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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14301, 22 February 1910, Page 3

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A fair tone prevailed upon the Bharemarkot yesterday. In investment lines Northern Steams (contributing) sold at 6s 4d. In mining lines Talismans were again done at 52», with sellers at 52s 3d and buyers at 525. Waihis also sold again at £10, sellers closing at that figure and buyers at 6d loss. Waihi Grand Junctions were in keen demand at increased rates, parcels being disposed of at from 35s 6d to 33s 9d to 33s 6d to 33s 9d to 33s to 33s 6d to 33s to 33s 3d. Sellers closed at 33s 6d and buyers at 33s 3d. Old Haurakis changed hands at. from 5s 3d to 5s 4d bo 5s 3d to 5s 4d to 5s 3d to 5s 2d to 5s Id to 5s 2d to 5s Id. There were also sales in other stocks. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY. Saturday's closing sales. £ s. J. Northern Steam (con.)2nd call, 6s 4d ' — New Monowai—2nd and 3rd calls, Is lOd — New Sylvia—3rd call, 3s 8d 0 3 8 Occidental Consolidated—2nd and 3rd culls, 2d _ Victoria—lst call, Is 6d 0 17 Watchman—2nd call, Is 8d — Mount Zeehan (con.)—3rd call, 3d ... — Consolidated (ioldtields—3rd call, 225, 22s 3d, 22s 6d — Old llauraki Gold. Mines—lst call, 5s 3d, 5s 4d ; 2nd call. 5s 3d, 5s 4d, 5s 3d, 5s 2d; 3rd call, 5s 2d, 5s Id, 5s 2d, 5s Id 0 5 2 Kapanga (con.)—3rd call, 10id, lOd ... — Crown— call, 4s 9d ; 2nd call, 4s lOd ; 3rd call, 5s ... Dominion (con.)—2nd call, lid ... — Glamorgan (6d paid)—3rd call, 4d ... — Golden Belt (paid up)—2nd call, 9Jd ... — Golden licit (con.)— call, 3d " ... — Shotover (con.)— call, Id — Talisman Consolidated—lst, 2nd, and 3rd calls, 52s 2 12 0 Waihi—2nd call, £10 10 0 0 Waihi Extended call, 3s 5d ... — Waihi Grand Junction— call, 33s 6d, 33s 3d, 33s 6d; 2nd call, 33s 9d, 33s 6d, 33s 3d, 335, 33s 6(1; 3rd call, 335, 33s 3d ... ... 112 0 CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. Talisman Consolidated 0 16 Feb. 25 Waihi — 0 4 0 - Mar. * Milne and Üboyce 8 p.c. Mar. 20 Calls. Golden Belt, February 15 .001 Mar. 3 WELLINGTON ' STOCK EXCHANGE. [BY TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Monday. The following business was done on the Stock Exchange to-day At 10 a.m. call: Old Hauraki Gold Mines, 5s' (on 'Change); Talisman Consolidated, £2 lis 6d (reported), £2 lis 6d (on 'Change); Waihi, £9 18s, £9 18s 6d (reported); Wailii Grand Junction, £1 12s (reported); Hoss Goldlields (paid), 8s Bd, 8s Bd, 9s (reported), 8s 3d (on 'Change). At noon rail; Waihi Grand Junction, £1 13s 6d. DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. N [?Y TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] KIMS', Monday. The following business was done on the Stock Exchange to day Golden Bed, 32* 3d; Old Hauraki Got J Mines, 5s Id, 5s Id, 5s Id; Waihi Grand Junction ; 32s bd, 32s yd, 355. Sales reported: Consolidated Qoldfields, 20s 6d ; Waihi, .£9 19s; National Mortgage, £3; Old Ilauraki Gold Mines, ss, 5s Id; Wailii Grand Junction, 33a. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET CABLEGRAM. [DV TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday. ' The Hich Commissioner's weekly market report, dated February 19, is as follows: — % Mutton: The market is firm, but the demand is onlv moderate. Stocks in hand arc light. Canterbury is extremely scarce, ami cannot be quoted. North Island averaged 3|d. Itiver Plate mutton isin small supply and is firmly held at 3id. Australian is freely offered at 3id. Lamb: The market is steady and there is good demand for prime quality. The average price of new season's Canterbury lamb is 5Jd (nominal). A large proportion of second quality iamb has arrived recently. The prices of New Zealand, other than Canterbury, range from sgd to 4}d. Beef: The market is quiet, but steady. Supplies of American chilled beef are large, but prices are unchanged at last week's quotations. New Zealand - hindquarters, 3Jd; forequarters, 2£d. Butter; The nu.rket is a shade weaker, but there is more demand. The present quotations are : —Choicest New Zealand butter, 118s per cwt; Danish, 1255; Australian and Argentine, 115s. The butter and cheese shipment ex Athenic arrived in good condition. Cheese: The market is firm. The price of finest New Zealand white is 60s and coloured 595,; Canadian, 2s more.

