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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13325, 3 November 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office, Friday evening. Fair business was done on the sharemarket to-day. In investment lines New Zealand Insurances sold at £3 18s, and closed with demand at £3 17s 6d and sellers at £3 19s. New issue shares changed hands at £3 15s, and more wero wanted at £3 14s 9d, late sellers quoting £3 16s. National Insurances were done at 255, and there was further inquiry at that figure, no declared sellers. South British wero a bit easier, and after sales at £5 4s closed with sellers at £5 5s and buyers at £5 2s 6d. Auckland Gas were placed at £14 17s, and more wero wanted at £1* 16s, late sellers demanding £14 18s. Kauri Timbers (contributing) sold at 5s Id and 5s 2d, and more were wanted at 5s Id, late sellers 5s 3d. Auckland Tramways had sales at £11 12s, and more could have been placed at £11 10s 6d, late sellers quoting £11 13s. N.Z. Portland Cements were done at 39s 3d; late sellers 39s 6d, buyers 38s 6d. In mining stocks Waihis had transactions at £8 17s, and more were available at that price, late buyers offering £8 16s 6d. Talismans sold at 29s 6d: late sellers 29s 9d, buyers 29s 3d. Waiotahis were a point easier in the morning, but. firmed a bit later in the day. Sales were from 29s 6d to 30s 9d, and more were on offer at the- latter figure, late buyers quoting 30s 3d. KuranuiCaledonians again eased a shade, and after business at Is 2d and Is 7d closed with inquiry at, Is 7d, sellers asking Is Bd. Kuranuis sold at 8d ; late sellers lOd, buyers 6d. New May Queens sold at 2s lOd ; late sellers 3s, buyers 2s lCd. Now Saxons sold at lOd ; late sellers 10|d, buyers 9£d. Waitangis (contributing) sold at Is 7d; late sellers Is Bd, buyers Is 7d. Shares with 6d paid sold at Is 8d ; late sellers Is 9d, buyers Is Bd. Contributing Golden Belts sold at Is 10d; no late quotations. Komata Reefs sold at 2s 2d; late sellers 2s 2d, buyers 2s Id. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are Friday's dosing prices, the business clone being :— Zealand Insurance. fcO IBs: New Zealand Insurance (new issue). £3 lis; National Insurance. 255; South British Insurance, £5 4?; Auckland Gas, £14 17s; Kauri Timber (contributing). 5s Id. 5s 2d; Auckland Tramways, £11 12s; sew Zealand Tori land Cement, 393 3d; Waihi, £3 17s, £8 17s; Talisman Consolidated, 29s 6d ; Waiotalii, 29s 6d, 30s. 30s 3d, 30? 9d; Kuranui, 8d ; Kuranui-Caledoiiian, la Bd. Is 7d; New May Queen, 2s lOd; New Saxon, lOd, lOd: Waitangi (6d paid). is 8d; Wnitangi (contributing), Is 7d, Is 7d. is 7d; Golden llelt. (contributing), Is lOd; Komata R»efs, 2s 2d, is 2d. Sellers. Buyers.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Business in the local fruit and produce markets lias been quiet during the past week, and outside of consignments from America supplies generoily have been light. The supplies of potatoes were equal to the demand, at about last week's rates. A shipment from Canada by the steamer i'ondo, considering the long voyage, were landed in fairly good order, the quality and variety being excellent. New local potatoes came to banc) in considerable quantities, although no very heavy consignments were handled at the auction sales. The blight having made its appearance in some of the small patches near the city, forced digging before the tubers were tit, the result being that the greater portion of the supplies were of poor quality. Prices