FINANCE AND TRADE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7057, 19 February 1910, Page 4

FINANCE AND TRADE

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE YI i AY'S QUOTAF'ONS v mo Aur i - inio'i 'I in ' ' - noon u-'J iin h -i n (ii B 8d i ' i! i i in- J' »>» 5 oi Mav Qll"'n ); -,'".. ii 1h M; do'.ii. b'> B <I» Bd. '■;./.. Crown—l') ,i.ii... Ii 4-i »,»I)in 'in b)il.l !' 5i 1 5b 7rt 8 u h ill Old Jr t r iki ( v ' n,m hJH il hji «l il h J <li 5s 4(1 61 j ; d 'report! di noon b -i i> W 3ld I) 5 od » j-i 4i '< ■" t d (i ported). 5s <ld. 5h 3j(l ''J. 'dun „- i«'ii 13 am. si 7d n .on Ii 1 ,d h 1 id .1 b Is 6cl h - HI 1 li in hi f" 1 ' i 10 mi b > l"-i 9d sJ2 11 <1 f i'l> > Hi fd depot t I . urn Ii £ 11 i ' « )' f'l J, b _2 ,r, "d b •> II *d >\ 11 itn h (ir j ' b£9 16 fd al9 < IV'o In C rind Inn Hon- 10 nil u ~ 1 I'd Imported); noon, h £1 lis 6d .-i £1 3d oli l» U IU Oil h £1 l-i "k< Jl 'I 9(1 Irtn >rt«d> \ ut u ~ C n o di rd v 1 —lO a.m.. b 2s. b2s Z'l; noon. 1,1 ii 2,; Id 111 |, | t „ ,j ], r , li ol en Hills -1J ain ill id ffe»t Loi t -UlvVwitfi Ah "--10 iv b £1 8" B £1 iOj no hi li ' 1 (11 3.15 b £1 10 toil"! lid it (I ( o'l li Id a.m b .£! li. n £1 2s .Id. sale i ' i £1 la 9d (reported) : noon, b £1 Cm 9(1, s XI Is 3d, Fades £1 la 6d (reporU-d). £1 1 Celling--) ib li (1 li M ■, 1 Jl (Truss—lo a.m., s Its 3d; noon, b 15*, s l£s 8033 Goldflelds. Ltd. (paidi-10 a.m., b » 6d, h 9», galea 8s Id, 83 M (rtpori noon, b 83 6d, 9 8a 9d. sales 8s 6d (report od), 8s 6tl (4, 'Change); 3.15, b Es 6d, b 8 lOd, sales 89 6d (rtported), 83 9(1 (3. 'Chi s Note.—Tho latter "b" signifies bu c-i fcnd "a" sollers. INVESTMENT STOCK. Buyers. Sellers. Sales. £ B. d. £ a. d. £ 3. d. , Banks— National of N.Z. Ltd 6 2 6 Hew Zealand ... FINANCIAIi—;N.Z. nnd B. Plate . Land, Ltd. ... 1 IS 6 Wol n InventT A Co.. Ltd 0 fl 0 -> CAB— Foildlng 116 ■Welliugfn, £6lss MEAT PBESEETING— Christenurah Meat Co. (ox.) 11 5 0 -> Wellington Meat Export. £5 .... 5 18 0 SniPPIUa— N.Z. Shipping Co. 7 10 0 MANOTACTtniING Wellington Wool'n, ordinary 3 10 *■* Wellington Wool'n, preference ... par COAIi— Hikurangi... „. 1 0 0 Westport 6 0 0 West port-Stockfn Ltd. 07 6 0 8 0 '■MISOBHiAKEOtrS Levland O'Brien Timber 13 3 •-> Taranaki Petro- _ loum, £1 pU. ... - 09 3 - Ward and Co, Ltd. 413 6 Whltcombe and Tombß, Ltd. ... 419 0 •Koported.

