COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

THE SHAEE MAItKET ' Sales of' -New ,-Zealand Paper Mills at .CI 2s. - - Sd- oum'dividend,-and. Sharliuid's,preference at '.call yes- -:, - terday. .'lnvestmont' shares generally were quiot, ' ' but valuta, show no changcs. ' liiuik of New j,.'; Zealand;'bnyors -25.; .National -; Bairl(s, 6ellcrß-i£s Bs.; Equitable Building, sel- ' ere..£9.7s. Gd.';; Wellington;;lnvestment,"buyers; iiSllsl^Sd; aid ;EQ'ah, : .;'sellera. JB7> 1b ; Feilding Gas, buyers M, sellers ;£1 Os .; 9d: ;' Napier Gas, -£10 paid,. sailers .£25; AVelling- . ton Gas,*.£lo paid, buyers -JSl7■ 175., sellers JEIB ;;.--Os.,;now;;;issue,-b Gd.premium; ; j ' '■ South British'-Insurance; bu3-ers-'i;2 75.. 9d.,' sol-, ". .v.lers' Cxl. Standnrd - Insurancc, buyers -i;i : :Me"at,';bhyers.;ilO,.7s.',6d.v ' sellers ;iB10:12s.-6d.-,;vQearfMeat, iBl paid, buyers: ■i .-jCIO 2s. 6d.; JCI ;paid,'.buyers £2-lis.;6d.; KaiaSWb'.bllehviprefefence;;' seUers : ilsy Westport, .. .Coal,: -• sellers -,8s.;; 6dJ;. : Coal,buyers ; 8s: ; ICann -Timber, buyers 14s. ■ ; 8d;, sellers 155.;. Leyland-O'Bnen Timber, sol-. . ■. lers 3d.;; New > Zealand- Paper Mills, Bel-v.-lers .eCl'2s. 6d. j Tarnnata Potrolonm, buyers 55.; ;v;f teellera^;V : ;''-V£'V? \ 1 THE MINING MARKET •fv!^A; f air JbhSiness '.rwas;. dbhe'y«terday.-,,'At-.'the; v.-jiormng'- caU ;a 'salo ;o£ : ':Waihi ;Extended ot Gs. ■.';, ;,v.'as ;niade on 'Change,;.and ,two -other sales at. i';'A:the : re-';; ■-. ported - wore: Kuranui Caledonian, Is. ljd.; Junction, £2 25.-i6d;,.;iC2 ;25.;;--Waitangi, Is.;6}di;; New Alpine, 9 3d paid, 5s 3d, 10s paid, at 6s ; and Consolidated: Goldfields, 19s. ■ . -At the; after- ..- ,noon; sittmg the reported sides' were;: .Karahga-' . . hake, .Is. 5d.; ; Waini • Grand Junction, £2. 2s. ; ', Cd.; Waitangi; 4s. 7d.;:-Now. Alpmo. lOa. paid, ,at;B3.. 3d.', 6s. Gd.; Sylviaj' 2s. Cd;,. The;quota-; tions,. with the last sales, were as; underK • Bnyers. -.Sellers. Sales. £s d £s, d, £s. d. j Waihi Grand Junc- . tion . ~229 239 226 Waihi . . .. 9 3 G 1 4 0 — ; i Waihi Consolidated.;'-'.— -?''i-i''o'-r2;;; Waihi Extended 05 11 061 060 < Talisman .. .. 211 0 211 6 211 6 'ICarangahalo — — 0 15 'KurE-nm Caledonian 011 013 0 11J Tairua Broken Hills 0 2 0 0 2 .1 — 'Waitangi' 1 ..' ..046 048 047 , Watchman , .. . 0 Hj N - Svlvia . 025027026 New Alpine, 10s pd 06 3 — 06 6 k New Alpine,9s 3d pd. o>s 3 — > — Now Big.River. 