COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1787, 27 June 1913, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHARES. The cales of investment shares recorded yesterday were National Bank (old), at £5 Z*. 6d.: Wellington Deposit, at ss. 6d.; and TJnion Strom, at 43e. The auotations were

CANADA'S BUDGET. Mr. White, t.ho Canadian Minister for Finance, delivered his Budget on May 12. antl one of the principal features brought out in' tho statement was the fact that tho not debt of the Dominion, amounting to £63.323,860, is equivalent to no more than £8 per head of population. No further borrowing appears to bo in contemplation, while botwesn now and 1930 there are only two loans maturing. Ac regards the course of trade, the total between Canada and tho Mother Country during the past, twelve month® was £63.2C0.0G0. as against £117,200,CO9 between Canada and the United State. With resnect, to immigration the average influx was 12C0 -ouls per day from all sourccs—a Tccord cor! riinly, but one which promieos to be cclipscd this year. LONDON MARKETS. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mcrcantilo Company. Limited, hove received the following cablegram from their London house, under dato June 25:-TalIow: We emote prosent spot values for tho following descriptions:—Good mutton. 365. 9d. per cwt * good beef. 355. 3d. per cwt.; mixed, 335. 6d. nor cwt. The mutton market is dull Wheat.—We have sold an Australian cargo at 375. 6i1.. c.i.f. Thore is very littlo demand owing to favourable crop reports. Genera.) market prospccte: Market likely to decline. By XeleKraph—Press Assnci? tion—Copyright London, June 25. Linseed Oil.-Itaw linseed oil, spot pipes is ouotcd at £24 ner ton. . Turecu.line i 3 auotad at £2fi par. ton v

MEAT MARKETS. (Ilee. June 26, 6.40 p.m.) London, Juno 26. At the tallow sales, 1400 caeka were offered. and 603 wcro sold. Jtutton—Fine, 38s. fid. por cwt.; medium* 345. 6d. per owt. Reef—Fine, 375. fid. per cwt.; medium, 345. 6d. per cwt. SILVER. London, Juno 26. Ear eilver i 6 quoted <nt 26 13-l6d. per oz. standard. ' AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rcu. June 26. 9.10 p.m.) Sydney, Juno 26. Wheat is quoted <it 3s. 6d. to 2s. 7id. Flour. £8 1 £i 5. Oat«s. Algerian feeding. 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd.; milling. 23. lOd. to 2rj. lid.; Sparrowbills, 2s. lid.; Giants, 2s. lid. to 3s. Barley, Cape malting, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 9d. Maize, 3s. Brt. to 3s.>B£il. Bran, £4 15s. Pollard, £5. Potatoes. Tnem-fimanr», £7 ICs. ; Onions, £8 10s. Butter, choice, 1265.; {rood, j 120g. to 12<!s. Cheese, 73d. Bacon, Bd. , Adelaide, Juno 26. ■ Wheat, 3s. Bd. to 3s. 82d. Flour, £8 to [£8 ss. Brau and pollard, Is. Oats, Is. lid. Ito LO. HIDES. Melbourne, June 26. Hides are -in pood supply; heavies and flappy are a- farthing lower, but the others are unchanged.

as undnr:— ,, ■ , Layers, Sellers. 1 £ s. d. £s. d. National Eflnk (old) 5 2 3 5 3 6 Bank New Zealand 11 5 0 Metropolitan Building ... — 12 8 6 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile (■pref.) 96 10 0 98 0 0 N.Z. and River Plate ... 1 19 9 — Well. Trust and Loan 7 4 0 - Wellington Deposit 0 5 6 - Christchurch Gas 7 10 0 — N«ipier Gas (£10) *5 5 9 Napier Gas (£5) 8 2 6 — Wellington Gaa (£10) 16 0 u ® J Wellington Gas (pref.) ..-.'019 3 100 Christchurch Meat 15 2 6 — Gear Meat (£4) 12 6 0 N.Z. Shipping 15 15 0 ~ Union Steam 2 S 3 2 3 6 Tftiipiri Coal J 1 6 119 Wcotport Cool 17 0 — Westport-Stockton 0 3 6 — T&rineanatu Totara. 2 3 3 — Manninsr -and Co 4 2 0 — RharlAnd'a preference .... - 12 6 Wa.rd and Go 5 2 0 — W.F.C.A. (£1) 1 8