COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2467, 21 May 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. There were no transactions in investment shares yesterday. The Quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ 8. d. £ s. d. National Bank 5 9 0 — Union Hank — 57 7 6 Well. Trust Loan, Ltd. — 712 6 Christehurch Gas (£5) ... — .826 Union Steam (ord.) — 14 6 Kaiapoi Woollen (pref.) 3 6 0' N.Z. Drug 2 6 0 - Taupiri Coal 0 13 0 — Westport Coal — 1 13 0 Taranaki Oil Wells — 0 2 6 Auckland Trams — 12 8 Customs duty collected at the port of ■Wellington yesterday amounted to £3526 18s. lid. LONDON WOOL SALES. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) London, May 19. The wool sale wae animated and prices weie well maintained at recent rates. The following prices were obtained for the fleece portions of the clips named:—Cobran, top 16« d., average 153 d.; Morambro, 15d. and 14Jd.; Bedooba, 14Jd. and 13Rd.: Euratha. l<Hd. and 12Jd.; Well Mown, 161 d. and 15$ d. New Zealand: Poua.tu. 16* d. TALLOW SALES. London, May 19. At the tallow sales 2864 casks were offered and 853 sold. Prices realised: Mutton, fine, 385.; medium, 335. fid.: beef, fine, 376.; rae dium, 325. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the followiong cablegram from their Lond-n house, under date May 19:—Tallow: We quote present spot values for the following descriptions:—Pine mutton, 3Es. 9d. per cwt.; good beef, 335. 9d. per cwt.; mixed, 31s. 6d, per cwt. The market in dull, with a downward tendency. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. May 20, 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, May £0. Oat', Tasrannion, ss. 6d.; Now Zealand "" Grade Gartcne, ss. sd. to ss. 6d.; barley, English, 65.; Oapo feed, ss. 9d. Maue, ss. 10d. to 65.; Java, ss. 9d.; potatoes, Tobmanian, £8; Victorian, £6; New /Sealand, £6. Onions, Victorian, £8; New Zealand, £4' to £5; bacon, Bid. to 9d. Adelaide, May 80. Wheat, Bs. 4d.i flour, £18 55.; bran, lis. 2d. to lis. 6d.; pollard, 12s. lOd. I MELBOURNE HIDE SALE. (Rec. May 20, 5-M P-n>.) Molbourne, May 20. At the liides salo there were moderate supplies and active competition. Prices I wore very firm. I MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHAKE MAEKET. No business was done in tho mining market yesterday. Tho Quotations were as "'"k'' Buyora Sellers. JB s. d. £s. u. Hoss ? ? c IT Talisman J 6 ° Grand Junction i 7 i 010 Waitangi °1 4 819 STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) k Auckland, May 20. Sale—Bank of New Zealand, £11 7s Clirlstchuroh, May 20. Sale—National Bank of New Zealand £5 19s. Dunedln, May 20. The following sak'n wore reported on tho Stock Exchange to-day:—Waihi Grand Junction, £1 4s. 3d.; Union Hank, £57 2s. 6it LONDON MINING QUOTATIONS. Oly . London, May 19. Stock and shore market quotations in-clude:-Broken nill Block, 225. 6d. and 255.; Hampdeit-Cloneurry, 265. and 275.