COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1308, 11 December 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. There wore no transactions in investment shares on Saturday. The buying and belifiharos yesterday. The bnyine and sellinj? Quotations were as under:— '' Buyers. Sellers £ s. d. £ s. d. Emiitable Building ....... 915 0 - Metropolitan' 12 7 0 Well. Investment 0 11 6 2 12 0 Well. Trust and Loan ... 7 11 0 Well.- Deposit 0 5 0 0 3 0 Christchurch Gas ;. 9 10 0 — Gisborue Gaa — 3 0 0 Napier Gas 12 0 0 — Well. Oas (£10) .: :.. 18 7 6 Well. Gas (£6) - 0 0 0 National Insurance — I 18 9 Meat Export (525. 6d.) ... — 3 0 0 Union Ftea'm : — 3 19 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 318 0 Well. Woollen• Ipref.) - 3 0 0 Hilcurangi Goal 018 6 10 0 Tanpiri Coal : I (1 0 l o 9 tieylchd, O'Brien 18 6 Parker, Lamb. Timber ... — 19 0 C. 11. Banks, Ltd-. ...... — 10 0 Crown Brewery 1 17 I) — S.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 - Ward and Co. 5 5 0 —

COMPANIES REGISTERED. The following appear in the list oi companies registered published in the Inai issue of the "Mercantile Gazette:—.

Walker ami Wills. Ltd.. resifitered a* a private company on December *. Office, Wcllinptou. ■ Capital £1200, divided into 1200 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: h. A. Walker, 475; A. P.. Uainee, 476; W. E. Wills. 2SO. Objects: To acriuire ait'l take over as a. going concern tbo business noiv oaxried on by Leslie Alfred Walker. William Edward Will?, and Albert GeorßO Haines, at Manners Street-,. Wellington, under the style or Qrm of Itoscnbcrg and Co. .

Eniptitc Safely Explosive Co., Ltd. Registered a.5 a. private company on December 5. Office, 20 Hunter Street, Wellington. Capital £ r JXO. divided into HCO pharea of £1 each. Sulnoribcrs: P. Solton. 60S; L. tt". Lovcday. C 66: 0. W. Davies. 668. Obiects: To maimfaciure snd ;cll the iaid cxplo.

, LONDON MARKETj. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Acency Company, Ltd., htis received the folloTring cable?raiD from its London hous?. under date December 6:--:"Fro2on Molt: The market ie quiot for mutton,, tJicrc is tnoro inquiry for boef (sides), and the market for lamb lias slifhtly improved."

'ITSTIIMS. ni ß |.H>\« rrv-llllr flillni-lnl ill. 111.- linrl »r Welliimlou mi r-aliirdny niii»iml"'( I" iliJ IP-. 7i1., Ih" I o till lor Hi , : wi"_-li bfitiu WH7O b". Ilil. 'I'll" retime for rnMi "I tin; linst. Weill ivi-i-k.-, ;i.-: nuni:llH wllli HillcHroH for t,lll> i-nrl-l'.silfill'lillL' pi'vln<l = <if liir'l. it;ii\ ehcnv ,-tj iimlir;1911. lain. Oclolicr r.l , 9.V-0 r j!,\\V, (li-tfllicr 28 * 21,737 5.07 November 4 27,55?, 22.£01 Novi-inbr-r II 15.689 B.MI Novcmher 18 21.393 .17.570 Nuvemlicr 25 10.176 t.t.ni Divcinber Z 30/8?, ]9.V1 |ii-iTiiil.u-r '-' ?.870 12.W

136,238 131.657 Tlir lirer duly mill- , till diirine Hie y.ahl week amount?.! Id £''3 18.-., -i« ni;:iiii.l Uμ. fur Uir (M.iTcFPomlini; week of Inst .vi'.'ir.

By 'relccraoii-l'rojs iVsmHntion-OnDTrfcht (Jlcc lipcPiiihpr ». 5.5 p.m. , London. Hcromlirr 5. Thp l-'rozcn Jlnal. Trnile Affopiatiim'a SmiUilloM ninrld-l imOlntiuns for Hie mi(icTiHontionod rliis>.«cs of frozen meal, nrc baspil on actiinl sale? of not Ires llinn one hundred «nrcas.-p.« of inutlnu (ir lamb, or twenty-live (iiinrtcrj of beef of fnir averuse qualify. The (|iiolatioii» nre not seipctod lines, but. for parcels fairly repreeentativo of the bull; of Ihc shipments now on the market. The. prices which follow arc on nn average a fartlilnp per lb. moro than the value ex ship, tin? difference representing .m average cost ,in expenses, handling, conveyance, and tollinc the meat:— Doe, ?,. Dec. 9. Mutton- (I. rt. Canterbury, light 4,1 *i Canterbury, medium ... H H Canterbury, heavy — ■ — Southland 43-16 4 3-16 .North Island, best 4 5-16 4J-16 North Island., ordinary... 4 44 Aust.r.ilian,lisul '. 3J 5i Australian, heavy 37-16 3 7-16 Biver Plato, light, 31 n ' River Plato, heavy H 38 New Zealand, ewes 35 l\ Australian, cwea 31 31 Biver Plate, ■ eivos 3 7-16 3 7-16 Lamb— ' Canterbury, light 5i 5 5-16 Canterbury, medium 51 55-16 Cantc-rbury, heavy 45 4J 'Southland 43 42 North Island, Eoloct«d ... 4J. 4J North Island, ordinary... <3 d - Australian, best 41 4J . Australian, fair 4J 4i Australian, inferior 4 1 JHvcr .Plate, first 42 'U Biver Plate, second ...... 4i 41 Beef-. ... ... New Zealand, ox fores ... 21 211-16 New Zealand, ox hinds ...' 3j' 3J Australian; oj fores 2, 5 , 211-16 Austrnlian, ox hinda 21 3* River Plato, ox fores 2.', 211-16 Itiver Plate, ox hinds ... 3 9-16 3 9-16 Hiv?r Plate, phillod fores 2J 3 River Plate, chilled hindu 41 4A Rabbits are firm, ar.d the. quotations are unchanged.

LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs. .Abraham and Williams, Ltd., have received tho following cabje message from London, under date December 8:— "The saics have closgd, and the attendance Ins continued large, with keen competition, Americans operating, freely. Tho market' is '. very firm,. and prospects are Rood. • As compared with closing rates of last fiorics, merinos arc 2* per cent, np, fine and medium -crossbred.-;; 7J per cent., c6ar£c crossbred, 5 per cent. ■ up." :

Tile Bank o£ New Zealand has received the following rable advice from its London . oGlcl, dated. December B:—"The sales have'closed very firm, and prospects are cood. ■• There is , an active demand by all branches of. the" trade. Tho total onantity hold over is IO.CCO bales, of which 4SCO are New Zealand."

COMPANY RECONSTRUCTION. By Tclcgranb-Prcss .w-vimi-mv.- Ooprricht London, December 8. Under , a reconstruction scheme, the North British and Australasian Company proposes to write down its capital by £111,721, and-to consolidate the various issues into one stock.

WOOL, HIDE, AND SKIN SALES. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report:—At our usual monthly sale on Friday, wo offered a large catalogue of all classes to a good attendance of buyers, and all lots met wit.li exceptionally keen competition, aaid realised the following satisfactory prices:— Wool: Iγ. sympathy wit!) the late sales prices, showed a decided increase on our lost ofTerinc Locks and pieces, 4d. (o 5Jd.; inferior, dead, to 6d.: cTUtcliinßS. sjd.; crossbred, 6Jd.. 7id. to UA. Shecpskinn: Those also realised an advance on last Kille's rates:—Half-wools, 4Jd.; dead lioßgels, hoRKCts, 5d.: lambs. 5Jd.; coarf« croscbred, sJil. to 61d.; medium crossbred, to fAd.; half-dry crossbred, at each, 4s. 7d.. 6s. to 63. Id.; h.ilf-iry lambs, at each. Is. Bd.j crossbred green, at each, 4s. lid. to 6v BiJ.; salted lambs, at each. Is. 7d.; salted pelts, at each.' Is. 3d. to Is. 3d. l|ide.«: The demand for these was eicoptioually licen, and prices all round showed considerable advance, viz:—Best cows. 63d.: medium raws, 6Jd. to 63d.; cows, cut and slippy, 5Sd. to 6Sd.; ox, best, lines, 7,', d., Tid. to 73d.; medium, to 6Jd.: ox, stoppy, 6Jd. to 63d.: heifers, and steers, to 6Jd.; yearlings, 6>,d. to Bd.: yearlings, cut, to Gd.; horse hides, Js. if. to 'is.; cows, dry. at. each, to 17s. 3d. . Calfskins: Thcee met with coually good demand. Calf, cut and slippy. s>d. to 71d.; calf, small, 9d.; calf, meatv, 9id.; calf, best.lines, to IOW. Sundries: Tallow, in tins, to Ms. Jd.; rough fat, 19s. 3d.;" horsehair," 13. 9d.; cowhrvir, sd. Our nest sale will be held on January 5, 1911. ■ ■

.Sir. Hugh Roberts report* as follow? on his usual monthly tain:—l submitted a Lirjre catalogue to a very full attendance of buyers. Bitidinr was very snirited for all lines offered, wool and skins both showin? an advance on last sale. Hides were firm at ia.te rates. Wool: Croftbrod fine. Bd.. Hi. \n 9a\: medh'ra, 7«1.t0 Bd'.; cowsc nnd inferior, U. to 7M.; dincy, 63d.: dp.nl, 6?d. to 7id.; inferior. 53d.; lambs. 7M.: black, 5d.; crntehinrc. 4}d.: bellies and ricccw. 5(1. to 5?d.: locks. 4Jd. to 4?d. Skins: o">sshrcd, medium. 6(1., f'-l. «d.; At>M. 4id.. 5d., 55d.; broken, 4d.; crossbred, broken., oid.; shorts. 32d.; nelts, HA. to 4id.: lambs. 43d.: damp skins-, at each. lambs, la. Zd., Is. 4d_. Is. 7d.; crossbred, <s.9d. to 65.: pelts. Is. 3d. to Is. M.: salted nolts, Is. to Is. 9d Hides:. Calf, sound, 9d. to lCd.; cut. 7d.: flippy. 3d. to 5;d.; ycsrlings, sound. 6M. to 7Jd.; cut, bid.: slippy, 5d.; ox-, nboiit 575. Bd. to 655. fid.: cow (hutchors , ). sd. to 63d.: settlor? , . 6ir!. ; iTJt. SU-: flippy. 3W. to 5Jd.: bull, Sri.; Tallow: Onsks. 255. 6d. to Zfo.; tins. 2<!s. 6H.: inferior, 25?. 6d.; horsehair, good, Is. Pd.; inferior, 10d.