COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2597, 20 October 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

! INVESTMENT SHAKES, tho. investment market yesterday o sale of Wellington Gas shares (£10) at,£l6 was reported. The , Quotations wero as under:— . . Buyers. Seller®. £ s. d. £ 6. d. National Bank 4 19 6 -510 Bank X.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 10 1 6 - Bank N.H. (£6 13s. M.) ... - 16 17 6 Loan & Mercantile (ord.) 79 0 0 — N.Z. and E. Plate ............ 2 0 0 - Kapier Gas (£5) 9(0 — Well. Gas (pref.) - 18 0 National Insurance 2 4 6 — Canterbury Meat — 16 5 0 Well.JleatEx. (£2125.6 d.) — 2 17 U Union Steam lord.) 13 6 13 8 Union' Steam (pref.) lot). :Westport Coal — 1 t 9 Customs duty collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2ES9 16s. 7d. ■- SOOTH BEN MARKETS. (By Telegraph.—Pros* .-lssuciation.) Christchurch, October 19. . There aTe no changes to note in tho grain , market. It is reported that tho duty on imported wheat and flour is to bo reimposed on November 1, this has rather Improved the outlook for wheat, although it is 'not likely to have any immediate effect. . The potato market is easier in view o! ths reports from Sydney of weakness there, but it-is hoped this may.ile only temporary. owing to drougni planting operations in tho northern river districts was seriously effected. The arrival-'of a ship-, ment of potatoes from San Francisco and the large Quantity now' on the way from New Zealand mas have caueed tho presont easing of the market in Sydney. BUTTER AND CHEESE Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Opnipany. Ltd., have been advised by cable from <-heir London principals, Messrs. J. and J. Lous, dale and Co., Ltd., as follows':—Blitter: High prices stopping consumption/ Danish looks like collapsing. Cheese: Market ig firm,' owing to the high prices ruling in Canada.. MELBOURNE WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association--Oopyrizht Melbourne, October 19. At the opening of tho wool 'sales 3200

bales were catalogued. There was excited competition, crossbreds priccs advancing 15 to 20 per centum on late rates. Good merinos declined 5 and medium 10 per centum. Faulties were neglected. WHEAT. London, October 18. "Wheat is beinjc steadily held; sellers axe rery reserved. METAL MARKETS. tendon, October 18. Oopper.—On the spot, £72 ss. to £72 10s.: three months, £72 10s. to £72 15s. Tin.—On the spot, £150 15e. to £151 55.: three months, £151 ss. to £152 10s. Lead.—Soft foreign, £25 7e. 6d.; forward, £23 15 s . Spelter.—Cash. £68; forward, £58. Silver, 23 15-16 d. per ounce standard. BRITISH CROPS: THE OUTLOOK. London, October 18." ' The "Times's" report on British crops estimates the percentage o! wheat «t 93.61; barley, 85; oats, 88; potatoes, 91; ana turnips, 87.75. 1 ; ; .