COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 518, 27 May 1909, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

THE SHARE MARKET,

Inveslment'Miares were qniet, the only business recorded yesterday being a sale of Wellington Woollen ordinary shares at £3. The - quotations were unchanged. Bank of Now Zealand, sellers £9 Is.; National Banks, sellers .£5 7s. Od.; Equitable Building, sellers 7s. 6d.j Wellington Trust and loan, sellors £1 \%; Christchuroh' Gas, buyers £9; Feilding Gns, buyers Jll; Napier Gas, XlO paid, sellers £25 c 10s.; Wellington Gas, MO paid, buyers £17 • 175.; South British Insurance, sellors £2 9i. Gd.; Standard Insurance, buyers M 2s. j Christ- - church Moat, bnyers .£lO 7s. 6d., sellers wCIO 12s. 6d.j Gear Meat, .£4 paid, bnvers £V> 2s. 6d., £1 paid, .buyers £2 Hi. 6d.; Meat Export, " £5 paid, sellers £t 45.'6 d., £2 12s. Gd. paid, nellors £3 ls.i'Kaiapoi Woollen preference, sellers £"i; Wellington Woollon ordinary, sellers £3; Wcstport-Stockton Coal, sellers Bs.; Kauri < Timber, bnyers lis. 9d„ sollers 155.; Leyland- - OBricn Timber, sellers .£1 2s. Gd.; New Zealand Portland, Cement, buyers £2; Sharland's ordinaty ,and'preference, buyers 19s. 3d.; Tara- I Bttki Petroleum, sellers 7s. Gd. THE MINING MARKET. . At the morning call sales of Waihi Grand 'Junction at ,"41)3. Gd., Waihi Extended at Gs. , Id., and New,Alpino at 7s. Gel. and 7s. 9d. were reported. In' the afternoon the sales reported woro Tairua.'Golden Hills 6s. Bd., Tnlisman Consolidated £2 9s. 6d., Waihi Grand Junction . £1 195.,3 d., and Watchman lOd, and sales of 1 the latter at lid. and Is. were made on 'Change. Tho quotations with tho last recorded sales were ns under:— Bnyers. Sellors. Sales. • £ s.d. £s. d. £s. d. Waihi Grandi Junction ... .'.. ... 119 0 119 G 119 3 Waihi ... '.'.. ... 9 3 G 9 1 0 — Waihi Extended, ... 0 G 0 0 6 8 0 6 1 Waihi Cons6lidatcd - ' 1! f — Talisman , 2 9 0,299296 Kuranni Caledonian 0 1 0' 0 1 1 — i' May Queen h — ,021 — Saxon ... .: — 0 2 0 — Tnirua Golden Hills 0G 8 — 0G 8 Waitangi, '... '...042 0 44 ' - Watohman ..'. -:.. 0, 1 0 o'l 1 010 New Sylvia '... ' ... 026}0 27} — New, Alpine, 10s. pd. 0 7 6 0 8 0 , — , New Big River ... — 3 0 0 ' — Con. Goldfields ... 0 161 G '— ' —