2-16 0;- 3 0:0. . . Con Goldfields - 019 3 — 019 0 I EEDUCED rREIGHTS. _ ; ; (t . The New Zealand' Shipping Company,; the, ! Line, and - the Federal-Houlder-Shiro service ■; -have (agreed, to. a,.rednction'- .of- freights on; M-:h'emp> ! and;' : tbw;v'\which.is. to-.bbmeiihto' force;'on , July- 2, -:;and continue-iuntil; October 31. '.' The -freight on.'hemp.just.noWiis-45s.,;and is to bel .5 -.reduced- t0;355.; tow, covered, is. to • be 1 - reduced-* ;50s.V;;plus- the, 10:p'erjceht.''pnmage: »n each case., THE IMPORT MARKETS T ; - - Trade: is. roported. quiet, this week .being the it'eiid 'of; the;trading-; month; but-next; week mer-; share.; ' /i- Dullnesa.'.' however, 'is'the feature of the rao:;s|ment;Vfdues of-.'cbmmodities :shbw no changes. • .. : v Arrowroot, continues :'oxocedingly-.6carco, and 1 .eft.encK.JtheJ'pre^t^qpbtatip'nibOT Candles- —The demand nndßrstood is j-ust; now,' and the' consnmptiqii'js; -■. sfolly... eqnal- to • thatf of , last -year.,s^'Tho-'compei! tition 1 ; is-.very : keen, '.but - prices aro -well •'.- n&intaino3..The'-NewAZealanfi. Candle . Com-' -.- ipany's-; quotations,'.issued December, 19,-: are .■■jpremior S steanne andifive-medal;/s}d. ;' British; l ; ; sperm, - Erench-. snermi -Umversal' wax,' .Exoel-Biori-paraiEne,-; 6a.;;i; Ap0110,,-':sperm ■;' ;v .para'ffine, , ;j6id.;'-. : V'onns.;!-coloiired .'fluted,,-.'fiid/;!, v;;.-;piano;..,be4ioom,-' , and:\carnago''sorts,;-/pac!tcd,-. in; cardboard.'boxes; ;7}d. l j. less; the usual trade.discounts.- -.;Enoo's- London ;sperm, 160z., 6jd.; 14oz, Sid., Burma, 16oz , 6jd CornllourMS meeting - with fair Bale. B. .andP., SJd. to 'ssd.; Johnson's, 2Jd.; > Brown's, 3d.; Chicago, 2}d '■ Dried, bruits.—Cnrraats;-;::;finest; provincials; r .f..:is2Jd. to -2d.,"oleanedvAinabas.3d., lib. .cartons '..' '' Ss. vGd. 'Per;dozen; sultanas,/selected 31d.\ ':choicQ -4d., golden 4Jd. to. 5Jd.- per lb., lib. carton 45.-; - 6d.-perrdozen.";;.Dates; bulk, 2Jd. per lb.; cartons, 3s. Gd. per dozen. Figs, 12oz. glovo boxes, - : 33. 3d.;perj dazen. Pigs,-lib. layers; ;45d-i slb. ;'-it;V : iiaturaU,':sd; -per lb*.\ ; xSeeded are slightly. ■--- dozen-'; Muscatels, Califorman, s's;,-boxes 6d., 10's 51d, 20*8 ild per lb , Malaga, SJ's-at lOd. • • Canned'frnits, .which are beginning to move, ; :„,afe"quoted at Bs. 6d. to'l2s. Gd. ' : •/. '. - .' Evaporated frnits,;-snch a3'apples, ,apricots, .• and peaohcs;:-mate from ;7id.--,to ,Bd. .per: lb., 1 Cocoa—A' steady, l hand-to-mouth business isi doing.-'Wan: Houten.'s,- .l's, 3s. -2d:; i's,-- 3a.,;:3d.'i-. J's; 3s.'4d;.per lb. ;;,-Bensdorp'a, l'e, .25.-10.d„ i i's, 2s lid ; i's, 3s ; Fry's, l's. Is. 4£di; Bahia 2s lOd ' , Condensed. Milk. —Highlander,: 55.; , ■ Cowslip, ■- / is;-'6d-Swiss Milkmaia. Gs. Sd.,to lid.