COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 342, 31 October 1908, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

THE SHARE MARKET.. 'At tlio sitting of the Wellington Stock E»change yesterday sales o£ Westport Coal at «£G: lis. and Westport-Stockton at 10s. 3d. were reported. Bank of New Zealand shares were in demand at £8 25., with sellers at i JEB 75.; National Banks, sellers J£s Is. ; Equitable Building,, sellers ..£10; Wellington Trust and Loan, sellers £7 75.; Wellington Deposit, sellers 95.; National Mortgage,' sellers ,£3 IS.; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, buyers is. 3d.; Christchurch Gas, sellers .£9 165.; Port Chalmers Gas,'sellers '.£1 os. Gd.; Wellington Gas (,£lO paid), buyers .£ls 155.; National Insurance, buyers .£1 Ts. 9d.„ sellers ill Bs. 3d.; New Zealand Insurance, buyers £'i 75., sellers .£3.105.; Standard. Insurance, buyers «£1 25.; Christchurch Meat, buyors .£9 17s. Gd.; Gear Meat (.£4 paid), sellers JE9 15s. (,£1 paid), £2 95.; Wellington Meat Export, (,£1 paid), sellers £5; Manawatu Rails, buyers £2 12s. Gd., sellers £i 155.; , Union Steam, buyers .£1 14s. 3d., sellers £l\ 15s;-; .Wellington Woollen, sellers .£3 ss:; Westport Coal, buyers jEG 125., sellers iIG 155.; Westport-Stockton, buyers 10s., sellers 10s., Gd.; Donaghy Rope and Twine, sellers .£1 25.; Kauri Timber (15s. paid), sellers 13s. Gd.; Leyland-O'Brien-Timber, buyers .CI, sellers ,£1 Is.; New Zealand Drug, sdllers 10s.; New Zealand ■ Portland Cement, buyers .£1 85.,-sellers .<£l 9s. Gd,; New Zealand Taper Mills, sellers :£V 35.; Taranaki Petroleum, buyers Gs. Gd., sellers 7s. 6d.; Ward and Co., brewery shares, buyers,.£4 15s. Gd., THE MINING MARKET. Yesterday sales <of Tairua. Broken Hills at 2s. 3d. and AVaihi Consdidated at Is. lid. were reported. The quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. Sales. £s. d. £s. d. ,£s. d. Tairua Brokon ' Hills • .... ... 02 0 — 0 2 3 Waihi Gtand Junction ... 113 0 113 3 — Talisman (cum) ... ?. 19 3 2 0 0 — Waihi : ..." ...' 8 17. 6 9 0 0 — ' Waihi Consolidated 0 111 021 0.111 N.Z. Crown; i : ... — 0 4 2 — . Tangiaro — 0 0 11 — Big River ..., ... 115 0 117 6 — ; "WELLINGTON MARKET REPORT. The New ' Zealand Farmers' Co-operative •Distributihg Co.,' Ltd., report as follows:— Maize, 55.; wheat, whole fowl ss. 2d'.," broken wheat 4si 3d.; barley feed, 4s. 3d.; barley, ■Gape seed, 4s. 6d.; maize, crushed, 55.; oats, -35.; oats, duns, 2s. 9d.'; oats, discoloured, 2s. 'Gd.; oats, crushed, 3s. 4d.; oats, seed, duns, ■sparrowbills, gartons 3s. 3d., Algerians, 4s. 4d. per! bushel.' -'Ryegrass perennial, ss. Gd. per bushel; hay, ■£5 per ton; straw, .£3 ss: to »C 3 10s; per ton; pollard, ,£7 10s.; bran, J£6 per ton; barley meal, , «C6'los.. per ton; sucrosine, £1 per ton; linseed oil , cake (genuine), 15s. per cwt; prime oaten _ sheaf chaff, .£4 15s. to .£5 per ton. table, to .£5 10s. per ton; seed .potatoes, . specially-selected Canterbury Up-to-Dates .£6, Canterbury Derwents, ,£s;' onions, Melbourne, ,£l7 per ton. • Butter, separator' lid., milled 10jd.,' dairy ?pats lid. per lb.; eggs, fresh, Is. Id. per doz.; honey, GO s, 5d.; bacon, sides BJd., rolls 9Jd., hams, 9d. per lb. -Porkers, 70's to 90's, Gd.; 90's to 100's, sJd.j baconers; 5d.; choppors (heavy), -3Jd. to 4<L ;,'per lb. ;'boeswax, Is. Gd.; fungus, 4Jd.; walnuts, 4Jd. to sd. per lb. ' • ..Cabbage,- 3s.;' cauliflower, Bs. per sack; asparagus, 7d. per'lb; green peas, Bd. to 9d. per ■peok; rhubarb, 3s. Gd. per doz.; carrots, table, 2s. Gd.; carrots;, horse, 2s. per,sack. - ' Apples, Tasmanian, dessert, 135.; apples, cookers, Tasmanian, 12s. . roosters, 4s. "Gd. to 55.; cqckerols, ss. to Gs.; small cockerels,'2s. Gd. to 3s. Gd.; table hens, 4s. Gd: to ss. 6d.; ducks, ,75.-Gd. to Bs.; geese,'7s. Gd... all at per pair; turkey gobblers, lid. to Is.; hens, 10d., live or 'dead weight.,• ; -

"IwTli^:..Customs revenue collected at Wellingtos ■"yesterday.. amounted to ,£3306'185.-Bd.

