AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14345, 15 April 1910, Page 3

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY. Previous day's ' closing sales. £ b. d. .South British Insurance—2nd and 3rd culls, 58s — Taupiri Coal Mines—lst rail, 19s 6d ... — Parker-Lamb—2nd call, 23s 6d — Tonson Carlick— call, 18s — Wilsons Portland Cement (pref.l— call, 48s ..." ... — Wilsons Portland Cement (ord.l-lst call, 475, 47s 3,1; 2nd call, 47s ... — Slay Queen—2nd call, 4s 2d 0 4 3 New Monowai—2nd call, 2s 4d 0 2 4 Saxon—2nd call, Is 7d — Thames— call, ljd ' ... — Victoria-3rd call,' Is 4d — Watchman—2nd and 3rd calls, Is 8d... — Blnckwater—lst. call, 30s ; 2nd call, 30s, 2Ss Oil — Consolidated Gol.lllelds—2nd call, 21s 3d; 3rd call, 21s 6d 119 Progress Mines—lst call, 15s 3d; 2nd call, 15s 3d, 15s; 3rd call, 14s 9d ... — Old Hnuraki— call, 3s sd, 3s 4d ; 2nd and 3rd calls, 3s 4d 0 3 5 Royal Oak (oon.)~3rd call, lid ... ... — Crown—lst. call, 4s 8d : 2nd call, 4s sd, Is 4d; 3rd .'all. -Is 2d — Tnirua Reefs (con.)-2nd call, lid ... — Talisman— call, 53s 6.1 ; 2 13 3 Waihi-lsl call, £9 ss, £9 4s 6d, £9 4s-; 2nd call. £9 3s 6d. £9 3s, £9 2s, £9 2s 6d; 3rd call, M 2s, £9 2s 6d ... 9 6 0 Waihi Grand Junction—lst call, 30s; 2nd call. 30s, 29s 6d; 3rd call, 29s 6d, 29s 3d 1 10 6 CLOSING QUOTATION'S. seller* r>;iT«M £ » d. £ a. d BANKSNew Zealand 10 0 0 9 17 0 National 5 18 0 5 12 6 INSI.'UAXCK-r-New Zealand 3 19 0 3 18 0 South British 2 18 6 217 0 Standard ... — 13 6 COAL- ' Hikurangi 10 0 017 6 Nort. Co.. Ltd., 10s paid 012 9 011 6 Taupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 019 9 , 019 6 Westport 6 7 6 6 5 6 Westo:>rt Stockton ... 0 7 9 0 7 4 GAR— Auckland ... 3 6 0 3 4 0 Thames 1 14 0 — SHIPPING— Union 1 13 0 — Northern, paid up ... 0 15 0 0 14 6 Northern, con 0 6 9 0 6 7 Dcvonport Steam Ferry... — 1 11 6 • TIMBER— Kami, paid up 2 0 0 Kauri, con 0 1/2 0 16 9 Parker-Lamb, Ltd. ... — 13 0 MISCELLANEOUSAuckland Thamways, pref. — 13 0 Auckland Tramways, ord. 12 9 12 3 Mill and Plummer," Ltd ... — 0 19 0 lI.M. Arcade Theatre Co., Prof — 10 0 Milne and Choyce, pref. — 1 0 3 Milne and Chovce, B ... -- i 0 3 Northern Boot. — 0 14 0 New Zealand Paper Mills 12 6 — Tonson Carlick Co., Ltd — 0 17 9 Union Oil ... — 10 6 Wiseman and Sons, ord... 013 0 0 12 0 Wilsons Portland Cement Co., pref 2 8 0 2 7 0 Wilsons Portland Cement Co., ord 2 7 6 2 7 0 Taranaki Petroleum, paid 0 9 6 — MINING— Bonanza 0 0 5 0 0 2$ Dixon's Consolidated, con. 0 0 5{ 0 0 '3 Halcyon ... 0 0 2 0 0 1} Kurauui 0 0 6 — Kuranui-Caledonian ... 0 1 6 0 14 May Queen 0 4 2 0 4 0 May Queen Extended ... 0 0 3 ■ — New Monowai 0 2 5 0 2 3 New Sylvia 0 4 6 0 4 5 Occidental Consolidated, con. 0 0 3i — Occidental Consolidated, 6d paid ... — 002 Old Albumin,, paid up... 0 16 0 10 Old Alburnia, con. ... 0 1 4 0 010 Point Russell 0 0 3i 0 0 3 Saxon 0 18 0 17 Scandinavian 0 0 I —. Tararu Mines 0 0 3 — Thames 0 0 2 — Victoria 0 15 0 14 Waiotahi 0 4 2 0 4 0 Waitangi Consolidated ... 0 2 6 0 2 3 Watchman 0 19 0 17 Mount Zcehan, paid up ... 0 0 5J — Blackwater ... 1 10 0 19 6 Consolidated Ooldflelds ... 1 1 9 110 Itoss Goldflelds 0 9 0 0 8 0 Progress Mines 0 15 0 014 9 Fonrin-Hand 0 10 0 0 6 Golden Pah 0 0 3 0 0 li Hauraki Freehold 0 0 64 0 0 6 Monte Chrieto 0 0 3 0 0 24 Mount Welcome, con. ... 0 0 6 0 0 5 Old Hauroki Gold Mine* 0 3 5 0 3 4 : Kapanga, con 0 0 10 0 0 7 Pride of Tokatea 0 0 4 — Roval Oak, paid up ... — 0 10 Ro'val Oak. con 0 0 11 0 0 10 t'nion llauraki 0 0 5 0 0 3} Ngatiawa Cou 0 0 Z\ 0 0 1J Bendigo 0 0 6 0 0 SJ Lanigan's Antimonv Mine 0 0 4 — Seddon ... .'