COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12929, 27 July 1905, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Hekaid Office,' Wednesday' evening,

V y A iit amour* of business was transacted V )n the share-market to-day. There were no |^lea' : standard stocks, but inquiries were piade for several lines. Galbraith Iron and ■ gteel shares were a trifle firmer, the market Dloeing.wi fc,a sellers at lis, buyers 9s 9d. In joining stocks Waihis wore sold at £6 3s, jato sellers asking £6 5s 6d, buyers offering i 166 Is 6d. Waiotahis were firm, and wore 'done 'at 37s 6d and 38s, with further sellers a t the late call at 38s, buyers 9d. Kura-■Bui-Caledonians sold at Is lid,-' late buyers offering Is 10d, sellers holding for is lid. Jfew Moanataians found buyers at Is 7d- : ]ate sellers Is 7d, buyers Is 6d. There was demand for Victorias, the market' closing rather firmer than on Tuesday, sellers quotI jug 1* 6d, buyers Is 4d. Sales were effected :".t Is W and Is sd. Golden Belts (paid up) changed hands at 2s 3d and 2s 2d.. Late buyers offered 2s, and sellers held for 2s 4d. iWdihi Extendeds wore a ohade better, and Redone at 6s 2d and 6s 3d; late sellers < fa Sd, buyers 6s 3d. .

i AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are Wednesday's closing prices, ,i, e business dona being:—Waihi, £6 3s; Waiotahi, 97 6d, 38s; Ktiranui-Calcdonian, Is lid; Now ■Mosnataiari, Is Vd; Victoria, is 4d, Is sd; Golden Belt, paid up, 2b 3d, 2s 2d; Waihi Extended, \ 3d, 6b 3d.

MESSRS. MCNICOL ANT) CO.'S SALES. !•'Messrs. McNiool and Co. Wailiou on Friday last we yarded 500 head, of well-bred cattle. - .There « dance of the public, and bidding was DriSK Sll"classes,; with the exception of aged and backward dairy cows We Small fit, steers. £6 15s to £1 n>s; i*» WYI ,° and heiferlr£s lis to £6 17si 6d; forwardSdit&teera, £5; 15 to 8-month st**rs mo, to £2 13s- 18-month to two-year urn empty h°ei&£2'l3s to «:£;££» °£$ 51 19s to £2 3s- others. 1"b to.ii !«• , y* u f, A larae yarding but mostly aged and Sward TX which unsalaWe; young cows and heifers were m^ r 4v.CowS, £4to £7 2s 6d. according to quality;.hgrA £5 7s 6d to-£6. -Pat sheep r ana * few ewes, £1 3s; fat ewes, 18s 3d.rj.""^ to £19 103. /lough harness, 10s to 259- - g ,On Saturday tart we a ole» &>to-<>-;on the farm of Mr. -f7,i a little low rangi. r ; The dairy cows. in condition, which rather [ of them. The best of the cows 6a; £ year& 6a to £6 17s 6d. others £3 2| 6d to £4 calves, 15s to £1 "«i 1^ £ liht waeeon, £9 by Master Deans, £10 10b. met with 10s; lot of farm tools and sundries the. usual co metl^ wn had a small : At Ohaupo on Tuesday wejiaQ * * 9 'yarding of ; cattle• t £^* f There was a fair attendance. oi wu » d but ' only a few buyers, , althoi *r a number of cows were^osed or »™ den sale. The dairy cow ß ; from Mr. £ were a. good lot, makoig Mss : to *f fid cows from other sellers up to * Mld heifers, £5 to £5 16s; *"&.*s % 18-month heifers, /£4 14s *° -M in! '„ £2 15s; good steers and:heifers, ■£2 = 10s *» * lamb, £1 . "calves £2, others £1 Ms; ewes, m » Shorn hoggets, 78 3d to lis. .