LIVE ST.OCIC SALES. ' . 'i.iless'rs.'\Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report a full ' .yarding of sheep and- cattle' at their Levin sale hold yesterday A. total entry of 2350 sheep and 700 cattle' were submitted to a Rood ".- &v attendance.of buyers.. Every pen of sheep was :sold at satisfactory prices, and,:with the-;exi''; :ception:' of "a'few small lots, all cattle found ■ ,■ purchasers. I Tho following were the prices • .realised wethers, woolly,;. 17s'. to 18s. 6d.; 'shorn do., . 13s. 3d., hoggets, 8s; 4d. to Bs. 6d.; Rood, "10?. to ',18s. 7d.; cull do., 6s. 9d; ewes „'and .lamb's, poor, condition, ■ lis. • Pat• cattle: Bullocks, .£.'o 2s. to £7 55.; forward steers. •ti' 15s. to ,£5; 3-year steers, .£3:155., ,£3 17s.' . 'M; 21-year-, steers, J2 10s., .£2 ISs. (id. to JS' -55.; ,' ; \veaners, 18s.; 2-' year empty heifers, ,£1 9s:.to-.£2; forward cows, ,£3; cows and calves, ;pOoiv -iC2 .3s, .:■ : .< ' -

The, New Zealand Loan and v Mercantile Ageiicy; "report :--At Feiluing on Friday, we had .a.small.entry f of sheep and a good yarding of .cattle." -Bidding was slacker for sheen and cattle were slightly easier all round. Inferior hoggets, Bs. fat' 'lainbs, 125.; yearling heifers, *-235. Gd. to 255. j yearling steers (small). 255. |. two-year steers, ,£2. 7s. Gd.; two-year heifers, '375. to-i£2 Is.; two and 2i-year steers, 17s. Gd. j storfl - cows, 365. to , JE2 10s.; springing cows, .£4. ,

Mr. Newton King supplies the following weekly auction report:—

At'Rahotu, on Tuesday, • there was a good . yarding and attendance, and nearly every line sold\at the hammer at Rood, prices, Mrs. Leedoni's tlairy cows were a good lot and made 'good prices, ■ Mixed calves to yearlings made 225. 6d.; steer yearlings, 365. • Gd, to 38s. fid. i 2-year- steers, '.£2 15s. to ,£3 7s. Gd.; yearling heifers, 345.. to 3Cs.; 2-year heifers, £2 ss. to -£2 lis.; springers, £3-. 10s. t0.J34; store cows, '£2 2s. to £2 175.; Jlrs. Leedon's'dairy cows, J2l , t0..£10, . . . . At Stony River, on. Wednesday, the yards ! wire-full, and'.there was a good attendance of.' < -buyers. Calves made 13s. to 2-ls. Gd.; yearling • ' steers, ,355. Gd. to 415.; 15-months steers, 385.; f ; yearling heifers, 30s. to 375.; 2-year heifers, ,£2' '' ,6s. Gd. to 10s.; springers, <£3 17s. Gd. to £i >'• : 12s. Gd. ;-store cows, £2 4s. to ,£2 16s. Gd.; fit cows, ,£4 10s. to ,£5. <. At AVaiwakaiho, on Thursday, there was a ■ 'big yarding, good attendance, and brisk bidding ■ for all classes, nearly every line being sold . ■ either at the hammer or privately. Yearling steers made 345. to 445.; 2t to 3-year bullocks, ' £4 9s. Gd:; 2-year steers, £3 ss. Gd.; yearling ■ heifers, 30s. to -375.; 2-year empty heifers, J!2 . :SS. to £2 18s.; store cows, £2 10s. to .£2 16s.', fresh cows, <£3 to ,£3 Bs.; springing, heifers, •£? lis. t0£55.5 st. t ; f - ■ LONDON MARKET REPORTS. 1 Dalgety and Company Limited Wellington^ have, received the following cable message from their' London house, under date of October 29:—Frozen meat.—Beef: Prices ara Jd. per lb., fairer. Mutton: Prices are unchanged- The lamb market is firm, but prices • are unchanged. 'J'lie market is unfavourably affected by the warm weather. Tallow: Thf Inaiket is unchanged. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. (dy TiaEGiiArn -citiss association.) ■ ' Christchurch, October 30. 'The wheat market is very quiet, there being so little offering, and buyers seem to'be les» • inclined to operate than they were a fort* .night ago. Up to. 4s. 2d. was paid at a'country station last week but no sales have sinco ; been: recorded. Chaff is dull of sale at «£3, awl; potatoes are easier, buyers now offering .only «C 3, and sellers are asking X 3 ss. '' t< THE WAIHI MINE.; , (1 , t ' TELEGUAl'll—l'll ESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, October 30. • ~Tho Waihi Gold Mining Co. have declared another. dividend (the sixty-third) of 4s. per -snare, payable on December 1 next. This will jabsorb the sum of «C9D,ISI Bs.. and make the total disbursements to shareholders to the data named £3,317,644 2s. Sd. STOCK EXCHANGE. TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . : .' Di<nedin, October 30. , Stock Exchange sales: National Insurance, Ss. . 3d.; New Zealand Toitland Cement, 28s. Gd. '■■■ DREDGING. 1 (Bt TEtEOSArn—ritESS ASSOCIATION.) ■ v .- Dunedin, October 20. \ Dredging returns: Mystery Flat, 50oz. 2dwts.j ' Electric No. 11, 50oz. sdwts.; Masterton, 330z. Odwts.; Muddy Creek, 2Soz. 15dwts.; Waikara, lfloz. lGdwts.; South Waikaia, 15oz. 18dwts.j JCurai 9oz. 15dwts. . • ,