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Evening Star, Issue 18048, 16 August 1922, Page 5

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SALE OF SHEEPSKINS. Tho Dunedin Woolbrokers’ Association report as follows:—The offerings this week were of medium size, and values wore on a par with those paid a fortnight ago. Quotations: —Merino: Full-wool, to 11-|d ; half-wool, 7itd ; to B|d : quarter-wools, 6d to 7*d. Half-breds: Full-wool, 10|d to lljd; half-wools, Bjd to 10-jd; quar-ter-wools, 8d to 9d. Fine cross-bred: Full-wool, Bjd to 91d; half-wool, to 7d; quarter-wool, 3£d to 4]d. Crossbreds; Full-wool, 6d to 7id; half-wools, to s^d; quarter-wools, sjd to 4d. Lambs, 5d to 7jd; pelts, Ijd to 2|d; dead, 4d to sd. NEW COMPANIES. The registration of the following companies is reported in the ‘ Mercantile Gazette ’: The Bruce Publishing Company, Ltd.— Registered July 26. 1922. Office, Milton. Capital,' £5,000, into 5.000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Milton—L. W. Potter, W. Moore. C. Grov, R. M. Rutherford, J. Gray, A. E. Stewart, M. E. Paul, one share each- Objects: Generally to carry on tho business of newspaper a.nd magazine proprietors, newsagents, journalists, and general publishers. Ovvaka Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd.—Registered Julv 28, 1322. Office, Owaka. Capital. £IO,OOO, into 10,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Owaka Valley—Wrn. Richardson 40; Owaka— Wm. M’Kenzie 25, W. E. Wright 40, J. S. Stevens 30, A. Paterson, jun., 50, W. G. Adam 30; Papatowai—Win. Lawson 100. Objects: To buy, manufacture, produce, and generally to deal in milk, cream, cheese, butter, bam, bacon, pork, and all other products which cam be_ derived from or made out of cows or pigs.

VIROL’S RECORD YEAR.

Presiding at the animal meeting of Virol, Ltd., Mr B. S. Straus, J.P. (chairman), in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, congratulated the shareholders on the very satisfactory results disclosed by the report and accounts — results which constituted a record in the history of the company. The remarkable demand from hospitals and public he*alth authorities for the company's preparations, Virol and Virolas, had doubtless been largely influenced by the result of the recent important independent investigations into the question of vitamines in Virol. The net profit, including the amount brought forward, was £66,771 14s lid, as against £55,998 10s lid hist year. The directors recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 17£ per cent, on the ordinary shares, as against 15 per cent, last year, the placing of £IO,OOO to reserve', jpid the carrying forward, subject to corporations profits tax, of £53,259 15s lid.