COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12238, 6 April 1903, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Saturday evening. The sharemarket was fairly active to-day. In investment lines Westport Coals sold at £6 63, late buyers offering £6 3s, sellers £6 Ifjs. In mining lines Waihi Extendeds were done at Is 3d. Waihi Grand Junctions were firmer, business being done at 2*3, with late sellers at 265, buyers 22s 6d. Maratotos changed hands at 9j,d, and Hauraki Freeholds at lid and 10c " Bunker's Hills were done at 4s, more being offered at that price, with buyers at 3s lOd. In other linos late prices ruled' GROCERS' MARKET QUOTATIONS. The following are the quotations for butter and egg for the week ending April 11, fixed by the Dairy Produce- Committee: — Factory butter, lid per lb separator butter, 8d; farmers' butter (best), 7d; farmers' L-.-ter (second quality), 6d; eggs, Is 6d per dozenAUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The following: are Saturday's closing prices, the business done being as follows:— Coal. £5 6s; Maratoto, %d; Waihi Extended Is; Waihi Grand Junction, £1 4s; Blinker's Hill, 4s; Hauraki Freehold, lid, 10id. Sellers. Buyers. BANKS— £, s d £ s d • New Zealand 3 19 0 3 15 6 • National 4 13 0 4 8 0 INSURANCE— , New Zealand ... ... 410 0 4 9 0 National 12 9 12 4 South British 5 12 6 5 10 0 Standard 0 19 6 — " New Zealand Accident... — 2 0 0 FINANCIAL— New Zealand and River Plate, old 17 0 — New Zealand and River Plate, new 17 0 16 0 COALHikurangi 0 12 0 0 11 6 Taupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 1 0 0 019 6 Westport 6 10 0 i 3 0 GAS— Thaines ... 1 11 0 — Gisborne 1 17 0 — SHIPPING- ' Union Steamship _ 12 8 0 _ New Zealand — 6 17 6 'Northern, paid mi ... 015 9 015 3 • Northern, contributing 0 7 0 0 6 11 TIMBERKauri, raid up 0 11 0 0 10 0 Kauri, contributing ... 0 22 0 2 0 Leyland-O'Brien — 2 0 0 Mitchelson 0 17 5 0 15 9 Mountain Eimu, Ltd. ...13 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— Avondale Brick and Pottery 10 6 0 19 0 D.S.C., Ltd ' ... 0 11 10 0 11 7 Milne and Choyco, Ltd., pref 116 10 0 Milne and Choyce, Ltd., ord 10 6 — Riverhead Paper Mills ... 1 10 0 — Union Oil — 12 0 Wiseman and Sons. Ltd., pref , ... 1 1 9 110 MINING— Kuranui 0 0 5 0 0 31 Kuranui-Caledonian ...Oil 0 0 104 May Queen Extended ... 0 0 4 0 0 34 Monowai 0 11 — Victoria 0 0 5 — Crown 0 11 9 — Koraata- Beefs ... ... 0 1 0 0 0 9 Maratoto 0 0 10 0 0 9 Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 7 2 — Waihi 5 8 0 5 6 0 Waihi Consolidated ... 0 0 8 0 0 6 Waihi Extended 0 11 0 10 Waihi Grand Junction 16 0 12 6 Waihi South 0 0 7 0 0 6 Waitekauri 0 2 6 — Waihui — 0 0 74. Bunker's Hill 0 4 0 0 3 10 New Four-in-Hand ... 0 .0 3 — Hauraki Freehold ... 0 0 11 0 0 10 White Star 0 0 6 0 0 4 G. A. BT'TTT/K Chairman. W. H. O. Johnston, Secretary. Noon, April 4, 1903.