COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1493, 16 July 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHABES. There were no transactions in investment shares ycterday. 'ihc buying and selling quotations were a* under-.— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. and Itiver Plate ... — , 2 0 0 Well. Trust and Loan ... 7 8 6 — FeildinE Gas 10 3 — Well. Has (£lOl 18 5 0 — Well. Gas (pref.) 10 0 110 National Insurance — 1 19 3 Standard litsura.ncc 1 11 0 — Christchurch Meat 15 5 0 — Jtosgiel Woollen '. — 3 7 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 3 8 0 — Taupiri Coal 12 3 — Westport Coal — 18 5 Taringumutn Totara — Z £ 3 Donnelly Hone and Twine 14 9 — Golden Hay Cement — 12 0 Ward and Co 5 2 0 5 3 0 Mauriceville Lime 010 0 0 12 6 W.F.C.A : _ 7 7 6

WELLINGTON INVESTMENT CO. The chief items in the balance-sheet, of the Wellington Investment Trustee and Agency Company, Ltd.. compared with the flpures for the corresponding period of last year, show as under-.— 1511. 1912. Liabilities— .'; .£ Capital 50.CC0 SC.CCO Reserve 7,750 9,250 Subscriptions 2.C99 2,(65 Mortgages 15,223 15,5C3 Deposit, 165/65 IV.MA Creditors 5 17-1 Assets— . Mortgages 176,529 185,353 Interest and rents... 2,2!>a ZS'.Q I Properties «,(S6 <0,6E6 Debentures 22,959 v 22,939 Office furniture 23? 213 Sundry debtors 21 <0 Bank balance 1,205 4,197 The revenue from interest totalled £11,891, against £11.470 in the previous vear: rents totalled £1838, against £1725; commission and agency, £83, as compared with £67. and trani-jJer fees brought in Us., as against 12s. The expenses under all heads amounted to £8908, leaving the net Di'ofit with the amount brought forward at £5306. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2057 15s. sd.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S. CABLEGRAM. The Department of Agriculture. Oam mercc, ami Tourists has received the tot lowing cablegram from the Illprli Commisioncr for New Zealand, dated London, ■lilly 13. 1912. .'(Note-Quotations, miles* otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Mutton.—The market is steady, with a very coed demand., Canterbury, 3Jd. to %t. per lb.; North Island. 3Jd. to HA., according'' to weight: owes. HA. per lit. Lamb.—There is)a Rood demand for all lamb. The deliveries are light at the market on account of the strike, but. discharge is improving. Quotations show a weaker tendency. Canterbury heavyweights, 'sJil. per lb.: light-weights, 6!d. .per lb. (scarce); other than Canterbury. ML and id. per ih. less Hon. three. Brcf.-Tho market is relict, but. firm. New Zealand hinds, '.Jd. per lb.; New Zealand fores,,. 3',d: Butter.—The market is ouief.. but rather steadier. Stocks of New Zealand arc nrctty well cleared. Choicest New Zealand butter, • 113s. per ewt.; Australian. lC6s;. Siberian. 105.=.; Danish. 1225. Checse.-Thc market is declining, on accottnt of the heavy Home suuplles. Business is dull. Sew Zealand whits. 655. per cv.-'„; coloured. 673. Hemp.—Tito market i« firm, with: improved demand." Spot New Zealand, (rood fair grad;, per .ton. £32 Ins.; New Zealand fair cradc, £21 55.; forward shftimiMit, New Zealand sood fair, r>er ton. £22 Its.: New Zealand fair grade. £21 lu«.: stock. 268 tons.- The market, for Manila is active at the advance. Snot-Fair current Manila, per lor. £23: forward shipment. £23 IPs. The ontnut from Manila for the week was 24X00 bales. Cocksfoot.-The market is vc.rv unlet. Xo attention has been iriven to New Zealand. I'riccs. per ewt., Hs. 'o 70s. . Buyers will not huv until results of Continental at''' American crops are known. Wool—The market remains firm. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright London, July 14. At the wool sales there was a good attendance and keen competition. Prices were unchanged. The amount of wool cntplogui.'d was 91.927 bales, of which 87.163 bales were sold. The following are the prices realised for the fleece nortiens of the clips named: --"Highflcld." top price 12jd., average 121 d.; "Teviotdale." top price 'I'M., Kvcr.iiro 13J,d.: "Gear," top price 14Jd.. average ICJd.Messrs. Levin and Co.. Ltd.. hove received advices from their London agents that the following clips have been sold at the sa.'js now current, on their account (the nriccs named being the. average urirc reali=~d (or the fleece wool in each instnnc":— ORUI. Masterton. 10 7-IM.: TE KUMU. Wanzmui. 9 15-IM.: RIVERSIDE. Mnrtinl:oroiinh. 103 d.: ICAJWAIW. Lower Vnllev. 9 3-lfo.: WrtVA BEWA. To Nni, 11 3-lfid.: AVONDALE over Jl: Mnste'ton. 10 3-<6d.: C.T.11. over WAITAWmTI. To Nut, Eid. LONDON .MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, July 14. Jute—August shimnent. £21 ss. Hemp—Good business. Prices firm. Cotton—July-August, 6.BUd. Copra—Market irregular. Fair business. South Sea. in bags. £24. Rubber, 4-s. lujd. per lb. Ar.tim.onjr. £7 to fj 10s. , ■Wheat—An AusfaVan cargo has been doiivcred at 40s. 3d. WHEAT AND FLOUR. London, July 14. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom totals 3.470,000 ouorters: for the Continent. 2.185,000; Atlantic shipments. 212.K0; Pacific, nit. The total shipments to Europe during the week amounted.to 1.210.K0 quarters, including 184.0C0 from the Argentine. 270.CC0 Russian, 133.0C0 Danuhtan. 292.CC0 from India, and Ia.CCO from Australia. CONSOLS. London, Julv 14. Imperial Consols arc otioted at £75 7s. 6d., a fall of ss. since la~t Quotation.