COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1615, 5 December 1912, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

.INVESTMENT SHAKES; :' : _; There were r.p transactione in investment sharea j'ostorday. The .quotations: wore as under:— • . .' " ' \ ■ .'. ' " Buyers. Sellers. • £n. d, £s. rt. Bank of New Zcalnnd 10 16 0 — Eouitablo Building — 916 0 N.Z. and'Elver.iPlate ... 2 1.0 ;, — ■ .Feilding Gas - .. .; 106 Napier Gas (£10) - n 10 0 Napier Gas (£5) ..— 11 0 0 Palraerston.North Gas ... '8.15 0 — . Well. ■'Gast'preference .'.."-.\— "".■•"'1 0.9 S.li. Insurance — 314 0 Meat Export (525. 6d.) - 2 18 6 N.Z. Shipping 14- 0 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 2 17 0 Ta.ringarauta Totara 2 6 6 2 8 0 N.Z. Drug - . 21J 0 Sharland's ordinary . — 1 l"v ■ Ward and Cd -..' 5 10 - . BANK OF NEW SOQTH WALES.. The report of- the Bank of New South Wales for the six months ended September 30 shows a net profit of £214,023, and adding .-EE5.815, the amount brought forward, the total available for distribution .is £299,856. The dividend at the rate oi 10 per cent, per annum absorbs JitSO.CCO, the sum of £65,000 has been added to the reserve fund, leaving £24,638 to lid carried forward. A comparison of tho advances deposits and not profits for the September l'alf-ytar for the pa.-t three years is ;>s' under.--j Deposits. Advances. Profits. Sept. . £ : £ . £ 1910 31,089,833 22,628,076 201,647 1911 34,767,200 25,904,112 222,0'3 1912 .'34,614,798 25,642,965 . 214,023 WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. .. ■ ■ The following is the corrected liat of offerings for. the Wellington wool sales, to bo held to-morrow .(Friday) in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall, commencing at 9 a.m.:—Abraham' and Williams,. Ltd., 1000 bales; United Farmers and Wairarapa Farmers, 400 bales: N.Z. Loan and Mercantile, 17M baJes; Dalgety and Co., 3COO bale 3; ■Jamcv Macintosh .and. Co., 106 bales; Levin and Co., Ltd., 2SOO bales; Murray, Roberts j and 00., 2700 bales; total, 11.1C6 bales. . £ BUTTEE. . ,;' London, December 3. c Butter is-firm, and shows an advance of . 2s. . ■ The Korea's shipment is. cloaring well. - (Itec. December 5, i a.m.) | Sydney, December 4. J \ Butter is quoted at lC4s., on advance.of ,S 4s. since last quotation. . J WHEAT. s (Rec. December- 4, 10.5 p.m.) 't London, Dccembor 4. , Tho American visible supply east of the ' P.ockies is estimated by Bradstreets at c 1M,741,000 bushels. . ■"] THE METAL MARKETS. , . j : • (Eec. December 4, 10.5 p.m.) -\ London, December 4. Copper.—On spot, £76 13s. 9d.; tliree monthß, £77 10s.; electrolytic, £82. Tin.—On spot, £227 155.; three months, £226 15s. . . ■ Lead.-£lB 2s. 6d. . ' SILVER. London, December 3. Bar silver is quoted at 29 11-16 d.' per ounce standard.. - j ' DALGETY'S SHAEES. ■ London, December 3. \ Yesterday's closing quotations were:— ' Dalgety'B, 120s. (buyers), 127 a. 6d. (sellers), t ex div. '"'.■. : Customs duties collected a.t tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3793175. { 6d. • f