes aro dull of sale, and any business now being done is on the.lower quotations. A good, demand is setting in for agricultural seeds, tho T fine weather boing favourable for spring work.

Messrs. Harcourt and Co. havo issued their monthly "Register and Property Investors' Guido," containing sharo report, stock and share. quotations, companies registered, land reports, city and suburban properties for salo, city and suburban building sites, farms for sale, businesses for sale, etc. Anyono requiring farms, business or residential sites, business, or any other, property, can obtain further particulars from Messrs. ' Harcourt and Co. Messrs. Harcourt and Co. will forward to any address, free on application their monthly Register and Property. Investors' Guide.".

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