COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1697, 13 March 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES, A sale of Wellington Gas (preference) at 20s. Id. was the only transaction recorded

Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1900 Is. lOd. AUCKLAND DRAINAGE DEBENTURES. l!y Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright (Rec. March 12, U;3O p.m.) London, March 12. The Auckland and Suburban Drainage Hoard lias issued £100,CCO worth of <!J per ecul. debentures at 91, repayable in 1924 The list doses on March 15. LONDON WOOL SALES. • London, March 11. There was a large ami representative offering and a Strong market with rather firmer prices. ' . Tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile AK«ncy to., kt'l,, hos received tho foiiw ins civolcsram from its London house, under da to Maxell 11"London wool tales:

Ihe demand still continue?, although not quite f=o britjk. As compared with last sale's closing rates, pricas arc higher by about par to 5 per cent, for lambs, greasy and scoured merino super, coarse scoured crossbred, and scoured inorino medium; about the same for greasy memo medium. »«:eoured merino inferior, medium scoured crossbred, line greasy cro'-sbred, medium greasy crossbred, nnd fine scoured crossbred; higher by about 5 per cent, for croFßbred slipc; higher by about 5 per ccnt. to 7J per cent, for crosi-bred lanib&and coarpe greasy crossbred, and lower / by about par to 5 per cent, for greasy merino inferior." Jfessrc. Murray. Huberts and Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram dated March U, from Messrs. Sanderson, Murray, ■ and- Co.:—"Crossbred marketweaker. Compared with opening t ivitep. croTsbred medium market has declined 5 per cent." (Kec. March 12, 11.30 p.m.) London, March 12. • The following are the prices rcnliecd at t.lu» wool sales for the fierce portions of the clip? namedLyndon, top price 15Jd.. aver•age price 13 3-Bd.: Awanui, 13d. and 12d.; Te Kapu, lßld. and llfcdd.; Ivaiwaku, 12d. and 11 5-Cd. WHEAT. (Hoc. March 12, 11.30 p.m.) London, March 12. The wheat market i»> litsady and quiet, and Australian is less freely offered; 37e. 3d. to 375. 9d. is asked for Australian Teh-rtuiry-March-April shipment. A cargo and SC'.O q-irnrters have been pold at 375. 9d. The .American visible wheat supply, east of the Rockies, is estimated by Bradctrcct's at 114.029.CC0 bushels. THE METAL MARKETS. (Bee. March 12, 11.30 p.m.) London, March 12. . Copper.—On spot, £65: three months, £65 Is. 6d.; electrolytic, £69. ' Tin.—Cash, £212. Lead. £15 Us. 3d. "Wolfram, £1 2s. 9d. SILVER. London, March It Bar silver is quoted at 26 13-16 d. per ounce istandariL

yesterday. The quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ p. d. National Bank — 518 0 N.Z. Loan and Here. (10s.) 0 10 0 — N.Z. and Itivor Plate ... — 2 10 Well. Investment .. 0 10 6 — Fcilding Gas — 10 3 Palmerston North Gas ... 8 10 0 — Meat Export (52s. 6d.) ... 2 18 0 3 0 0 N.Z. Shipping 16 0 0 ~ Well. Woollen (ord.) 3 11 6 3 12 6 Well. Woollen'(pref.) - 2 16 0 Wostport Coal 17 0 — Levlaud-O'Uricn — 16 9 Golden Hay Cement — 1 0.3 Mnnnintc and Co 3 18 0 — N.Z. Portland Cement ... 0 16 9 0 18 0 Rharland's ordinary — 1 1 o W.F.C.A. (£5) — 7 5 0