COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2164, 1 June 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAUES, A ealo of Leyland-O'Brien sh-ar<>is at 2m, Jd. was the oniy transae-twa. in investment snares recordt-a oft Saturday. Tile qiMta. t-ions were ao follow " Buyers. . Scileia. £ s, d. £ s. d. National Bank >~5 IS 6 — KquiUtolo iiuilding 9 a 0 — Met. Permanent — 12 .9 0 N.Z. aim iliver Piute 2 2 S ~ Well. Trust and Loan ... 7 8 6 — Ghrlstclnirch Uai? '( 5 0 Napier Gas (£5) f 0 0 — I'.-um'-Tcit-on i'i. Gas tvi 5 -3 — Wellington Gas (£10) 15 7 0 — National insurance illii S — Standard Insurance 114 6 . —• Gear Meat (£4) 14 t & — Gear Meat (.£1) i 14 0 - NZ. Shipping — , 15 17 6 Union Steam (ord.) 15 6 Jtosgiel Woollen 3 13 9 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 412 6 'iVeii. Woollen (pieL! ... 3 2 6 Hikurangi Coal 0 6 6 Westport Coal (old) 1 11 3 -- Westport Coal (new) .1 18 0 — Lcylnnd-O'Bricn 13 5 — 0. St. Banks, Ltd 12 6. — Manning and Co — 4 10 Ward and Co 5 0 0 — W.F.C.A. (£1) — 16 0 The course of sales daring the past month was as under:— National llank, £J 10s.. £o 155., £5 135.. £5 lis., £5 155., £5 135,, £5 135., £5 13s„ £5 j&. 6d., £5 15s. Bank of New Zealand (6sn. 8d.) ( £10 JSs.. £11 "55., £11 ss. Wellington Investment, lis. Ud, Wellington Trust and L&m, £7 lOs. Auckland Gas, 3Cs. Chrtetchurch Gao, £? Ss., £7 ss. Gisborne Gas, 425. Palraerston .North Gits, £10 56', Wellington Gas (£10), £16 7s. 6d,., £16 7a, 6d„ £16 7s. 6d., £K 7s. sd„ £16 7-s„ £16 7s. 6d„ £16 7s. 6d„ £16 17-s. 6d.. 416 7«. 6d.. £16 75.. £15 7s. 6d., £16 7s. W.. £S6 75.„ £16 7s. Wellington Gas', preference, 265. National In.sura.Me, M 12». 6d. Meat Kxport (£si, ts., £6 53., £6 2*. 6d., £6 2s. 6d. Meat Export (£4;, £'(i, £5. Meat Export (525. 6c!;,), £3 3a 6d. Union Steam, ordinary, 255. 3d., 25«. 6f1., 255. lOd. Kaioooi Woollen, preference, £.5 53. Wellington WooiUii, ordinary, £4 Bs. 6d. licylaTid-O'Brien, 2}s„ 23«„ Boa, 3d. Manning and Co., iJ33 l.&s. 6d. Sharland's ordinal - ,V MS. Auckland Trains,' 245. <

CUSTOMS FOE THE JIONTS. Customs duty collected <ii Ihe n&H of Wellington' for the insist)! of Slay amounted to £61,568 11a. 9d. The amount coUe*t«l for the corresponding period lest year was £67,384 9s. lid. R>f the sveek ending Mfty 30 t-he duty collected w*is £15,55S 565. 9d.„ while for the corresponding week during 19U it amounted to 14s. The beer duty collect-ed tor the month of May was £978 Is. 3d. The sum of £959 14-s. 3d. was collected tor the same period last year. Customs duty collected ftt. the p.art on Saturday amounted to £462 4s. The co-p.l output from West-port last week (according to a Press Association telegram! was:—Westport- Csal Company, 14,-571 tons tart.: coke, 16 ton?, lfcwt. W-wiport Stockton Company, 3649 tons.