MESSES. ALFRED BUOKDAND AND SONS- - REPORT. ■ i At the Haymarket on Friday last ™ l£ an average entry in i*» ms m & a good attendance, and 'anything yoiuit. in condition sold freely at full,, ™ l . to sold draught mares and geldmgs, mh» £10; half draughts, or spring; cart fiMMB, *0 25cwt, £25 to £30 10s^^** d buggy horses, £13 os to jmu, _»& _„.;„„ an sort!: £6 to £10 Ws; weeds and ponies.*ny price;, tax cart and harness, £31 lWj. ™ carts, £12 to £15; long'shatter, £12 103. m covers, 10s 6d to 16s. ■•■ . ■ „mi„ forward. Hay and straw: Not much comuig l^ .Bay, 2s 6d to 3s cwt; straw, £1 78.wa0. •Hides, Skins, Tallow, etc.: Hides. "tags, to 6d; cow, 4d to 4|d; top, ' «dto ne s, ss; 3d; calf, sid to 53d;. tallow, 20s, none , horsehair, Is 6|d. Stan",.best KS, fs°°6 d d »; 58 sin d alKnd 'damaged, Is to 4s 2d. , _~ , Wool, in, bags, crossbred, W- % , ,

: AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. By Tel. 6 «ph.-Pres. A.sooiation.-Copynght. SYDNEY, My 26. ■Wheat, chick, 3s 2d to 3s gdljfflMUnft £ g to 3s 6d. Hour, £8; Mitotan M* rf Tasmania* white, 2s 7d to » *J. A* & 23 Id to 2s 3d. Barley. Cape, 2s ■«» * malting. 3s 8d to 4s. Maize, ■*>»£; Head 91« L Pollard, lid. Potatoes, <g™l £15 .But£6 5s to £6 15s. Onions, Victorian, * tor, lojd to lid. Bacon, 5Jd to /a. . MELBOURNE, JW*: Wheat, 3s fid. Flour. £7 5s to £7 15s. Oats, la to is 9d. Barley,. Cape- 2s ™ ™ d malting, .to 4s 4d...Maize, 2a %s£; Ta* to lOtl. Pollard, lid to IWL f ™* Pink-eye, manias,. £6 to £6 10s; New Zealand rum £5 15s. Onions, £11 to £12. _ % ADELAIDE, JW * :Wheat, 3s 4d to 3s s*l. Pour, £7 103. Bran, lid. Pollard, Hid. * COPPER, TIN. AND LEAD. SHORTAGB _ OP"SUPPUBS. _ -By TelegMpb-rresß Assooiation.-Copy«l . .' LONDON, July 25Copper, on spot, £67 2s 6d to £67 ? 6d 'rin, three months, £67 7s 6d to £67 Ms sa. on spot, £146 7s 6d to £146 * 7s W, »* months, £145 15s to £146 ss. ,The entire surplus and current duction of copper in *•»• increased has been fully absorbed by me " exportß consumption there su %tion in to China, while the consumpuoi ever _ Europe is probably i„„? difficulty in eConsumers are finding great difficult curing supplies for the next.tew ™ . aIBO ; The situation with regard to tm boing . becoming critical, owing to w Th e 8 light and consumption increasing. uw also a great dearth of lead. LONDON. ' . ; Bv Telegraph-Press Assooiaflon.-Copyng ... LONDON, July 25. 'Wheat and flour afloat for theI Dmted. Kingdom, 2,770,000 quarters; foi «" }L- m 1.855,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments, quarters. , Shares; Prices unchajigea. •

. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' Chris'tciiuroh, Wednesday, •eSS 9 £naV 4irl ? - lilrge entri " at Addington in ther I PattHlenta ' and in otherß small; ana tnere was a goo d attendance. Really nrim, beef & M * . Store sheep sold well, and Th» f.T \ ° chanee m *« P"ce» of fat limbs l" ,llee l , marl opened »*« dull, but im me ate ° while porkers were • not firm. brought laceiates, while porkers were not so firm. olaS soi e d P w u" ly a fe,T were offered, aDd all J, 60ld ™"' especially breeding ewes and ewe! in ,i h line „° £ U? four " x - and eight-tooth made on a? , ade % * 10d 5 105 sold at 235, 109 Ms Id sn d 'C d 169I 69 made 20s ; 50 wetl i*« Mi 2d 80 hoggets SOld at 18b,. and 83 at mSL ! all^!: , There was a moderate yarding, mo y light and unfinished sorts, and they brought SS I.™' "'I °S 8 »l ade ">• 6<i to- 20 8 laand lamb weights 16s to 19s. week, V r !' e yard i ng Was the '« egt tor some weeks past, and was of good average quality. Th bidding was slack at the opening, the export buyT,C L„ t , *° any extent > and P ric « showed '2 e „ from ■ the previous week, especially. for anything that was not really prime. Towards the close there was improvement, especially in prime ewe and heavy-weight wethers. The range of prices was: Prime heavy wethers, 24s to 27s-medium-weights, 21s Cd to 23s Gd; light and unfinished, 19s Gd to 21s; prime heavy ewes, 22s to 2»s; good, to 21s Gd; aged and medium, lis to issj prime merino wethers, 18s to 21s 3d; ordinary, from Ms 3d. ' Fat cattle: Two hundred and twenty head were penned, of which considerably less than half were really prime. The sale was dragging until town the close, when there.was an improvement, rices for really prime quality showed little change, but medium and inferior beef was easier. A line of steers from J. B. Eeid (Canowie) made £10 15s to fell }]* Gd; 18 from the Peninsula, £9 15s to £11 17s 6d; 12 from G. a. Holmes (Taitapu), £7 17s 6d i°c ~ i/ nd 13 from A - J- Bardling (Lansdowne), £6 17s Gd to £9 ° 8, Other steers brought £G 5s to £11 17 8 6d; heifers, £5 to £9; and cows, £4 5s to £7 5s (equal to 20s to 22s for prime, and & few extra to 235, medium 18s to 20s, and cow and inferior lGs to 17s Gd, per 1001bs). A good yarding of veal calves sold at 7s 6d to £2 18s. Store and dairy cattle: Only a few small lots of store cattle were yarded, and sales were not sufficient to afford quotations. There was a fairly large entry of dairy cows, and good sale for useful Borts at £7 to £8 IBs, and extra good to £9 10s; other sorts, £4 10s to £6 10s. Pigs: The entry of fat pigs was a fairly large one, but there was not a very numerous yarding of stores, and they were mostly small. Baconers sold at about last week's rates. Porkers were easier, and there was not much demand for stores. Eighty baconers sold at 35s to 40s; heavier, 42s Gd to 49s Gd (equal to 3p to 3Jd per lb); light porkers, 21s to 255; heavier, 27s Gd to 32s (equal to 4d to 4Jd per lb); medium stores, 12s Gd to 18s; and weancrs, 5s to 9s Gd. • . GRAIN. ■ • [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDiif, Wednesday. Oats:' Moderate inquiry for shipping, but consignments have in most cases been cleared on arrival. Prime seed lines, 2s to 2s 3d; good ditto, Is 9d to 2s; prime milling, Is BJd to Is 9d; good to best feed, Is 7Jd to Is 8d; inferior and medium, Is 5d to Is 7d (sacks extra). Wheat: A small business is passing locally, chiefly in lines of prime. Fowl wheat is scarce, and has good inquiry. Seed, 3s 3d to 3s Gd; prime milling, 3s to 3b 2d; medium to good, 2s lOd to 3s; whole fowl wheat, 2s 8d to 2s 9Jd; broken, 2s 4d to 2s 7d (sacks extra).

