COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume 1327, Issue 1327, 3 September 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Offioe, 0 Saturday evening. To-dat closed a quiet week on the sharemarket. There were no sales in investment lines, and mining was also slack. Buyers of Waihis quoted £9 8s 6d (ex dividend), and sellors were at £9 10s 6d, no transactions. Waiotahis sold at 30s, and more were wanted at 29s 9d, sellers asking 30s 3d. Talismans changed hands at 26s 6d, and there was further inquiry at 26s 3d, sellers holding for 275. Waihi Extcndeds were done at 4s 9d, sellers closing at 4s lOd, with buyers at 4s 9d. GROCERS' MARKET QUOTATIONS. The following are the quotations for butter and eggs for the week ending September 8, as arranged by the Dairy Produce Committee, Factory butter, Is per lb; farmers' butter, 8d; separator butter, 3d. Eggs, 8d per dozen. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are Saturday's closing: price?, the business done being :—Waiotalii, 20s; Talisman Consolidated, 26s 6d ; Waihi Extended, 4s 9d.

Sunbeam Gold and Silver — ■ 0 0 6J H. P. HtJDI-ESTO.T. Secretary. O. A. Buttle. Chairman. 10 a.m.,. September 1, 1906 /""'"' \ CALL AND DIVIDEND LIBT. • Dividends. New Zealand Insurance • Co. .020 Now Standard Insurance Co. v* — Now Waihi „. 0 3 0 Now Waihi Beach, August 30 ... 0 0 1 Sept. 10 Calls. Thames, August 20 ,001 Now New Dart, August 20 ... ... 0 0 1 Now Southern Queen, August 22 ... 0 0 1 Now. Old Hauraki, August 20 ... 0 0 1 Sept. 5 Rising Sun. August ?. ... „, 0 0 1 Sept. 9 New Una, August 24 ... »,, 0 0 1 Sept. 19 Vanguard. August 22 , ~002 Sept. 12 New Sylvia, August 28 Sept. 12 Mahara Royal, August 27 ,_ 0 0 1 Sept. 17 Comstock United, August 22 „. 0 0 2 Sept. 17 New Monowai, August 27 «, 0 0 1 Sept. 17 Golden Belt, August 20 . „._ 0 0 1 Sept. 17 New Moanataiari, August 20 ... 9 0 IJ Sept. 17 LONDON. By Telegraph Press Association.—Copyright. Lo.vnos, August 31. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. The Bank of England returns for the week are :— Coin, £37,119,000; reserve, £27,758.000. proportion of reserve to liabilities, 51.05; notes in circulation, £23,207,000; public deposits, £10,565,000; other deposits. £43,751.000; Government securities, £15,972,000 ; other securities, £28,738,000. MONET MARKET. Three months' bills are discounted at 3 7-16 per cent. '** CONSOLS AND COLONIAL STOCKS. Consols, 87*. New Zealand 3 per cents., 91. Tasmanian 3 per cents.. 89. The rest are unchanged. WHEAT. Tho wheat markets are dull and buyers are holding off awaiting results of the world's crops and expecting to buy new wheat cheaper. Cargoes are quiet. An Australian cargo has sold at 29s 6d. A shipment, of South Australian June is offering at 31s 3d. Australian spot is at nominal prices. New Zealand shortberried, 29s to 30s; longberried, 29s 6d to 30s 6d. Flour is dull. Australian. in London is quoted at 21s 6d to 225; Glasgow, 223 6d. METALS. Copper: Spot, £85 ss; three months, £85 10s. Tin: Spot, £183 10s; three mouths, £184. Iron, 545. SUGAR. Market quiet. German, 9s 4d. First marks, lis fid. WOOL. The Bradford wool market is very firm and prices unchanged. BUTTER. The butter market is very film and prices unchanged. Business in colonial is limited. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house : —We quote present spot values for the following descriptions of tallow:—Fine mutton, 32a 6d ; good beef, 31s 6d; mixed, 30s per cwt. OH A UFO SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, report: — On Tuesday, August 28, nt Ohaupo, we yarded over 400 head of cattle. The 60 forward bullocks were required and sold at from £5 15s to £6 13s 6d. A large entry of young cattle sold freely. Good yearlings from Mr. J. B. Fisher nod Mr. James Scott realised from £2 Is to £2 13s 6d ; from other owners, £1 2s to £1 17s 6d ; strong, good calves, £1 8s to £1 14s; others, 19s to 235; empty two-year-old heifers, £2 Is to £2 15s; 18 months steers, £2 18s to £3.55; two and a-half year old steers, £4 10s; fresh empty cows, £2 15* to £4; fat cows, £5 2s 6d to £5 10s. A large entry of dairy stork mostly sold at about prices equal to recent sales, and good cows realised from £6 5s to £7 153; good heifers at profit, £5 5s to £6 10s; smaller heifers. £4 5s to £4 15a ; backward heifers, £3 Is to £3 15s; aged cows, £3 10a to £4 12s 6d ; bulls, £3 5s to £4.

