COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Though a considerable number of sales were recorded on the Stock Exchange yesterday the market was quiet, and there was a general tendencyamong the majority of the stocks to ease off a little. In investment stocks New Zealand Insurances sold at 80si 6d, and more were available at the same figure, further buyers quoting 80s 3d. Business was done in Taupiri Coals at 20s 6d, and Auckland Gas (new issue) wore done at 22a 6d, with late buyers quoting 22s 3d, and sellers 235. , Buyers and sellers of Auckland Teams (ord.) came to terms at 21s, and of Wilsons Portland Cements (ord.) at 37s 6d. In mining lines Waihis eased a little, a sale l>eing recorded at £9 10s, with late buyers at £9 9s, and sellers at £9 lis. A parcel of Talisman Consolidateds changed hands at 59s 3d, there being further buyers at 58s 9d, and sellers at 595. Waihi Grand Junctions, which have been hardening during the past few days, eased a little. As against 55s 6d, the last' sale recorded on Thursday, shares sold at from 55s 3d to 54s 6d to 54s 9d to 545, the market closing with buyers at 545, and sellers at 54s 6d. Options were done at 335. Waihi Consolidateds and Waihi Extondeds, on tho other ha'nd, firmed a little, the former stock selling at 5s 7d, and the latter at from 7s 9d to 8s to Js lOd. In Thames scrip Waiotahis showed a falling tendency, operating at from 7s 6d to 7s 7d to 7s 4d to 7s 5d to 7s 4d, while Watchmans improved, changing hands at from 2s lOd to 3s Id. In Southern mines Consolidated Goldfields dropped Is, selling at 25s 9d and 25s 6d. _ Tho same also applied to Royal Oaks, in Coromandel lines, contributing shares as against 3s lid, the last sale the previous day, selling at from 3s 7d to 3s to 3s Id to 2s lOd to 2s lid. Sales made in other stocks, as a general rule, also showed an easier tendency.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY. Previous day's closing sales. £ s. <1. Taupiri Coal Mines—3rd call, 20s 6d ... 1 0 4 New Zealand Insurancelst call, 80s 6d — Auckland Gas (new)—lst call, 22s 6il ... 1 3 0 Auckland Tramways (ord.)—lst call, 21s — Wilsons Portland Cement (ord.)—lst call, 37s 6d ... ... — Bonanza (paid)—lst call, 10£ d — Bonanza (con.)—lst call, 9d; 2nd call, BJcl, 8d - Dixon's Consolidated (con.)2nd call, Is,, Is Id 3rd call, Is Id ... ' ... — Halcyon—3rd call, 4d ... ... ... — Kuranni—let call, 2s, 2s'ld; 2nd call, Is lid; 3rd call, Is 9d 0 1 11 Kuranui-Caledonian2nd and 3rd calk, 2s Id 0 22 May Queen—lst call, 6s 3d; 2nd call, 6s 2d, 6s 3d; 3rd call, 6a 2d, 6s 3d, 6s Id 0 6 1 New Monowai—lst call, ... — New Sylvia— call, 4s 2d, 4s 3d; 3rd call, 4s 2d, 4s 3d 0 4 3 Old Albnrnia (paid)—2nd call, 3s ... 0 3 0, Old Alburiiia (con.)— call, 2s 6d ... 0 2 7 Saxon— call, 2s 3d; 3rd call, 2s 3d, 2s 4cl . 0 2 4 Thames—2nd call, la Id 0 12 Victoria— call. 2s Id ... ... — Waiotahi— call, 7s 6d, 7s 7d; 2nd call, 7s 6d, 7a sd, 7s 4d; 3rd call, 7s sd, 7s 4d 0 7 6 Waitangi Consolidated—lst, 2nd, and 3rd calls, 4g Id ... — Watchman—lst call, 2s lOd; 2nd nail, 2s lid, 3s; 3rd call, 3s Id, 3s Id ... 0 2 10 Consolidated Goldßeld^—lst call, 25s 9d, 25s 6d ... ... 16 6 Progress Mines— call, 17s 3d ... 0 17 6 Old Hauraki Gold Mines—lst and 2nd calls, Is 9d; 3rd call, Is 9d, Is 8d ... 0 1 9 Kapanga—lst call, 8d; 3rd call, Bid, 9d 0 0 8 Royal Oak (con.)—lst call, 3s 7d, 3s 6d, 3si sd. 3s 4d; 2nd call, 3s Id, 3s; 3rd call, 3s Id, 2s lOd, 2s lid, 2s lid 0 3 11 Mount Welcome—2nd call, 4d — Pride of Tokatea—2nd and 3rd calls, 0, 0 4£ Dominion (con.>—2nd call, 9d ... — Durbar—2nd call, 2d ... ... ... — Golden Belt (paid)—lst call, lid ... — Golden Cross—lst call, 2id ... — Komata Reefs— call, Bid; 3rd call, 9d — Maoriland—2nd call, 9d 0 0 9 New Waitekauri— call, 3jd ... 