-■> and, suburbs;: but in r.thV ; country * district 3 ]rier<' ; ;/; chants /report; n.;f ; frifl- ; / :ing;/exceptiohs, v: :y Talues/'ofiConimoditiMi^^'^'^Kvv?;;:, 1 ;.'.' ! 'v-Arrowopt is .very soaroe,,'and^quotations!'are'; ,::.advanbing,\sJd.-,per lbJ/isJre'adily;bbtaihed'just' >v^.ubwV:'>''-''/''j'-;,.r'.:'^ tR" Candles:—^Th'o,demand 'ahd'-ttofconsnmption'is I- ; -M 1 T : j et l ui » l •'■.'.*. ..that'; of 'ilast'i year: > ! ;, : Th'e • cbmpe-'. •■iition i-4S',i.v«y- ! :keen;'Abut'-;', prices \':'ate , ";,Veir %: maintained.-?: v. The/Newf Zeak'nd'-'Cahdte'ComV-' i, pany s,iquotations,'•;issUed' ! D«oe'mber'^l9, i are:— s stearine.'and 'five v 'rhe'dal; sjd;; British; ,^:sperinV;i'Pre'ri6h'/sparfli;yUniversal wax,'Exoelftßior;:Vparafßh9,V6d.;; Apollo;sperm and'.vVenui' -).. : paraffine, ; -ijd.'; ',/Venus ;■ coloured '/.-fluted; : 6Jd.;. : ;'.piano,';bedroom,, and '• carriage ,sortv-packed in y : cardboard: ; boxe3,.;7ld.;,iess :, 'the: usual -tr'ade-dis-■;>'counts.'vPrice'swLbnddn 'spermi'.t'lGo'z;;. •' 6jd.; >|Joz.r:6Jd:rßdnria;V,l6oz^::GJd.'?'::;:: ■.; ; ' ";.•'':-/:. ?m'eetihgfwith-fair;;snlo'.:' ;»'P.Vs}d.ito'SJd. 1 ;; Johnson's, 2}d.'; Brown's,':3d;;: j:'.CMoagb,-':-2jd.-.r;Th'B. lower .grades"'.'of, 'cornfloor, ; ; ; are:qu6tetl : 'at:il pes ton advance.in'Lbndoni ;; finest '-,: provincials; 1 ■ -iSJd.'-i tp:'3d., ; ,d6aned'.' Amaliai ; 3d>, ! lib:. cartons,, ;35.: 6d/per dozen j'sultanasi:selected 35d;, choice' :\;4d.;::golden ) isd.Vto;sJd.';p'er,:lb.V lib. cartons-4s. pfld.;. per ..dozen:"- :'Dates,'bulk>;2ld.vper lb.;.- car-■-.:tons,'-SsXGd:.per/dozen.',: Figs, ,12oz. glove,boxes,■ ■ivSs. 3d.;'per: : dozen. /'Pigs; lib.'/layers,' 4Jd.; 51b. : ■:',naturals,i:sd.'.',p'erilb.' .Seeded raisins are slightly V'/lower,/fancy, lib./packets; 45.,' choice.3s.:.6d..per .-"jfdozen." ; " 11 liscatols,;. Calif drnian;;s's :boxes ' 6d.;-; SlO's:sid3o's"4 lUij per lb:'•:Malaga, SJV at. lOd. /oper r;lb; i :'7.The v ; X'onddn7"arocer'', of ,'iApril-lO' ;■;statesithat Bultanhas have.-,been';active,' and-in, v.some'-'oases.': qui te- 25.. per ;'owt.(dearer, owing 'to • fi.aiproposed/la^ Sseems /likely--to Tpass.,.their .-Parliament; ,and S-;.whichvwill'.limitifhs. ; export-t6v42,'ooo;tbns^' : :-.-; i^v.CaMed'/frnifswwh^ :i;Bre-quoted iat:Ss. ! :6d;;vto-125.-i6d. ; 7:;. : ,;-:i//v>7 ;-lx'Evaporated::;frhits;' 7Jd* tp,Bd. 'pe'r lb;' ;; v;V :f.V : Cocoa—A;isteady,:ohahd l tormouth.i'busihes!. is- : doing.;-/-Van Houten'S,;l'e,;3s; 2d.-;:J's, : :3s. 3d.;'. 7}% : '.3s..4d;:perlb:';vßehßddrp's;.l's',. 2s. IWjlwA'BtC :?, Zsi'lid;);'iV3si{'/-'Pi 1 y'8;:.-l's, Is.: 41d;';TBani& ;V2sV'il)d; y:!;W',/ \ S' : Condehse'd 'Itilk.-^Highlander.-rSs:;"Cowslip,: Swiss /Milkmaid,. 65./ 6d..; to : 6s. illd. v per: ■ dozen;"': .-";'.' : --. : .': "'■"■ J-'.-'/"<■'■'. ■'- V/j Canned Heats.