-per ' dozen. 1 • ••• -Canned. Meats.—Sheep -tongues, 10s. Gd. to lis. r ;; .'. '. .for I'b ; ox-tongues,' 21's, 31s. to 345.,-;3'5,.345. to ",'f; : ;36s;;per;d67;en;,Gear'aas sorted,'potted,;43.;6d.; : St George's, 5s ; -KCanned '■ Fish.—Herrings..; in tomato; sauce, l's, 7s ,to 7s 6d , J's 4s 6d. to 5s ; kippored herrings, l's, 7s 6d. to -7s---9d. ;'' J's, :;4s:-- 6d." to '55.-;' fresh, .herrings,: l's,; <>--'Cs; to 6s. :6d. ;- lobster, C. and 8., }Ib.; tins, 14s. '6d. -to 153;;; salraon.salad, inedhini reds, lib. talis, 8s Gd to 9s , lib flats, 9s to 9s 6d , •--'.-'Bilvor, }lb. .flats,' ss. ; Golden: Linlt, .Sockaye, :11b.; ; ; >■■■•' tails,' 10s. 6d.; lib.-flats, vlls. ; Southern Cross,, oS;;ilb;;;'6s.',V6d':'i.;\Thp.\cholce.'p ,;-;practicaUy, ; unprocurable''irom,'ATnericaattbo - present time. Herringlets,;in'oil, ,Senator-brand, •-> Bs-' to 83-; Gd.; in; tomato-sauce, ;Bs.: to, Bs.; 6d,,-■■-'JBardinea.-'Skipper.'.ilß.' tins.'Ss/'/ta ss. ;6d.; i's, r 8s 9d to 10s , "King Edward," i's, 4s 9d to Sft;ss.f: '.-.'making ;553;'.t0 ;-5(jS. per cwt.; codfish; in,; 2lb. blocks: arid - stri 7air..inquiry.', '--v - of;tartar, ;05'per cent,;9id. to;lod.;;99^er; s cent.,9}d; :tb;.lod:';tart<u'io acid,; ->- ls-'3d. per lb.; soda crystals, J5 10s.; bicarbonate of soda, XlO 10s.; calcium carbide,; JEIS to: ' il6, blnestono, .£32 10s , whiting, £1 15s ' , .In - their circular,' dated' Manchester,' March-.26,"Messrs.'.SiMV.;-Eoyse'and:Co.-state that-the general' ruh.:-; of'..'.business 'in'.ichemicals-- con■i:®tirihes' to bo '.'disappointing, 1 , and in . values •of ' B.ome" articles there ; : an;'ea.sier.,tone, al though'. ■ y not' much: actual , decline, i There,-will probably, ii S.be'ia;,^drag'ging^./-.trade,;'pntfl;;'.tteJAmeri ''' ■ ' French q-ueetions -'are 'settled;; - and;,until; f S-; Bbmethih'sk'isllmoWfato "prop iprpspbets.; In - the meantime/ ;'old'-contracts aro "being;, smoothed i; out,'';ahd/ igiv'en'V {crops,''.thpre"; O;fe:are:;hopes;;:bf"better;;trade:iduring,'thevsecond, P ; (5 half^^ : 'of.;;.this /year. -';-; s Sulphate^'.-.of icopper },h'as : ■v,lj.ii'ot ;:vai-jed:vgrbatly/.daring -March,bnt .business has -been restricted- in'tbe uncertain posi-. tion '-of copper/ _'Green.'-copperas is dull. and : ':;K';iiny.;?brdersxfbf.;)'f6rward.^delivery:,are..-t^ - competed for. Acetates of' lime; have not •.V'.',:much;demahd;at',preseht;'but grey„acetate (fully : ';wj;maihtains';the.