The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-12-21
Commercial Review

| stock is now quoted at 81. Consider
| able Spring Valley stock is held in Ho-
nolulu.
Mining Stock Drops.
Like the listed stocks, there has been
heavy slump in Mountain King, the
the mining stock that is so heavily
held locally. Last week it was selling
at 6. Yesterday sales were made on
the street at 4.50. Street sales of any
stock this week, however, are not in
| dicative of the real value of the stock.
The apparent need for Christmas
money brought out a few blocks of
the higher-priced stocks, which sold at
good figures, though there was no active
demand One block of thirty shares
of Waikiki sold for 800 share. Wal.
alua slumped heavily. Early in the
week it sold at 1880 The last sale
recorded was at 1850.
Pioneer was inactive, only one sale
being recorded, thirty shares at 200.
Eva was reasonably active but fell
off considerably, ranging down from
32.S7 1-2 to 1925. McBryde was tame
and dropped heavily. going to SIS from
6.12 1-2. Hawaiian Sugar dropped from
"a to $3.50.
Three hundred shares of Hilo rail
road came out and sold at 10. Hawai-.
ian G. & S. maintained value of $3.50,
but only two small sales were recorded.
Sixty shares of Hawaiian Agricultural
brought 265 share.
Onomea, in two small sales, fell from
81 to so. A sale of fifteen shares of
II. r. 7. & L. was recorded at ITO.
Olaa was quiescent, only 100 shares
being sold, in one block; the price was
$50. Hawaiian Pine was steady. sew
eral sales being made at 1925. Homo
kaa maintained price of 20.75. No
other stocks were disposed of, except
in single blocks, the prices being in
dicative of nothing except that the
sellers needed the money.
The bond market was also tame,
though steady.
Dividends Declared.
Several companies declared divi-
dends, two of them gladdening the
hearts of stockholders with announce
ments of special dividends. Hawaiian
Sugar declares special dividend of
81, and Waialua special of 81.
Stock Transactions.
Haw. G. & s.-25 q 37.75; 20 "a
$3.50.
wailuku-S5 "a 300.
Waialua-40, 10, 10, 10, 8 "a 1880;
10 @ 100; 10 "a 1880
Pioneer-30 al 200.
Ewa-20 a 32.s75; 500 "a 32.75; so.
so, 80, 80 "a 32.s75; Is, 35, 40, 25, 10,
10 "a 1915; 80 "a 1925.
Haw. Ag Colo, so "a 265.
o. R. & L.-20 0 las.
onomea--1o a 50; 10 a so.
Olaa-l00 "a $50.
II. r. T. & l.. Com.-15 "a 40.
McBryde-35 "a 6.125; 50. 50. SO.
a 5.75.
Waimea-10. 10 "a 165.
80 Haw. Pine-55, 5, Is, Is, e5, so a
1925.
Honokaa-1o, 100, 100, 20, so q
oahu-15 "a $3.50.
Hilo r. R. Co.-1OO,. 200 "a 10.
$3.50.
Hilo R. R.-2OO On 10.
Oahu R. & LIS "a LAG.
Hutchinson-5 "a II.
Pepeekeo-10 @ 100.
Kekaha-10 a 200.
Bonds.
Haw. /. w. Co. IS Pd.-$lO 900. S.
600, $4,000 0 80.
Hilo R. R.-$2OOo "a 1OO5o; $4,000
Hilo R. r. 6s (B. 49,, 1OO.25.
McBryde 6s-$4ooo "a 80; $1,000 "a
Dividends.
Onomea, soc. share, for first quarter,
1910; Haw. Sug., reg, Doe. share. spl.
soc. share; Oahu, zoe. share; o. r. G.
L.. Toe. share; Waialua, reg Use. share.
spl. 81 share; Pepeekeo, 81 share.
Real Estate.
Though there have been no large
sales of real estate recorded, middle
men report increasing sales Of house
lots in residence districts, particularly
Kaimuki and College Hills. The real
estate business shows signs of recov.
ering from the slough into which It
fell some weeks ago, and real estate
men are hopeful Of npidly,inereasing