Hemp: The market is quiet, with a tendency in favour pi buyers. Prices are as follow Spot: ■New Zealand, good fair grade £26 10s, fair grade

£25 10s; Manila, fair current, £26. FebruaryApril shipments of good fair, £25 15s; fair, £25; Manila, £24 10s. .The Manila output for the week was 20,000 hales -

Cocksfoot seed: There is* no alteration i;i the market since last week. New Zealand, 745. •:;» Oats: The market continues dull. New Zealand sparrowbills, ex granary, per < quarter of 3841b, 19s; New Zealand Danish, per quarter of 3201b, 17s 6d. Peas: Steady at last quotations. Tartridgc, per quarter of 5041b, 35s 6d. Beans: Firm, with an improved demand at 40s 6d per 50411), f.a.q. old crop. Kauri gum : The market is firm, hut tins demand is only moderate at last quotations. Wool : Tops are firm at the following current Bradford quotations:—Thirty-sixes, low crossbreds, Is 2d; forties, low crossbred?, Is 3id; forty-fours, medium crossbred*. Is 5d ; fifties, halfbreds, Is BJd; fifty-sixes, quarter-breds, Is lid; sixties, merinos, 2s 3d. LONDON. By Telegraph. Association.—Copyright London", February 20. WHEAT. „J r i W To° arffoeS nf Australian wheat sold at 39s 3d and 39s respectively and 12,000 quarters of February shipment at 39s 3d. OOl'liA AND nEMP. Copra is firm ' with lore business doing in South Sea. Hemp is dull. January-March shipments, £26. METALS. Copper: On spot, £59 7s 6d; three months, £60 3s 9d ; electrolytic,, £62 5«. Tin: On spot, £151 15e; three months, £150 15s. SHARES. Waihi, buyers £9 17/. 6d, sellers £10; Waihi Grand Junction, buyers 30s, sellers 32s 6d.

