COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2744, 12 April 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

.;__.: INVESTMENT SHABES. .' quo&tions for investment shares; were as,"under:— • "*■ i~>'i. -"<T-.- Buyers. Sellers. ..,.-.„ • ,-,,•■ £ B .d. £s. i. 'National Bank". ;; 6 2 0 -Dank JS.Z. (£3 fe. Bd.l-.... 10 12 0 • ' . — Loan <fc Mercantile (ord.) — 81 0 0 Loan„-.&'Mercdhtils(pref.) ' — ■■• 76 0 0 N.K.- and River Plate ..;'. 20 9, ' — Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. — 710 Well. Dep. and Jlort — 0 9 0 Christchuroh Gas (£5) ... — 75 0 Gisb'orne Gas ,:..:.:/;........... 112 6 — , Wellington Gas (£10) — 15 7 6 Union Steam (ord.) ....... 1-9 9 — JJnion' Steam (pref.) ...... 1 0 11 — well. Woollen (ord.) .- 5 4 0 5 7 6 Waipa Coal .!.....: '. 018 6 — Wsstport .Coal. .; : 18 6 — (pref.) 0 9 10 — Kauri Timber (155.) 0 15 0 — LeyJand-O'Drfcn ' l l. o _ )f"d and Co.- 517 6 619 0 Golden Bay Cement 110 116 Bharland (ord.) 14 6 — Shorland (pref.) 14 6 »- ,WiF.O.A.-.(£5) ■..' ...517 6 - Customs duty collected at the port of ■Wellington yesterday amounted to £2702 99. 3d. 7 . \..L;''....i. SOUTHERN MARKETS. "';' ,"By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchuroh, April 11. ■ The grata market is very.quiet, little changing hands, the offerings of both wheat and oats being limited. The latter is dull of sale.. A few small orderß ore beginning-to-come in for eeed wheat and oats for autumn sowing, potatoes.—The market, is hampered by "the shortage iof shipping space to Auckland, .where there, is. a fair demand. The local market Is woll supplied owing to the difficulty of filling orders for shipments, otherwise there would bo more reedy sale. .:-! METALS By. TeleKtaDh—Press Association—Conyrieht „.'■" -'" „ .;; London, April 10 Oopper.r-on. the spot, £118 to'£llß 10s.;„ three months,-,£116 to £116 10s. Tin-Spot, .£204 10s..'to £205; three months,' £198. &. 6d. to £199; '. Lea<L-'£J3 12s. 6d. to £34 2s. 6d.' ' 6peltcr.-Spot, £97; forward, £87. . Silver.—29 l-16d, per ounce. . ' APPLE MARKET. "• ,"- ■ ■ London, April 10 .Tho bulk of the Medina's apples sold at about Is.: to 2s. below last week's rates. Many, wore of softer sorts. Tasmanian shipments were much bruised, owing to the absence of cardboard and shavings packing,;and only fetched 7s. to 7s. 6d.