COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2437, 16 April 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Tour sales were reported on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday, when Gisborne Gas shnros changed hands at £1 156.; Union Steam (pref.) at JSl'Oe. 9d.; IVcstport, Stockton Coal, 4s. lid.; and Sharland (ord. and pref.), at £1 3s. 3d; Quotations were as follow: — Buyers. Eellers. £ s. d. £ 6. d. Bonk N.Z. (£6 15s. 4d.) ... 17 0 0 . - Equitable Building 9 8 0 — N.Z. and River Plate 2 0 (I — Wellington Gas (£10) .:.... 16 7 6 - N.Z. Insurance 6 16 — Canterbury Meat — 8 15 0 Christchurch Meat — 16 12 6 Gear Meat (£4) 14 7 6 Meat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) — 214 0 Union Steam (ord.) 1 3 10 — ■ Kaiapoi iVoollen (pref.) 5 0 0 — Wgtn. Woollen (ord.) ... 410 0 412 6 Wgtn. Woollen (pref.) ...3 5 0 — Leyland-O'Brien 12 3 — Manning and Co — 4 17 6 Golden Bay Cement 16 8 — IVerd ani Co — 616 t Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2095 56. Id. LONDON MARKETS. TALLOW. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received tho following cablegram from their London house, under date April 14;—Ta,llow; Wo quote present, spot values for the following descriptions ;—Pine mutton, 4Cs. per owt.; good beef, 38s. per cwt.; mixed, 355. 9d. per cwt. The market is steady. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) London, April 14. ... At the tallow sales 1386 casks were offered and 916 sold. Prices realised; Mutton, fine 425. 6d., medium 375. 6d.; beef, fine 425. 6d., medium 375. METALS. Copper-On. the spot, £72 7a. 6d. to £72 12is. 6d.; three months, £73 to £73 ss. Tin—On the spot, £169 to £169 10s.; three months, £168 10s. to £169. Lead, £21 to £20 12s. 6d. Spelter, £45 to £46. WHEAT. The wheat marketHs quiet, and easier. Walla, March, 655. LINSEED, OIL, AND TURPENTINE. Linseed Oil, £36 10b. Turpentine, 365. 4;. d. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. April 15, 9.55 p.m.) Sydnoy, April 15. Oats, Tasmnnianß, ss. 4d„ ss. 6d.; New Zealand A and B Gartons, nominal. Barley, Cape, feeding, se. 6d.; English, 6s. Maize, prime yellow, ss. 9d. Potatoes, £6, £8 Onions, £7 10s. Cheese, 83d. and 9d. Bacon, Bd. and BJd. „ Adelaide, April 15. Wheat, Bs. 15d-. Bs. 3d. Hour, £18 ss. Bran, 2s. 3d. Pollard, 2s. 6.1 d. Oats, feeding, se. 6d„ 6s. 9d.; selling, 65., 6s. 3d. ' HIDES. , (Rec. April 15, 9.55 p.m.) m , Melbourne, April 15. The hides market reports;. Mr supplies, heavy and stout lines arc firm; lights are Id. lower.