—Sheep- tongues, 10s. ,Gd;: to lis!: ;;;S6s./'per dozen; 'Gear's .assorted, pott«di' f 4s. : 6d.; 7S><G«prße's > ::ss.'.;::':*; : ':-7 ;: |;. , > r '''::;;;:,_'-?:;: s,;:;-7:.> KvvCanheui^Pish'.-T-Herrings-in ■:;-. tomato S ; 'sauce;, 'uVs.Wsi /:.to/';/7s;':/;6df; ! -;S's;;743;/p6d:;, to ■''■ ss;; /ikippered './//herrings,-;^ Gd:\-, -to i'^s.s9d;j'.l'B,*^s.''/6d'.-' : ;to.':>ss:;Viresfc l's,' |65./ tdV6sU ;ahd,:B.,:}lb7' tins;;i4s. •'■ -6d. ; i to'-155.; :/salmbn,/ : 6ala'd, : medium/ reds, •'lib: ;j tails;'; Bs.; 6d.i to/9sv;;lib.'flats;' 93. 'to; 95.'"6 d.; 'silver, jib.:flatsi'ss.;,Golden Link,- Sbokaye,' lib.-; /tails,- ios.' v 6d.';llb. /flats; lis. j. Southern; Cross,, :;.' : 'Jlb".,;6s: -6d.'C.The'.'choice "grades !:of ; salmon are '•; practically..'-.u'nprocurablo': frbm::Am'ericavatvthe: ft present time; ,'Herrihgletß, : in oil,"- br'andii :\Bs. ; to'.B3;:.6d.'';'.iri-,tbmato,Eahce,-.Bs.;:to.'Bs'.';6a.;; v.Bafdinesj I Skipper,'.jib.'? tins, ss.- to osKGd.j. }'s,'. :-. 9s'.' 'fld; f i to 10s:; ;"KirigV: Ed ward," ii's,'; 4si 9d!; to ;-:ss.';' , J's,;;Bs'.'i; 6di;':ling,';.-.Smethu'rst.'i :Vmaking;.'sss.*/to, :56sV ; ; pe'r;,CT Vblo'cks and:stripsi/isVmeeh'n'g'withtfair/inquiry.; ::Ther London*:: "Producb of ■ 'April., 10'. states'' : that -.choicest'Praser: Kivef;, lib. -i ; ifurther-ls./per gcase,- -; and'-buyers Jfpun'd/it'idifficultrtb./flir -/their/requirements/.'.even at- this- advance,'-.as; Ci.thb-rcarry-qver ; fromV/the ,1907 /pack-: was .much vless ; than 'Usual;';,aid7 ( the: 1908 /packv'was'. the ; :rßmallest''<for::;mahyVyearsX7:i',::;*':/ : -: ; i; -v.:

,';*:,CheraicMs.rrC-ream- of tartar; 95per. cent; 9jd.■ "-toi'lOd./, ;99. ; . per ..cent.' 9Jd- : to i lOd.; tartaric aoid, S'.ls;:-3d.;,per lb;; : sbda;cryßtals, 10s."Vbicarboii--liate'ibfi'sodaV-ilO 103:; calciumcarbide, ■:£IS "to ;-.;yei6;;:bluestbno;; ,£32;>105.:; whiting; ■-■£& 153; iM' ::/r-lrifants\f,l , qbds.^Neaife'Sj i ';9s;i93.; -Allan-'and .siHan^ur^B;Nps:Vi / aria/2;-'l7s/j ; Nb; r ißengor'si ;Ll7s;;..KobihsonV.pa r tent,/groats' andTKbarlejr/ 1 73 v ;6d;J';iv^-:fl; :i;, i;*;// -./,".?. : .>;.;/. ; :v>;:V:.--'."£ ;,?.• sJ[d.■ $ -y:" ■-':■£'. i ';>; '^-.\\ V,>;vliinseed upon'•the nosition 5.0f:- linseed oil the A 'Oil.Trade Keview," dated Lon;V.don,.!;ApriVß,! .wrpteithat' litUo' ; animation:liad :Vbh^raqt»^4.]Jhe/;ttaao:/tMsfyeariani-,Binoe / the K : 6pfening.'W6tatibns; : ;bad':had>!-a'Jdrooping:''' tenV '-(lcnoy/;and'\wew below'thcse-.'rulingat'the:6nma •/timet lastV year..;',.iTh'e ;:marke't;.-f or linseed/had t. b'een/'duieV''owinir';to.