FINANCE AND TRADE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7056, 18 February 1910, Page 4

FINANCE AND TRADE

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. MINING STOCK. Auckland, —Dominion ! Kar;in-;a'inlnd -dd r ) p.TO.. a Id, Hales 3d (reported). Kuramil--10 a.mi., H 3(1; noon, s Cd. Kuranni Ciuo donlan—lo a.m.. « Is 7d; 3.15, b Is oil. n Is 7d. May Queen —lO a.m.. b 4» od. a 4a 6d; noon, b 4s sd, sales 4s 5d (’Chang'-). N.Z. Crown—lo a.m., I> 4« 4(1. B4s 0(1; noon, b 4« 4(1, s4s 6(1. Now Sylvia—lo a.m.. b 3s 7cl, h 3.9 9(1: noon, b3s 7d. s3b 9d. Old Ifjauraki Cr. Minos—lo a.m.. b 5s 7d. s 5s 00. sak*s 5s BJd (reported). 5:4 8d (’Change): noon, b 5s 9d, h os lid; 3.15, b 4b Od, s sr» Id, salea 5s 9d (reported). Baxon—lo a.m.. s Is 7d; noon. 1j Is fid. 9 1h 7d sales U b\< i (’Change). Tuirua broken Hills—3.ls. b 1b 3d. Talisman Consol idatetl--10 a.m., b -X.‘ 10s 9d. a £2 Its; noon. 1> £2 11s, w £2 11h ?'<■ 3,15, h £2 10s 9d, & £2 11s 3d. salos £2 11s (reported), £2 11s 3d. X2-II U (2. Change). Walhl-10 a.m., I. £9 18b. b £9 19s. sales £'■*’ 38a (reported); noon, b £9 39b. h XO 3Js fid, rtaloa £9 IBs 6d (reported); 3.15. b X 0 lis, {- £9 19h. WaihL Grand Junction—lo a.m., I) £1 I.ls, 9 £1 12s fid; noon, b £1 3U 9d, a X* 12»: ;3.15. b £1 12s 3d. » XI 12a fid. sa cs XI 3d (reported). Waitangi Consolldaltai N.1,.—3.15, b 2s, s 2a 3d. West Coast.—Blaekwator Mines'—l0_ a.m.. B£l 109 3d; noon, s£l 10s. Consolidated Gold no Id9—lo a.m., s £1 3s 3d. sales XI 3s 3d (reported 1 )! noon, 9£l 3«; 3.15. bXI ls6d, b £1 a 3d. Progress—lo ami., b 15s 6d, h 16.9 3-3; 3.15, b 15s 6d. Ewa Goldfield?. Ltd. (paid)— lo n.m., b 7a 9d. wiles 8p 6d; noon, b 7a 9d,. s 8s 6d; 3.15, b Bs. s 8e fid. Note.—The letter "b” signifies buyers and ,u 3” sellers.

QTJCffiA.TJ.ONS ELSEWHERE. SKESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, February 17. Bußiniss cm 'Change this morning:—Waitansi Couat lilldated, 2a; Watchman, Is 9d; Haurakl Fiwehdld. 7d; Hauraki, 69 Id to 6a lOd; Tuliainan. 51s 3d to 51a 9d; Wailil, £lO 0a 6d. £ilo la; Grand Junction, o2a 3d, 323 6(1; Auckland Gas (new), oßs 6d; Gisborne Gas. 5 Is 6d. Mllno and Ohoyce, 21a. Afternoon caU:-Dixon'& Consolidated (contrib.), 4d 5 Point Russell, 6Jd, 6d; WaiotaJil. 4° Wa.tchnwtn. U 10dj Mt Zeehan (contrib.), sdt; Old Hauraki, 5s 9d, 6a 10d. feßdSs 4d, £* 4d. 5a 6d. 69 64 Ss 6d: Talisman Consolidated. 629; Waibi Grand Junction. 32a 3d; Talma Broken Hills, Is Id: Consolidated Goldflelds, 225; Bank of New Zealand, 19581 6d; South British. Insurance, 68a- New ZeoJand Cement, 40s. DUNEDIN, Februtiry 17. Stock Exchange sales:—Hartley andEUey. 17a 6d; Oonsollidated Goldflelds, 22s 6d; Ola Uauraki, 5a V<l, 5s 6d.