- 25s.,;adyah'ce,,fnade'Mii:;Janu'ary. ; ajb''6teadyi/':-NitratQ',;of-Uead;-is,''6elK ■living .slowly;; at '.prices,'./ahdSbrbigii ';-- .white acetato' has advanced.i'fl'itb'.the ih'c'reascd '■:s J : co3t-'of;spifit'in:GerinahyVV Kthargfcls.stbady;; .- White;ppwdered arsenic is.:flrnl ; -all, round,:and! there is latterly nil. improved i.n[juiry : for . forward delivery, :and moro bijsiness .doing." Car* ; -.'; bonate and ; caustic .potash - havb'.given ; : way: a ;v, hlittle; ibut ' the, advances in ;ra.w;material. : ' the market.'is; now steady, and-higher iprices; are - ; expeoted, for forward; : .delivefy. :■ ', v Mohtreal"pot- ! 'ashes aro .;soniewhatVeasier,^^'but'stocla ioitf this; ;>. 'j side ire •; Tartaric ;acid !and icream of. tartar , are only selling slowly. . Sulphate of .; -ammonia';'is; steadier; - and,-somewhat, bet tor - ' figures have latterly been paid. . - '. ' - Infants',Foods.—Neavo's, 9s. 9d.;.Allan and ';;';';Hanbury's 'Nos.' 1 : ; and;2,'l7sV;-No.; 3i, 10s. :Gd.; >;; .Behger's, :.175,; Robinson's - patent groats and barley, 7s. Gd. ■ > 7'-;;f . : Maizena.—Duryea's, sJd.v :• , - V, Kmfo Polish.—Nixey's, 4s. 6d.; Okey's, ss. 3d: ■ - ' Mustard.—Fair sales. 1 Colman's D.S.F., J's, • - ls.'s|d. torls. 6d.; l's. Is. 3Jd. to Is. 4d.; Dur--1 ■ ham, 71b. tins, 7d. to 7{d. . . 3s. Ba. to 3s. 9d. a gross; v i'penny slides;\Bs.-9d.;to.9s.V6d.,j;safeties,;small, ,', foreign, 3s. to 3s. 3d.;. Bryant and May's, small, 4s. Gd.; Ira'ge, 7s. Gd. - ■ ;. ~ ■ , Nutmegs, 9d,. to'.ls. per lb. S ; v .v iPeel.—Lemon peel continues scarce, but plies - aro expccted to reach this port next ■ month. -Lemon' "peel,;:'7 J s,y 51f1'.;; ■ orange/i 5Jd.-; citron, 10Jd per lb I'icltlee.—Morton's hexagon 10s. Gd., round . 12s. Gd. per dozen;- Captain White's, 235. Gd; ; ' Garton's H;P., Jrpmts, 12s. Sd.; pints, 225. 6d., pure' pickles,'. 9s. Gd. to : 10s. ;,;. -'■ - . Jtico.—No; X; 15s. 6d.; No. 2, 14s. 6d. per cwt. Salt.—Fine, 71b. bags,- ss. ;6d. to 6s. Gd.; owt. tags;-3s.'.Gd;' to 4sJ;. coarse,,in ewt..bags, 3s; to . Bs. 6d.. per. cwt., y-;v; ■>.(;..-y. ; , : and P.,- J-pmts, Its. to 14s. 6d.; . pints, 255.':t0";255.' I '6d.; Holbrbbk's,' i-pints,.7s'. . 6d.; pints, 10s. Gd. to 10s.; 9d.; Garton's, }- pints. 7s. Gd.; pints, 10s. to 10s. Gd.; Eagle brand (N.Z.),;il-pints, :2s. 9d. to 35.,* pints, ss. 6d. to Ga. ,; -;7, V : --' . ; . Starch.—Colman's, 'lib. boxes, ;sjd.: to sjd.; ■--... Bib. packets, sd. to - sjd.; New Zealand,, lib. boxes,- 38s. -to 393. 'per ;cwt.; slb. packets;: 375. to 335. per.cwt. '■ •> '1 ■ ;5 Stove. Polish.—Nixoy's, 2s,' 6d.; Reckitt's,' 3s,'. per dozen. :.

