THE FRUIT OND PRODUCE WORLD.

Otago Witness, Issue 3467, 24 August 1920, Page 25

THE FRUIT OND PRODUCE WORLD.

Eeilly-a Central Produce Mart report: The market is ' over-supplied with citrus fruits. Consignments of eggs have increased. Flowers are arriving freoly. Onions are in keen demand- Prime table potatoes are haying-'a steady sale;' bacon pigs and poultry are realising'extreme prices; ducks are in keen demand; ferrets are in excess of requirements. We sold two Commerce trucks at £675 net. Flowers: Violets, 4s to 9a; narcissi, King Alfreds 13a, Trumpets 8s to 12s, Sol D'Or Bs, Grand Monarch to 6s per. dozen bunches. ..Walnuts: Is 4d. Softshelled . almonds:. Is 3d. Bananas: Ripe, 355; green, . 255, Mandarines: 27s 6d. Orangey: Choice Sydney. 17s 6d, Adelaides 20s, Navels 245, American choice' 455, Adelaide Poormans 20s. Passions: 235. Pines: 27s 6d. Lemons: American 465, Adelaide 22s 6d. Pears: Winter. Nelis 14s 6d, P. Barry 10s, Winter Cole 14s, Catalao' 7s 6d per case. Apples: Delicious 12s 6d, 14s 6d, Jonathans to 12s 6d, Lord Wolseleys 7s 6d, Bs, Cleopatras to 10j, Alfristqns 7s 6d„ :Scarlet Nonpariels to 9s, Ballarat Seedlings 8s hages: to 9s 6d - per sack. Carrots: to 7s 63. Cauliflowers, to 16s. Cabbages to 9s 6d per sack. Parsnip's, to 9s. Potatoes: to 7s. Swede txirnips: to 3s 6d per ewt Bacon pigs: 130lb-170lb, Is lid; 1001b-120lb, Is Id; heavy weights, to Is per lb. Butter: Prime Separator, Is 7d. Eggs: Guarantsad, 2s; unstamped, Is lid. Honey: Primo sections, 12s 6d to 14s; bulk, 9d; Mb tins, 8s 6d-; Jib pat l ?, 5s 6d. Beeswax: 2s Sd per lb. Tea: Choice Ceylon, 3s 3d. per lb in 10lb tins Oatmeal: 32s per owt. Pollard: lis lOd per 1001 b hag; 14s 103 per 1251 b bag. Farro food: 10s. Molasses: In barrels, 20s per, cwt. Bran: 9s 10d per bag. Langdowns "Imperial" chick food: 7s 9d per 251 b bag. Oats: 5s 3d, 6<5 3d. ' Fowl wheat: 9s 6d, ex store. Cape barley: Bs. Prussian Blue peas: 10s to 12s 6d per bushel. Oat sheaf chaff: Market easier. Best, £8 to £8 ss, ex truck. Oat straw chaff: £6, ex store. O.M.W. spray pumps: 32s 6d. ".Mysto" knapsack sprayers: £5. Nicotox: 7s 6d per gallon. Katakilla: 3s per bag of about 2£lb. M'Daugall's fruit tree wash: 7s 6d per gallon. " Vallo-Giraffe " brand lime sulphur: 2s 4d per gallon, in 40-gallon casks; 3s per gallon, in small lots. Pomsol: 4-gallon tins, 6s 6d per gallon; 1-gallon tins, 7s per gallon. Rabbitskins: Selected does, to llld; primes doen, to 101 d; first -dees, to 90d; prime bucks, to 76d; first bucks, to 70d; spotted winters, to 60d; incomings, to 58d; autumns, to 47d; prime blacks, to 220 d; spotted backs, to lfiOd per lb. Poultry: Hens—3 at 14s 6d, 3 at lis,' 2 at 10s 6d, 2 at 9s 4d, 21 at 8s 2d, 2 at 7s Bd, 25 at 7s 4d, $0 at 7s, 6at 6sßd, 2at 6s; cockerels —2 at 14s 6d, 2 at 12s 6d, 2 at lis 4d, 2 at 10s, 5 at 10s 6d, 5 at 9s, 2 at Bs, 7 at 7s; pullets—9at 19s, 3at 13s, 8 N at lis; ducks —5 at lis, 4 at 10a (all at per pair). Turkeys: is 3d to Is 4|d per lb. Ferrets: 2s to 10s each.

E. OSWALD REILLY Managing Director, Moray place, Diinedin.

Prasea? and Co., auctioneers, produce merchants, commission agents, and agents for the Otago Egg Circle, 146 Crawford street, Dunedin, report:—Eggs: Market weak and Ei difficult to make. Quotations are nomiFresh, Is lid; Egg Circle eggs, 2s. Itryi We held our usual weekly sale on 'Wednesday, when prices ruled as under; Een3, to 9a 8d; pullet©, to 22s } cockerels, to 63 6d; roosters, to 7s 2d; ducks, to 6s 6d (all at per pair); turkeys—gobblers, 1b 4dj hem, la 2d pear lb, live weight.

