COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2495, 23 June 1915, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. There were no transactions in investment shares yesterday, tellers being scarce. The quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 5 10 6 5 '1 0 Eijuilable Building 9 10 0 — Gisborne Gas — t 15 6 Veil. Gas (£10) - 17 0 0 Well. Gas (pref.) 0 19 6 — N.Z. Insurance '6 4 0 > — S. British Insurance 4 15 0 — Gear Meat l£l) ■ t « I - N.Z. Shipping (prof.) 10 14 0 — Union Steam (prof.) 10 4 Well. Woollen (ord.) 4 14 0 - Taupiri Coal 0 17 6 — Leyland-O'Brien 119 — Manning- and Oo 4 12 6 — N.Z. Portland Cement 0 8 6 — Golden Bay Cement 116 12 0 Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to f.9506 13s. lOd. SOUTHERN MARKETS. >iiy Teiejjixtpii Christchurch, June 22. THero is no change to note in the grain market, but wheat is very firm. Further information rapcctiug the quantity of wheat tbrcshed is expected during the next few days, when it will probably be known, as suggested previously that the seed sown in wheat last season was larger than was estimated. A census is to be taken shortly to ascertain what is the actual quantity of wheat, flour, and oats now on hand. It is reported that a traveller for an American firm with an agency in New Zealand has been in Christchurch offering Canadian (lour at about £17 per ton delivered. Advice has been received that the Government have prohibited the export of potatoes. A large quantity of potatoes is now awaiting shipment to Sydney, and morchants are anxious to know whether they will te allowed to fill contracts entered into or not. Meantime, the market is uncertain, and the normal price is £5 15s. to £6 at country stations. NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY CO. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Rec. June 22, 1M p.m.) London, June 21. . The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand lias declared at interim dividend of 71 per cent. METAL MARKET. London ( June 2 1 . Copper.—On the spot, £82 17s. 6d. to £33 2s. 6d.; three months, £84 2s. 6d. to £84 7s. Sd. Tin.—On tho spot, £170 10s. to £171; three months, £168 to £168 10s. Pig-iron.—Middlesbro' No. 3, 665. 2d. per ton. Lead.—Soft foreign, £24 12s. 6d. to £25 per toil. Spelter.—£los to £100. Silver.—Bar silver is quoted at 25 5-16 d. per ounco standard. Thoroughness invariably results in a structure which will stand sound and strong for all time. Having built our foundations of the business, solid as a rock, nothing can shako them. Suppliers of various produce continue to come to us, and wo give everything our best and most careful attention. We sell direct to stores and consumers, saving the middleman's 10 pei' cent, profit, and wo can therefore afford to distribute, at any rate, an extra 5 per cent, over and nbnvo others to our supplier's. That is the reason wo have such large support. Send n.s your milk, butter, eggs, or (ream. Wiiliganui J'resh Food Coy.—Advt. Due at Wellington from Lyttclton to-day the coaslal steamer tVnnllnli will be d K--patrhed for Nydia Bay to-morrow. Several well-lighted offices, suitable for solicitors', dentists', or doctors' rooms, are advertised by Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co., l;">t-M Lnniblon Quay. Don't t.rifte with a colri by drugging Iho stomach. Let "NAZOL" afford joti relief. Penetrating and g»rm-killing, .Bead for Me yhofl .