:; Sagar.-r-The. market is /steady, - with a . good .demand.:- IA/and' No. :1> 56*8,N0. 2, ; ,£l6 ss*;i No. .3, <£15 55.: per tou. ;, • 'Vinegar.—Midland/Red Hock,'quarts, Bs.ud., Champion, quarts, - Os. 6d.; Red - Seal, quarts, As. i Midland concentrated, Boz.. bottlea, lis. Gd.. •per doz.; concentruted, sgal. casks,-9s. Gd. per gallon ;pura malt, 28ga1.. casks, 25.. 9d. per gali'lon'i'/V-• Indian;Jute.—"The jute industry.seems to be, getting'sicker-and sicker every day'' .(says Cal-' ' April;- 8). vVTlio' fact is, what-' everybody ' connected 'with. the trade •knows, ' that there is -ttill : much goods 'being', produced than • tAo;. con suming y markets bail take off; . The ■ consequences arothat stockß are 'acoumiilatiiig,! business drags heavily,' and are subsiding. .* The \ half-year ending June 30 :, riext will results in -the: jriills* of .'a very: varied order, but the average; will make a .poor: ehow in profits, if, indeed, somo do not ':exhibit a minns sign .altogether. •And-this .state of. affairs i has • been - Ruling .in : -B6me\considerable' time, ;where jute is a monopoly, .and : where the'manufacturing industry/ neea, never 'be at , all • bad. with pru-;donee-arid.' business; 1 , ability,' penetrating • • the management.!" • It appears that, although .there :is Jnte^ifill*/Association' in existence,..there is no. 1 cohesion, with; the. result, that, in- a sagging-market,; competition.iD. cutfing prices; to. /the "' w'/*V • ; ; ;The reyonuo collected at Welling-. ;ton-yesterday"; amounted - to'- 145. ; ,1d.V. WELLINpTION MARKET' REPORT. Messrs/Laery arid Co;, Ltd.,'Wenington,.report wholesale prices ruling on the market:— Wheat, fowl,, is. Bd. t0.45.10d.; feed: oats, ■2s- 2d.: to' 2s. 4d. ; dan oats, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d.; ■Seed-: bats,;2s.-4d.' ; to 2s. b'd.; Algerian seed ;oats,'2s.-6d. to 2s. 9d.;-maize, 4s. ;10d. to ss.' 3d:; crushed malt, Bs. 9d.; fowl, barley; 2s. 9d. ;ta, 35.; - horse beans, 43. Gd. (all at per bushel); ricemeal; il£s : , to ~£s ■ ss^; - flour, New. Zealand, £12 10s.; 'bran, i? sto ,£5 55.;. pearl barley, JEls'; peas/ partridge :45.,; Dd.-, : prnssiah- blue -55., to 'ss. -'6d.', - fowlt.peas' : '.10s.;. bonedust, i;s'to .£5 55.; pol-. lard *£6 103.;. to v£6 15s.';; gnanoj .£4 10s.; 'chaff (oatensheaf), to ->£3 15s. ; oatmeal, .£9 15s. to .Clo;.pbtatoes,'.£4to JES lOs. j onions, i! 5 to X 7; picklers, 4s. to 6s. cwt,; molasses fodder;. ,£5 ji.bacoh, -factory;/sides'- 73d;', hams. Bd;,. rolls Sid.; buttor.'bijk, SJd.to B}d.. Poultry—Hens, 3s. ; 55.; / turkeys,. gobblers lis. to 12a., hens.9fc*tb.'los;'; freSh'. eggs; 2s:;.',to' 2s. 3d.,'pre-. 'served';is.:sd.Vtb : ls.':6d.': per;dozen; cheese,6d. to 61d. ; per "ilb;;• V loaf i;7d/ ; ' to ; /7Jd.''per ;,' lb."; ■ik'aroa 'y. "maohiiio.