.. ... 0 oli 0 0 1 Comstock, con. 0 0 6 0 0 3J Champion 0 0 5 — Crown 0 4 3 0 4 1 Crown Royal, con. ... 0 0 4 — Crown Royal, 6d paid ... 0 0 4} — Dominion, con 0 0 2 — Glamorgan, con. ... 0 0 34 — Glamorgan, 6d paid ... 0 0 4" — Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 0 9 0 0 7 Golden Belt, con 0 0 3£ 0 0 2 Golden Cross 0 0 2} 0 0 1 Komata Reefs 0 0 5 0 0 4 Maoriland ' ... 0 0 7 0 0 6 New Waitckauri 0 0 2 — Phomix • ... 0 0 4 0 0 li Pride of Waihi 0 0 41 0 0 34 Rising Sun 0,06* 004 Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 1 3 0 11 Tairua Golden Hills ... 0 3 7 0 3 4 Tairua Monarch Con. ... 0 0 3 0 0 24 Tairua Reefs, 6d paid... 0 0 4 — Tairua Reefs, con. ... 0 0 2 0 0 1 Talisman Consolidated ... 213 6 212 9 Waihi 9 3 0 9 2 6 Waihi Reefs Consolidated 0 6 9 — Waihi Extended 0 2 9 0 2 6 Waihi Grand Junction ... 1 9 6 19 3 Handsworth 0 0 10 0 0 8 Missouri, con 0 0 2 0 0 1) Missouri. 6d paid 0 0 3 0 0 2 Mountain King ... .... 0 011 0 0 104 Mountain Queen, con. ... 0 0 7 — New Waitaia, con. ... 0 0 74 0 0 6 Mount Lyell ... ... 117 6 115 0 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. South British Insurance ... 0 16 Now Calls. Kirikiri Consolidated. April 7 ... 0 0 1 April 25 Golden Cross, April 11 ... 0 0 1 April 26 Saxon, April 11 0 0 1 May 2 Luck-at-Last, April 11 0 0 1 May 2 Dixon's Consolidated, April 14 0 0 1 May 2 Watchman, April 14 0 0 1 Mav 5 Monowai, March 1 0 0 1 May 9 Monowai, March 1 0 0 1 June 6 , N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. At the Westfleld Sards on April 7 we held our usual sale of dairy and store stock, when cattle were yarded in lair numbers and sold at late rates. ' Dairv cows and heifers sold at from £3 10s to £8; empty cows, £2 to £2 17s; calves, 10s to 22s 6d. On Saturday, at the Pukekohe Yards, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. R. French, Paparata, of dairy cows, horses, etc. There was a large attendance and good prices were realised. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10* to £6 12s 6d; heifers, £2 10s to £5 ss; bulls, £3; steers, £2 7s to £3 10s; horses, £8 to £24; sundries nt late rales. ' At the Pukekohe Yards on Tuesday there was a very large yarding of cattle of all classes, which sold at advanced prices. Dairy cows, close to prolit, sold at from £5 to £7 12s 6d; heifers, £3 10s to £6; others, £2 15s to £4; grown steers, £5 5s to £6 2s 6d ; two to three-year-old do., £3 4s to £5; yearlings, £1 10s to £2' 18s; calves, 10« to £1 10s;" beef, large yarding, at fully Westfield rates. At Westfield 011 Wednesday we had a. good yarding of fat cattle and prices were the same as "last week. Steers sold at from £5 to £9 10s; cow--, £3 15s to £6 10-. Ox beef sold trom 19s to 213 per 1001b and cow 17s to 19s. Calves, in full supply, .-old at from 13b to £2 Is. Sheep were yarded in larger numbers and sold at fully last week's rates. Best wethers sold to £1, others 14s to 17s: ewes, heavy weights 12s to 15s, others 8s 6d to lis. Lambs were yarded in good numbers and sold under good competition. Woolly lambs realised from 10s fcd to 13s 6d; shorn do", 8s to 12s 9d ; others, lighter sorts, 7s 3d to Bs. Pigs were, yarded in full numbers. Porkers, 15s to £1 10s;' baconers, £1 10s to £2; weaners, 4s to 10s. We submitted extra large catalogues of hide.', skins, and tallow on Tuesday. Hides: Market easier. We quote—Ox, e tra stout 7Jd to Bd, stout ojjd to Yd, medium 6{d to 64d, light s g d to 6]d; cows', best lines 6Jd to 64d, good 5Jd to 6d, scored SUI to 5-Jd ; kips, 5Jd to 