COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

JUITISH TREASURY BILLS, By Cable—Press Association —Copyright London, Oct. 28. The rates for nine months and twelve months 4£ per cent. Treasury bills have licen ruised to 5 per cent. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, Oct. 29. Oats: American 3s to 3s (id, Tasmanian 3s lid.

Maize: Yellow 5s 4d; white 4s lOd, Javan 4 s Od to 4s M, South African 5s to 5s 3d.

Potatoes: Tasmanian £l3 to £l4; New Zealand £l2 10s. Onions: Victorian, old £5 to £6, new £8 lo £9.

Adelaide, Oct. 29. Wheat: 4s Od to ss, according to delivery. Flour: £lO. Bran: Is ijd. Pollard: Is Gd to Is 7d. Melbourne. Oct. 29. Hides: Small supplies; heavies very firm, slippy easy. Wheat:'lis lOd to 7s 3d. Flour: £l7. Oats: Japanese 2s (i£d, Chilian 3s. Maize: 3s Od to ss. Bran: £4 5s to £4 7s 6d. Pollard: £6 7s 6d to £G 10s. Potatoes: £l3 10s to £l4. Onions: £4 to £5.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, Oct. 29. The week's wool sales had the most active and buoyant tone for all the better classes. Greasy crossbred combings brought 20Jd, a record for the Sydney Exchange. Faulties were dragging.

ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS, LTD. A SUCCESSFUL YEAR. ■Following is the directors' report of Abraham and Williams, Ltd., for tlie year ended September 30, Ifllii:— Since September 30, 1908, the reserve fund has been increased by £20,000, and during tlie same period direct liabilities have decreased by over £IOO,OOO, and the turnover has been well maintained in spite of the fact that the capital account has only increased by £14,184 during the seven years. The net return for the year, after making full allowance for all expenses of management, bad and doubtful debts, etc., amounts to £13,316 Is Bd, to which must be added the sum of £2074 17s Od brought forward from last year, making a total of £15,420 Ms 2d. The interim dividend paid for the half-year ended March 31 last absorbed £2742 5s (id, leaving £12,«78 13s 8d to be dealt with. Of this sum, £SOOO 'has been added to the reserve fund, which now stands at £25,000. Your directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of C per cent, per annum on the paid-up capital be declared for the half-year just ended, and that the balance be carried forward. It is anticipated that at least £2OOO will be required to meet the new taxation Prospects for the coming season are promising, and it is evident that all farmers' produce will continue to make good prices.

STOCK MARKETS. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows^ — At Westfield Yards last Thursday we had a large yarding, aud, like at all late sales, prices were high. Best dairy cows sold at from £9 to £ls 10s, others £0 to £8 110s, aged and inferior cows £1 15s to £4 15s, best dairy heifers £7 10s to £lO, others £5 5s to £7, empty cows and heifers £5 to £7 15s, bulls £5 10s to £9 sa, yearling to 18-month steers, £3 12s to £5 15s, yearling to 18-month heifers £3 to £4 ss. Tlie advertised ewes and lambs sold at from £1 9s Od to £1 13s 3d, store woolly hoggets £1 to £1 2s.

At Tuakau, two to three year old steers, small, sold at from £8 13s to £ll, yearling to 18-month steers £3 15a to £5 14s, yearling to 18-month heifers £3 5s to £5 os, bulls £7 to £ll, empty cows and heifers £5 5s to £8 Is, dairy eows and heifers £0 to £lO 10s, store woolly wethers £1 8s 3d, beef at fully Westfield prices. At Albert Yards, heavy draughts made £26 to £36 10s, medium £lB to £3l 10s, light harness horses £lO to £l7, hacks £8 to £ls 10s, ponies £3 10s to £8 10s, weeds 10s to £1 15s, harness and produce at ruling prices. On Monday, at Henderson, dairy cows and heifers made £0 10s to £lO 17s 6d, empty cows and heifers £5 to £7 ss, two to three year steers £7 lis to £lO ss, yearling to 18-month steers £3 15s to £5 10s, yearling to 18-month heifers £2 19s to £4 ss, advertised working bullocks £ll to £l3, beef at Westfield prices.

At the Westfield fat stock markets on Wednesday, best oxen sold to £2 7s per 1001b, others £2 3s to £2 ss, steers at from £l2 10s to ! £2O, cows ami heifers £7 10s to £46 ss. Cows and heifers sold at from £1 15s to £2 ss. Runners sold at from £6 15s to £9, heavy suckers £3 5s to £5 l!)s, medium £2 9s to £3 lis, light £1 5s to £2 7s, small and fresh-dropped 5s to £1 2s. Sheep were yarded in full numbers, and sold under steady competition at slightly lower rates. Best wethers in wool sold up to £1 18s 9d, others £1 8s to £1 17s (id, shorn wethers £1 4s to £1 10s 9d, ewes in wool £1 7s to £1 15s 6d, shorn ewes £1 3s to £1 Bs, hoggets 18s Gd to £1 7s. Lambs sold well at late rates, best quality up to £1 7s 3d, others £1 to £1 6s 9d. Pigs were yarded in average numbers, and sold at improved rates. No choppers were yarded, and they are wanted. Heavy baconers fetched £4 3s to £4 lis, medium £3 9s to £3 lfls, light £2 18s to £3 4s, heavy porkers £2 15s to £3 18s, medium £2 9s to £2 14s, light £1 17s to £2 Ss, slips £1 7s to £1 15s, weaners 15s to