Sellers. Bayers. £ b. d. £ s. d. BANKS— New Zealand 10 0 0 9 16 0 National 6 7 0 6 5 0 INSURANCE— New Zealand 3 15 6 3 14 6 South British 2 18 0 2 17 0 FINANCIAL— * New Zealand and River Plate _ 1 17 0 COAL— Norfc. Co., Ltd., 10s paid 0 13 3 0 12 9 Taupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 0 19 6 0 19 3 Westport 6 4 0 6 3 0 Westport Stockton ... 0 8 0 0 /6 GAS— . , Auckland 15 12 6 15 7 0 Auckland, new issuo ... — 1 18 0 SHIPPING— Northern, paid ... ... _ 0 13 0 Northern, con 0 6 5 " 0 6 4 Devonport Steam Ferry... 1 13 0 1 11 6 TIMBER— Kauri, paid up _ 1 15 3 Kauri, con. 0 15 8 0 15 4 Mountain Rimu, Ltd. ... — 13 0 Parker-Lamb, Limited ... 1 4 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramways, pref. — 12 9 Auckland Tramways, ord. 13 3 12 6 D.S.C., Limited 0 3 1 0 2 9 Hill and Plummer, Ltd... 110 — H.M. Arcade Theatre Co., ' P"f ... 0 19 6 0 17 6 Milne and Choyce, B ... 1 'Z 6 — N.Z. Portland Cement Co. 2 1 0 2 0 6 New Zealand Paper Mills 12 6 — Tonson Garlick Co., Ltd. 0 18 0 — Sharlaud and Co., pref. — 110 Wiseman and Sons, pref. 10 0 . — Wiseman and Soiib, ord. 0 13 0 — Wilsons Portland Cement Co., ord. ...' — 2 4 6 ' Taranaki Petroleum, paid 0 10 0 0 8 6 MINING— Bonanza ... ... ... 0 0 6 — Dixon's Consolidated, con. 0 0 5 0 0.3 Halcyon ,i. ... ... 0 0 4 — Imperial ... 0 0 4' — Kuranui ... 0 0 7 0 0 5 Kuranui-Caledonian ... 0 1 7 0 16 Magnet 0 0 3 — May Queen ... 0 4 6 0 4 4 May Queen Extended ... ,0 0 3 , - —! ■ 'New Monowai ... ... 0 2 0 0 1 10 New Sylvia ... ... 0 3 9 0 3 7 Occidental Consolidated ... 0 0 3 0 0 lj Old Alburnia, paid up ... 0 2 0 -.v.- — • Old Alburnia, con. ... 0 15 0 1 '3 Point Russell 0 0 8 0 0 4 Saxon ...... ... 0 17 0 16 Scandinavian 0 0 2' 3 — . Southern Queen ... ... 0 0 3 — Tararu Mines ... ... 0 0 3 . — Thames 0 0 5 0 0 3i Victoria ...017" 15 Waiotahi .0 4 7 0 4 6 Waitanjji Consolidated ... 0 2 0 0 1 8 Watchman 0 18 0 16 Mount Zeehan, con. ... 0 0 4 0 0 2 IHackwater 19 6 17 0 Consolidated Goldflelds ..129 123 New Alpine 0 10 -— Ross Goldfields 0 9 0 0 8 0 Golden Pah ... ... 0 0 4 — Hauraki Freehold 0 0 7. ,0 0 6 Kapowai. con 0 0 2 — Monte Cliristo ... ... 0 0 5 0 0 2 Mount Welcome, con. ... 0 0 4} — Old Hauraki Gold Mines 0 5 2 0 5 1 Kapanga, con. ... ... 0 0 11 0 0 9 Pride of Tokatea 0 0 5 — Royal Oak, con. ... ... 0 14 0 11 Tokatea • ... ... ... 0 0 2 , — Ngatiawa Consolidated ... 0 0 3 . 0 0 1 Bendigo ... 0 0 5 0 0 4£ Lanigan's Antimony Mine — 0 0 1 Moewai ... ... ... 0 0 2 ' —• ; Seddon ........ 0 0 2 \ — Union Hauraki ... ... 0 0 7 „ 0 0 3Comstock, con 0 0 8 0 0 3J Crown ... ... . ... 0 5 0 0 4 11 Crown Royal 0 0 4 0 0 2 Dominion, "con 0 0 2 : ? Glamorgan, 6d paid ... — 0 0 4 Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 0 9£ .0 0 9', Golden Belt, con ... ... 0 0 '3J 0 !i 2J Golden Cross ... ... 0 0 2 Karangaliake 0 0 3 0 0 1 Kotnata Reefs — 0 0 54 Jlaoriland 0 0 8 .0 0 5 New Waitekauri ... ... 0 0 2£ — *. Phoenix 0 0 6 0 0 3 Pride of Waihi 0 0 6 0 0 4 Rising; Sun • ... '... 0 0 7 0 0 4 Shotover, con. ... ... ! 0 0 2 — Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 1 1 0 10 Tairua , Golden Hills ... 0 4 0 0 3 7 ; Tairua Monarch Con. ... 0 0 2 0 0 ii Talisman Consolidated ... 2 12 3 2 12 0* Waihi ... ... ... ...10 0 0 9 19 6 Waihi lieefs Consolidated — 0 7 6 Waihi Extended ... .... 0 3 6 0 3 4 Waihi Grand Junction ... 1 13 6 1 13 0 Waihi Grand Junction v options ...: ... ... 0 4 9 0 4 0 : Hnndswortli 0 0 10 0 0 7 Missouri 0 0 3 — Mountain King ... ... 0 0 10 0 0 7 Mountain Queen, con. ... 0 0 7 — New Waitaia, con. ... 0 0 74 0 C 6