COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2188, 29 June 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT S-HAKifS. A ;«le of National .iKaiiK at- £4 lfo. id. was the only ttajnsacftfen in lnv«6-; ment shares recorded on Satittday. The ouotations were ais ' under:-- ' .BisyiM. f-'itlers. Pj *. tV, ■£ &■ d. National 'Bank 5 15 < — National Mortgage 4 4 0 -* a.7,. Ijban & MerwintHe St. ®. 5 N,7j. and Itivcr Piatt... 2 I 0 ~ Wiillinsfon (ins (£lOl J6 V 3 " National.lnsurance 2 15 0 Ohristchiircii Meat • lb S 6 Meat Export (£4) 6 0 <S - X.Z. Shipping ■*- « ' * "Union Steam — 1,4' Union Steam (pref.) i ft i . Westport Cca) — t55 ; 0. 31. Banks. Ltd - } \ « JfnnniiiE and Co 4 0 G Ward and Co S G 0 ~* •LONDON UOXSt MARKET. The London money ttarkeii is i'fi an isoEict cniHlitlon. The stGfrk of %GEd Bank of England Jias been, iiiereasea by over. a million, sferlins., ofld tiic serve has expanded Si! .«y:mpa* ( l).v. 'ihe nabilitios under the hmdlilfrs. ©s depositi have increoaed by obont fou'r milliMi.", consequently the pri.iportiuil of reserve to liabilities is less thafl it w.ffs a. Wesfc afeo. Yet short loans are dearer, ttdicatifti thnt tilt holders of the' idle credits not anxious to invest even. I».r liteitetv jieriodCj and this disposition must. b4 tstt'ribrte.d to tho distribution #nd. tfisirnst- criftte.S tvy the Irish question.. Pmaiicier's ««e «W----ously making preparru;io!i<; for poesible contingencies. It fa intv.?estinff t« note that Imperial 00-jwoU hay.? oilVim«n 10s:, while, for. colonial stoifcs smy movements recorded are ftdverte. PItODTIO® HAK-'KE^, lintter is rcportciS to Be Very slow o£ ■sn!u, but this scarcely affects fffiv? 7.cuta::d, as most of our bitttsr has adssci ftft pt fcrut hands, and what- Httle jfemriins in coid store is not of raittji c?n?-cr,:ier.cc. 'Kit report regarding cßer.ve. is the price liaving 'dwfliwd teaiiee of inXcnor duality. This is p; qitißstioiii that'T'c* ciuires to receive vi'.ry <:arefni ott.eßtio.n, 'for it would never (la to .ris-te feeing tho market, or even Eetiin.e a,, set-lm-ls on the scute of quality. The' wool mrtriiAt .is reported' -to he slow, with Utile business (loins, and this io tt. condition that lively enough, as no doixbli elfort's will be made to depress the m'tifkek to- view of tjie July sales. The prices, of toj® . Sjfe high, but there is no r<-a„-:o.u far .aiitfeipatfijg a; reaction, as the ewatuUvtife slaahnd- h gooa. ■ . ■ . CUSTOMS liirry. . Customs duty collected at. the port of tfestiinstou on Saturtojr iaui,o.iin.tcd ta iiUS4 14s. 11a. ; WESTPOET COAL OlITP®'. (By 'i'eieErauD.,—wms? <tisa«3wuHi., Wesinorl. Jibid 28. The eonl output test' ■■ wci®. iit. thfl.. port Coal Company's ißines totalie'd. tj£B idns lwwt.; coke, 48 tone 13wH.; StocßWn, 1776 tons 4c\vl. SOUTnEIiN .y.AKKB'iiS. Oatnaci/, June 2?= ' Farmers are unn iliii'.s t.o. o.pr-a;<! a.t present pricci wiieif, ,o'nS. there fietve been few offerings troiSi Hiii cotftltry.. Arid with the weakening ot t : :he Lencton xnarketmillcrs are not aiixiotis to I«i.t. The following are the te. Bjd. ; 'red cliaff, 3s. W. to &. iSd,.: t>o.ljd, Straw Tuscan, 3s. 8(1.; <tm) Ma.r?hftji'« white, Si, ad., nil net. There.is % li'etie'r d'eihaOil ftif prime quality oats, l>Ut fi« W price. "A" Grcdc HM'teihz bft'i'o seM e,' ly. Bd. to Is. 9(1.; "S" Grade h.ftra so!'! at Is. 7d. for heavier samples, an 4 Is. 5(1. for lighter, all n«t. Maltins liaricy lias sold at. 2s. hnd £ci. .fd. ji'c'v, Oateii.-:heat C-hftn sells at £2 15s. per ion net. SfcJ.es Of potatoes have been ■©ide daring Hie wes'Jt at Sis. to 655. per tail,, wi.fh a sli.gittl.y better demand.

sheepskin makk;;t. The Dank of fev< Zealand has reecir.ed tlio following cahie Advice from itis ti&nflpn office, dated Judifi. 26:- cii wiih average -of last s.atu.%, flriftfes far. pretitically oil kinds of woollen, sheep-nuns Arc 5 per Ii i crli or, 4nd for tfoart tttoii «Mfn .crossbred slieepSjilfts. pAu? ir.o 5 jfflf ttiiit, lower."

COLDSBKOITOK. M/iRT & CO. By Telegraph—l>Fa?s ,K'>nci^(nMGsCjrri£]i& Woißjoiime, .Tune it. ' Goldsbrough, jlQ'i't uii.il. oo.*s profits. tor tile past -year' Mte.jk'fl. yjiileli has to bo addid gldiiSt bro'.'.jrhi .forward, coinpared .with £140;925. thii JireyioiM, year's profits. . i,ox:no>~ ma.SK.b¥s.. (Hcc.- tfuSfte 28, iS. jmb.) London, Jane 27. • Copra ia In moderate demand. South Sea iQ bass is quo test at 155; .per tiju; 'SJH. Hemp.—Mi© Wut'lis't. i.s 'fiUMKc. Hiftli point, fair, Junb-Aufcust, shipment, IS;-, per ton. ... ' Kubber-i-Hara..%« I'dfe 2s. 9M- per 1'!?-:;. plantation, 2s. 2^f.; sifiGiiisU ~«kcets, ?fe 3d. Cotton.—JiwcsTij'l'y rfiiiiiiitnte <if Ampfitan middling wfttori are Quoted 64 fatal, per lb.