COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1281, 9 November 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. . A sale of Hikurangi Coal at 1S». 6d. was tlie only transaction recorded yesterday. The buying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers- £ s. d. £ s. d National Bank — §.15 Christchurch Gas 9 10 0 9 12 6 N.Z. Insuranco 4 10 0 — S.B. Insurance — 3 11 0 Canterbury Meat 8 0 0 Christchurch Meat 14 0 0 14 10 0 Union Steam 1 19 9 — Well. Woollen (pref.) ... — 219 0 Hikurangi Coal — 019 6 Manning and Co — 4 0 0 N.Z. Coil. Dental — 13 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 — Sharland's ordinary 13 6 14 6 Sharland's preference 13 6 14 6 Taringamutu Totara 2 8 0 Ward and Co — 5 0 0 Well. Opera House — 5 0 0 Wilson's Cement . — 2 10 MOSGIEL WOOLLEN COMPANY. The balance-slieet. of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Co., Ltd., for the year ended October 6 shows that after writing off £3000 for depreciation, the net profit for the year is £5466 Is. Bd.; adding to this £1344 3s. 9d., the amount brought forward from the previous year, there is av.iilablo a sum of £6810 ss. sd. The directors recommend a, dividend of 6 per cent., which will absorb the sum of £SCC7 95., leaving £1802 16s. sd. to be carried forward. The gross profit on goods account was £19,392 Bs. Id., and transfer fees and the amount brought forward made the total revenue £20,739 9s. The working expenses charges, salaries, and other outgoings absorbed £10,923 3s. lid., and £3GCO was written off for depreciation, leaving a credit balance of' £6310 ss. sd.

Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington ycslordoy amounted to £2463 9=. a<l. MEAT SHIPMENTS. (If Tolecraph—Press A.=fD-i.Ttion-Cop7r:ehl London, November 7. River Plate shipments of mutton total 160.327 carc.-ispps: Jamb, j9,928 ennatms; fnr/.eii beef, 98,527 piece:-; chilled beef, 2-?3.c£2 ric-ccE. WHEAT, '.ty Telccraph-Pncss Assc'.iation-Copvright London, November 7. Two Australian cargoes have been told u> Italy at 36». id. ond 365. 4Jd. respective.

IMSOnilfT. KXI'OHTH. The values nf the. pilni-i|in.| prnilur.ln oxported from Xo-.v Zc/il.iinl ifurlnu Iri-t month rniiipnrcil with |.lu< Ilitim's tor llm ciiiTcspnmliiiß iiinnlh n[ IIIM, year \i an !i rider .— 1911. Hit). .'; .(; Butter 128,951 IM.OH Oherse 21,701 M.llV!) lire! 6,718 2.1 (1)1 Mutton 44.V67 Zf.J.M [.OK hll cl pieces 1,119 Z//.2 ].n.nib 1J.148 tltfi Wheat 2,jrfi b?.fit<\ f)«l.i 2.M JO.WB Potatoes OB'l 175 Hemp lC.raii 21,(02 Jtabliits \R,m is.f.ni Tow 1.551 2.221 Kauri Oum 26.178 ;i,r/-i! nr.Tin and puke ... 2.181 4,211 ilons 2,258 1,174 Iliilns 10,235 1f1..;i9 Pkin-.-i ,59.810 61,74.! Tallow J.2.TJ3 29.M9 Timber 34.43(1 37,746 V.'ool (3.985 12,78) Hold 152,964 126,235 614,007 720,383 MKTAfi MAHKETS. Dy Telccraph-l'rcss -(osncinlion-CopyrlEllt London, November 7. Copper.-On the snot, £55 18s. 9d.; t,hreo mniiihe. £S6 12s. 6cl. Tin-On the. spot, f,189: three months, £186 ss. Load, £15 17.1. 6rl. per ton. Silvcr.-Bar silver is quotcrl at 251 d. per ounco et.iudard. DEBEXTCRES. London, November 7. The latest, quotations for ilclicnturca nre Australia Mercantile, £101; Dnlcoty'?, £100; Ooldsliroiißh, stort. and Co., £99 ids. ADELAIDE WOOL SALE. DaJsoty and Company, Limited, have nvr.sivcd the follovine cnblctrrnm fiom their Adelaide bnmcli, dated N'ovcmbnr 7:"At. to-day's sale wo offered AM ha leu. The bulk wns sold at very Rocd price?, competition heinc stronp. For good finality merino nriccM were lr). per 11). higher, and for medium and inferior quality wools rlianse. if any, is in Fcllcrn" favour. There s a good demand for super lambs' wool. BUTTER EXPORTS. (Br TelesraDli.-PresF Association.! Auckiand, November 8. Tile cold snap v.liich h?s, been experienced all over the. province in tlie last week or two lias rriven the dairvins imluftry a slight set-back. The shipment to go by the Corinna. from Onehunca. on Saturday for transhipment n>. M T e!liiißlon to the Turakina. comprises 20.5C0 boxes of huttLT, which is several hundreds of ej below what was anticipated, thonch lov boics aoove the corresponding shipment last year, when 20.36! were exported. Ro far this 'o.ipon 61 «E4 bor:ns have been while up till tliis time last year 64.097 boxes had been sent away.