COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14585, 23 January 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

The suaremarkofc showed a decided firming tendency on Saturday. In mining lines Waihis, which closed with a sale at £4 16s 6d the previous day, were exchanged at from £4 17s 6d to £4 18s 9d to £4- 18s, and more were demanded at £4 18s, but further sellers required £4 18s 6d. Waihi Grand Junctions sold at the slightly advanced figure of 31s 3d, and the market, closed with buyers at 30s 9d, sellers at 31s 3d. Waihi Extendeds realised 2s 6d. Talismans were quoted, with buyers at, 51s, sellers at 51s 6d. ■ In investment stocks business was done in Auckland Gas (old) at 69s 6d, there being further buyers at 695, sellers at 70s. New Zealand and River Plates sold at 395: Taupiri Coal Mines at 21s 3d; Auckland Trams (ord.) at 24s 6d; and New Zealand Portland Cements at 355. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DONE ON SATURDAY. Previous day's closing: sales. £ B. d. New Zealand and River Plate— _. — Taupiri Dual Mines— 3d ... ... 1 1 3 Auckland Gas (old)—- 6il '. — Auckland Tramways (ord.)— 6d ... 1 4 6 New Zealand Portland Cement ... — May Queen—2nd call, 3s 2d 0 3 3 New Sylvia—2nd call, 3s lid ... ..." — Saxon— call, 2a Id ... 0 2 1 Waiotahd—-Ist and 2nd calls, 3s "6d ... — Hauraki Reefs (con.)—2nd call, 10£ d ... — Waihi—lot call, £4 17s 6d, £4 18s, £4 18s 9d; 2nd call, £4 18a 6d, £4 185... 4 16 6 Waihi Extended—lst and 2nd calk, 2s 6d — Waihi Grand Junction—lst call, 31s 3d 1 11 0 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers. Buyers. * £ 8. d. £ a. d. BANKS— National ... .., ... 517 0 — INSURANCE— New Zealand ... ~.. 410 0 ' 4 9 0 National ... 1 15 0 — South British — 3 5 0 Standard ... .... ... 17 6 16 & FINANCIAL— New Zealand and River Plate .., .„ .., 1 19 6 1 19 0 COAL— ~ ' . Hifcuranffi ... 10 9 019 3 Nort Co., Ltd., 10s paid... 0 9 9 — Taupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 1 1 6 113 Westporfc , — 7 4 0 GAS— Auckland ... ... ... 3 10 0 3 9 0 , Auckland, new issue ... — 216 6- •■ SHIPPING— Union S.S. ..." ... ... — 1 15" 6 Northern, paid up. ... 015 6 0 15 3 ' Northern, con. 0-7 4 0 7 0 Devonporb Steam Ferry... 1 16 0 115 3 TIMBER— Kauri, paid up — - 114 9 Kauri, con. 0 16 6 0 16 1 Leylaad-O'Brien, Co., Ltd. — 17 6 Mountain Biinu Co., Ltd. 1 10 0 — ■ WOOLLEN- ' Wellington ... ... ... 40 0 316 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramway?, pref. — 15 0 Auckland Tramways, ord. 1 4 6 14 3 A. J. Entricon and Co., pref. ... ... ... — 12 0 Milne and Choree, Ltd., pref. ... — 16 0 Milne and Choyce, B ... — 16 0 Milne and Choyce, ord. ... 1 4 3 13 0 N.Z. Portland Cement Co. — 1 15 0 N.Z Portland Cement Co., new issue — 0 17 0 Tonson Garlick Co., Ltd. 018 0 017 0 Unioa Oil ... ...... — 19 0 Wiseman and Sons, pref. 10 0 0 19 0 Wiseman and Sons, ord. 10 0 018 0 Wilsons Portland Cement Co., ord. 22 6 2 10 Taranaki retroleum, paid — 0 10 0 MINING— Ajax, 6d paid 0 0 2 — Alburnia ... ... ... 0 0 7 — Bonanza ... ... ... 