-'offer3'to/sell/'from'.'.Cal-r;ciitta"-':and the /River Plate. '■■■'■: The' Argentine/ • [crop ./was .known'/to be 'as largo 1 as '.thatV of. vithe/'brevionsi-senspn.;.'/ It;was: thought .likely,>tdo',;thatthe.Tndiah"orbps;wo,uld turn out more' -favourably: ythan' flastj l season. -'/Tbe-'tf Indian', :'yield;/howeyer.v'dpes ; iibt/exercise ;thp': same-in- : i'flaen'ce^bVer.fthe^} i mdi > ke^ias''!it*'is'ed^i'o^o\6 l :: '■gentme 1 , being the'dbminant::fnctbr.:';;Th'e.;con-,.Bnmpti6n';o£-linseed 'qil'jcontinnedv; to itimake .'steady.' progress, .but'.with/.crops' of seed,;large: /thero'lhadvnbt^bcenSmnch';';scope /for,..imprbve•,'ment. in .prices.".,'; Cotton seed/oil/had recently which;,;had/lessened.;thd/chances,of '/linseed ij oil used; as,*a'6ubstitute.'i- : Pros- ; . pebtsoivere f or a : fairly/steady' market-for; lin;Sydney: represenitatiye,' by;fa; recent-mail,; ,tho:British::Oil : and' -Cako Mills; Ltd.,'6omewhat:pptimisticallKe'aid: :^rLinsecd;biL-is.yery/firmly' held/on'spot, owing •/Kingdom;;are:'at"'p'resenti:Bs'ing/ their machin-v.ery.-for "crushing:-Soya ./beans. ■:■ Consequently; /there js'not,the!same'amounc of-linseed:being i;wrned;;ou.tias/;,i3;'usual for-this/time/of the /year.'? ,;In ladditiob; to 'that;., the- demand- is sexcentionally/good,' the.paint.trade having had •X'.rather, nniok-/revival.'.l ."For "forward r posi-:-*nons-crushers • are /'asking':.a 'premium of /from/M. ;\to ijd.-perf.gallori/up;- till/August; /Unsequently.-'thoy .do/not: look for/linseed 'oil ...to.- fallin..valub/befbre' then." /-'lt may' be /.mentioned.that''at J the -time (this letter was :-WnttenUhe;^uoto-for/^Thistle'' i oil'was^:ls. /:83d.,/f;o.b./Glasgow.';:/':^'; J /. --./;:-:::-'/ ~'-/-■-; John; Miller' and.Co.,in iLtheir/Calqutta'.ciroular'of April 2G,/state,that i'P, ri 9 e ,s iPF.J;te./fabric3,have/continued 'to/tend leteadUy,,in;buyers , ,.favour,/and'a fair amount ,iptv ; :general';business~-hDB/resultedi at'the <de-> time,' Australia, and' Western markets being'-the ; principal/operators.';:.:;ln hessia'ns' prices have /shown.:h. further.'■ decline-: for-all '.'descriptions' r and,i, but;./ have':■ continued ;6caree,;:arid .'only./a,;'modcrate business' is'.'re- : port M;;,.' Orders Ifrbm; America ,'have been, next ,to;nih./',Therovhas/,been quite .'a, run-on corn-: ..having":.taken, sbme-:3000 to i 4000: bales/at: .steadily /declining /prices, the rmiirketiclosihg>with fair orders at Es. '24; ', -,-';■ i-'Mustard.—Fair, ; sales/ '■ ColmanV D.S.F;,' i's >ls;.sJd.'to ls;';6d.;J*s; Is. 35d.'to'is.4d.; Dur-;.'