FEILDING M \RKKT KiPOI; I', Messrs! A. H. Atkinsoa and Co., btd- report on their ireekly sale:—A entry of poultry and a' smnll ,'«ne of pie*, with prices on a par with reeeat sties. A large quantity oi Mr-pcntrj' tools, sodtilery, harness, and sundries were aJeo tfte-' posed of. Fruit ®nd' p-rodtice solil at <JMG'tations:—Poultry: Hess'. fe. id-. 2s. 6d.. 2s. 9d., 35.. 3s. 3d., 3s. 6<1., 4?., 4s. 9c1.; po^st- 1 ert?. 3s. 0(1.. 45., 55.: pullets, I#. 3iJ.. Is, . 3s. 6d.: bantams, fie. Eaß at per pair): and, ehie'is, 3s. 9d.: tntftey heii.9. BS. 9d„ fe. 3d., 9s. 6d. per pair Pies: WeanC-TS, lis., 125.: porkers, 2fe, 3d.: bafcojiers. 4'9s. 6il. Fruit, and Produce: Anples, 3s„ |s, fid;, 4«.; potat-ocs, &' J . to 9's. 63. sack, 3s. 6d.; pumpkins, 7s. 6d. eacfe; oniaiis, Id, par lb. SOUTHERN MAItKETS. (By Telc-raDll,—P-ri'Ss' Avsatla,f.fos 1 Oamafn, May 30 There hae been a fair ajnoutrt. of business in the wheat market, with an improvement, in the price of Hed T"i!?caTi, because of its ixenrcity. but,othoir w3ic-a,ts Save ftnly maintained the values e{ Ift-st week, fhe following are the net oriees :^-Ve!vet ( 3s, 111-d. to 45.: fled Tuscan, 3s. lid.; Reel Cft-a-fL ie, IM.; Ilordier, 3s. ICd.: Velvet Jfer, 3f, ?3d,: Tuscan. 3«. 9d.; and ifarsh-aU-'s White, 3S. 94. The oats market is wea,k, clnd p.niy a s-ma.lt amount of businesn has been done,' Holders in the country are, not ijielinea to «e|l at present prices, hut mofcitaits- are ii-ot ilteposed to advance. The following are the net prices Prime heavy Ckvrtolis, is. M.i A grade Onrtons. Is. SJti.:. 3FJ -pfc-tlc fiartons, Ir. 7d.: Alcprions, 1& Bd.: B-une-. Is. 7rl. There is little demand for barley, a. smafl line of moltins seHtap at Ss. 3d.i losa cam--mission. There is «» ittfrmeibent in iteta» toes, and to-day's otvofation is 60s. net on trucks, but growers rtre no® 'nix-p.ired t,o sell at tho price, onct mrrchoTr's are Soi buyora under the efrciimfftflnces.

LONDON" MARKETS. Messrs. Balgety -and Co., Ltd.. have jnet received cabled aftrke from tUM? Lendan office, dated May 28, /neat: The market is firm, but prices MfrcJutn-ircd, Tallow: Medium and inferior eteserltitionS, 3d. per cwt. lower. Other tteseriptsioits, 3dper cwt. h'igher. By Telcsrn »h—Press Arsociatiuß—CQpyriebt (Kce. May 31, 5.5 p.m.) Lsntlbn, May 3D. Copra—The market is weak. South S.ea, in bags, Is being freely offered at £'24 i 0». to £25 per ton. New Zealand hem-f) is q-Uiet, High po-in-t fair, May-July shipments. ,£2; i 10s. per toh. Cotton— shipments of AiiieTieaii middling cotton are clearing- at 7.32<i. -per lb. Rubber.—Hard, flne Paja, 2s, Sijtl,: pla-ntfl-tion, 2s. 33d.; smoked sheets, % : k 4d, Tin plates. I.C. cuke, S-2ii, Sri, per cw-f.; J.O. eoke, 13s. 9d. Fencing wire is qu-oteS. at. !#3. per ton, German cement. 4s, 9d, per Antimony, 2e. 6d. to 2s, ?i. WEST ATJSTRAtIAN WHEAT CHOP, fSei'iH, May 29. The official preliminary estimate of tJift West Australian crop sets the wheat yield at 13.456,242 bu(->'.i6ls, an Werage of 12.2 bushels to the acre.