METAT SrARKETS. By Telearaph-- Press Aisoolatlon—CopyrlghJ LONDON; Fobruary 16, Copper, on spot, Is quoted at £59 2s 6d W decline of 3a 9di three months, £59 IBs 9d, a deoline of 3s 9d. Tin, on spoti, £lsl 7a 6d, a rise of £1 7s 6di three moathg,' £152 15s, a riße ol £1 2s SUvon 13 aticfted at 2315-16 d. !TATiLO'W; PRICES. \ JBj*T6l9Biapn—3? reas Asßootation—Copyright. ' LONDON, February 16. 'At the tallow sales 733 casks wero offered ftnd 678 sold. Mutton—Fine, 375; medium, 3JB. Beef—Finey 36a; medium, 33a. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile licency Co., Ltd.. have received the followlnfr cablegram from their London house, tinder date 16th instant:—"Wo Quote prolent spot values for tho following descripUona of tallow:—Good mutton, 34g 3d per bwti good beef, 32s 9d( mixed, 32b 6d. Tho jnarkot is firm, JJEOMNE IK FEO'ZEN MEAT, JPBEBS ASSOCIATION. NAHEE. February 17. Tba 0.0. tantO D. Company to-day cable the following reporti—"Tho frozen meat market 1b weaker, and there is a decline in values of mutton of Id per lb, and in lamb of Id per, lb. To-day's prices:— Napier, ■Wellington, and North Island mutton. 38dt lamb, 6d. Beef—Hinds, 3}d{ fores, m.* ■ NAPIER WOOE BAUD. PBICES ALMOST, tTNCHAITOED. VBzaa AsaociAxioir. ' NAPB3E, Fobruary 17. The concluding- wool sale of the season rwas held in Napier today, wlftm 6550 balea Were* oatalogued. The bulk of tho fleece wool was mado np of more or less faulty ' back-country sorts, with a proportion of fairly good, medium and coarse croßsbrod and stragglers' fleeeo. There was a fair seieotlon of bright attraotivo lambs' wool, but a number of lots were seedy and inferior as compared with last sale. The prices Bhowed very little change. Fairly good medium and coarse flooco was occasionally a turn dearer, and good pieces, of which there were very few, showed Jd t< id advance. Lambs' wool was again in strong demand, and sold extremely we) Beedy lota also meeting with fci, good market. The total number of bales offered in Napier-this season is 43,250, as against 26,350 last season. PALMEESTOSr SHEEP FAIR. pbom cot, own cobkespondeni. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at their annual sheep fair held at Palmerston North yesterday offered 12,260 sheep of various classes. There was a very largo attendance, and competition for all lines was good, and continued- throughout tho Bale. A good clearance w&s effected, only five small pens remaining unsold. Prices realised were as follow:—On account' of Mr A. Harding—6oo sjn. ewes, 12s 3d; 1220 6-yoar ewes, 10a to lis; 200 5-year owes, 8s 6d. On aocount of Mr 0. T. Koobie—B3s 4 and 5year owes, 10a 7d: 250 4-tooth ewes, 13s; 15. 2-tooth ewes,. 13s. On account of Messrs Kiellor 8r05.—319 4 and 6-tooth ewes, lis lOd; 435 4-year owes. 11a 10d; 250 2-tooth ewes (small), 10s Sd. On account of Mr J. Linklater—lCCo ewe lambs. 7s 3d. An exceptionally nice line of 700 2-tooth Bomucy Dwoa was offered on account of Mr E. J. Biddlford. and 200 of them sold at 20r. Other lines of 2-tooth ewes made from 12a Jd to 14s, small 2-tooth ewes 10s 4cl to 10s 6f i-tooth ewes 13s, 4 to 6-tooth owes 12s 7r' to 13s, 4 and 5-year owes 6s 9d to Bs, 4-tooth to ffjn. owes 10s 7d to lis, sjn. ewes Es 6d to -7a 7d, aged ewes 5e to 6s, cull ewes? 2s