-;dressed.cocksfoot,;,, • :7jd/ -to- farmers 1 'dressed, sd. to .Gd. per lb. ; -per,bushel ;; Italian ryegrass; : -35.'..6d; -to '4s. 6dl'- bushel; white, clover,: 70sto 755.'-cwt.; red clovor,, Gas.' cwt.; cow grass,V6ss;>cwt e-wt.;VmWtard;, I litimothv, -■ 32s.';6d;v.cwt;BWede/and-turnip; seed, 60s owt. SOUTH CANTERBURY MARKET REPORT. Messrs. G. - S. -Herodith-and. Co.," 1 Waimato, roport on the South Canterbury grain and produce market, for .the - week ending .May-18, as follows .'ingly.:quiet;this past..weekj. in, fact; the quiet--est' week since tho'season has started. Owners are'vholdihg jrill.'>ot: accept ;less, ; "on .trucks, at couhny . : stations.' Large quantities are- now being 'shipped; .but millers, are not : operating.,', Tho market vis . exceedinglyquiet., . Values' are; nominally; Gartons Is. id., Danish Is. 3d., Dons :Is. 3d.(net),> all- -on- truoks.'nt poudHt .stations,, sacks 5Jd. Chaff.—Tho market for chaff :,sUlyremains.;abput; same, r yery : -little business ;being doing..!- In. the absence of buy-, era; prices, aro pommolly: 355. oil trucks at .country ."stations; 1 equal', to ■ Sss. J.o.b.s.i.' . Pot- ; itoos.'4rThe f patotp-V '..very;firm;,; and be-; ginning ofi'last-.ifcok. '-- Any ohoice .lines of Up--.to-Dates:, and i Derwents ,• free. from - disease are, istations': (net);;equalling : a good demand;*ind higher rates aro expected •in .tbo near, future.Seed Up-to-Dates aro non -pffering.'; at .'GSsH :i'Rrtea"toj Vprbportion ~ol'<thbsaViiro "affected '.with blight • Tory; little-business is.being • transacted.Straw. lißaled.'tiwheatenj:. 225.--. 1 ; 6d.' v.trucks; tbaled'''oaten; 5 27s.'.'t ,6d. iton; trucks;) Hay 1 .rrMeadow,; hay, i£3 f.0.b.; prime- clover,hay,'i63.-15s. .f.o;b. .. '

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. 1 • ' (by TBLEBBiPn—rnzss ASSOCIATION.) . ' , i May 19 iffThe*bats; "market 'la A ;'grado., : 'oats, ! :Gartonß; -continue, to-sell.-.well-,, -for'; yfehipinent.«-f'The' r ' obtaining? freight'-to- the. Home country prohibits ,busi-j ■•nbssin that direction to a;large,;extent, . hnwever. Quotations: A grade;Gartons, Is. 7d.; ATgradoSparrowbills, Is. Gd. to Is.- GJd. ; medium, ,Is. 4jd. to Is. s|d.; inferior and soft oats, Is. 1 j 2Jd. to Is.: sd. ; No ■ heavy business has been donov in . wheat 'during ; th6:vweek;'' ; aslmillers'are 'wellj stocked,, arid - will not buy,-at farmers' .ideas of value. • Theje is fair, inquiry for .prime : velyat;V;'■Pri^ie^■millil^ 1 3s; lid. - to: 3s. lf?d.; Fowl .wheat, is in" good l ;supplyV:'and sells,slp'wlyvat theifollowin'g prices; -Best. i'Ss; :9d. ,to 3s. 10d.; medinm, 3s. sd. . to and •damaged, i: ;2si;j6dr to 3s. v : ' STOCK EXCHANGE . AssodATioNO-, : Dunedin, May 19 ■{,'Stock'Exchange,'sales and; Eiley, fctßiid^} r -.