ALDINGTON. Sinn- .-lice]). —Good wether hoggets to •22s 4d. moderate wether hoggets 17s (id to 18s Oil, ewe hoggets 13s 6d to 23s Bd, small shorn ewe hoggets, 13s Id, cull hoggets 14s to 15s Id, shorn wether hoggets l'4s fid to los Ifld, cull shorn wether hoggets lis. small 4 and G-tooth wethers to 20s !)il, aged shorn ewes and lambs (low condition) Bs, sound-mouth ewes and lambs 14s fid to l. r >s lOd, extra prime stores to £24 10s, ordinary steers £7 17s 6d to £l3 10s, extra prime heifers to £lO 'ss, ordinary heifers £7 15s to £l2 10s, extra prime cows £lB 10s, ordinary cows £7 to £11; price of beef per 1001b, 36s to 545, extra to 60s. Fat sheep —Woolly wethers 31s to 41s 6d, others 19s 6d to 30s, shorn wethers 20s to 30s 9d, woolly merino wethers 20s Sd, prime woolly ewes 29s to 36» 6d; others 10s lid to 28s, shorn ewes 20*

to 48s, woolly hoggets 21s 3d, shorn hoggets 18s 9d. Vealers made 8s to 70s, extra to 85a. Store cattle—Yearlings £1 10s, 16 to 18-months sorts £2 2s to £2 15s, 2-year steers (poor) £3 Ba, 2V 2 -year steers £!> 12s Od, 2-year heifers £3 4s, 2'/>-year heifers £3 18s to £4 17s, 3-year steers £6 17s (id, 3-year -heifers £ti, 4 and 5-year steers £l2 5s (passed), 3 and 4-year heifers £ll 5s (passed), store cowß £2 to £8 10s. Dairy cows, £3 10s to £9 ss, extra to £l3. Pigs—Choppers 70s to 150s, extra good baconers to £5, heavy baconers 80s to !)2s, light baconers 80s to 755; price per lb, 6y»d to 7d. Heavy porkers 44s to 50s, light porkers 38s to 425; price per lb, 7d to 7'Vsd. Store pigs—Best sorts 36s to 40s, medium 23s to 345, small 14s to 21s, weanei's 10s to 17s 6d, sows in pig 80s.

AUCKLAND HIDES. SKINS, AND TALLOW MARKET.

The New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows: — '

We submitted and sold average catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, competition being keen for all lines offering. Hides market firmer. We quote: ExAra stout ox, lOd to 10Jd; stout ox, 9Jd to 9jjd; medium ox, BJd to 9Jd; light ox, B|d to 8i!d; cows, best lines, Sgd to BJd; good, 8d to BJd; superior, 7Jd to 7|d; kips, 8d to BJd; stags, fid to Old; horse hides, 3s 6d to 9s; damaged hides, 3Jd to 7d. Sheepskins: Market brisk. Best butchers' skins, picked, to 14s 4d; good lines, 10s 6d to lis 8d; medium, 7s fid to Ss Gd; small, 4s 9d to Cs; pelts, Is 3d to Is 9d; spring lambs, Is 3d to Is sd. Country dry and woolly skins: Best lines, 81d to 9 per lb; good, Old to 7Jd per lb; damaged, 2Jd to 5d per lb. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, to 20s; good, 23s (Id to 25s 3d; inferior, 18s Od to 21s 6d; rough fat, ljd to ljd per lb. Bones, £5; cowtails, Is; horsehair, Is 3d to Is B}d. Wool: In bags and dumps selling freely. Bright crossbred, lid to 12Jd; coarse crossbred, 9Jd to lO&d; inferior, BJd to 9}d; crutchings, best, to lljd; good, 9d to 10Jd; seedy, 5d to fl.Jd; locks and pieces, 3Jd to Bjd.

BUBNBIDE. There was a very large yarding of fat cattle. The highest price was £27, probably a record for the yards, and at the end of the sale prices were firmer than at the commencement. Prime bullocks made £2O 10s to £23 10s, extra to £27, medium £l6 to £l6 10s, light £1 3to £l4 ss, best cows and heifers £l4 10s to £l6, extra to £l7 10s, medium £ll 12s 6d to £1 27s Gd, light and aged £9 to £lO 2s6d. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 40s to 51s 3d,, extra to 55s Od, medium 33s Od to 30s 9d, light 26s to 295, best ewes 32s 9d to 30s 3d, extra to 39s 9d, medium 20s Od to 27s 9d, light and unfinished 19s to 21s 3d.

Lambs—37 were penned and sold under brisk competition. Best made 25s 3d to 26s fid, medium 18s 9d to 22s Bd.

There was a fair entry of fat pigs and a full yarding of store and weaners. Porkers and baconers met with fair competition at a shade below last week's values. Good stores and slips met with a fairly good sale, but suckers were not in strong demand.

JOHNSONVTLLE. Prime heavv bullocks £l9 to £]fl 7s Gd, prime bullocks £l7 7s (kl to £li, lighter £l6 7s 6d to £l7, prime heifers £9 3s to £9 Ss, prime cows £9 8j tq £9 9s, vealere 35s to 42s and 20s to 275. medium woolly wethers 325, prime heavy wethers 27s 2d to 27s 9d, lighter 20s to 2Gs Bd, extia heavy ewes 2te to 28s 3d, prime ewes 25s sd, lighter eives 22s fid to 23s 6d, prime lambs 16s Gd to i"s Cd, lighter 14s to 15s.