for good samples, however, ruled high. In vegetables, such lines as green peas, cauliflowers, and rhubarb sold at good rates. whilst other vegetables were quitted at very low rates. In onions, the stocks having run low. an advance of 5s per cwt took place on Monday, and the present stocks are not sufficient to supply requirements until the new Sydney lots arc available, which ill be in about three weeks' time. In: dairy produce the supplies of dairy butter at the auction sales to-day were very limited, and prices made a slight advance, while milled and dairy varieties for export showed an advance of {d per lb. Cheese was scarce, and bacon and hams advanced in value. In fruit supplies were generally on the small side. The first of the green gooseberries tor the season from Waikato were submitted at to-day's auction sales. Shipments from Sydney by the Manuka on. Monday consisted of oranges, mandarins, and passionfruit, which were generally of poor quality. Local lemons and tomatoes sold at higher prices than last week, while grapes sold lower. Poor Man's oranges were practically unsalable. A small shipment of bananas and pines from Fiji arrived by the Wliangape on Tuesday and met with a good demand. The Sonoma lauded a large cargo of green apples from San Francisco on Monday, which sold well. Poultry was in moderate supply and high prices ruled. A fair number of young pigs were penned and sold at late rates. The following were the ruling prices at the auction sales to-day :— Field Produce.—Potatoes: Southern. £11 to £12 ton; Victorian. £11 to £12; Canadian, £11 to £12; new local, prime 2jd to 2jjd per lb, poor Id to lid. Kumaras: Island, 6* to 7s cwt. Onions: American, 16s to 18s cwt. Chatf, £5 5s to £5 10s ton ex store. Vegetables.—Ureeti peas, Is. 3d to Is 6d peek; asparagus, 3s to 6s dozen. Dairy Produce.—Dairy and separator butter, lOd to 10id lb; pastry, to 9d; milled, in bulk, for export, 10Jd ; factory rolls. Is. Eggs: Fresh, Bjd to 9d dozen. Cheese: Farmers', 6d lb; factory, 7d ; loaf, unprocurable. Bacon: Farmers', 5d to 6d lb; factory. 7jd to Bd. Ham?: Farmers', 5d to 6d: factory, B|d to 9d. Fruit.— Hohart, 12s to 15s case; American, lis to 17s. Grapes: Hothouse, 2s lid to 3« lb. Tomatoes: Hothouse, lOd to lid. Oranges: Local, .dessert, 3s to 7s case: Island, 10s to 13s; Sydney, 5s to Bs. Mandarins, 3s 6d to 10s. Lemons: Prime. 5s to 6s 6d; rough and coarse, 2s to 3s. Passion-fruit: Sydney, choice 12s to 15s, poor 3s to 4s. Gooseberries, 4s to 5s box. Bananas, 5s to 5s bunch: repacked. IJd lb. Pines: Cook Island, 7s to 9s case; Fijian, 4s to 6s. Poultry.—Hens, 2s to 2s 4d each ; table roosters, heavy 3s to 4s, medium 2s to '2s 6d. cockerels Is 9d to 2s; ducks, lid to Is 8d ; chicks, 3d to 8rl; ducklings, 3d to 6d ; turkeys, gobblers 7s to 10s. bens 4s to 7s. Miscellaneous.— pigs, 7b 6d to 11; 3d •ach.

MESSRS. C. B. KINOSWELL AND CD'S REI'ORT. On Tuesday we cleared a large catalogue of hides, sheepskins, tallow, etc. Hides: Very firm. We quote— Extra stout, to Bid; stout, 7Jti to 8d ; medium, 63d to 7d; light. ojd to 7d : cow, dry-salted. 7d to "id, wet-salted 6id to 6Jd: calf, 62d to 7d; kip, s|d to 5Jd; stags'. Aid to 4;,< i per lb. Sheepskins: Finn. Large. 9s; medium, 7* to 7« 6d: small, 4s 9d to ss: medium dry, 4s to sb; shearlings. Is 8d to Is 9d; lambs'. Is 6d to 2s each. Tallow: Firm. Best mixed, in shipment casks, 26*; good, 24a 6d to 255; seconds, 21s to 22s 6d per mrt. Rough fat. I'd per lb. Cowtails, Is 7d to Is 8d per dozen. Bones, dry, £4 15s per ton.

