COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 5 October 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of Kotuku Oil (10s. paid) at 325, was. the only transaction recorded in investment 6harcs yesterday. Tho buying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Woll. Trust and Loan ... 7 9 6 — Christchurch. Gas 9 12 6 — Gi-sbornc Gas : • — 3 16 ■Well. Gas (£10) - 19 0 0 Well. Gas (£7 ICe.) 15 10 0 — Well. Gas (new)- 2 15 0 - Well. Ons (rights) 0 0 2 Dl I Union Strom — 2 0 ( Well. Woollen (pref.) — 3 0 [ Taupiri Coal — 1 2 [ Wcstport Coal 18 6 1 9 C Leyland O'Brien 16 9 - N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 1 0 J Sharland's ordinary - 1 A i Taranaki Petroleum — 018 C Tarincamutu Totara .... 2 2 9 2 4 S Kotuku Oil (10s.) 110 0 Customs revenue collected at the port ol Wellington yesterday amounted to £1662 9s. '' METAL MARKETS. By Tclezrapta—Press Association—Copyright London, October 3. Copper.—Supplies total 3369 tontf, d& liveries 32.943 tons, stocks. 47,340 tons, amount afloat 7200 tons. Tin—Sticks 17.165, on spot 61C3, afloal 4411. deliveries 2939. Lead is quoted at £15 2s. 6d. (Bcc. October 4, 11.10 p.m.) London, October 4. Copper.—On spot. £54 17s. 6<!,; three months. £55 13s. 9d. Tin.—On spot, flß*j three months, £183 5s Lead. £15 3s. 9d. LONDON WOOL SALES. Dy Tolecrapli—Press Association—Copyrisht London, October o. At tho wool sales, "Gear" clip realised Top prieo, 13* d.; average. 9?d.; "Glcary, , top price, llil.; average, lOid. Later. For best wools there is a strong market Mediums and faulties are slow of sals. NEXT YEAK'S KALE DATES. . : " (Itec. October .4. 11.55 p.ni.) London, October 4. The followina ire- the prices realised .-i I the wool sales for the Hocia portion of tin clips named:—"Beaumont." ton jiriee, !«rl. average. Hid.; "Opau." lPd. und 9ii. •'Waihi," Bd.; ''Braeniar," 19d. and 17} d. The dates of the sales for next ye.u have been fixed for January IC. 5 April 13, July 9, September 24, and Novem ber 25. The Bank of New Zealand has receive! tho following cablegram from its Londoi office, dated October 3:—"Current pricei for North Island farmers' lots, in avorap condition, coarse crossbred, 36-40's quality BJd. to 9d.; medium crossbred. 44-46' i duality, 9d. to 93d.; flue crossbred, 50 , ' quality, ICJd. to Hid. Current prices foi South Island farmers' lots, Contorhnrj style, in average condition: Infprio'i merino, common 6U-64's quality, 9d\ to 9Jd. superior merino, super, 60-64's quality 12* cl. to 13id.; half bred or crotisbred, 56" i quality, IOJd. to lljd." LONDON' MARKETS. By Tclecrauh— Press Aesociation-Copyrigli l London, October o. Tallow—ln stock 5216, imports 4748, do liveries 5192. River Plate Shipments of Meat.-Muttoii 202.2C0 carcasses; lamb. 40,355; beef, trozci I 132,356' Quarters, chilled 206,153.

SHAKES AND DEBENTURES. By Tclccrapli-I'res* Association- Ccpyrlehl London, October 3. The blest quotations are:—Bank of Australasia, £116 (!iu>vr:-l, and £113 (,-elleivl; Hank of Sow Smith Wale?, £4J Its. mill SM 10s.:'Rink nf Victoria. £4 Id. and .£5; Union Dank, .£6O tnul £61; National Ua.nl; of New Zealand, ,Cj Js. and .£5 Kβ. i?): Hank of New Zealand, £11 IU-and £12; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aifom-y Company, £96; Melbourne Works, £W. DUNEDIN CHAIN MAISKKT. Dunodln, October i. There arc very few oats coming forward, and prices .-.re well maintained. Gorton's ami Sparrowbills are mustly iniiuircil for. Prime milliiie, to 3:'.; pood to best feed, Z~. lid. to 55.; inferior to medium, W> v-j Es. Kid. Wheat: There is still a fair demand "for prime line?, lint miller;; are doc opL-raUi.f,' very freely. Fowl wheat is in coou <lematid. Trii.'.e milling velvet, 2s. ia.'v-i i:'.; Tuscan. 3s. '.0(1. to 35.. iijd.: medium. 3.5. 9d. to !s. %i[.; best whole: fowl v.he.U. j≤. 7d. to js. Ed. SIASTEKTON I. AND D. SOCIETY. ißy Tclenranh.— Special CorresDondcnt.l jViastorton, October I The annual mectiug of shareholders in the .Uasterton Pcrmauent Investment and Building Society was held this week. Ju moving the adoption of the annual repnrt and balance-sheet. ■ the • chairman of directors (Mr. J. C. IJoddington) stated that the total amount cf the society's loans as at August 31 last, viz., £48,682, was larger than at any previous br.l.vnco dale, with the exception of 1907 and 19C8. Money for investment on mortgage has been unusually plentiful of late. A euui of £8843 was granted in loans last year. The directors had had to refuse deposits. The society had' been able to increase its business and pay a dividend of 71 per cent. Messrs. J. 0. Boddington and F..C. Lewis were declared re-elected, directors of tho society,- whilst Messrs. W. Sellar and J. Jlilne were re-elected auditors. DANNEVIEKE WOOL AND HIDES SALE. Tho Hawkc's Bay Farmers' Co-op. Association report on their Dannevirke wool, skin and hide sale, held on Tuesday, art follows:—To a good attendance of buVer3 we offered an average catalogue of skins and hides, but very little wool. . Competition was good throughout, and prices realised were on about a par with thoF» ruling at last sale, with the exception of hides, which were a. little easier. We ciuoto the following prices ;—Wool: Dead, 63d. to 61d.; crutchings, 51d. to %!.; locks. 31d. to 2d. Skins: De--t fr""!ers' killed, 6Jd. to6d.; short wools, slipe, 53d. to HA.; faulty, <3d. to 4d.; dead, and «d.: hoggets,. 5Jd. to <Jd.: green skin:.. Rood, 6s. 3d. to 55.; small and faulty, from 4s. 9d. to 2a. 6d.; salted (smaJlV 4s. Hides. 61d. to 5?d.; cows, 6id. to 5!d.: cows, light, 5Jd- to 5!d.; slippy, 4}d. and 41d.; green, 245. 9d. to lZe. 6d. CaJffkins: ile't, Bid.; medium, 7id.; faulty, Ed. to 4',d.-, j-earlings. 6jd. and 6d. for good; others, sd. to 3»d. Tallow: 255. 6d. (in c/i?.k?l; tins, 236. 6d. HorEehair, Is. 4d". and Iβ.