COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1685, 27 February 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. . .' ■ There were no transactions-'in '• investment shares- yesterday;--.-The.'quotations were as nmder:—, ••' ■' :•: •'•:•I ■ ,- | -.•-••• ' Sellers. '~ , £p.d. ■ s. d, National Bail): .. — . • 518 6 Equitable BuUdins ' —i 912 6 N;Z. and P.ivcr Plate — ,'ll9 0 Well. Investment — 0 11 0 'Weill Trust- and L0an..... 7 1/0 , >7, 3 C CliristcUurcli Oaa' —' . 7 12 6 Kcildine ' Gas' ........i 1 0.2 Napier Oa's- (£10). — 20 0 C Napier .Gas (£5) . — ■ .10 0 : .( N.Z.: Insuiaivco . 5. "3 0 5 .5 ( Christchurch t Meat .. — . 15,10 C N.Z.-Shipping — ' 17 0 ( Xinion Steam '.' ' — ■ 2'B . S Taupiri'• Coal f — ■ 13 1 •Leyland-O'Bricn'. ( 1' 6' 0 — GOldsn Bay Cement ,— 1,0 i Moaning and Co. ; ; 3 18. 0 —. N.Z. Portland Ccmeilt .:. — 0 Bharlaud's ordinary ..i... —. .. 1 1.1 .Ward and . Co. — . . 5 0 ( W.P.0.A., (£1) . 1 9' ( Customs*.-duties' coileo'ted- at the-.port ol Wellington'- ywt'orday. omounted': to , £2531 •lte, Zd.r,. .; . '' .SALES, : • Tlie next series, of London wool enlcs will ibegin on -Tuesday, March 4,-.when 150,0H ■ bales will., bo-available. It - is impo?eiblc !to compare the- statistics -with . those "' ol ■last yoar.-beoaiiJe oft-ihg to :tho coal striltt •,tho March ' Eerjes. had •to bo postponed foi a- 'month, and the;.date.-for tolling in. nov\ .urrlvals'was extended.'; .. , • The clean-up sale'l6r " Wellington wii: also be held on Tuesday next, when aboul 2810 bales-Will'be offered,' made up. as un dcr■ . , '■■■■- . •. ~.. Bales. Dolgety and Co.: 1,000 Murray, Roberts and Co 700 , Levin and Co. 450 Abraham and Williams 350 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile 250 . Macintosh - and Co. ...-. | 60 !. . , 2,810 ■ The trend of values will depend upon tin quality of. tlio .wool, but. in any casi prices, should be very satisfactory. i , TIMARtT WOOL SALES. ' ~; (By Telec'raph.—Press Association.) Vj: .; ' , Tlmaru, Februaxy 26. The fourth and final wool salo was hell to-day. Eight hundred and eeventy-thre bales were eold'and 21 passed. Tho broker ieport good competition and generally im proved prices (from par to a halfpenny as compared with the January sale. .:' LONDON MAItOH WOOL SALES. Messrs. Dalgoty and Company, Ltd., Wei lington, have received alio, following cable gram from their London office, under dat February 24, as follows"The. list of ai rivals is closed. New arrivals' fcota amount to 420,000 bales.. There lias bcej forwarded- direct to manufacturers a Homo and abroad 270,000 bales; old stock total £000 bales, loading availablo for sal 155,000 bales." Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Welling ton, report as follows on their Otaki eal< held on Tuesday:—We liad a very larg entry of sheep, and most of the lines'ol fcrcd were sold under the hammer. Th cattie came forward .well up to advertise numbers, but they were'not in great d( mand. Wo were successful, however, i: disposing of most of tho lines'offered, ewes, <fi. to Bs.; fat' ewes, to 10s. 6d.; twe tooth ewes, to lis.;.four-tooth owes,.to 14s 2d:; two-tooth wotlierE, Us. to 14s. 9d. t 15s. 9d.; lambs, ss. 1id.,,75. 3d., Bs. 6d.,r,9< fill., 103. 2d.; liomney rains,; 2gns. to 2Jgns, Shropshire rams,-3Jgns. to sgns.; spring ing.cows-, £6 10s., £7;' springing hcifem £4 ss. to £6; empty cows, to £2 125.; bullf £2 10s., £3 10s.. to £5 55.; weanqr pigs, t 75.; store pigs, to lis. 6d. ; Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., r( port:—At our Himatangi eale, held o: Monday, wo had a good yarding of bot: sheep and cattle, which sold, readily a late rates. Two-tooth ewes, small, 12s, woolly two-tooth ewes, 12s. 9d.; to 18s. 9d, fat ewes, 13s. 9d.; lambs, 3s. 7d., ss„ to 8t 7d.; wcancr pig-?, le. Cattle: Eightccr months steers, £3 65.; springing heifer: £5 12s. 6d. ' ' FINANCIAL OABLEGBAIMS. By Teleeraph—Press .Associatio l—ConyrlEh London, FebmaTy 25. Bank of" Australasia,'buyers £112," scllei '£115. 'fe. Bank of Now South Wales, buyers £3 sellers £41. ' • . ' Bank of Victoria, buyers £4 2s. 6d., set ors £4 12s. 6d., ex dividend.^ Union Bank of Australia, buyer's £57 10s seller* £58 10s. National Bank of Australasia, buyers i 155., eelieVs £s'6s. • \ <• ' National Bonk .of New, Zealand, buyei £5 10s., sellers £6. . Bank of New Zealand, buyers £11 10s sellers £12 .103. Dalgoty and Co.'s shares, buyers £5 17: 6d., Eellers £6 ss. , Bank of Now Zealand 4 per cent, guarat teed stock, £99. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency 4 oe cent, debentures, £96 lfs. City ,of Melbourne. 4 per cent., £98. ; Melbourne Harbour Trust, 4 per cent., £9 Melbourne /Tramway Trust, 4} per' cen £100. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board t Works, 4 per cent, debentures, £98. ' Australian, Mercantile debentures, £95 lCi WHEAT. (Itec. February 26,- 9.45 p.m.). , : London, Fobruary 26. The wheat market is steady. Livcrpoc futures, March delivery, 7s. 6Jd. percental Ma.v 1 delivery, 7s. 4d-.'; July delivery, -7i 3 3-sd. ■" ■'. > ;•'•:■ Tho American visible mipply of when oast of the.Eockies is. estimated,, hy "Brae street's" at- bushels; ' " METAL MAHKETS.' (Rec. February 26, 9.45 p.m.) London, February 26. Copper, on spot, is quoted at £63 17fi. £r pel- ton; electrolytic, £68 10?. Tin-Oil spot,. £214 10s., per toni thre inonths', £207. Pig-iron, Middlesboro' No. 2, 60s. Id. pe ton. Lead, soft foreign, £16 10s. per lon. SILVEIi. London, February 25. liar silver is quoted at 27 15-16 d. perounc standard.