COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1314, 18 December 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES Bnyora. Eeller3 X.Z and Kivcr Plato ... "- d ' f 6 ," d 0 Well. Investment 0 11 6 _ Hell. Trust and toan ... 7 12 6 _ Chnstchurch Gas 9 12 0 Gisborne Gas _ , „ Napier Gas 12 0' 0 " Well. Gas. (third issue) .. _ v ~ a „ ■Well. Gas (pref. 2s. 6d.)... 0 3 0 0 4 0 Christchurch Meat 1417 6 Well Woollen lord.) _ , ,7 r Well. Woollen (pref.) ...I" 2 17 6 ' _ Taupiri Coal 10 3 Leyland-O'lSricn 18 9 ' L Parker and Lamb Timber - 1 9 fi C. 11. Banks, Ltd _ , I P. Donaghy liopo -. , I ". Golden Bay Cement 12 6 1 "1 ! Manning and Co 410 0 -1 KM: Con. Dental _ , „ , N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 _ Sharland's ordinary — 1 4 n Sharland'3 preference ... — 14/ Ward and Co - 5 10 0 EASTERN EXTENSION" AUSTRALASI V AND CHINA TELEGKAPH. The report of the Eastern Extension \,,< ralasia and China Telegraph Company. Ltd., for the half-year ended June 30, 19U o,™ c ,L that tho = ross receipts amounted In £329,709 against .£344.960 for the correspond ing half-year of 1910. The working ""- Pensce. including £18.973 for maintenance of cables, absorb £151,618. against £152 407 leaving a balance of £178.C91. From thi--13 deducted £2942 for income tax navabln in England, £15,048 for interest on debcn° lure stock and £11,020 for Coronation bonus to s aft unci other extraordinary expenses caving £149,080 as the net profit for the half-year. After adding £27,617 hrour? forward there is an available 111™! «! ■^O^Sf^iin-'^o'-et 1 !? TOBACCO IX THE EMPIItK. Some interesting particulars of thn nil. tivation of tobacco in the British Emni-e are given in the Colonial Ollice return .Hist to hand, It appear, that c a Sα i'nffin™'" 31 '■ Vlth an a """ :l1 Production of O.OCO.CM'o. per annum, while about 5.500 RCO Id. was produced in the Transvaal in 1910 About 1.0C0.0001b. ol ••Doer tSbw" Tr o •siittatcd. m tbe yearlz jroductino ttf tbaj

rco.nmii.. in n,,. „,,..,.„, ,-,,,'" ii" v' 1 '". 1 .', , lanil mp'tliml :ih,,i.i i.7!.-o.::miii). i,. 1910 Vli" ■" mil "l "'IIPII.I or A.i.-linlia i. hi,.'".,.-.,! i.v I lu- (iiianiily of l,.1O[|.O(IOIIi. u f( .,| j n ,| lO lol.acj-o 1,,,-1,,n,s in 191)9. .u micrht l. t . iinX' , ir^r l ;T\? l "i w i::?M , ;,xit y ,55 , ,:r.r , i "il s ,, x ,r, "i:: , i, i, ,v;r.-i,!:: I, ', J ,, .,,, Mr ,1 *- v r ; ami Ilic loli.-nvo usnl "r,, r hoin'c .'•< k,m !' ! tion. Tl,, F,,1,,-;,,r,l .Malay Htni" v Pj.'i;r.... ni tin' ,-,„„■„ ~itl, a few s,, •|| Pluti, 011 1 nt vo lnnds. uixl Hip (Sold ('o:lst very mailarly. CUSTOMS. ■ Cii.-jtiinis rnvi'iiiii- lioliiTlcd .-it Die poll of X18.858.fe7d. TI, D return, ror each of The rijjlil, wi»p|[;i, :is rtinipnrecl with tjie Inures Tor the corresponilinif periods of last year, .-how as iinder:--1911. 1910. •C l; October 21 21,737 9,647 Nuvomier 4 27,552 22,534 November 1 16.f89 0,581 November 18 21,392 17 570 November 7.5 10.17G 1^995 December 2 20.482 19 M 9 necumber 9 9 870 12 989 December 16 18,358 21,307 14G.7SG 125,932 The beer duty collected during the past «w / D 1i1 i un £ ed l .° £225 I2s - M "Bninel X 537 4s. 6d. for the corresponding period of last year. METAL MAHKETS. Br Vobcrapb-Press Agnation- OoDyriehl (llee. December 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 16. Copper.—On snot, £61 16a. 3d. per tonthree months, £62 12?. 6d.; electrolytic, .£64 Till.—On spot, £199 per ton; three months, Lead.-jmports, 19,284 tons, includlii'ir Airetralian 6893 tons, and New Zealand 23 tone Export.', 4012 tone. LONDON MARKETS. Bj Tfelecranb-PrcM Apsoriotion-OonTric-i (lice. December 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 16. wheat.—Eighty thousand (marters Mew South Wales wheat sold at 365. lid. Copra.—The market is active. South Sea, in bags, £23 10s. per ton. Jute—December-January shipment, £19 ss. per ton. Hemp is dull. January-March shipment, £20 per ton. Rubber.—Fine hard Para. 4s. 4!d. per Hi. Cotton.—December-January shipment, 4.66 per lb.

SHEEFSKINS. The Tlank of Xew Zroland hae received llie followins cablo advice from its London nfllce, dated December 15:—"The market is stron.,' for all kinds of sheepskins. 1 vi e f. '' ir ° 5 pcr M; " t, to 7 - pcr ceut - SOUTH OTAGO MAHKKTS. 'Ny TelecraDh.-Prrss Association I m . , Oamarii, December 16. The wheat market is lifeless, and nothing much will be done till the new cron conies in. Wlmat has been offered at' Ja. fid. without sales resiillin?. and 900-sacks have been sold at 3s. .!d. on trucks O.its show no change, and are quoted at ii for ijood feed, but no rnlos of any mnspffiioiipp were made. Chaff is firm at .€4 lte. J'.pgs have risen to od. per dozen (wins to the approach of Christmas. Biitter still sells at sd. for separator, and Cil. for dairy. KEILDIXO MARKET REPORT. Jressrj. A." IF. Atkinson and Co., Ltd.. r.-port s-iHC oCO head of _ poultry marketed on inday. the market in consequence of so Ir.rw an entry being a little eainer for low-conditioned birds. Pigs . SO |,I at ]ate ratw, light and medium-weicht porkers E ; clliug at top iiriccs. A number of dairy rows sold well. Quotations-Cows in milk. £1; £6 15s £7 Ms., £7 17s. Ccl., to £8; calves, 15s. to 205.; 15-inonths bull, .£4 5= -?" M 3- . 6d "- I:i!! i, 6d " to ®*- : Porkers, 355.. 6d.. to o7s. 6d.: sows, 295.; aqed ponies £! 2y 6d. to £!i 12s. 6d. Poultry: lien'! «*. 6d., 2s. 9d.. m.. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; crown 4s. to 4s. 3d • yorcntr bird : nntl ? hif ; ks ' £ i s - t0 6 - A -- d,,<:kf ' 3s: M.. 3s. 9d., to <s. 6d.; duckhncs, 3s. 3d.; chicks, Is.: turkey hens, 7s. to 10b.; trobblcrs, 15* • nil at per pair. Peas, la. to Is. 6d. small haps: carrots. Is. 6d.: new potatoes,. Es. to V iM!- ; to rh io:s' b ib. w - bundle: fnclory ham^;