0 0 7 0 0 5A Dixon's Consolidated, paid 0 0 4 — Good Hone ... 0 0 5 0 0 3 Kuranui * .. ... . ... 00 6 00 4 Kuranui-Caledonian ... 0 1 5 0 14 Mar Queen 0 3 3 0 3 1 Monowai ... ... ...030-026 Mcanataiari ... ... 0 0 2 0 0 1 New Svlvia 0 3 11 0 3 10 Occidental Consolidated ... 0 0 3 0 0 2J Saxon ...... 0 2 1 0 2 0 Thames ... ... ... 0 0 24 0 0 1 Victoria ... 0 14" 0 13 Waiotahi ... ...... 0 3 7 0 3 5 Wnitang-i Consolidated ... 0 2 1 0 1 10 Watchman i. 0 210 0 2 8 Zeehan, eon 0 0 10 0 0 7 Blackwater 1 13 6 — . Consolidated Goldfielda ... 019 6 — Brenmer's Freehold ... 0 0 8 0 0 7 Four-in-Hand 0 13 — Hauraki Reefs, paid up ... 0 1 2 0 11 Haiiruki Beefs, con. ... 0 0 lit 0 0 104Mount Welcome, eon-. ... 0 0 2 — Oid Hamraki Gold Mines 0 2 3 0 22 Kapangra, con — 0 0 3 Pride of Tokatea .• 0 0 3} 0 0 2} Union Hauraki 0 0 3 — Bendigo ... ... ... 0 0 2 0 0 1} Champion 0 0 4 — Crown ... ... ... 0 4 6 0 4 4. Crown (options) 0 1 10 0 171 Golden Cross 0 0 fit 0 0 5 Maorila-nd ... ~.. ... 0 0 5 0 0 5 Phoenix ..002 — Pride of Waihi 0 0 4 0 0 2 Rising: Sun 0 0 6 — Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 1 1 0 011 Tairua Golden Hills ... 0 1 9 , — ' Tairua Monarch Con. ... 0 0 3i 0 0 3 Talisman Consolidated ... 2 11 6 211 0 Talisman Consolidated, new issue 22 0 2 0 0 Waihi ... 4 18 6 4 18 0 Waihi Reefs Consolidated 0 3 6 0 3 4 Waihi Extended ... ... 0 2 7 0 2 5 Waihi Grand Junction ... 111 3 1 10 9 Handsworth 0 0 31 0 0 3 Mountain Kin? 0 0 7" 0 0 51 New Waitaia, con. ... 0 011 0 0 10' CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Calls Dominion. January 11 ... 0 0 1 Jan. 25 New Sylvia, January 5 0 0 1 Jan. 26 Commonwealth, January 12 ... 0 0 OA Jan. 26 Thames, January 16 0 0 0| Jan. 31 Dixon's Consolidated, January 11 0 0 1* Feb. 1 Ajax, January 19 ... ... 0 0 0.!, Feb. 9 Kuranui, January 13 0 0 1 Feb. 10 Waihi Extended, January 19 .... 0 0 3 Feb. 13 Silverstrcam Alines, November 29 0,0 6 Feb. 20 Silverstream Mines, Novemlxr 29 0 0 6 Mar. 20 BUTTER AND EGGS. The wholesale quotations for butter and e.wgs for the week ending January 28 are as follow :—Butter : Factory, Is o£d per lb; farmers', 7d. Eggs, lid per dozen. WAIKATO STOCK SALES. ] The New Zealand l.oar. and Mercantile Age""?' ; Company, Limited, report : — At Ohaupo on, Tuesday, the 17tli insti' Vi ' yarded 630'he<id of cattle and also live j>us of sheep. There was good competition throughout, and a full clearance effected. Two an' "-half to three venr old steers made from £4 18s 6.1 to £5 7s M; 15-month-okl do.. £3 4s to *3 9s; fat cows, £5 2s 6d to £6 2s 6d : empty, Sows, £3 9s to £4 5a (according- to comlttioiV'. springing heifers, £6; calves (450 penned), stters £2 to £2 ss. mixed sexes £1 12s 6rl to £1 Vs 6d, small do. £1 3* to £1 7s; two-tooth ewes, Us 5d ; wethers, lis 9d to 13s 6d. „, . At. Ranßtriri on Wednesday, the. 18th inst., we submitted 1130 head of cattfe, mainly well-bred 18-month to three and a-valt year old steers, dairy heifers and calves, which all met with a ready sale to buyers ppsont. Three, and a-half rear" old steers brought'- from £5 15s to £6 13s; three-vear-old do.. £4.."8s to £5 lis; two and ahalf v"ear old do.. £4 10s to £4 16s; two-year-old do., £4 2* 6d to £4&;: 18-month do., £3 12s to £5 18s: 15-month So;, £3 3s to £3 8s; fat cows. £5 to £5 175.