NATIONAL BANK The forty-eighth ordinary general meeting of proprietors of the National Bank of New Zealand was held in London on July 7, and the profit and lo3s account figures were given briefly in the cable messages at the time. Further particulars have now arrived by mail, and show that the year which ended on March 31 last was a prosperous one for the bank, the net profit being £277,898 9s lOd, as compared with £186,882 13s 9d for the previous year. The balance brought forward from the last year's accounts was £64,932 8a 6d, making £321,230 18s 4d available for appropriation. The directors allocated £21,600 for a bonus to the staff, £30,000 to premises account, and £65,000 to reserve for depreciation of investments. Of the remainder_£20,000 was transferred to reserve fund, making the total of that fund £1,020,000.; £SOOO was transferred to pensions and gratuity funds, and the dividend of 12 per cent, and bonus of 2 per cent, absorbed £131 ; 657 12s, leaving £89,573 6s 4d to be carried) forward. The paid-up capital of the bank stands at £1,000,000. STANDARD INSURANCE CO. The annual report of the directors of the Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Zealand states that the net income for tne year ended June 30, 1920, amounts to £177,647 lis Bd, and the expenditure to £153,531 Is Id, leaving a balance of £24,116 10a 7d, to which has to be added the'balance carried forward from last year — viz., £6216 14s lid, making a total of £30,333 5s 6d. From this amount an interim dividend was paid in March, absorbing £6250, leaving an available balance of £24,083 5s 6d, which, the 'directors have dealt with in the following manner: —Placed to reserve fund £IO,OOO, and recommend that the balance be appropriated as follows: —Pay a dividend for the half-year ended 30th June, 1920, at is 6d per share, absorbing £7500, and carry forward £6583 5s 6d to next year. NEW COMPANY. The Mercantile Gazette announces the registration of the Linton and Wairio Coal Company, Ltd. Regd. August 3, 1920. Office: Invercargill. Capital: £4OOO, into 4000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Mount Linton—W. J: M'Gregor; Otautau—A. C. Mills; Invercargill—W. Smith, Tl Timpany; Timaru—A. Timpany; Morton—A. Morris, C. Haycock; Isla Bank— D. Tey'iotdale—soo shares each. Objects: Coal-mining. PRICE OF GOLD. WELLINGTON, August 20. . The High Commissioner for New Zealand, under - date August 18, has cabled as follows:—"The official price of gold to-day is £5 14s nominal." INVESTMENT STOCKS. August 21. National Bank of N.Z.—Sel. £6 14s. Bank of N.Z.—Sel. £2B 55.. Union Bank—Buy. £l3 8s 6d, sel. £l3 10s. National Insurance Co.—Buy. 755, sel. 75s 9d. Standard Insurance. Co. —Buy. 60s. P. and Co. (def.)— Buy. £430, sel. £440. U.S.S. Co. (pref.)—Sel., 20s 6dl. Huddart, Parker (ord.)—Buy. 57s 3d, sel. 58s. Westport-Coal Co.—Buy. 31s, sel. 31s. 6d. West.-Stockton (ord,)—Buy. 8s 4d, eel. 8s lOd. Taupiri Coal (ord.)—Buy. 70s 9d. N.Z. Coal and Oil—Buy. 4s 3d, sel. 4s 9d. Brown, Ewing (ord.) —Buy. 26s 9d. D.I.C. (pref.)—Buy. 20s 6d.. D.I.C. (new issue)—Buy. 3d prem. Goldsbrough, Mort—Buy. 45a 6d, sel. 475. National Mortgage—Sel. £6. . N.Z. Loan and Mercantile—Buy. £IOO, sel. £lO4. Wright, Stephenson (ord.) —Buy. 40s. Dominion Rubber—Sel. 40s. Dunedin-Kaikorai Trams —Buy. 235. N.Z. Refrigerating (10s paid)—Buy. 23s Bd, sel. 24s 3d. * ,^.-- Canterbury Meat Co. (ord.)—Sel. £l4 9s. South Otago Freezing—Buy. £5 14s 6d. Central Otago Preserves—Sel. 255. Bruce Woollen Co.—Sel. 50s. . Kaiapoi Woollen (new issue) —Buy. 8s 6d. Mosgiel Woollen—Buy. £6 lis, sel. £6 13s. M'Leod Bros.' Soap—Buy. £ls. N.Z. Paper Mills—Buy. 355. N.Z. Drug Co. (£2 paid)—Sel. 71s 6d. N.Z. Express Co.—Buy. 18s. N.Z. Hardware. (ord.)—Sel. 18s 6d. Wilson's Portland •.Cement—Sel. 17s sd. Otago" Daily Times—Sel. 525. Papuan Products—Sel. 2s;6d. Perpetual Trustees—Buy. 355, sel. 37s 6d. Trustees, Executors —Buy. 50s 6d. sel. 555. N.Z. Sugar of Milk—Buy. 445. Whifccombe and Tombs—Buy. 755. M'Gavin and Co.—Buy. 29s 3d. Howard Smith—Buy. 45s 6d, sel. 48s. Debenttjbes. N.Z. Government War Bonds (4£ per cent.), 1938—Buy. £92, sel. £93 15s. N.Z. Government War Bonds (4* per cent.), 1939—8uy. £92, sel. £93 15s. " . N.Z. Government Inscribed Stock (44' per cent.)—Buy. £92 2s 6d. N.Z. Government Postal (5 per cent.)—Buy. £95 10s, sel. £96 10s,