6id; calfskins, best 7Ad to Sid, good 6M to 7d, cut 44d to 5Jd; stags', 4Jd to 4id. Sheepskins": Market brisk. Best butchers' skins, large to Bs, good lines 6» to 6s 6d ; country dry skins, large to 5s lOd, medium 3s 6d to 4s 3d, small Is 6d to 2s 9d; lambs' and pelts, 2s lid to is Bd. , Tallow: Market, advanced. Best mixed, to 27s 6d ; good, 24s 6d to 25s 6d ; inferior, 20s to 22s 3d; rough fat. lid to ljd per lb. Bones, £4 17s 6d. Horsehair, Is lid to Is 6jd. Cowtails, Is 8d per dozen. Wheat : The market is weak; sales at 3s lid ex store. Oats: In good demand at 2- 6d "ex store. Maize : In fair demand at 2s 8d ex store wholesale. Chair: Market bare. Southern, £5 10s per ton. Bran and pollard, £4 and £4 17s 6d per ton. Barley : Sales steady at 2s 7d ex store. Potatoes: Sales steady at £5 10s per ton. Butter: First grade registered,' lOd; second grade, 91 d to 9id. First grade separator, 9d; second grade, Bid ; poor, 7Jd to Bd. Cheese: First grade factory, 51 d; first grade farmers', 4Jd to sd. Eggs: Selling readily at Is 7d per dozen. Fungus: In good demand at sgd.

NORTHERN STOCK SALES. - The Auckland Farmers' Union, Limited (successors to Wakelin, Crane and Co.). report: At, Kama on the sth- inst. we submitted a yarding of 1100 head of nice quality cattle to a good attendance of buyers, representatives being present from Auckland, Xoqrauga, and the Waikalo, as well as surrounding districts. Most of the cattle were steers, ranging from li to four years old, and, as they were wanted, competition was sustained Throughout, everything but thin and rough lots finding buyers at prices satisfactory to the vendors. Beef, steers, brought from £5 las to £7 12s 6d ; cows, .£3 10s to £4 12s 6d. Dairy stock: Only young cows close to profit were wanted, and these sold' readily at trom £3 to £4 ss; others, £2 to £3. Store?: Grown steers, good colours and fresh, £5 5s to £5 lis 6d; ..titers. £4 lCs to £5; three-year-old steers, £4 7s 6d to £4 15rs; two to 2J-year-o'ld steers. £3 5s to £4 : 12 to 18-month steers, good sorts, made from £2 to £,'.'. 17s 6d ; strong winner ftci'i's, £1 5s to £1 12s 6d: steer calves, 15s to £1 2s 6d; Fresh young store cows made from £2 lCs to £3. A special line of sneyed heifers, so'.d on behalf of Mr. Hugh McCarroll, realised £3 17s; quiet, good quality heifers, 2£ to three yeats old, doe to come in early in the spring, were wanted and made from £2 15s to £3 ss; 12 to 18-month heifers, £1 10s to £1 17s 6d ; weaners, £1 to £1 ss; calves, 10s to 17s 6d. At the \V~haugarei yards on the 6th we yarded 600 head of. cattle, and prices throughout were a shade easier than those obtaining at Kamo. During the past month our paddock business bar, been exceptionally good, included in the transactions recorded' being the sale of over 700 head of prime beef from thp Wajroa and Kaipara districts to a Southern buyer. The whole of this purchase, is being frozen for the London market. Land: We have to report satisfactory business in this department during the past four weeks, amongst numerous sales being the following:— Mr. Duncan Finlavson's Pukepoto property to Mr. [•;. M. Ellin, of Waiuktt; Mr. A. Stewart's 'IV Arai Point farm to Messrs. Black Bros., of Canterbury: also, to the same purchaser, 700 acres on behalf of another client: Mr. A. M. Jen-is, Kamo. to Mr. F. Mander. M.P., Whangarei : Mr. J. F. Dwyer, O:jkiiirangi. to Mr. W. Roland, Whangarei;' Messrs. Parker, McLean and Co.'s " 40-acre block" of 1500 acres, to Mr. D. McCraeken. of Taihape: Mr. W. Lawrence, Mangawai, to Mr. Smith, of Kailoia.

