COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2726, 22 March 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. In' the investment market .yesterday there were no/transactions recorded. Tho quotations were as. under:— Jluyers. Kellers. £s. d.' £s. d. National Bank 5 10 — Loan & Mercantile (oTd.) — ■ 81 0 0 N.Z. and Biver Plate ... 2 0 0 — Well. Dop. and Mort — 0 9 0 Ohch. Gas (£5) - 7 7 0 Union Steam (ord.) 1 711 19 0. Union' Steam (pref.) 10 9 ■ '- ■ Well. Woollen (pref.) ...... - 3 9 0 Westport Coal -..: 18 9 1 9.'3 Westport-Stockton — ■ ' 0 5 6 Kauri Timber (155.) 0 14 9 — LeylaiicfO'Brien '.'. — 12 6 Taringainutu Totara'.-...'.. —' 110 6 Golden Bay Cement '— .110 SOUTHERN PKODUOE MABKET. By Tolcgrapn—PreßS > Association. Chrlstchurch, March 21. The wheat market .remains much the same, but a, little more distinction is mo.de between the different' varieties of wheat, Thero is more inquiry, for Hunters and Pearl, which are reported to be scarce. The bulk of the wheat offering is Tuscan, worth 4s. to 4s. 2d„ according to quality and condition. Hunters,' 4s. 3d. to 4b. 4d.; Pearl, to 4s. sd. at country stations. Thero is not a large quantity Of wheat offering. Further threshing returns are awaited to see how the crop is turning out. The Minister of Agriculture states that . the threshing returns so far are praotioally the same as the Departmental estimate, which latter was based on the total area sown, while the threshing returns show tho yield from the area reaoed. A considerable area of wheat in Canterbury and North Otago was fed off. The oats market is still quiet, with little offering. There is no change in oatsheaf chaff or potatoes.i . ~"• WHEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright 'London, March 20. Wheat—Tho market. is lifeless.' Prices are nominal. METAL MAEKET. ' London, March 20. Copper—On the spot, £108 16s. to £109; three months, £104 10s, to £105. '■ : Tin.-On the spot, £196 ss. to £196 10s.; .three months, £191 to £191 10s. Lead.—Soft-foreign, £36 7s. 6d. to £36 10s. ; Spelter—Cash, £98; forward, £62. Silver—27 3-Bd.' per ounce standard. • LONDON QUOTATIONS. ■ ,'. London, March 20. Quotations on the Stock Exohango include;— Broken Hill . Proprietary, buyers 635.. sellers 64sj Broken Hill North, 495. 6d. and 50s. 6d.; Ha-mpdon-Oloncurry, 425. and 435. ' ' Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £5353 16. 6d.