0 0 3J Pride of Waihi— call. Is Id ... 0 12 Shotover (con.)—2nd call, 6Ad; 3rd call, 6d ... . ... , ... ...«,0 0 6 Silver Hillslst call, 3d 0 0 3 Tairua Broken Hillslst and 2nd call*, 2s lOd; 3rd call, 2s lid ... 0 2 10 Tairua Golden Hills— call. 7s; 3rd call, 7s 2d, 7s 3d _ Tairua Leads— call, 3id ; ... 0 0 3£ Tairua Monarch—lst call, 7d , ... ... 0 0 7 Tairua. Reefs (6d paid)—lst and 2nd calls, 3d ... ... 0.0 9 Tairua Reefs (con.)—2nd call, 7£d ... 0 0 74 Talisman Consolidated—3rd call, 59s 3d — Waihi—3rd call, £9 10s 9 11 0 Waihi Consolidated— call, 5a 7d ... 0 5 6 Wnihi Extended—lst call, 7s 9d; 2nd call, 7s 9d, 7s lid, 8a; 3rd call, Bs, 7s lOd ... ... ... ... 0 7 9 Waihi Grand Junction—lst call,' 55s 3d; 2nd call, 553 3d, 555. 54s 6d; 3rd call. 54s 9d, 54s 6d, 54s 3d, 54s ... 2 15 6 Waihi Grand" Junction (options)— call, 33s ... ■ ... ... 1 13 3 New Waitaia—lst and 2nd calls, Is 3d; 3rd call, Is 3d, Is 4d ... ... 0 13 Handsworth—2nd and 3rd calls, Is Id 0 10 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers. Buyers. BANKS . ' £ '■ "• £ ' "• New Zealand 9 9 0 9 6 0 National ... 5 11 0 insurance- ; New Zealand 4 0 6 4 0 3 South British ... ... 2 14' 0 FINANCIAL— New Zealand and River plate ... ... ... * 14 6 COALHikurangi 1 0 0 0 18 6 Nort. Co., 10a paid ... 0 15 0 0 11 6 Taupiri Mines, • Ltd. ... 1 0 6 10 3 i Westport Stockton 0 9 6 — GAS- ' Auckland ... 14 17 0 Auckland, new issue ... 13 0 12 3 Thames ... ... ... 1 16 0 1 14 6 SHIPPING— . Union ,S.S. ... .... ... 1 15 0 1 14 0 Northern, paid up ... 0 13 0 0 12 4 Northern, con. ... ... 0 6 3 0 6 1 Devonport Steam Ferry... — 19 0 TIMBER— Kauri, con. — 0 14 10 Leyland-O'Brien, Ltd. .... 13 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramways, pref. 1 3 o —. Auckland Tramways, ord. 116 110 D.S.C., Limited ... ... 0 4 0 0 3 9 Grey and Menasies, pref. 0 10 6 — Grey and Menzies. ord. ... 0 9 0 — Hill and Plummer, Ltd. 110 1 0 0 N.Z. Portland Cement Co. 2 3 0 22 0 N.Z. Portland Cement Co., new issue ... ... 1 19 6 1 19 0 Northern Boot 0 11 3 Ton sou Gariick, Ltd ... 019 0 — Union Oil ... ... ... _ 10 6 Wiseman and Sons, ord. 0 12 6 _ Wilsons Portland Cement Co., ord. ... ... ... 1 18 0 1 17 6 MINING— Bonanza, paid up ... —. 0 0 9 Bonanza, con 0 0 9 0 0 7A Dixon's Consolidated, paid 0 14 Dixon's Consolidated, con. 0 12 11 Halcyon • ... 0 0 4 0 0 3i Kuranui ... 0 19 0 18 ICuranui-Catedonian ... 0 22 0 2 1 Magnet, con. 0 0 3 0 0 14 May Queen ... ... ... 0 ,6 2 0 6 1 May Queen Extended ... 0 I) 5{ 0 0 4i New Monowai 0 1 0 0 0 11 New Sylvia ... _ ... 0 4 3 0 4 2 Old Alburnia, paid up ... 0 2 11 0 2 8 Old Alburnia, con. ... 0 2 6 0 2 4 Saxon ... ... ... ... 0 2 5 0 2 4 .Southern Queen 0 0 6 0 0 3 Thames ... 0 12 Oil Victoria ... 0 2 3 0 2 1 Waiotahi ... 0 7 5 0 7 4 Waitangi Consolidated ... 0 4 1 0 4 0 Watchman 0 3 0 0 2 11 Blackwater 1 10 0 ; 17 6 Consolidated Goldfields ... 15 3' 15 0 Progress Mines ... ... 0 17 3 0 16 9 New Alpine, con. ... — 0 5 6 Four-in-Hand 0 12 Oil Golden Pah 0 0 5 0 0 4.1 Hauraki Freehold 0 0 6 0 0 5 Kapowai, con. ..; ... 0 0 3/] — Old Hauraki Gold Mines 0 19" 0 17 Kapanga ... ... ... 0 0 9 0 0 Si Royal Oak. paid up ... 0 3 0 0 2 11 ' Royal Oak, con. ... ... 0 2 11 0 2 9 Tangiaro ... ... ... 0 0 4 0 0 31 Tokatea, con. ... ... I) 0 4| — Ngatiawa ... ... ... 008 005 Bendigo ... 0 0 9J 0 0 74 Lanigan's Antimony Mine 0 0 7 — Mount Welcome ... ... 0 0 4 0 0 31 Pride of Tokatea ... ... 0 0 8£ 0 0 7| Com stock, con ... ... 0 0 9 0 0 6A Champion 0 0 9 — Crown ... '... ... 0 7 0 0 6 9 Dominion, con. ... ... 0 0 94 « 0 0 9 Durbar ... ... ... 