COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2235, 22 August 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT- SHARES.' < There was no business recorded la the I investment jnarkefc yesterday, but the re-. ( turn • ol' confidence*. is to- be noted in ; tne . nujnbcr of buying. orders. The quotations were as under:— - ••• . 1 Buyers. sellers. ' • ; £s. d. £ s.' d. ■ Rational Bonk .J 12 6 .' • Equitable Building J« 0 i — ! N.Z. and. E. P1ate.......... 117.0 |2 1.0. ! Well. Gea.-(£10) i»- 7 6 .. — j Hikurangi • Coal ■■ 09 3 Taupiri J! ? - ' Westport-Stockton ....... 02 5' — i Ijeyland-O'Brien — 1.1 0 Manning and Co. 4 0 0 — ■ Customs duty collected at the port; of Wellington Yesterday amounted to £3002 ss. 3d. ~ , . . ... ■! ' SOISTHBBX MARKETS. " (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Chrlstehurch, August 21. Thero, is nothing, fresli to report, regardintf the wheat market, merchants generally . stating that thero is nothing doin». Oats are still in demand with no large Quantity offering. Good B grades are worth about Id. • to 2s. 3d. at country stations. '■ A . large 'quantity of . oatslieal chaff - is required for- the mounted expeditionary force., but there is-not much, demand otherwise for it. . Growers, are askprices and buyers who Tequire it aro offering £2 10s. to £2 15s. at country stations. Steady business is being don.e in potatoes at £2 to £2 55., at. country i stations. according to delivery. • I . VICTORIAN PKODUCE JIABKET.' , By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . Melbourne, "August. 21.' Wheat. 4s. 6d. 'Flour, £9 15s. , Oats, - 2s. lOd. tn. 3s. Id.' Barley, English, 3s. to 3s. 9d.: Cape, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. Maize, 3e. IOJd. Bran. £6 sa. Pollard, £6 10s. Potatoes, £6. Onions, £8. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. -• (liec. --August 21, G. 3 p.m.). London, August 21. • The .Bank, of ( England return issued .for' the w;eek ended. Wednesday, August 19, ' is as under-.—! . Issve Department Kate Ilita £55,637.000 Gor.iebt ... £11,015,000 - - Other seouri- • ties. ... ... 7,<34.000 . • Gold ... ... 37.188.000 . £55,637,000' " '£55,637X00 ' . BA&kinci Department. Proprietari'" "'• '' Govt, securlcapital iH.553.0M ties... ... £26,0(1,000 Public da- Olboi' lecurinosita ... 13,674,000 ties; 94,726,000 Other de- • 'pasits . 107.094.001, Nat»j. ..... 18.451,003 j Best,'l-day .iX i and'ather' ;; . bi115.... * ... 4.669,0 M , Cain'.... •• ... 772,000 !■', Jl' .' ; £139.090,000 ' . £139,090,000 ' The leading items of the Bank- of Eng. laud return'.afford tha foUowing compart■ion:— , . ■'•".Vrti? ■ ■■ ■'■•-■ ThilWMk laitiraalc Last year . ■~'... - £ £ £ Bullion ; " 37,168.000 32,242.000 A 40.741,000 Reserve 10.223,C00 15,530,000 31,404.000 Note circulation 37,166.000 35.934,000 -29.3^4.000 Public Deposits.. 13.674,000 7.859.0C0 ,10,312.CC0 Other Deposits 107.094.000 83.626.000 43,214,000 Proportion at ' . Preserve • ta.. '• 1 ■' ' 1 - ■ liabilities ; 15.80' 17.(S . 58.03 ,

■.; ■■:'■ ••MARKET; HATES. , ; ■ The Bailie of England'e'discount rate, ioi- three months' bills is nominally !5i to 5t per . '' :. ' .' ' . ' ''"Short loans are quoted at 3j to i pef cent. ..'.'■ The Bank of Englarjd received .£1,300,000 • in gold yesterday. OOLOKIAL AKD OTHER PRODUCE.' Wheat is steady_ and unchanged, sellers are offeririe sparingly and there: is .very littlo bidding. Aiijtralian on epol ie -.QUoUd at 4to-- ■ .

Flour is quiet. Australian, •«■ store, Iβ quoted at 3<le. to 355. Oate arc quiet. New Zealand A erode Gartons afloat 29b. , Peas and beans do inactive and unchanged. .. . Sugar.—There : is a fair' business doing in granulated sugar on spot at 28a. Bradford Tope—The market is moro cheerful. • Prices for crosebreds are hardening. There Iβ a strong demand for. khaki , clothing' sorts. THE] METAL MARKETS.;. ... Pig-iron.-Jfiddlosborol\ r o. 3, 5Zs. 7d. per ton. ■ '■ ■. ' . . Silver—Bar silver is quoted, at '26d. per ounco standard. ■ ■ ' • ' Molybdenite ie quoted at lls.' per unit on tho basis of 90 per cent, molybdio acid. : '■';'' MININGNEWS ... '. WELLINGTON SHARE .MARKET. The mining market is dull; still; there' are few inquiries'- at low prices, while at" iAuokland ft' few transactions 'have been registered. The quotations ycsteTdey were as foUpw:— ■■■■ " ■'" 'i •■' ' " ' ; ■ ■ ." ■ . . ; , ..Buyers. Sellers. • . . £e.d. . £.s.d Boss .("••..•••••.•■•'••••■• ».... 0 i-2 0i 6< Talisman. ■•..■.....■..■.....•.:...:.... 18 0 ■ • — .Waihi .:...... ...,..'.. .•- ■ 111 9 Grand unction .'.. 113 ■ — STOCK EXCHANGE.- .' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) • Auckland, August' 21." •Sales:- .... - - - , Talisman, l £l'Be. 3d. .; Junction, £1 Is.-3d.-, -.'■ ■Taupiri'Coal, £1 •Oβ; 3d. ■■':'•. ': ■■ . ': ■ Dtfnedin, 'August 21. ' The Stock • Exchange is slightly firmer. Waihi sold at £1. 11e.;9d. to-day, but at the close were offered et JEI lie. 6d. without declared buyers, , t ■ : WAIHI-PAEHOA COMPANY. • (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) '■•■•'■■■.■■ Auckland, August 21. For the four-weekly period ended August 15 the Waihi-Paeroa Gold , Extraction' Company treated.'l3,ooo tons of tailings for a return o£' £«00. ' ■ ' : ■