COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2611, 5 November 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHA'BES. A sale of Union Steam ordinary shares W ml reord t e i in the investment market. The <ruotations were as follow :- Buyers!. ' Sellers. National Bank 5 0 0 . — ' Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. — 77 6 Auckland Gas (paid) 18 9 _ Napier Gas (£5) _ 9 n n Well. Gas (pref.) _ 1 0 n W ¥? at Kx P° rt •• '-■ 6 0 0 Well. Moat Ei. (£2126 d.) - 215 0 Well.' Woollen (pref.) 3 6 0 - rawpiri Coal ■— 0 IS 6 Golden. Bay Cement 0 19 6 Sharland -(ord.) 13 0 — - Sharland (pref.) 130 — *C. JT. Banks .....; Jio - *Oum. dividend.

NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. ' •The report of the National" Insurance Company of Now Zealand for the year ended September 30 last slates that the ?iws« y « uo J or ''Hi 0 yBaT amounted to £1/7,543 15s. 2d. ' After paying an interim '*« &"! 0f J lom l h . €re is a B 'TI*IUB of ±J3,34S 16s. 2d., to which has to be added balance from last year, l £29,573 4s. lid making a total of £62,920 Is. Id. The directors have added to the reserve fund £15,000 and they recommend, the payment of a further dividend of Is. and a bonus of 6d. per chare (making the total distribution for the year pf 2s. 64 per shore, which will Absorb £15,000.,. They also recommend a vote to Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund of £1000, and to' carry 'forward £31,920 Is. Id. ... LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association-Oopyriff'ht London, November 3.. At the wool sales there was slightly' better competition, than last week. All crcssbreds and shafty merinos .showed a hardening tendency; faulty and shabby were weak. The following prices were realised for the fleece portions of the clips named:—"Tilltill," top price 13d., average 12Jd.; "Oakwood," 15Jd. and 13Jd.; "Issidowns," 16d. and 15 3-Ed.; "Ayreshirc Downs," 31d. and 29Jd.; "Maneroa," 17d. and 16gd. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. (Rcc. November 4, 11.40 p.m.). ■ ~ Sydney, November 4. / The week's wool sales have closed firm,' with buyers active, at recent rates. ."" 'TALLOW SALES. .'. ~■. • ■•„ ,' London,: November 3. ■ At the tallow sales 1386 casks were offered and 1311 sold. . Prices realised: Mutton, fins 425., medium 395.;' beef, fine 41s: 6d„ medium 38s. 6d. • ■ , .'• . METAL MARKETS. London, November 3. Copper.-On the spot, £74 7s. 6d. to £74 12s. 6d.; three months, £74 17s. 6d. to £75 '2s. 6d. . ; ' Tin.-On the spot, £162 10s. to £163: three months, £161 10s. to £162. Lead, £25 and £24. - Spelter, £81. and £71., Bar silver is quoted at 241 d. per ounce standard. ARGENTINE MEAT. ■ . , London,' November 3. Argentine shipments of meat for the week:—Mutton, 15,000 carcasses; lamb 70C0frozen sheep, 260,000; chilled beef, 8200 quarters.

', LINSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE. , . . • London, November 3. Linseed oil, spot pipes, 1 £31 ss. rurpentine, 10s. lid.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (liec. Novomber 4, 9.20 p.m.)

„ •• . Sydney, November 4. . Oats, American, 3s. to 3s. 6d.{ Tasraanian 3s. od.; maize, yellow. ss. 6d.; white, 5s • Javan, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.; South African 4s' 'o.oHt • S d, \ Potatoes. Tasmanian £16 to £18; New Zealand, £15 to £15 10s.; onion* old £4'; new £8 10s. to £9.

Adelaide, November 4. wheat, prompt delivery, 55.; forward 4s 6d. to 4s. 9d.; flour, old £16; new £'4 to'£l4 10s.; bran, Is. OJd. to Is. lid. j pollard, Is. 6Jd.; oats, old 2s. 6d., new 2s.