BANKS- £ "■ A £ ' 8 ' d " New Zealand 8 13 0 S 15 0 National 3 12 6 — National, new issue ... & 11 6 — INSURANCE— New Zealand 3 19 0 3 17 6 New Zealand, new issue... 3 16 0 3 14 9 National , ... _ 15 0 South British 5 5 0 5 2 6 Standard 10 6 — FINANCIAL— National Mori, and Agency — 3 2 0 N.Z. and River Plate ..'. 1 10 9 1 10 0 COALNovt. Coal. 103 paid ... 0 15 0 0 14 3 Taupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 1 0 ft 10C West port 7 6 0 — GAS— Auckland ... 14 18 0 14 16 0 Gisborne ., _ 2 12 0 SHIPPING— Northern Steam, paid up 0 17 6 0 17 0 Northern Steam, con. ..083 080 Devonport Steam Ferry ... 1 16 6 — TIMBKK— Kauri Timber, paid up... 0 17 3 0 16 6 Kauri, contributing ... 0 5 3 0 5 1 Leyland-O'Brien Co., Ltd. 2 6 0 — Parker-Lamb, Limited ... — 14 0 WOOLLEN— Wellington .. 3 15 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramways Co. 11 13 0 11 10 6 D.S.C., Limited 0 7 6 0 7 4 Hill and Plummer, Ltd... 12 0 — .Milne and Glioyce, pref. — 116 Milne and Chovce, ord... — 0 19 6 New Zealand Drug, £2 . . — 2 8 0 N.Z. Portland Cement Co. 1 19 6 1 18 6 New Zealand Portland Cement Co.. new issue ... 1 13 0 — Northern lioot ... _ 0 10 0 New Zealand Paper Mills 13 6 13 0 Union Oil 10 6 0 19 9 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 54 p,c. ... 53 0 0 — MINING— Halcyon, contributing ... 0 0 5 — , Kiiianui 0 0 10 0 0 6 Kuraiiui-Caledoniaii ... 0 1 8 0 17 May Queen Extended —Oil 009 New Dart 0 0 8 — New .May Queen ... ... 0 3 0 0 2 10 New Moanataiari 0 18 0 14 New Monowai 0 II 8j 0 0 6 New Occidental 0 0 2" — New Saxon 0 0 10', 0 0 91 Old Alburnia 0 1 11 0 16 Southern Queen. 6d paid 0 0 5J — Southern Queen, con. ... 0 0 5 — Thames 0 10 0 0 7i Vanguard 0 0 2i — Victoria .. 0 11 0 0 11 Waiotahi 1 10 9 1 10 3 Waitangi, 6d paid ..019 018 Waitangi, contributing ... 0 1 8 0 17 Bunker's Hill 0 0 8 — New Four-in-Hand ... 0 0 8 llauraki Freehold ... 0 0 6 0 0 4 Old llauraki 0 0 7 — Auckland ..008 0 0 4j Champion, paid up ..023 014 Crown 0 4 9 0 4 6 Golden Bell. paid up ... 0 2 4 0 2 3 Kirikiri, contributing ... 0 0 6 — Komata Reets ... ... 0 2 2 0 2 1 Maoriland, paid .010 002 Maoriland. contributing... 0 0 11 0 0 6 Pride of Waihi 0 0 9 0 0 7 Rising Sun 0 0 4 — Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 1 10 - Talisman Consolidated ... 1 9 9 19 3 Waihi 8 17 0 £ 16 6 Waihi Beach 0 0 9 — Waihi Extended ... .050 0 4 10 Waihi Grand Junction ... 2 19 0 2 15 0 Sunbeam Cold and Silver — 0 0 7 11. P. Hddlkstos, Secretary; G. A. Buttle. Chairman. 3.15 p.m.. November 2, 1906. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. ' Dividend" Northern Coal Co. •-- 3 0 6 Now Waiotahi 0 13 Nov. 7 Northern Steamship ... 7 p.c. Nov. 5 Waihi ... 0 3 0 Dec. 1 Calls Waihi Discovery, October 15 ... 0 0 1 Nov. 5 May Quern Extended. October 16 0 0 0J Nov. 14 New Bunker's Hill, October 30 .. 0 0 1 Nov. 20 New Saxon. October 30 .. ,„ 0 0 04 Nov. 19 New Monowai. October 30 -.,0 0 1* Nov. 19 New Occidental, October 31 ,.001 Nov. 21 Southern Queen, October 31 ... 0 0 1 Nov. 26