COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2727, 23 March 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. INVESTMENT SHARES. . A sale of National Bank shares at £5 2s. was reported yesterday afternoon. The quotations were us follow:— i Buyers. RellerH. £'s. d. £ s. d. National Bank .-. 5 16 — Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 10 11 '6 10 14 0 Union Bank 50 15 0 . — Weill: Trust, Loan, Ltd. - 7 0 6 Well. Dep. and l!*rt - 0 9 0 Well. Gas (£10) - f 10 o N.Z. Insurance — 6 4 6 Well Meat Export (525. 6d.), 2 16 0 - N.Z. Shipping (ord.) - 21 0 0 Union Steam (ord.) 18 9 — Union Steam (pref.) 1 1 0 — Westport Coal ..;.- 18 6 19 0 Westport-Stockton — 0 5 6 Waipa Coal 0 18 3 - Lcyland-O'Bricn — 1 2 3 Taringamutu Totara .... — 11.8 0 ; Ward and Co 5 15 0 - Manning and Co — 417 6 N.Z. Consol. Dental 10 3 — *N.Z. I)TUg - 2 5 9 Golden Bay Cement 0 19 9 110 Sharland (ord.) 14 6 — Sharland (pref;) 14 6 ,— *Onm div. LONDON QUOTATIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 21. Stock and share market quotations include .—Broken Hill Block, 21s. 3d; and, 235. 9d;j Bank of Australasia, £109 12s. 6d.; Bank of Now South Wales. £37 17s. 6d.; Bank of Victoria, 655. Sd.; National Bank of Australasia, 905.; National Bank of Now Zealand, 955.; Hank of New Zealand, £10; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile (ordinary), £76 155.; City of Melbourne, £94 55.; Melbourne Hai-bour, £95; Melbou-rno "Board of Works, £92 10s. METALS. ' London, March 21. Copper—On the spot, £112 to £112 10s.; three months. £109 ss. to £109 10s. Tin.-On the spot, £195, 15s. to £196; three months, £191 to £191 15s. Lcad.-£36 to £36 2s. 6d. Spelter.-£92 and £82. Bar'silver is quoted at 27Jd. per ounoo standard. • WHEAT. : London, March 21. Wheat.—The market is nominal. Cargoes are not offering.

' PBICE OP. BEAN AND POLLABD. . Sydney, March 22. Proclamation hue fixed the price of bran and pollard at £4 10s.

BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. London, March. 21. The Bank of Australasia, shows': a profit of £315,096.

MELBOURNE WOOL SALES. (Eec. March 22, 11.40 p.m.) Mslbourna, March 22. Competition at tho wool sales is keen for good classes,, prices ranging about. lost month's level.' Short and faulta are poorly supported, showing from 5 to 7J per cent, decline. ■ ; Customs duty collected' at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4252 13s. Id. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MABKET. There was no break in the dullness of the mining market yesterday. No business was done, ; and the few ' quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. , £s. d. £s. d. Dom. Developing 115 0 , — Murray Creek 210 0 — Talisman , — 0 14 0 Waihi ..„....'. - 1 15 6 Success Dredge • — 19 0