COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1525, 22 August 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. The sales of investment shares recorded yesterday were: National Insurance, 395.; Wellington Woollen preference, .£218j.; and Golden Bay Cement, 21s. The buying and selling quotations wero ar, ui'.-dor:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Natibnal Bank 519 6 — Equitable' Building — 10 0 0 Well. Trust and LGaji — 715 6 ■ Christchui'ch Gas — 310 0 Feildins Gas 10 6 - Meat Export (525. 6d.) — 3 2 6 Muriel Woollen — 3 8 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 3 15 0 — Well. Woollen (prof.) 218 0 218 6 Taupiri Coal 12 9 — Wostport Coal — 18 3 Wland-O'Bnen Timber... — 17 6 N.Z. Con.. Dental - 12 0 ordinary .' — 13 0 Sharland's preference .... 12 6 13 3 Customs dutios collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1960 19s. lid. FEILDING WOOL AND HIDE SALE. Mr. Hugh Eobert3, of Feilding, reports on above as follows:—The offering this month at the regular sales consisted of 36 bales of wool and 100 bags, 1500 slsi'ns, 320 hides and calf, cask and tin tallow, and ' usual sundries. The Quality of the crutchbigs offering was not equal to last month, but full market prices were obtained for all lines. Quotations:—Wool: Fleece, bag lots, 7Jd.; seedy, s£d.; lambs, bag lots, 7£d.; blaek, 5d.; dead, 73d.; inferior, 63d.; crntchings, medium, 52d. to 6|d.; seedy and dingy, sd. to 5Jd.; bag lots, very seedy, 23d. to 43d. Skins: Crossbred, medium, 7id. to 73d.; quarter to half-wools, 63d. to 7d.; shorts, 6d.; pelts, 4d.; lambs, light, 6Jd.; black, 5Jd.; dead. Sid., 53d.. to 6Jd.; broken, sd. to 53d.; seedy, 5Jd,; broken nelts. Id. Half-dry, at eaoli: Crossbred, 3s. 9d„ ss. Bd., 65., 6s. Bd., 7s. 9d.; dead, Is. 6d., 25., 3s. 9d., ss. 4d.: salted, 35., 4s. 9d., 55., 6(1. 4d„ 75., Bs. 5(1. Hide.-,: Calf, medium, IOJd. to IOZd.; cut, 71d.; slippy, 6Sd.; yearlings, 6Jd. to 7Jd.; slippy, 4id.; cow, 51d. to 52d.; butchers, 61d. to 63d.; ox, no substance, 65d. to 7d.; sloppy crossbred hides, 5 3-Bd. to s§d.; cow. cut and slippy, 4Jd. and 3Jd.; rough. 52i; horse, at each, sp. 3d. and 103. Tallow, 265. 9d.; tinf, 255.: inferior, 14s. Horsehair, 9d. to Is. 7Jd. C*wtai'ls, Is. sd. per dozen. DANK SHARES AND DEBENTURES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, August 20. Yesterday's closing quotations were:— Bank of Australasia, £121 (buyers), and £123 (sellers); Bank of New South Wales, £45 and £47; Bank of Victoria, £4 and £4 10s.; Bank of New Zealand, £10 10s. and £1110s.; City of Melbourne, £100; Melbourne Board of Works, 101, - .... IMPERIAL CONSOLS. Londcn, August 21, Imperial 2J per cent. Oousolb are now quoted at £75 15s. WHEAT. London, August 21. , (Rec. August 21, 10 p.m.) Wheat is i!n poor demand, and prices are unchanged. Sellers are holdiug firm. The American visible supply of wheat is 33,760,C00 bushela METAL MARKETS. (Rec. August 21, 10 p.m.) London, August 21. Copper.—On epot, £78 16s. 3d. per ton; three months, £78 16s. 3d. per ton. Tin.—On spot, £212 10s. per ton; three months, £209 15s. / Lead, £19 12s. 6d. ' SILVER. Londonj August 20. Bar silver is quoted at 28jd. per ounce standard.