QUOTATIONS ELSEWHERE, PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, February 18. Business done on 'Change "this moming —Kuranui Caledonian, Is 6d; Saxon, Is id; Victoria, Is scl; Waiotahi, 43 9d; Mount Zeehan, SU; Boss Goldfiolds, 83 3d; Kauraki, 5s sd, 5s Gil; Kapanga | (con.), Is; Crown, is Bd, is 7d; Taiiiia Broken Hills, la; ■Grand Junction, 32s Afternoon call.—Kuranui Caledonian, 19~6d: Thames, sd; Waitangi Consolidated 2s; Consolidated G-oldftelds, 20s 6d, 21s 20a 3d; Old Ilauraki, 5s sd, 5a Bd, 6s 2d,'53 Id, ss, 5s 2d; Golden Belt, 10-id; Talisman Consolidated, 51a i)d; «a.iin 201 s; Waibi Grand Junction, 335; Xnu•Diri'Coal, 19a 3d. P DUNEDIN, February 18. Stock Exchange sale—Old Haurufa, 5s iteported sales:—Kuranui Caledonian, Js sdi Auckland Gas Co., .£ls 10s. GOLD ItSTURNS. ■ mrss ASSOCIATION. PUSTEDIN, February 18. Dredging Kutnms. Mastorton 41os 7dwt, Koiratai '1001! 7dwt, Electric IX. SOO2 6dwt. .VauukoTckia IGoz, Waikaia 12oz Mdwt. Bouth Waikaia lloz Mdwt, Chicago lloz Sdwt. •; jjektish: aiADE goods imported. intkkksHNo coarpAEisorr.' Th-+ followim; ia a return, compiled from Bio Board of Trado returns, of the prm-oiii-l lin-a cl f.rtoia of British manufacture tain nod" ti> Now Zealand during tno year undod De,:raabor 3(Jth laufc. with the figures for 19</7 mid 1908 shown for tha purposes ot* comparison:— ' 1907. 1903. 1909. £ £ £ iloor and ale „ 33.721 37.897 35.231 K1rit0?. .... ~ m«l 239.473 224,094 VnSery -. ■« 37.115 38,321 32.214 Hardware ... ... 118,137 134.265 96,626 X'otton pieco goods __ of all kinds ... 710,100 629,063 657,251 iVool'n and worst'd _ manufactures ... 418,226 409,16 a 354.773 'lla-herdashery and millinery _. ■ ... 93,104 80,696 63.738 Juto mamifaot'rs 63,799 39,106 37.839 linen piece goods of all lunds ... 109,581 99,701 87,903 Apparel ... _ 496,523 477,403 467.M9 Boots and shoos ... 164,932 184.508 160,623 Saddlery and harness ._ 49,523 40,343 38,044 China, andcorthenyra.ro 126,687 111,432 92,101 and printing paper .„ Cement _ _ 70,093 42,517 27,063 stationery other than paper LONDON MARKETS. Dahjety and Company, Ltd., report naving Teecdved_ the following cable messages from their London house, undor date of the 17th instant: Frozen Meat.—Tha beef and mutton markets are firm, without any chango in prices, whilst prices for lamb aro ruline [d to id higher. Tallow.—For mutton, any change In prices is in favour of sellers, and other dtscriptioTiß are 6d to 9d higher. Wool.—The market is firm, especially for crossbred wools of medium and coarse quality. At next..sales wo expect that if any change in prices takes place it will bo in favour of sellers. Tho quantity which will be available is very uncertain .—it will probably bo below 150,000 bales. FRUIT AND PRODUCE. WELLINGTON MARKETS. During the early part of this week there was a distinctly better tendencv in the local markets for all lines of fruit, with the exception perhaps of cooking apples. 'As was to be expected, greengages and nectarines, supplies 01" which are now becoming very small, as the season is abont closing, aro meeting with a strong inquiry, but- as a fair ■volume of peaches and plums are arriving the .advanco in prices for these lines has not boon so evidont. When the markets opened yesterday there was a Very, sluggish inquiry generally, in fact im regard to peara tho market has been ostuged -with soHpliee, .and the same xe-.

1 1' nil to apples. Deesert apples it 111 1 'mil .ition tuch fL3 Cox's ~ (, i en t> n, ud Scarlet Pear--11 1 ' tlit <inLi \r> liwivily of the I > 1 v o \/bieh cannot be I 110 1 if ui\ ji ri lui ir reason, but , 1 i v e, ' , d i'iioj„h the -v-aKaries it ft Ir 11c oi'iinary courso ill 11 11 ill j it 11, noticeable ii n in n„ ui\ stinr-er tendency II hi uited 1 inner the we*k, and