At Kamo on April 6 Messrs. F. and W. Wakelin report a full yarding of wellbred stock in forward condition. Buyers were in attendance from Auckland and the surrounding districts, and nearly all the stock submitted sold under steady competition. Eighty head of beef was yarded, and all sold under th? hammer but three head. Steer- and good voting cows, beef, sold at 20s per 10011), and more of the same quality could have been quitted. Fresh-condition 34 to four-year-old steers made £5 15s; fresh threeveur" steers made £5; 24-year steers made £3 10s to £4; 18-month-old steers, £2 10- to £2 15s; one 11-nionth-old steer, bred by Mr. P. Grillin, of Whauwhau. made £3 ss; voting empty cows, £2 15- ,0 £3; two-year heifers, £2 10s; dairy cows, ordinary, made from £3 10s to £4 10s; two good cows, in fre-h condition, from Maungakaramea, made £5 10» and £6 respectively; weaned calves made from 15s to 30s, according to breed and condition; aged bulls made £2 15s; Jersey bull, £3 10s. At our opening saie at Hukerenui, which we held in the Agricultural Society's yards, about 80 head of stock was yarded, and all sold but one benst under good competition. At Maungakaramea we also held a successful sale, and the prices obtained were on a par wth those ruling at the larger centres. No sale was held at Towai, in consequence of the bad weather prevailing.

Messrs. Wilson and Wilson report:—At the clearing' Fade on account of Mr. W. Feather, Tangihiia. there was a good attendance of buyers, and satisfactory prices ruled. Dairy cows, spring calvers, sold "from £3 lO.s to £4 17s 6d; fat cows. £3 17s 6d; 2i ami three-year-old steers, £4 8s; speved heifers, £2 7s to £3 14s; li-year steers, £2 15s; calves, 18s; yearling colt. £10; furniture and effects, at. good prices. At Mr. P. Morgan's clearing sale at Tangihua the weather was wet and boisterous. There was a large attendance of buyers, and all live and dead stock sold under keen competition. The 42 dairy cows, spring culvers, sold from £3 6s to £6 10s. averaging £4 18s 9d; 13 Holstein heifers, £3 17s 6d to £8; veiling do., £2; Holstein bull, £6; heifer calves, - £1 5s to £1 10s; steer do.. £1 8s 6d to £1 10s; harness mare, £11: yearling colts, £6 and £6 10s; furniture and effects, at satisfactory prices. At. Tangiteroria stock sale the vards'were well filled with cattle of a good class. Fat cows sold from £3 12s to £4; fat steers, £6 ss; springers, £3 10s in £4; two to 2£ and three-year-old steers, £3 10s to £4 ss; calveß, 18s to 30s each. At Hikurangi sale a moderate muster of cattle all sold at current values. At Whangarei monthly sale about 1000 head of cattle came forward. There was a good attendance, but competition was dull, and a good deal of business had to be done privately. A mob of 220 three and four-year-old steers was purchased to go to Waikato. We nuote:—Fat cattle (83 yarded): Steers, £6 5s to £7: cows and heifers. £3 -10- to £5: springers. £3 5s to £6 ss; three to four-year-old steers, £4 5s to £5 10s; li to two-year do., £2 10s to £3 6s; yearling do., £2; store cows and heifers, £1 10s to £3 ss; calves and yearlings, 16s to £1 12s 6d ; a line of 95 calves sold at 25s each. There was a fair entry of sheen, 450 odd ewer selling from as 3d to 13s 9d ; fat lambs, 10s 8d each. WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. [BY TBLUGRArB. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Thursday.' The following sales were made on the Stock Exchange to-day Waihi, £9 3s at the morning, and £9 os* 6d (four parcels) at the afternoon call; Waihi Grand Junction, £1 10s; Saxon, Is 6(1. The following sales were reported :— Tnirua Broken Hills. Is Id; Talisman, £2 13s; Waihi. £9 4s 6d, £9 3s 6d, £9 4s, £9 4s 6d,' £9 23 6d, and £9 Is; Old Hauraki, 3s 4d. . DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—rHESS ASSOCIATION*.] Dunedin, Thursday. On the Stock Exchange to-day Talisman" Consolidated* sold at £2 12s 5d and £2 12s 9d. The following sales were reported :—Waihi, £9 4s and £9 ss: New Zealand Paper, 225; May Queen, 43 3Jd ; Old Hauraki Gold Minis, 3s s£d ; Talisman Consolidated, £2 13s. 3d. LONDON. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— (Received April 14. 10.45 p.m.) London, April 14. METALS. Copper: On spot, £56 16s 3d; at three months, £57 17s 6d. Tin : On spot, £147 17s 6d ; at three months, £149 17s 6d. Lead: Imports. 17,969 tons (Australian 3227 tons); exports, 4796 tons.