COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2497, 25 June 1915, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Is the investment share market jesterday eales were reported of National Bank (two parcels) at .£5 lOe. 61, aud Union Steam (ordinary) at 245. The quotations tvere ns under:— Buyer/*. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d I National Bank 510 0 510 6 I 'Bunk N.JS. (£3 6s. - 11 8 0 *I3ank N.Z. (£6 los. 4d.)... — 17 2 6 Equitable Building 9 10 0 — Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd.... 711 6 — Chrietchureh Gas (£5) ... 7 17 6 — Well. Gas (pref.) 0 19 6 - 6. British Insurance 4 15 0 — Gear Meat (£1) 4 A A "~ Well. Woollen ford.) 4 14 ft - Weil. Woollen (pref.* 3 7 6 — Westport Coal 111 3 — Leyland-O'Brien 119 — N.7i. Portland Cement ... 0 9 0 — Golden Bay Cement 116 119 D.I.C. (pref.) 10 3 ~ ♦Ex dir. 1 Customs duty collected dt the port or Wellington yesterday amounted to £11.086 2s. 9d. LONDON SHEEPSKINS SALES. Messrs. Dalgoty and Company have received the followinp cabled advice from their London office, dated June ing sheepskins show on advance of Id. to 2d. per lb.; and merinos are id; per lb. dearer. PeLte are from per to id. lower." SYDNEY WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright {Rec. June 24, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, June 24. The wool sales olosed with an animated demand, and all the better classes were at late full rates, the tendency beinff in soilera' fAvtfnr. Faulties were irrojulor and difficult to place. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. June 24, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, June 24. Oate. Tasmanian ss. 4d. to ss. 6d., New Zealand "A" grade Cartons ss. 3d. to ss. 6d., Duns ss. 6d., American se. 3d. to ss. 6d.; barley, Cape ss. 9d., English 65.; maize, yellow ss. 9d., white ss. 6d., Java ss. 4d.; potatoes, Tasmanian £8 to £9 10<s., New Zealand, "Up-to-Date" £9, "Early Rise" £11; onions, Victorian £9, New Zealand £8; clieese, prime, 10d.; bacon, 9£d. Adelaide, June 24. Wheat, Bs. 3d.; flour, £18 50.; bran, 2s. 2d.; pollard, 2s. 6d. HIDES SALE. (Rec. June 24, 11.30 p.m.) Melbourne, June 24. At tho hides ealeis there were good supplies and active competition at one-eighth to a farthing dearer. WHEAT SUPPLIES. London, June 23. Wheat.—The visible supplies of wheat are 23,776,C00 bushels. The market is steadier. Prices unchanged. Chicago July options are at 100 to 102$ cents; September options, 98J to 1001 cents. TALLOW SALES. London, June 23. At the tallow sales 1247 casks were offered and 1204 sold. Prices: Mutton, fine, 365.; medium, 31s. 6d. r ßeef, fine, 355. 9d.; medium, 31s. METAL MAR.KET. London, June 23. Silver.—Bar silver is quoted at 231-Bd. per ounce standard. . Copper.—On the spot, £81 17e. 6d. to £82 2s. 6d. per ton; at thre« months, £83 to £83 ss. Electrolytic, £94 10s. Tin.—On the epot, £167 15s. to £168 ss. per ton; at three months, £165 15s. to £166 ss. Lead.—Soft foreign, £23 7s. 6d. tn £24 per ton. Spelter.—Ordinary brands, cash £ICO per ton; forward, £85. LINSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE. London, Jane 23. Linseed oil, £26 15s. Turpentine, 38s. 9d.