1 inn f null,, <i , -, it happen, when 1 i,,i i 11 it, luK/miil for a weakn t 1 /I 1 1 1 I 1 tho season is ii 1 wl ut il jioi lor every lino with i'ii < 1 hi 1 \ i.iplr"- arid peure, it <mi I c i-n 'j 1 n n"l t'nt anv deprcsirsulnnu' v/ill be of a temporary nit 1 ( Ih i| t iiipmfiit of Krapes for tin ■>( 1 1 1 I 1 Nmv S,uth Wales ariv Un iiiu'i'i) but tins fruit being mi ill no mil 1 ti 11-ultul. Tho inijiii v 'l, loi il „iovn 1.1 ipes is better mil lui - I ic id nil <l Tomatoes aire il ilx ohitr Ji' 11 Mi market and ml uk 11 'v lm ri*'- lie ensuiuK as a r 11 (i 1 t rr-,1 k mem and oranges i , nnr'-ii„ 1 rally with a Rood de- \, ,' i-h' '" f-'cirod fc Cd to '7s Gd < ill coold- *o 3s (kl case; r <l, A it Uto .'!■; Cd halfi] 1 to 2s Cd; crapes, choice 1 1 1 j 1 lb pi inn fid to Bd, small I y ui ol 11 ii- j> (xl to %a Gd half-case, pi 1 .!■) > !■- nccrarmci choice 5s Gd vi ( 1 ii It-r \m.. prime 43 to 4s Gd; i , to Gs half-case; lemons fli til) 1 to j 9d Capo goose--I_m trt to (<<l lb tomatoes, choice Ipi 1 Td to Is M half-ca«e, fair 6d to li p dies choice 36 Gd to 49 6d halfcase, prime 2s to &- POTATOES A:NT> ONIONS. Stendv supplies of potntoesi are now beiuK offei'Ml from tho South, and as a ' h'l j mark"hn„s are also being m ' n the. \\ elhi „ton province, ,ai ' inuo to 1 ale at nominal rates. Tli nit elk<in o' the wet weather are to I 11 in a fauly laifce percentage of Hie- tubers coming forward, as it has Kind to bring out the bli«ht in a in > 1 11.> o need de„ieo than would oti 1 f*o been tho oifio. The mark 1 11 ltlv lower for onions, as the com 11 1 I hue weather has tended to inni e r ulai supplies t 0 come forward, whib Southern ej iotations are'slightly Potatow, prime. £& We to M ton, inferior sorts, £2 to £4; oniona, prime, J j to t.j 10» ton OTJIKR VKGETABLES. Several Lines of vegetables are arriving in" sufficient quantities to bring about nominal values ruling; cauliflowers, cabbuis"3 and carrots, howeter, aje favoured with more attention, with tho result that satisfactory prices rule for these lines. „ , , Cauliflowers, choice Gs to vs sack, prime 4.9 to 5s Gd; cabbages, choice 4s Gel to 5s Gd .sack, .prime 3s to '3s 9d; lettuce, Is to Is 6d case; cucumbers, Is to 3s dozen, according to sizo; broad beans, 3s 6d to 5s half-sack; green, peas, choice Gd to 8d peck, prime -Id to «dj French beans, 3s fid to 4s Cd part sack; surnips, 2s 6d to 0s Gel sack; marrows. Is to 2s sack; parsnips, Ss Cd to Is Gd sack; beetroot. 3s to 'is Faok; niu9hroom3, 2s to 3s small case. iEGGS. Tor tho tmstj fortnight fresh! eggs nave gradually been advancing in price, and early in this week a further rise took place, owing to scarcity. Best fresh are ruling as high as Is 8d dozen, whilst others .are worth la Gd to la 7d. preserved, on account of the stringency in fresh ez'js. are coming into demand now, with a value of le id and Is 5d dozen. POULTRY. ■As this Is now the "off" season for egg% many poultry keepers are sending in supplies of birds to the .markets, and as tho volume being directed to Wellington markets is heavy, only nominal values are ruling. For better classes of birds thero is a good inquiry at advanced rates. Hens, fair to 6d to, Ss pair, good heavy 3=i to 3s Gd ;' roosters, fair 33 3d to 3a !kl pair, good young 4e to 4s 6d; ducks, mrad lteavv 4s Gd to Ss pair, old 3s Gd to is; tuxkevs. Kobhlers 18s. t° 21s P air > hone lis to 139.

Lacrv and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report wholesale prices ruling on the market:— Wheat, fowl 4s 6d to 4a 94; feed oats. 2e 2d to 2b 6(1. Dun oats 2s 4d to 2s 6d, seed oats 2s 4d to 2s Sd; Algerian oats, 2| 4d to 23 6d; maize, 3s lid to 4s Id; orushed malt 7s i fowl barley, 2s 4d to 23 6d, Cape barley teed '2a -6d to 2s 9d; flour. Now Zealand £ll 5s to £ll 10s, Australian £ll 15s to £l2; bran, £4 to £4 UCB: pearl barley, 15s- peas, Prussian blue 5a 3d to 6s 6d, split £l7 10s; bonedust, £5 159; Buporphosunites. £5 to £5 ss; pollard. £5 5s to £5 10s; basic slasr, £4 10a; chaff <oatenshettuf), £4 to £4 10s; oatmoal, £ll to £ll ins- potatoes, table £3 to £6 ton; onions, 5s ewt; molasses fodder, £5: bacon (faotory) sides 53d, hams Bd, rolls 7id; butter, prime bulk 9d. Poultry—Hens 3s; duoks. 3s 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkeys, gobblers 18s to 20s, hens, 10s to 14a.- fresh esijrs, ■la 6d to Is 8d dozen; cheese, 6d to 6Jd per lb, loaf 7d to 7!d; Akaroa machine-dressed oookefoot, 6d to,7d per lb; farmers' dressed cocksfoot, 4d to 6d oer lb; ryofrrass, 3s 6d to 4s 6d por bushel; Italian ryegrass, Ja 6d to 4s 6d bushel; white clover, 70s to 75s per owt. WELLINOTON' CUSTOMS. Tho oustom3 revenue reooive«l at Wellington yesterday totalled £1319 Us Id, with nurtax amounting to £27 9s 84