-'ham,fl7lb.';tins,':;-7d. ;:■::,;/ . .-:> '-:;Matchefl.—Plaids,-3s; : Bd. to:3s. : 9di ; .a',:g'rbssi ?'"' enny■ slides,./Bs'..' 9d;' ; to 95..'. 6d.; safeties, small, oreign, 35..t0 3s. 3d;; Bryant and May's; small, /■&..6d.'V'.lniee;:i7s',',6d/'-v;.:.;.a- : V'•./.:■■•.'•■-■.-•. : .;'.--■'■--■;.■-' /:,>:Nutmegs,.9d./to.:ls.;p^r,lb. A/.;':«;:",/-./ :',' , -.'? Peel.—Lomba:peel continues scarce,.but supiplies.'. are .expected' 'to/ reach- this :-pbrt'. next /month.-Lemonipeey-Ts, ; .sJd.;' orango;'.sJd'.; Ibitron, .lOid.per.lb.V'; .;..'.:/•.',. ' '~' v; Pickles.rrMortbn!s.hexagon /10s.. :6d.,' round >-;i2s'i-' 6d.'.'per Jdqzen;;'Captain White's, '235. 6d.; r-Gnrtdn's H-;P.,li-pints,"l2s; 6d;; 'pints, 225;, Cd.; ::-pure/'pickle3;::9s.v6d.; to -10s. ; ■■/■■:■■ :--y. -..,/; ;.-.:,-,/. .'■'■>.;ltice;T-No^l;lss^6d.:;-No.'-2,'.-Ms;;Gd.-per cwt. ;,:.Salt.r-I'ine,.;7lbVbags,'s3., 6d; to 63..6 d.'; pwt;

? bagsi 3a;,6d; to 45.; ooarso, in cwt, bags,'3s. to 3s. iGdoper-cwt;,-, :i::; •//.',■/ ■ Sauce's'.—L: and P.. J-pints, lis. to lis. 6d.; > pints, 25s.'to 255. 6d.; Holbrook'B, J-pints, 7a.. Gd.; pints, 10s. 6d. : to-lbs. 9d.; Garton's, }- , pints, i. 7s. 6d.; pints, 10s. to 10s. Gd.; Eagle brand (N.Z.), J-pints, 2s. 9d. to 35.; pints, ss. ■ : ,6d.-' to. 6s.- .-■■/ ~*■.. :.,/<..,/• ~: /.;... ■'.-, : Starch.-Colmari's, lib. boxes, sjd. to sjd.; • '51b. .packets,-' 5d. ; to .Sid.; ,New' Zealand, lib,, boxes, 385.;t0.395. per-dwt.; 51b. packets, 37a. to 38s. per cwt. , '..'".:"''• •' :,Stovo Polish.—Nixoy's, 2s. Gd.; Reckitt's, 33. per/dozen. '..*...'. • ..' .i .;.;■ . ..Sugar.—The market is steady,'with a good demand:, 1A and No. 1, 56's, JSIG 155.; No. 2, .£16,58.; No, 8, £V> ss.'per'ton.. ,'.-,/.? .'-' V'.Tea. j —Private cabled advices report a firmer! market.in/Colombo, common broken pekoe having advanced .1 cent and medium 3 cents per 1b..; This movement is attributed to the fact that stocks in, London are now'only 63,000,0C01b., an unprecedently low level. Midland Red Hock, quarts,' Bs. Gd.; Champion, quarts, 9s. 6d.; Red Seal,- quarts; 45.; Midland .concentrated; Boz. .bottles, •lis. 6d. per doz.; concentrated, Bgal. casks, 9s.'Gd.'per gallon; pure malt, 2-Sgal. casks, 2s. 9d. per gallon..''.'.' "• ,'.; ' '■-■ '.'■.'. ■■■ -~-, ;':; ' WEIiLINGTON MARKET REPORT. ■?•'•' ...Messrs. Laery. and Co., Ltd., /Wellington, report : wholesale prices ruling on 1 the.-market:—' Wheat, ; fowl, :45., 8d; to-'4s. 10d.; .feed oats, 25,-,'2d. to 2s. 4d;;.dun oats, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d.j seed oats, 25.. 