&^6d;;''iEi^V.attd;;Shiiifl;' ! ifiii'l4s;- i :6d;' Sales are rbported as follow:—New Zealand Paper Mills, 2s. 4Jd.; New> Zealand Port''land ;-'i^ue), ! :..Sl :;premiuin ;';Con-J solidated-Goldfields, .18s. ;9d.-. -. ,•: . . ' FLOUR PEICES REDUCED : BESS .ASSOCIATION.) ;>-. Christchurch, May 19 The .New; Zealand F^Qur, Millersl, Association ; -tMay;;iMuced ?,the' :! pfico''bf flb'ur'. tb .iiO iOs.'; ;per',' ton; f.0.h.-ra;.2os.': ; reductibh.;all!-'found on' the.basis of sacks. ' :: r .'-V' :-. !: AUSTRALIAN PEODUCE MARKETS. (BT TELEOEAPH—PRESS ASSOCUTIPS—COPTBIGHT.) J - ' Sydney, May 19 Whoat,'ss. 4di' Flour, -£12'105.; Oats—Algerian, 2s. d.' to 2s; Gd.'j'Tartarian,- 2s; lOd. Barloy—Cape,.'3s. to 3s. 3d. Maize, 4s. sd. Bran 'andj'pollard, £G. -.- -Potatoes—Tasmanians, .£1 .to Victorian,. £T 10s.; - New Zea-, ■land,: iC6 10s. Buttei',- 1165.. Bacon, B}d.; . Melbourne, May 19 Wheat, - 55.: ldi Flour, illl 10s. Oats—Alger'ian feeding, ls. 9d.:to 2s. 2s. r 9d.;;malting,..medium,'3s. 3d.; Cane,-2s. 9d.. to ,2s.' 10d.'-• i'Maizei;4s;^Bd..'to.-;45.,'9cf.;; Bran; Is; -Id. . Pollard, la. 2d. Potatoes, £3 15s. to £i. .Onions; . JEG. lOs.. to. JE7. ' s;\ViJ;:CC- ■■ 1 ' Adelaide, May 19 Wheat, ss. 'Id. ? Flour, ill. Oats—Algerian, '25.-2 d. to;2s. 4d.; ;, Barley—Cape, 2s.' 3d. to >25.~ 6d. • Bran and pollard,.ls. 3d.; LONDON WOOL SALES. 4 (BI TXLXQBAPII—FRESS ■; ASSOOIATIOW—COrTttIOHT-) ', ;. . London, May 18. , At the wool; sales there .were,largo, offerings, chiefly of Ne;v- Zealand. The ' best sorts wero ,wll; the .TJnited Statcs Vtopmakin;; sorts*. ;vero - fully maintained; intermediatb kuids.were;a little more,irregular. ,' Tho ICotu clip sold for lOjd. per lb. BROKERS' PRIVATE CABLES ; Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co. have received. the tollowing ; wopl-'market r cablegram irora • th'oir London Kousg, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray- and C 0.,. dated -May. : .lß, 1909;-"The' fourth. series or tho London wool'sales, opening °n' Jul/ C, will bo limited, to -140,0.00 bales new : arrivals.- The September and November Berieß ,aro. not. limited.. ' BANK SHARES AND DEBENTURES. (BY TSCEGUAPB rSESS - ASSOCIATION —COPTBIOHT ) ~ v - . • .London; Mav'lß. ■ The'following,are tin'.latest quotations:— v --.' Bnyers. .Sellers, Ba , nJ T't • -i' S. d. £s. d. ■ Australasia 108 10 0'- 109 10 0 >-New ;South. Wales . 45 10 0 V 46 10 0 Umon 61 0 0 65 0 U .■National ••• ... 510 0 515 0 - Now;' Zealand ... ... 10 0 0 10 10 0 Bank of New ,Zealand; 4 per - cent, guaranteed debentures, JltOl. i . ■ REUTER'S TELEGRAM CO "-The -director'siof'Reuter's Telegram Co., Ltd. have declared a dividend at the rato of 5 per-cent, per annum for the half-year ending December 31, 1908. Tho amount of the company's reserves is n0w.^2103,927. -Cash in hand bills and investments, at Dccomber 31 stood atX 124.235, while freehold properties are set down at £15,89!).. • '. -