COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2236, 24 August 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

;§;;;:!; ■MN7BSTJIEM , SHAKES.., ; ;---Tliere vi'ere bo calee recorded in , invest-, inent 'shares on Saturday.- The quotations .were-'as under:— '"■' . :.'■<. ,' i Vi'.':-.■ '■>,■' " •■ • .Buyers.: ■■' ScllaTe. I ?%■■':■:■•"-■ f'r, ■'■■•■-■ " •',■•' £s.'d; £s. d. .National-Bank. .........:....:.- 413 0' — N.Z.;(£« 13s. Id.) ... 14 16 0; ■'' - • 'U:Z:.andJEiver Plate ... : i—'. , I 1 0 -;\VeUrGjks. (£10) .....: 15-7'..6'' -.:' ; ]likurangi Coal :..'.. o;9. 0 r ;•■—'■. ■Westport-Stockton . 0:Z 5 • .. — :leyland-O'Bri«n i.. —'V 10 0 'Manning ani.■Oα*;:c;5?.,.. 4'Ojflij-,-: ..—... ■TSiZ. Con. Deiial .■..;.■:... -0 38 0 - - , jSVard :'and C 0.£..." : ' : ~: . 6, 1 0 '■■/, '.KAlAgpi i '.':; , fy In the annual report of the • Koiapol Woollen Manufacturing Company it is ieta/ted that; to^further.'facilitate-improved 'working'.of businces - , sliaTc-' hdldcrs. aio osKcd to'.amend •., tho .articles , ;'pf. β-ssooiation^by, special resolution at an ,ieitraprdinory Jmeettn's ■ tt>" be held' dt the' ' rcdhclusion -of.'-tho. ordinary meeting.--It lis '■ i)i'opo6C<l 'tb'-'incrdaee,' the capital. from [£200,000 to >£30ltCOO.' .Th'e . properties of tho .company; added :to jby"a new tdnd ,-up-to-.da.t4r. warehouee at 'Auckland, hiaiid a , section "adjoining the Christchurch while"the efficiency of:rthe plant' has :been matMained by 'necessary addictions'"and rep&irt",. and is in excellent ■ .working prdeT.'JxThe.yiP.cwased. capital ]\ia ;:-xequircd iii order to cope with ■thelncreas : ;ing volume of.business! now being done Vby the company. ' . -~'■" .'.'■ i . : ;> 6tock:hoe been oarefuHj' taken.and projTision made for all bad and doubtful ; debts, and depreciation of plant and buiutt;3ng«. The profit an'n loss account, includ'■'iiig amount brought forward,, slows ; a.n Kai-ailnbla.balance of £12,432- 15e. 9d., vfhich t the directors recommend should be dllofeedtcd. as follpws:—To pay of 4 ■: per'cent..on ordinary and 3i : per cent, on shares, abeorbing £7616.105. 6d.. ..." nnd ; making a. total dividend • etina-l to T .: per cent. and.6s per cent, on those shares irrespectively for tho year. : a'he.-snm ot ;.-£2OOO is to be placed to the .reserve fund* :and -the balance- carried forward to new ■ "aycount. .•■; V-■ -' ■ ■ ..'"■'• '■■■■ S--'Tho direotors Retiring - are Mesisre. 1. : Jranning and G.. H. Blackwell, who offer ■themselves for,ic-elcction. •-••

:0_; i,FEII;DDfG;MAIIKET KEPORT. .'"■". : ■'■ Mefisrs.-A. H. Atkinson and' Co., Ltd., r-report on their Friday, sale:—Poultry .wero jn ehort supply, those.ottered malting good f-jidces. A- good yarding. o['-pigs also met ; with competition, 'and wo sold the -whole |.;:ciitw -at -prices in most cases, in advanco '': of 'vendors' reserves.. Quotations:—Poultry' V(at per .pair): /Hens," 4s. 3d.; 4s. 6d., 55.; ■: roosters,-2s. 6d., 35.; Ja. 9d., 4s.each.- Pigs■iWcsmers. 9e'.,■ lOs.'.vlOs. 6d., 12e. 6d.; alipe, :155.:6d.. Us. ■6d.,.175. ; stores,- 245.. 6d.,> 2fc. i ; :9d.,-,Z65.,- 27«. 6d.; porkors, 295. 6d., 315., ;.-353--;-.-6d.v : 335. ■ 9d.j baconers, 38s. 6d., 465. *A: largo 6ntry of farm implements and ;;pnndnes, potatoes, apples, etc., were also of. S.f. plough, £8; diecs, £6 55.iiiaXTowSi' £1 :10s:'"-Potatoes, pig 2s.- '6d ■J: table -'.fa.,65.-:6d.,. 75., 83. 6d., ,9s. 6d.-sack-r:carrdts,'-25..v6d., 4 %.~bag; sn-eUee,- la., 26. ;;:;.bagj; annles (Nelson), • Bs..' 6d., 10s. bushnl :,cases;, H;B;, 25., 2s. -9d.; 35." half-tases, ss. -to Bs.. 6d. case. Roods. !<6ld on account or MMa-yorees s' War Pund^Tcalieed , £8.-10s. - . ■ . duty collected , rit-.the port of on Saturday amounted to £1422 ■ < .'ISj-.T0.. v ' , : - . . '.'■ : - ".- ■ ,