(x1; do,, in fresh condition, £3 5s to £3 17 6d; do. io forward condition, £4 4s to £4 12a 6d ; twp-vear-old heifers (been with bulls). £4 5* to £5; 18-rnontbs-old empty heifers. £3 5s to £3 10s- calves,-'£l 10s to £1 19s; fat ewes, 14s 9J. '■ The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report:— At/TiTan oil January 16 we had an entry of 567 cattle. 2586 sheep, and 54 pigs. Cattle sold well, as also did fat sheep. The store ewes, however, were mostly cull lots, and were not keenly sought after. Fat steers made £7 4s to £8 Ms: fat cows £4 17s 6d to £5 12s 6d: "three-year-old Steers, £5 7s 6d to £5 19s; two ami a-balf year BtoerS, £4 10s to £5; two-year steers. £4 ss; vearling steeis, £3: 18-month heifers m call, to i&s • store cows, £3 5s to £3 15s: good calves, 33s to 38s; small calves, 28. to 30s ; fat ewes arid , wethers, 14s 6d to 15s lid: store wethers, 12s 6d to 13s 6d; cull lambs, 5s to 6s, cull ewes. 9s ; weaner pigs, 10e to 12sJ slips, 1 19s od to 235.

"— ' 1 —■—< • — ( , At Matamata on January; 18 wo had an entry ' iof 2710 sheep and 768 head of cattle. There was a large attendance of buyers ami a really good sale eventuated. Good-framed breeding ewes sold at 14s Id; aged ewes, 10s Id; fat ewes, 12s 6d'to 13, 9d; Btore and forward wethers, 12s 9d to 14.*;. rape lambs, as to 10s 6d; medium lambs, 7s to 3s; cull lambs, ss; cull ewes, 7s; two-tooth ewes, 14s to 15s 6d; fat cows. £4 15s to £5 17s 6.1; store cows. £3 fe to £3 15s; IS-inonth steers, £3 15s; wearier calves (large, entry), Wt 34s to 42s 6d. others 25s to 30s; bulls. £2 10s to £4 4s. On Thursday. January 19. we held a clearing • sale near I'aeioa on behalf of Messrs. Branskifl and Hunt. 'Hie. 27 dairy cows were. chiefly Jersey cross of a good class, and found buyers at prices tanging from £6 5s to £9 17s 6d; two-year-old Jersey cross heifers. £6 10s to £6 15s:" Jersey cross heifer calves, £2 16s; sundries ami furniture at usual rates. — CHRISTCHT MICH STOCK EXCHANGE: [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.!CHBlSTcnrjrica, Saturday. Sales reported on the Christehurch Stock Exchange to-day were: Westport Coal, £7 ss-- Booth Macdonald and Co., £1 13s 6.1. . " "' DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. [BV (TELEGRAPH. rBESS ASSOCrATIOS.-J-Dpktedijj, Sunday. _ The following sales took place on the Danedia Mock Kxchange on Saturday :—Waihi, £4 17s 6d. Sales reported: WaU,i (eight weeks' delivery;. £4 18s 6d. LONDON WOOL SALES. POSTPONED OWING TO FOG. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. (Received January 22, 5.5 p.m.) Loxdojt", January 21. The wool sales have been postponed owing to Jog. Yesterday's .sale included Its over T The top price to Is Oid and the average lOd. The sale was more spirited and the tendency- -n-aa in sellers favour. The Bradford wool market is unchanged, but a more cheerful tone prevails. LONDON. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright.. . Los DOS, January .20. BANK OF ENGLAND BBTOKSS! Following are the Bank of En-rland returns- i of the week:— coin, £33,«07,000; reserve, £25,635,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities 51.23 per cent. ; notes in. circulation, £27,416,000; pabUo. deposits, £10,057,000; other deposits, £40,033,000; Government securities, £14,955,000. MONET MARKET. Three months' bills: London, 3j| per ceni.y Paris, 2,1, per cent. ; Berlin, 3j per cent. Short Joans, 3£ per cent. Baiitk rate, 4i per cerct,. CONSOLS AND COLONIAL STOCKS, Consols, £79 17g fid. Victorian 4 per cent*-., £102 12s 6d. Sooth Australian 3 per cents., £81 15s. Queensland 4 per amis., £103. New Zealand 4 per cents., £104 103. SUGAiI. . German, 9s; first marks, 113. WHEAT. The market is easier owing to a continuance of heavy shipments and some pressure to ffelL Krver Plate buyers are inactive. Holders are asking 36s 3d for South Australian September shipment, 56s for December shipment,, and Kg 3d for parcels of South Australian and Victorian DecemberJanuary shipments.. Small supplies of Australian spot are quoted -at 36s 3d to 37a 3d. An Australian cargo has' been sold at 36a 3d. New Zealand wheat is in moderate demand, the average being from 33a 3d to 33s 6d% best 4s. " FLOUE. The market is quiet. Australian, spot, 25s 3d to 25s 9d; passage parcels, 24s 6d ; January-February shipments, 245.» ; ' OATS AND BABLET. Oats are in small supply, -with poor demand. Cartons, 17s 6d to 245; sparrow bills, 17a to 19s 9d. Australian barley: Nominally, 26s 6d to 27a 6d. . : , BUTTER'AND CHEESE. Butter is firm, with fair trade. All descriptions are practically unchanged. Cheese is very firm. New Zealand, white 53a coloured 59s to 60s. HEMP. * The market is inactive. January-March shrnmeat, £20 ss. . COPBA. The copra market is flat. Sooth Sea, in bazs, £23 7» 6d. fa^ COTTON. Cotton, 7.84 d. BUBBEB. Rubber,. 4a lOd. «. , METALS. ' Silver, 2a Oid per oanee. - - Copper: On spot, £55 ss: aUtfaret 1 months,'£ss 2a 6d; electrolyUo, £57 10s. Tin, £189. " Lead, £13. KAUIU GUM. At the kaari gum sales, 48? cases-'xreresofiered!' and 25 sokL Prices ara tmchangexl. The New Zealand! Loan and Mercantile A'generCompany, Limited, have received the following cablegrams from their London house under date January 18 and 20 respectively:—Wheat sold at 36s 3d c.it Australian cargo. There is very little demand owing- to increased supplies. -The Argentina market outlook is uncertain. Tallow: we quote present spot values for the following descriptioiE :-Good mutton, 36s 6d per cwt; jrood beef, 365; mixed, 35s 6d. The market ja firm. Sheepskins: Since last sales prices have declined id per lb for combing' merino sbeepsfcins, clothing descriptions, short aral shorn skins, and crossbred lambskins, and 2d per lb for crossbred combing 1 Fheepskins. The wool sales progress firmly. There is little American demand for crossbred wool. v;