COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. Sales of investment shares recorded yesterday were:—Christchurch Gas, £0 12s. Gd.; Wellington Gas, new issue. £2 155.; Westport Coal, 28s. 9(1. Tho buying and selling quotations were-as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s d. £ s. d. National Bank 6 0 6 — Well. Investment 0 12 0 012 9 Well. Trust and Loan.... 7 9 1) —• Christchurch Gas 9 12 0 9 14 D Feilding Gas 12 0 — Well. Gas (new issue) ... 2 15 6 3 0 0 Well. Gas (rights) 0 0. 4 0 0 6 Ohristchurcli Meat — 15 17 6 Union Steam — 2 19 Well. Woollen (prof.) — 3 16 Wcstport Goal — 19 0 Leyland-O'Btien 18 9 — Manning and Co — 4 5 0 N.Z. Con. Dental — 13 0 Sharland's ordinary — 1. 4 9 Tar-maki Petroleum 0 17 9 018 6 Tn,ringamtUu Totara — 2 6 6 Ward anil Co — 5 10 Well. Opera llouso — 7 5 0 ' WHEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rcc. September G, 10.20 p.m.) London, Scptomber 6. Wheat.—A cargo of Australian wheat has been sold at 375. 3d. THE METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright' (Ecc. September 6, 10.20. p.m.) London, September 6. Tin.-On spot, £186 55.; three months, £164 ss. Lead, £14 Bs. 9d. SILVER. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, September 5. Silver is quoted at 24 5-!6d. per ounce. LONDON QUOTATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, September 5. Hank of New South Wales shares are quoted at £42-10s. to £43 10s.; Union, £60 15s. to £61 15s. Melbourne Trams, £102. ARGENTINE OUTPUT. The Commerce and Tourists Division of the' Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram from Buonos Ayres, dated September 6:—Tho following shipments of- produce woro dispatched from the Argentine to the United Kingdom ports during August. 1911, and are compared with the output for August, 1910: 1911. 1910. Frozon beef (quarters) ...... 141,000 120,637 Chilled beef (quarters) IEO.OCQ 175,410 Frozen mutton (carcasses) 235.0C0 275.507 Frozen lamb (carcasses) ... 101.CC0 25,693 Butter Nil Nil GRAIN MARKET. ' ' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedln, September 6. Thero are very few lines of oats otTering and all coming forward meet with ready sale. Good lines of Sparrow'oills and black oats, suitable for feed, ore very scarce, and prices liavo firmed. Seed lots up to 3s.'; prime milling. 2s. 9d. to 2s. 9}d.; good to best feed, 2s. 8(1. to 2s. 9d.; inferior to medium, 2a. fid. to 2s. 71(1. Tho wheat market is very strong, csnecially for prime lines of velvet, but offerings arc light. Fowl wheat Is scarco and meets ready sale. Prime milling velvet, 3s. lCd. to. 3s. 10Jd.: Toscan, etc., 3s. Bid. to 3s. 9Jd.: medium, 3s. -7id. to • 3s. E',d.; best- whole fowl wheat, 3s. sd. to 3s. 7d.