COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1275, 2 November 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. The sales recorded yosterdav were Bank of New Zealand at £12, and Wellington Gas. £10 paid, at £18 10s. The buying and selling quotations were as under;— Buyers. Sellers. „,, £s. d. £s. d Well, investment 0 11 9 ~ Well. Trust, and Loan ... 7 10 0 — Gis'oorne Gao — 3 16 Well. Gas (£10) 18 5 0 18 12 6 Christchurch Meat — 15 0 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) — 3 0 0 Taupiri Coal 110 — Westport Coal — 19 0 Manning and Co. ...'. — 4 0 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 10 0 — Sharland's ordinary — 14 6 Taringamutu Totara ... 2 6 3 — Ward and Co — 5 0 0 Whitcombe and Tombs 612 6 — BUTTER IMPORTS, UNITED KINGDOM. The imparts of butter into the United Kingdom for the eight months ended August 31, show a satisfactory increase due almost entirely to heavier shipments from Australasia. Tho imports from all Hources compare as under: 19.09. 1910. 1911.' Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. From— Victoria 81,077 167,268 289.716 Now South Wales 98,714 166,716 239,038 Queensland ... 55,017 92,806 144,297 New Zealand ... 219,136 275,514 228,793 <53.944 702,304 901,844 Denmark 1,253,041 1,164,742 1,219,828 Russia 449,383 428,254 445,999 . Sweden 225,959 226,422 252,0C0 Netherlands ... ■ 111,028 116,325 77,362 France 263,720 242.391 126,347 United States... 627 277 11,693 Canada 10,667 11,182 25,393 Argentina 57,071 42,057 7,747 Other countries 42,074 49,573 42,42! i Total 2,867,514 2,963,527 3,110,642 Imports from Australia and New Zealand for the eight mouths represent 29 per cent, of the total, against 23J per cent, for the corresponding period last year. Customs duty collected at the nort of Wellington yesterday amounted to £8595 9s. Id. GOLD AND SILVER. TEN MONTHS' EXPORT STATISTICS. A return just issued by the Mines Department shov;s the quantity and value of gold and silver exported from the several ports of New Zealand during the months of Octobcr, 1910 and 1911, and for the first ten ' months of thee/ 3 , years. Following are the figures o," the gold