4d. ■to - 25., Bd.; Algerian 'seed oats, 25.-.6 d/ to 2s. 9d.; maize, ds. lOd. to ss. .malt, ,8s: '9d.;/ Capo barley,. 35..;;. fowl' barley, 2s. 9d. to 35.;. horse b f a ns,. ) ;4s. ,'M..-.'.' '(all y; at M. .per,, bushel); ricpmeal, w£s.to .£5 55.; flour, New Zealand, ".£ll 10s, to .£l2;. bran, .£5 to £5 55.; pearl barley £15peas, partridge. 45.; 9d., Prussian blue ss. to ss. 6d./-fowl, peas.4s. 3d., .split £Y1 10sl;.'bonedust, £G; superphosphates, £5 to .65 55.; pol- | ard £6 10s. to £6 155.; guano, £4 10s.; chaff (oatensheaf), £3;to .83155.; oatmeal, £9 15s. to ,to £b 10s.; seed potatoes, .£5 v^-'^: : ,™P° r H ■*■<&;; Up-to-TMtes. £7 ■i O -;- i: & : ;to '.£7; : pick- 1 /' '*-'' ?? fc! , ™ -fodder, £5; bacon,' factory sides'73d., hams Btl r'olk bulk, Sjd. to BJd. S ducks,,4s. to 55.; turkeys, gobblers lis. to 125.,: hens 9s. to;10s.; fresh eggs, 2s. to 2s. 3d., pre! served Is.-Sd. to. Is.- 6d. per dozen; cheese,'6d.'to W. t: per VJb.V,loaf. u7d;- ; to''7H. :•: per'-IKV Ataroa machine-dressed- cocksfoot 7Jd to'.Bd.; farmers' dressed, sd.' -to Gd. per lb.; .ryegrass,;, 35.; to 4s. 6d. /per;bushel;, Italian ryegrasses.6d: to 4s. 6d. bushel; white clover,' • 705., to__/ss. cwt.; red,clover,.6ss: cwt.; cow grass,.Gss.; i cwt.;:,alsike,-825.'.6d..',cwt.; mustard, ;«s/pivt,;,trefoU ;:37s v ;Gd;;cwt.i:Tape seed, 26s!': v -i''"w m * ?' . 82 ?-jWr.owt.';swedo nnd'turnip -seed,,.BOs.'i.cwr.';,'-i-.-'.v■:•:.■ ~>'- : .-:v,"-.-: : .'■"■,',.-;;■■■".-,-.-

cbilected at\Wellington 15s. 2i .'. . -

• x ' THE METAL MAEKETS. (SX TZLEOaAPn-PBESS ASSOCIATION-COPiniGBT.) ' n ' . London, Hay 25. iota ta ' "»• :^a, Bi «■ -"■*»,««. 1 BANK SHARES AND DEBENTURES. m ~„ , .. London, Mav 25. Thoi following are tho latest quotations :- Banks. Buyers. Sellers. « i , . ■£ s - d. £s. d. Australasia . y ids 10 0 -~ 109 10 0 ' Now South Wales ... 45 10 o 46 10 0 5 n J? n , CI 0 0 65 0 0 National 510 ,0 515 0 New. Zealand 10 0 0 10 10 0 debe a ntos N i7oi Zealand * P ° r Mni s ™^i AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. ian m 2 6 W2- %™* d •3s^ 2 o%^idnre^ 2 3 s •3 l d^o ß V Sjf. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, .£6 Tall manian redskin, £5; darkskin, £3 oiions Blco» W ZMIaDd ' £ «

Wheat, 5, Id. to ss. fffTCr *%■ to'4s Maize 4s. r2d. to 4t. 4d. Bran, Is Pol lard. Is. 2d. Potatoes, £3 to jet Omons, £6 10s Wheat, ss. Id. to ss. Bran and pollard, Is. 3d. olts, Ifcuf 2s. & J»Uf - STOCK ''ErCHANGE. -■'Stock Exchange sales-Wafh^G^^T 2 "-