COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1065, 2 March 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. .Two sales of Christchurch Gas shares at £9 17s. 6d. each were recorded yesterday. • The buying and selling Quotations were as under;— Buyers. . Sellers £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 6 0 0 — Bank of New' Zealand.:. 11' II : 1 — • Veil. Investment 0 11 0 011 6 Christchurch Gas ...• '. 9 17 6 10 0 0 Feilding Gas — 12 0 Well. Gas (£6 155.) 13 12 6 . Gear Meat (£1) 3 .4 0 < - N.Z. Shipping 11 1 0 — XJnion Steam 117 6 —' Well. Woollen (ord.) 3 13 0 4 0 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) 2 17 0 3 0 0 Tiuipiri Coal. 110 — Wostport Coal . — 19 0 L'eyland-O'Brien — 17 0 Miramar, Ltd — 0 2 6 N.Z. Paper Mills — 14 0 Taranaki Petroleum 0 12 9 — Taringamutu Totara 2 7 0 2 9 0 Customs duties collected at. the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3463 6s. 7d, THE METAL MABKETS. • Cy Telegraph—Press Associa-.ion-Ccpyrtcht ; London, February 28. : Copper.—On the spot, £54 12s. 6d.; three months, £55 7s. 6d.; electrolytic, £57 7s. 6d. Tin—On the spot, £191; three months, £187. i ■ Lead, £13 6s. 3d. per ton. Silver.—Bar silver is quoted at 24id. per ounce standard. (Eec. March 2, 0.5 a.m.) London, March 1. Copper.—Cash, £54 13s. 9il. Tin.—On spot, £193; three months, £186. Ib. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press London, February 28. The third wool sale of the series will bo limited to 160.C011 bales. The remainder of the series will not bo limited. Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., have received the following wool market cablegram from their London agents, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., dated February 28:—"The third series of London wool sales will be limited to 160,000 bales, new arrivals." WHEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright." (Bee. March 2. 0.5 a.m.) London, March 1. Wheat.—Twelvo ■ thousand quarters of South Australian, February shipment, havo been sold at 335. 9d.

SHARES AND DEBENTURES, iiy Tcie£:raph--l l ress London, February 28. Stock Exchange nuotations include •— Bank of New Zealand, buyers £11 55., sellers £11 155.; New Zealand Loan and MerigiUilo Agency,' £98; Melbourne Harbour, CONSOLS. Ey Telegraph—l'ress Assodati™—r-invrlslit London, March 1. Imperial Consols arc quoted at £81. MINING NEWS. WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. There was a slight recovery in some of the mining shares yesterday, but the market is still very dull. The sales recorded were a.s under:— New Bis River. 675. 6d. (third call). Talisman, 435.. (first call). Waihi, 625. (first call); 635. 6(1. (second call). Waihi Grand Junction, 24?. 4d. (first call). The buying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Kuranui Caledonian — 0 13 May Queen 0 17 0 19 New Big River 3 6 6 — New Sylvia. 0 2 6 0 2 8 Saxon 0 2 0 0 2 3 Talisman -.240 — Victoria . .010 — _ Waihi 3 1 6 3 2 3 Waihi Grand Junction ...HI Waitangi — 0 2 1 STOCK EXCHANGE. ' !By Telegraph—Press Association.! Auckland, March 1. Business dor.e on 'Change this morning;— Sylvia, 2s. 7d, Saxon, 2s. Id. .Waiotahi, 3s.

Watchman. 2s. 9d. llattraki,- 1?. lid. Talisman. £2 2s. 9d.. £2 3s. 9d. Waihi, £3 Os. 6d., £3 Is. 6d. Grand Juni'.tion, £1 C ; . 3d., £1 4s. Waitaia. 7J<l.. Bd. The following business was t'.inc on the Stock Exchange the 3.15 p.m. call today: - Talisman Consolidated, £2 3s. 9d., £2 45., £2 4s. 6d., £2 55.. £2 s=. 3d. Waihi. £3 2s. 6d.. £3 3.;., £3 3s. 3d.. £3 45.._£3 3.-.. f.d. AVailii Grand Junction, £1 4?. Cd., £1 5;., £1 os. 6d„ £1 ss. Now Waitaia, 9d., 9*d. Taranaki Oil, 13s. Waihi ileefs Consolidated, 2s. Christchurch, March 1. i The sales reported to-day on the Stock Exchange of Canterbury were:— Christchurch Gas (£5 pair'.), £9 17s. 6d. N.Z. Insurance. £4 3s. 6d. Tlnion Steamship, £1 17s. 9d. ,£1 17s. 9d. Taupiri Coal,.£l 2s. 3d. Dunedin, Jlarch 1. Stock Exchange sales:— Talisman Consolidated, £2 3s. 6d. Waihi, £3 2s. Sales reported:— Westport Coal, £1 Bs. 6d. WAIHI DIVIDEND. (By TelcEraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, March 1. The Waihi Company paid a dividend of 4s. a share to-ciay, the last Quarterly payment,, at that rate until tho mine shows improvement. 1