COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1179, 14 July 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. The sales recorded yesterday were:—Wellington Woollen, ordinary £4 Is.. Taranaki Petroleum !75., Tarinpramutu Totara £2 Bs. Tho buying and selling quotations were as under:—

Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4503 z<. 6(1. UXIOX IIAXK. DIVIDEND AND IiO.NUS. By 'J'elcirrauli—l'resa Associatiov-Copyriebl London, July 12. The directors of the Union Hank have declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and a, bonus of '2 per cent. The sum of ,£IO.CCO has been written off the premises account, X20.C00 has lieen added to reserve, and £42.189 carried forward. LOXDOK MARKETS. By TekKi-aiili—l'rqso Assochiion-OopyricM London, July 12. An Australian wheat cargo lias been sold at 325. 6d. per quarter. At the. tallow sale?. ICTC cask? -were offered and 7-!7 sold. Prices were unchanged. The American visible wheat supply cast of the Rockies is 39.030.CC0 bushels'. Silver is iiuotcd at 245 d. per ounce. LOXDOX WOOL SALES. Us TclecraDli—l'ress Association—Oopyrieht London, July 12. At the wool sale? 4970 bales were catalogued, including 1171 halo:; from Xew Zealand. The offerings consisted of a poor election. There was r. large attendance of buyers and animated competition. As compared with the Jla.v sales, merinos were unchanged in price, creasy crossbreds showed a decline, of from par to 5 uer cent., and slipes 7} per cent. At the woo! sales a better selection was offered, and there was brisk general competition at oneninz rates. MRec. July 14, 0.50 a.m.) London, July 13. The following arc the prices realised at the wool sales for the fleece portion of the clips names!:—Knitcnai, top price, 11(1.; average. 9Jd..; OUare, Bd.: Knputouc, top price, 17Jd.; average, 153 d.; Bracmar, top price, 22id.; a versus, 22d.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., have received tho following cablegram from London, under date July 11 ■.-"Tho sales have opened with a good attendance of buyers, competition being middling. As series, recrinos Show no cliantrc; fine me--5 per cent, down.'.' Messrs. Murray, Robert?, and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable message in ■ regard to the current London wool sMcf. from tbeir London friends ftfc.=?rs. Sanderson, Jlnrray. and Co.), dated July 12:—"The market for merino wool shows no material change." AUSTEALIAN PHODUOE MARKETS. By TelczraDh—Press Assoeiatlon-CoDyriehl (Rcc. July 13, 10.« p.m.! Sydney, July 13. Wheat.—Good supplies are to hand, and tiiere is a slightly weaker tendency in the market; prcfout quotations arc from 3s. <sl. to 35. sd. Flour, city, £8 10s.; country, £8 £=. I'caF, Tasmanian blue, 6s. to 6s. Gd.; grey. 3s. 6(1. to 3?. sd. Barley. Victorian Capo, 'is. fid. to 2-.,8 d.: English, 2s. •<d. to 2?. C-i. Maize. 2h. 0;l.; white. 2s. 7.1. ,to Zf. M. Rran and pollard. £5. Oat:.:, Tasmnnian KparrowbiUs, 2?. ICd.: Giants, 25. Ud.; Algerian , milling. 2s. 7d.: feeding. ■2s. 3d.; feed. 2s. 7d.: Tartarian seed. 2s. lid. to 3?. Onions, Victorian, £1 ss. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £7 lCs. to £8; Victorian. £5 to £7. Butter. 112s. Bacon. 6Jd. to 6Jd. Cheese, 6d. to 6!d. Melbourne, July 13. Chaff.-The market is firm for cood samples; a lame supply of medium finality is on hand: oaten dumped, is quoted at from 70s. to 725. £d.: pressed, 755. Wheat: Sunplies arc limited, at 3s. 4id. Flour, .£B. Oats, milling; Aleerinn, 2?. 2d.; fcedins. Is. Bd. to Is. lid. Barlsy, maltintr Chevalier, 5/i. to £■=. 3d.: Cape. 2s. Bd.; fcedine. Is. 9'l. Maize. 2s. 4UI. T.ran and Dollnrd. £5. Onions, £2 16s. Potatoes, £4 to £5 10s. Adelaide, July 13. Wheat. 3s. ii. Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Bran and pollard, Is. 2d. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. B? TelesrnDhvl'ress Associatiou-Oopyrieht (Rcc. July 15, 1O.« p.m.) Melbourne July 14. _ iliac are in fair supplies. Competition is good, and prices arc firm at late rates.

WOOL." SKIN, AMD HIDE SALE. . The Hawkc's Bay Farmers' Co-onerativc Association report on their Daiinsvirke sale, held on July 11, as follows:-To a fair attendance of buyers we submitted a good catalogs of wool (mostly crutchinqs). and about the usual ouvitily of skins, hides, etc. The sale did not ro with quite' so much swine as our last one. As a.t other centres, crutch incs showed, a riecliiis of from Jd. to »d.. the drop beine morn noticeable in l-onifh riarse lots. Skins and hides sold at about'the same rates as Jpst sale, thoneh buyers were not so keen. Wo n'uotc as follavrs:— Orutchiiißs, 6d. to Hi. for eood clenu st"IT: "lediuin. sid. lo Sd.; rouffh. <3d- ti <sd.: nep'-". m~ and 6d • bnibs" wool. 6\t).; dead. 6>d. to 4Jd. Shp=nrkine: Pnf.chers , crncn. si. 3d. to <■■ • ro'intry lots, er""n, 3s. fd. to 25.: crossbred fiir o-.ility. , ??d. to SJH.- ra cHin m and olnrt. 5(1. to «<!.: rougb. to JM • d""d Sid. tT i?rl.. hoP-if-5. s>.d.".r>nd (M.\ Tlcltß 'infpriori. 6d. (i M. Hid«s:'DF-sf. coi•J 3d >ii" 5 and fni.lty),'sd: to "d.: ox, fil. ti 5'A.: ox. Trnrm jn, • riw itp-i. 275. H. nnd Ws.: cr.lf=!iin=. 71.'(lo-n * n A&.: ypirlincs. fd. to 4J<l. Tnl'ow ?Js «d IW-r P.,':■ Uorfcl'nfr, Is. 3d. per lb.;'co^ tills. Is. 3id. per doz.

Buyer?. Sellers £ s. (I. £ s. d National Bank 6 10 — Union Bank 66 10 0 — National Mortgage 3 8 6 — N./,. Loan anil Mercantile 0 13 0 —- Well. Trust and Loan ... - 711 0 Cliristchiirclt (las 9 15 0 — Meal Export (52a. 6(1.) - 3 5 6 N.'A. Hhinpins - 11 13. 0 Union S'tcnm 2 13 — Well. Woollen (onl.) - 4 16 Well. Woollen (prof.) 3 10 - Tanpiri Goal • - 12 3 We.rtport Coal 19 3 - Loyland-O'Iirien 17 6 — N.Z. Paper Mills 113- 119 ■TaranaUi I'ctvolonm 0 16 6 — Tiirisgamutu Totara 2 7 0 -