COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10659, 4 August 1920, Page 10

COMMERCE AND MINING

WEIJWNGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS.

THE SHARE 1 MARKET. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, August 3. Sales reported :—Union Bank of Australia, -Sl3 12s; Union Steam, five and a half cum., pref., .£1 0s 3d. Sale on 'Change :—Union. Bank of Australia, .£l3 10s. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE CO., LTD. TVS PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, August 3. Tho of the Ken' Zealand Insurance Company. Ltd., for tho halfyear ended May 31st shows that tho net increase from premiums, interest and rants amounted to .£678,233, and the profit on the half-year's transactions amounted to The directors recommflcdplacinsr .£30,000 to the reserve fund. Taey also recommend the payment of a dividend <it the rate of eightj>3noa per share, absorbing .£50,000, leaving, with the balance brought forward, a net balance of .£72,244 to be carried forward. CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET. PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, August 3. The inactivity in general produce lines Is very marked at present. There is no movement in oats, though, occasional offers have been made at 5s 2d, 5.1., f.0.b., which, at present seems as low as the merchants axe prepared to go. This figure has not lea <t© much busiPotatoes are scarcely quotable and offers of £3 15s 5.1., f.0.b., have not teen accepted. This figure would leave the grower something in the vicinity of £2 per ton. .. . . Clovers are very firm and inquiries continue. North Island Teports are that a good deal of bush is going down this vear and this is certain to cause a good demand for cocksfoot, dogstau, and ryegrass for autumn sowing. Onions are practically finished as far as offers are concerned and an advance in price has taken place for any good lines available. Good sorts of Spanish Browns would briiur from £3 to .£8 los at country stations, at present. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. L a ery and Company, Ltd., Allen street, F&port -wholesale prices as follow: Feed barley. Chevalier, 10s 3d bushel eacks in; Cape barley, feed 9s ibushel sacks in; maize, lis 9d per bushel, sacks in; feed peas, 10s pel bushel sacks extra; Prussian blue pea*, 14s per bushel, sacks extra; oats, A grade Gartons .6s 4d, sacks in; oats, B grade Gartons. 6s 2d sacks in : oata shelled for poultry feed, 8s 9d per bushel sack 3 in; chaff,, oaten sheaf, good bright, 5s ton, sack* in, JEI2 10s sa«l£» retained • free on trucks or fob Wellington; Parro food, JCI3 ■per ton; hay, clover, .£lO 10s per ton; hay, luoerne, .£ll per ton; flour in sacks .£l9 5* per ton: potatoes, table (Canterbury), white £t per ton, Red Dakotas .£6 10s per ton, Clicks included; onions, Canterbury choice 19s per cwt; fowls, hens 9s to lis; choice young roosters, 10s to 13s pair; ducks, 12-s to 16s pair; turkeys. Is' 6d to Is 8d per lb deadweight; butter, farmers* separator, millea or dairy, in bulk or lb pats, Is 6d to Is 6Jd; eggs, fresh crates Ss 6d per dozen; dressed pork, choice7o's to no's Is to Is Id, 120" s to ISO's lid to Hid lb; shedl grit, 6s 6d cwt; seed potatoes, Red r/akotas £8 10s, Beauty of He■bons .£lO sa, Northern Stars, Ji7, Sut-ton's-Supreme .611 ss, Up-to-D-atcs £S Gamekeepers . £7, Arran Chief £B, Breezes Prolific £7 .ss, Early Puritans £S f.0.b., 5.1., Canterbury grown seed; oatmeal, £3G to .£39 per ton; cheese factory medium, case lots, 10s, loaf cheese lid lb; bran and pollard at market rates. SALE AT RONGOTEA. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Palrnerston North, report:— On Thursday, July 29th we conducted a sale on account of Mx Thomas Gilford at Rongotea. As Mr Giflord was a veirv old settler in tho district there was a very large attendance, the bidding throughout being brisK, and a particularly good sale resulted. We obtained the following prices:—Sheep : Ewes in lamb to S.I), rams, £2 10s; Komney e.wes in lamb to Romncy rams, £2, 14s (id; crossbred owes in lamb to Romney rams, 3ts to 365; mixed hoggets, 30s Id; P-B.S.D. ewes in lamb, 2i gns.; 6.D. ewe-hoggets. li gns.; ti.O. jams. 3t # ns '> I '-' ls - Komney ewes, in lamb, 21- gns; P.B. Komney ram hoggets,- 3 gns; Romney rams, 31 gns. Cattle: Dairy cows, 21 gns to 23 gns; heifers in milk, .£23 10s; springing heifers, -CO 10s to £l7 ss; empty heifers, £6 to £7; yearling heifers. £l> 10s; Jersey heifer "calf, £o 10s. Horses: 4ycar gelding, .£l9; aged draughts, .£25 to £l2 10s > 2-year unbroken .£9 Ss- harness mare, .£3O 10s. Implements, etc.: R. T. gig. .£35; spring cart, £ls; Toller, .£2l 10s; cultivator. JEI4; bi'oad cart sower, .£l3; drill, .£l7; binder, £lO 15s; rick cover, JEI9. WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue received at Wellington yesterday totalled .£9221 13s 9d.

Buyen ». Seller *. e. ». < d. * ». i 1. Alining— — 1 16 3 Inscribed Stock <193S) _ 91 10 0 95 0 0 — lliVia...V:Hb— Bank of Australasia ... — 91 0 0 6 13 6 6 15 0 ltank' of N.Z. 25 16 0 — — 13 1-2 6 Uuidsbrougli Alort ... — 2 7 0. ■Wellington Investment 0 11 6 — Wel'ii Ta-ust and .Loan — 6 .10 0 Wellington Deposit anil 0 8 9 0 10 0 6 5 0 ■ — Napier Gas (pref.) ... 9 15 0 — 10 0 0 — *1 12 u — H.'/t. Kef-ngoiating ileat Ws) ..... 1 4 3 — 2 3 6 — AVel'n. Ateat Export U'o) — 6 15 0 Wn, Ak-ut -bxporl l-W 12s 6d) 4 9 0 — Huddarc-Parker .(ord.) — 2 17 0 Huitdart-Parker {pref.) — 1 1 3 Wel'n. Woollen (ord.; 10 10 0 — Hikurangi Coal — 0 17 6 1 10 10 - — — 0 9 0 1 12 6 1 15 0 Bartholomew Timber ... 1 5 C P.I.C. (pref.) 1 0 0 — Kauri Oils ... 1 1 0 — Paronga Kauri Oils n 0V6d) ' 0 10 0 — Sconllar and Co. . 1 10 0 Sharland and Co. 1 10 0 Wellington Cordage ... 1 1 9 Wilson's Cement — 0 18 1 *Cum diT,