Seller* Buyer*. „..,„,, *•.<!. £ i. d. BANKS— New Zealand -»»'•„ 8 15 0 — National _ 5 10 0 National, new isaue . _ 4 17 6 INSURANCENew Zealand ... .. 3 15 0 — New Zealand, new issue 3 12 0 — National , 13 6 South British .. „, 5 13 6 5 12 0 Standard 10 9 — FINANCIAL— N.Z. and River Plate ... 1 10 0 19 0 COAL— Nort. Coal, 10s paid ... — 0 14 3 Nort. Coal, 7a 6d paid , 0 14 6 — Taupiri Mines, Ltd. ,110 10 Drury Coal 0 8 0 — GAS— Auckland ... m ... — 14 8 6 Gisborne ,« ... ... — 2 7 9 SHIH'INGNorthern Steam, paid up. 0 17 3 0 17 0 Northern Steam, con. . 0 8 2 0 7 10 Devonport Steam Ferry... 1 18 0 — ' TIMBKR,Kauri Timber, paid up 0 16 6 0 15 10 Kauri, contributing 0 4 9 0 4 7 Loyland-O'Brien Company Ltd. 2 4 0 2 3 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramwavs Co. 11 15 0 — D.S.C., Limited .".. ..080 — Hill and Plummer, Ltd.... 12 0 — H.M. Arcade Co., pref. .110 — Milne and Choyce, pref.. 13 0 — Milne and Chovce, ord.. 110- — New Zealand Drug, £2.290 286 N.Z. Portland Cement Co. • - 1 14 6 New Zealand Portland Cement, new issue .. -- 15 6 Northern Boot — 0 9 3 W. A. Rvaa and Co., Ltd. 0 12 0 0 7 0 Union Oil 110 — MINING— Kuranui 0 10 0 0 9 Kuranui-Caledonia.ii .023 — May Queen Extended ... 0 0 10 — Moanataiari Extended, pd. 0 0 6 — Moann-uiari Extended, cou. 0 0 2 — New Dart 0 0 7 0 0 5 New Mav Queen ... 0 3 3 0 3 1 New Moanataiari .017 014 New Monowai 1 0 ft| 0 0 5 New Occidental, 6d paid... 0 0.7 — New Una 0 0 3 — New Saxon ... .. 0 0 10 ' 0 0 7 New Svlvia, 6d paid • 0 0 4; — Old Alburnia 0 2 4 0 2 3 Southern Queen, 6d paid 0 0 9 0 0 8 Southern Queen, com. ... 0 0 8 0 0 7 Thames , 0 0 11 0 0 9 i Trafalgar ,.* 0 0 4 — ! Vanguard ,, ,,,. . 0 0 5 0 0 3} Victoria ... .. k .. 0 0 9 0 0 64 Waiotahi ... ... .... 1 10 3 19 9 Waitangi, 6d paid ... 0 1 4 0 12 Waitangi, contributing ... 0 1 3 0 12 Bunker's Hill 0 0 7 — New Four-in-Hand -.011 — Old Hauraki, paid ..006 — - Auckland 0 0 9 0 0 5 Champion, paid up -.023 — Champion, contributing ..016 — Crown -.., 0 4 6 042 Golden Belt, paid ,027 025 Golden Belt, con. « 0 2 3 — Kirikiri, contributing ... 0 0 6 — Komata Reefs ... .025 024 Maoriland, paid ... ,019' — Maoriland, contributing ... — 0 0 8 Pride of \Vnih> » 0 10 — Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 2 6 0 2 0 Talisman Consolidated ... 1 7 0 16 3 Waihi, ex div 9 10 6 9 8 6 Waihi Consolidated ,., — 0 16 Waihi Extended ... 0 4 10 0 4 9 Waihi Grand Junction ... 3 0 6 . 2 19 0