COMMERCE AND FINANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24790, 15 December 1941, Page 2

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

MINING NEWS WEST COAST DREDGES (P.A.) GREYMOUTH. Dec. 13. Snowy River return; 90£oz, 118 hours, 200.000 yards. Argo dredge: 28oz, 120 hours, 7800 yards. P. AND O. DIVIDENDS (Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 13. * The P. and O. have brought forward £173,498. The net profit, less provision for taxation, is £1,458,335. Dividends from subsidiary shipping companies are £564,297. Dividends from coaling, etc.. £62,277. Other dividends are £182,410, with miscellaneous income of £164,502. A five per cent, preferred dividend, including a final 2J per cent., and a(5 per cent, deferred'dividend, including a final 3 per cent., takes £318,625. A 3 per cent, bonus on deferred stock absorbes £.137,775, and £186,385 is carried forward. FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD Reilly’s report selling;— Per Dozen.—Eggs: Heavy, Is 7d; standard, Is 6d; medium, Is 3d; pullets’, Is 2d; ducks’. Is 6d. Carrots, 3s. Cucumbers. 7s to 10s 6d. Lettuce; Choice, to 4s; small, to 2s. Radish, Is 3d. Parsnips, 2s. Spinach, to 3s. White turnips, 2s Cd. Spring cabbage, 3s. Asparagus, 8s 'to 9s. Each. —Champion egg crates, 24 dozen 18s 6d. Knapsack spray pumps, £4 ss. Per Case. —Apples: Delicious, 5s to 10s 6d; Tasmas. 10s 6d; Stunners, 7s to 10s 6d, New Zealand lemons, 12s to 20s 9d. Australian oranges, 18s to 28s 6d. Australian grapefruit, 21s to. 33s Bd. Bananas: Ripes, 265. Tongan pineapples, 255. Per' Half-case. —Pears: Dessert varieties, to 6s. ' Per Pottle.—Strawberries: Choice. Is 2d to Is 4d; jam. lOd to- Is Id. Per Pound. —Hothouse grapes, ss; cherries: Choice, 6d to 8d: small, 4d to 6d. Tomatoes: Locals, Is 8d to lg 9id; Christchurch firsts. Is 5d to Is 7d; seconds, Is Id to Is 3d. Green peas, 3£d to 4d. Broad beans, lid to 2d. New potatoes: Kakanui, 3d to 3jd; locals, 3id to 4d. Niue kumeras, 3d. Butter: Storekeepers’, lOd to lid. Bacon; Prime, Is 3d. Clover honey, Bid. Walnuts, Is 3d. Gooseberries; Bottling, 2Jd to 3d; small jam, Id to lid. Rhubarb, 3|d. Per Sack. —Cauliflowers, 5s to Bs. Coconuts, 255. Cabbage, 6s. Per 1 Gwt.—Onions, unprocurable. Potatoes: King Edwards, 20s to 255; white tables, 14s to 20s. Fowl wheat, to 7s. Oats: Cartons, 3s 9d to. 4s 6d. Whole, maize, 8s per bushel. Crushed oats, 12s 6d. Cross Keys meatmeal, 15s per bag. Oyster grit, 6s 6d per bag. Brian, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chaff; 8.0.5., £6 ss. Oaten straw, £4 10s. Hay, £6 10s per ton. Palmer’s chick food, prices on application. Per Pair.—Poultry: 531 hens 3s to 8s lOd, 115 cockerels 2s to 7s, 10 bantams Is to 6s, 31 ducks 5s to 8s 6d, 6 pullets 7s 6d, 10 goslings 9s 6d per pair. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place. Dunedin, C.l.