0 0 2| 0 0 2 Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 1 0 — Golden Cross ' 0 0 3 , 0 0 21 Kirikiri 0 0 6J 0 0 5. Karangahake ... ... 0 11 0 10 Komata Reefs 0 0 9 0 0 SA Maoriland 0 0 9 0 0 6 New Waitekauri 0 0 3 0 0' 2i Phcenix "... 0 0 9 — Pride of Waihi 0 13 0 12 Rising Sun 008 006 Shotover, con 0 6 6J 0 0 51 Silver Hill 0 0 3* 0 0 3 Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 2 11 0 2 10 Tairua Golden Hills ... 0 7 5 0 7 2 Tairua Extended 0 0 2' 0 0 1J Tairua Leads ... ... 0 0 3|' 0 0 2| Tairua Monarch Cbnsol... 0 0 7 0 0 6 Tairua Reefs, 6d paid ... 0 0 9 0 0 8 Tairua Reefs, con, , u 0 0 7J 0 0 7

Talisman Consolidated ... 2 19 0 . 2 18 9 Waihi ... .9 11 a- 9 9 0 Waihi Beach ... ... : 0 0 8 0 0 7 Waihi Consolidated ... • 0 5 8 0 5 6 Waihi Extended ... ... 0 711 0 710 Wailii Grand Junction ... 2 14 6 2 14 0 Waihi ■ Grand J auction options ... ... ... 113 6 111 0 Mountain King, Is paid... 0 2 3 0 1 10 Mountain King;, con. ... 0 111 0 19 New Waitaia, ... ,014 13 IWndsworth ... 0 12 0 11 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. New Zealand Insurance Co. ... 0 2 0 Aug. 11 Talisman Consolidated ... 0 1 6 Aug. 25 Waihi .. ... ..., ... 0 4 0 Sept. 1 Calls. Watchman, July 16 ... ... 00 1 Aug. 3 Kuranni, July 23 ... ... 00 1 Aug. 13 Old Alburnta, July 26 ... 0 0 2 Aug. la

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

There hag again been a large turnover in. farm produce and fruit# at the local market auction sales during the past week, but in several instances prices have ruled low. The potato market woe, if anything, lower, and very low prices had to be accepted for many lots in order to clear. Onions were again plentiful at a slight improvement. Chaff suffered a further fall. Green, vegetables gold fairly well. In, dairy produce there was a marked drop in the value of dairy butter and eggs, while cheese, hams, and bacon remained unchanged. Fruit was in heavy supply from all quarters, including Island, Sydney, and Tasmanian shipments. There was a largely in-, creased supply of local lemons, added to heavy shipments from Sydney, encouraged, by the high prices ruling during the past, month. Prices suffered a heavy fall. >' Apples in many cases were not up to prime standard, while a large proportion of the Island fruits were in a very bad state. Poultry was in only moderate supply, at high values, while young pigs were in demand beyond supply. Following were the ruling pricesat the auction sales yesterday:— Field Produce. — Southern, prime, £5 to £5 5s ton; Waikato, table, prime, £3 15« to £4; medium, £2 15s to £3: seed sorts, £3 to £4; Southern, poor, £3 to £4. Onions: Southern, unpicked £5 ton. repicked £6 to £6 6s; local, good £6 6s to £7, poor unsalable. Pumpkins, 3s 6d to ss. Kumaras, Id lb. Horse carrots, 25s to 30s ton. Dairy Produce.—Butter: Farmers', in prints, lOd to lid lb; farmers', bulk, prime, 8-1 d; poor, 7d; inferior, 6d; milled, in bulk, for export, lCd. Eggs: Fresh, lOd to lid dozen. Fruit.Apples: Local, coloured, extra superior, 10s to lis 6d case; medium, 8a to 9s 6d; poor, 3s to 6s 6d; Hobart, superior 12s to 15s, poor 7s to Bs. Grapes : Local, 7d to 2s lb. Pears: Hobart, 4s to 7s 6d box. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 9d to Is 3d lb;i tree, 3s to 5s box. Oranges: Local, Is to 4s case; Poor Man's, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Island, 5s to 7s 6d; Sydney, 4s. Mandarins Sydney, 4s to 8» 6A case. Lemons: Local, prime, 6s 6d to 8s; local, rough and coarse, ss; Sydney, 7s 6d to 8s 6d. Passion-fruit, 4s to 7s 6d case. Walnuts, 6Ad lb. Peanuts, 2.Jd lb. Bananas, 2s to ?s bunch; repacked, ljd lb. Pines, 7s 6d to 10s crate. Oocoanuts, 8s sack.