8ellers. Buyers. RANKS- £ »• d. & i. d. Now Zealand ... ».. 6. 2 6 fi 1 0 National ... ' ..."_ -. 5 12 0 _ INSURANCE- .... New Zealand ... .- 4 16 6 4 15 0 National ... ...... 12 3 116 South British .- ... — " 4 12 0 FINANCIAL— N.Z. and Biver. Plate »„ 1 8 9 1 '% 0 POALBikurangt — — — 0 IB 6 — North., Coal, Ltd., 10s paid 0 10 a " _' Taupiri Mines, Limited ... 0 19 6 0 19 0 Westport 7 0 0 6 15 '0 Drury,' . ... 0 14 0 _ 0ASAuckland ... v > ... U 0 8 - Thames ... ■"•> . »• 1 14 0 ■: ., _ BHIPPING- -. Northern Steam, paid up... 0 17 3 _ - Northern Steam, con. ... 0 SO 6 7 10 Devonport Steam Ferry ... 1 IB 0 1 14 6 {[IMBEB— Kauri, contributing ... 0 4 1 (J 3 10 ■■ Leyland-O'Brien, Ltd. ... 2 2 6 2 16 Parker-Lamb, Limited ... - — 1 3 g yiSOELLANEOUSt D S.C., Limited ... ■ ... 0 10 6 _ Milne and Choyce, prof. ... 1 3 0 110 Milne and Choyce, ordinary. 110 — N Z. Portland Cement Co. — 14 0 New Zealand Paper Mills ... 1 3 0 12 3 w A. Ryan, Limited ... 1 1 0 — '■ Tp'nson G-arlick Co., Ltd. 0 19 0 0 18 0 Union Oil - .- , - -,100 i Wiseman and Sons, pref. 0 19 0 — Wilson and Co., prof. ... 1 0 0 — Auckland Tramways ... 11 10 D 11.00 : Galbraitb. Iron and Steel..* 0 11 0 6 9 "9 MINING- ( Kuranui ■ ... ... - 0 0 10 - 0 0 6ft Kuranui-Caledonian *.. 0 Ill : 0 1 19 » Mav Queen Extended ... 0 0 6 0 0 3 : New Eclipse ... ... ... 0.010 008', New-May Queen ... ... 0 2 0 0 1 11 New Moanataiari ...... 0 1 i 0 16 ,New Monowai - ... ... 0 0 8 : 0 0 6 New. Una ... ... ... . 0 0 G — New Saxon ... ... ... 0 10 0 0 10 Old Alburnia ...... 0 1 « 0 1 2 Victoria .... ... - 0 1 6 0 14 i Waiotahi ■•• ••• ••> -1 18 .0 . l " 9 Moanataiari Extended, p.u. 0 0 51 — ; Moanataiari Extended, con. 0 0 3 - Vanguard ... ... ... 0 0 3 ! 0 0 J Crown . ... •■• ..." 3 U ■ 0 J « Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 » 4 ' 0 ? 0 Komata Ee«f. ... .»' 0 2 « 0 1 10 Pride of Waihi 0 13 0 10 ,'Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 1 i ■ — Talisman Consolidated ... 0 11 6 0 110 ■Waihi . ... ••• «•• 8-36, 616 •,.Wa!h! Beach... ... , - ° ° ** 00« | : Waihi Consolidated . ... - 0 110 .•..■■ - Waihi Extended ... ... 0 6 5 0 0 3 .Waihi South ... , .... 0 0 3| 0 0 2 Auckland ... ... .«,« 0 7ft « 6 _ 6 * Bunker's Hill ... / ~ 0 1 0 00? : Hauraki Freehold ... ... Oil — 7 Old Hauraki, contributing — .. .," v * Royal Oak, paid np ... 0 0 6ft .;. .— ..-• Hidden Treasure, paid np 0 0 9 0 « S ' G. A. Buttle, Chairman. H. P. HUDDLESiOif, Secretary. 3.15 p.m., July 26, 1905. '.. . • CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. I ' "•? 11« ue ' Mew Saxon, July 17, « -00 Oft Aug. 7. .; Dividends. ;' „.„„'< i Talisman Consolidated ... ft 1 0 Aug. 1 hpikurangi-CoaV Co. • ... • - *<>*•