3d to 4a £'.l. forward lambs 3=>. storo lambs (shor:i) ■>: to 7.-; 4d, woolly lambs 8s 7d, cull lamtn S'; to 4a £il. Tho ?7.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency report:—Wo had good entry for tho fair, and a satisi'actory clearance was made at ci'il values. There was a. Tcry larce a.Lt of buyers from all parts of the (il-!ri<:t. as' well as a fair sprinkling from outride parts. Wo Lambs, fci to 6s led; 2-tooth ewes, Izit to 13ss 6d; 4tootk ewes, 14.; lil; 2-tooth -wethers, lis to lis Id; mixed ago owes, ICS to lis 9fl; eouml-umnth ewes. Gs Id to 9s 4d; store ewes. 6a )Cd to 7s 6(1: cull ewes, 4s IM. Tlio line or 1309 Romney ewes on account oi Mr Hush Akers made up to.Us Id.- ■ RAH FAIR AT BLENHEIM. tBESS ASSOCIATION. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:— Tho annual ram fair was by far tho most succejsfui yet held in tho district There were Homo good sh:>ep Warded, but a, large number of interior sorls were offered lcoumeys and Luglisli Leicesters wore tho popular fancies, and bold, freely Every sheep of note in these eluded changed hands. Border Leicesters fiohl fairly, .Shropshires "were unsaleable, and Lincolns met with slow sale. Wo offered about 350 rams in all. and sold of that number. Quotations: J. It. Corrigan'a (llawera) English lieicestcrs made 3gns to Signs, and his Border Leicester to £3 3s; W. Bell's Bomneys to ,C 5 ss, English Leicesters 2{gn3, Lincolns 23gns, half-breds 23gns; AY. Nixon's English Loicestcrs 4Jgii3; 1). McCallum's Bouineys £3 3s; Carter's estate half-breds 2Jgn3, S. M. Nevillo English Leicesters 2gn& F. 11. Foster 3jgna, G. il. Gunn 2Jgus. !WAIK£NAE. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having a heavy yarding of sheep and cattlo at Vaikanjao. Buyers for sheep were in attend-, auco in full force, and every lino was quitted In vendors' favour, Cattlo wore not so keenly competed for, and several lines were passed at auction. Wo cittoto as follows:—Aged brooding ewes, poor condition, 93; good breeding ewes, 10s to lis to Us 6d, fat ewes, to 12s; light-fat wethers, 12s lOd; fat and forward wethers,'l3s; weaners; to £1 Bs, storo cows, £3; forward cows, £4. LEVIN. rEEBS ASSOCIATION, Abraham and WUliani3 report.—Wo had an exceptionally heavy yarding of Bhcep, 5260 being penned. The stock offered comprised chietly good, Btraight lines of sheep, and all classes sold well at prices in a. vance of recent quotations, more especially in tho qase of lambs and forward wethers. Jiuyers were present in largo numbers,' and tho bulk of tho sheep went to outs'.ck purchasers. livery pen bar one was sold under the hammer. The cattle yards were well filled, and Bold at prices on a, par with recent sales. Quotations:—On account of Mr H. K. Elder—33o 5-year-old ewe'B 10s 6d, 65 5-year-old ewes,. 10a Ud, 164 wether lambß 8s id, 130 wether lamba 63 7d, 326 mixed lamb 3 6s, 154 fat wethers 13s 7d, 11 Bomney ranirf 2ign3. On account of Messrs C. anu J. Whiting—2s7 2 and 4-tooth wethers 12s 3d, 84 !>tooths 9s lOd. On account of Mr A. Monk—lo 9 wothera 12a Id, 111 ewc3(mixe« ages) 10s Id, 141 Bhoru lambs 7s 6d. On account other vendors—2-tootlf ewes. Us 6U to los 2d; 4-year-old owes. Us 2d to Us 9d; 2-tootti to a.m. ewes, 10s id to 10s 8d; others, 3s 2d to 6s Id, to 7s 3d to 8s- sd; rape lambs, 6s to 63 7(1 to 7s 2d to 7s 6d; others. 4s 3d to 5b Id; woolly lambs, 8s 6d; forward wethers. Us 10(1 to 12s Id; 2-tooth wethers, 9s Ud to Us 7d; yearling to 18-months steera, £2 to £2 18s; 2-year steers, £3 15s to £4; forwUrd cows, £3 to £3 3s 6d; fat cows, £4; empty heifers, £2 Is to £2 15s; weanersr, 19s to 24b 6d to 29a. "WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. Tho Customs rovonne collected at Wellington yesterday totalled £l2Ol 17a 4d, with surtax amounting to £23 9s 3d.

INVESTMENT STOCK. Buyers Sollors. Sales. £ a. d. £• a . d £ b. d. BAN. SS— Natioi ral of N.Z., Ltd.... 6 2 0 6 6 New Ziealand ... — — 9 12 6’* FINA KCTAL— N.Z. Lc an and Mercnntl lo ... ... 0 3 3 N.Z. an tl R. PMo Land. Ltd. ... 1 15 9 — Wel'n I nveat T. A. Co., If Ul — 0 11 3 — Wel’n Tl-.uat Loan* Ltd..., — 7 4 0 OAS— Folldlnff ' ... ... 1 6 — — Wellington, £6159 Wel'n, now Issue, (prem) 23 19 0 — 15 — 2 0 iNBUEi INCH— National of N.Z. 1 8 0 — — Standard of N.Z. 1 3 0 —* “* • Meat TittESEB-viNC— Christchurch Meat Co. ... ... 11 5 0 — — Gear Merit Co.. Ltd.. £1’ 2 11 0 —< — Wellington Meat Export, ;£5 ... 5 13 0 MANUFA OTUBINCr— Wellington Wool'u, ordinary 3 6 — COAL— Jlikurangl ... 1 Taapirl ... — Westport 6 1 0 0 0 0 19 6 1 6 6 1 11 Weetport-S tockt'u Ltd— ... - 0 7 6 0 7 9 0 7 6 s MrSCELLi 1 iWEOUS— Lovlnud O'Brien Timber 1 3 3 T ““ N.Z. Papeif Mills — 1 3 0 *— Taranaki Petroleum. £1 ind. ... — 0 9 0 Ward andCV>. Ltd. 4 12 — —. Whitc/m/be and Tombs, L bd. 4 18 6 —