COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2761, 3 May 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

'■V^.;;:. _: : ixvestjieot shares. ;>'.''■ •Yesterday's . quotations for investment !•., lhares/wero as'foitow; :— «.'."'•■.■.' ; '. Buyers. Sellers. r -.'..• > ! -•' £s. d. £s. d. ' "•: .National Bank ■• 5 3 0 — I : ■■:; Bank:iY.Z...(£3<fci..ad.) ..... 10 14 0 ■ ■ -'. I'.;'•':'■ Bank. N.Z. (£6 '135:"4 d.)... 16 15 0 - :'■" ■•■ Union. 'Bank :...:...... .....53 0 0' —' ■ i:.::Eauita,blof , 'Biiilding ■•••.. 9 15 0,-•• — ■ National Mortgage '.:■. : 316 6'■ — "Loan and Mercantile (ord.) 60 0 0 ; — ■N.Z. and It.. Plate '2 0 6 v '- ■Well. Invest, T. and A. .. ; — ; - ■ 011 0 . V\VcU. Trust;'.Ebatf.'Md. .■'—'. 710 i ..Auckland Gas (paid) ....... 1 9 0 ' . ■'■'. — i -.Ohoh. Gas, (paid) ......; .760', 786 i r . Napier 6. 0 :-\-i'- — .-.■■■ iv:--':WcU;-.6a8-:f*lo).j^V.{:.?::-.v:' ;: .-,-' : '<> !' • '■-■■ National Insurance';'....;... - 2 12' o••:'.'■.' '—.'.■ l-''.:'Btondard;luWrailcc(V;: , .i'.." 118'0 . . '—' .:. N.Z. Sliip,pirir' : (or'd.) ;:..:. a). 0 0' — ■ ' : .'n , iuon.Stea.jn:(bfd:)\-.:.';:.'...-'l.ll':' 9..,-. — |'Union -Steam'.'(prof.).."...... 1 : 1. V O, ■ . —" K .Well. Tyo6UenX'(ord^;u.;;.V.srlo',o-,. ; .- : - •'. Wbolleh7(pref:) : ;iv;;;. 3 10"0 '--'■ i;. ITVestport ' '—'. ■ . .■ Mmber' l (lss;)'v;.;;.;..''o-.14.-'6':- - ■:.— ■'' J.-' -I«ykuid'.'o:Bnen"<;:::^;.::'l'-2 = 6 : - ■<■ "■"-' ' i. "Word and Co. 5 17 6 5 19 0 jr.',- N.Z. Drug 1....:............. 2 30 ■— . •' -Golden Bay. Cement ....... 1 1 3 12 0 fV-O. JI. Banks "1 3 0- - - — . j ; :vjy.l'.o.A. ■• (£5).:.....:..u......:. SIV. 6 '■■ -, jj:? ; .Oustomn duty collected at the'port of I:; rWnlliDgton yesterday amounted to £2608

-\ : .,/' MAKKETS.'./ . ;.'■•;•'.''By Telegraph—rress Association. ://- : '.'■■:.'-:■■ Christchurch, May 2. ■'•[■ '■ S'il.e grain market is very quiet, and it is j.,'■ {jtisrted that there is' practically- nothing ■//doing, with little demand. The wheat ol- '-. forfng is limited. Millers aro still .under ;'••';Sw apprehension that Australia may ul- ■-.'. timately turn to New Zealand as one of ;:'•. ,4ho': outlets, and the (lour mills thero are j-./at present "heavily stocked with flour, while !| <tlio'prico.. has been reduced by 2s. M. per !;-.".t0n. : The scarcity of shipping and the inl. "oreaso in i rates are the chief bnr at pre;;y sent to. the. importation of V Australian f-.jflour. Even with Government contracts the s'.';6a(!et3 do not appear, to be sufficient to ty<: absorb' the great surplus wheat of Aus['..tralia before the end of the year. ,'Ame-ii-'-.Slcflr is underselling Australia, in the flour r ;£rane'in the East.. ■■ • • - ■:'.;• Oats.—The. marltet.-,is lifeloss, «;is, any t'.'JSMtal business done at-present H zoinc tC'io Southland.■ , ..- . .-..;. !■;' '.■'. Bail has checked.potato-digging; *ad the i. : offerings during the' last, few dry* lias I:';.-fallen off: The prices still offererk~o £4 ;;.; v? 4 .55. at country stations! .-.■-.. '..-■-. lv^- ; '-. - .WHEAT. MABKET.:/ .' /By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright ;Yv'r : ...-'- CEoo, May 2,< 5.15. p.m.) i-'-"- : -.'S4'»' ',■■'. v'■ . ''- LoihSoh, Slay 1. p'.-f&X'lA'ti nwtt, and sellera"hold steadily -..., uzp.late rates. . ' Vi. RATIONAL INSUBANCE DIVIDEND. ."'' !,/. :i,, ".••,;■ '■'.';' ••';■'•.■■'•■ DuneiHn, 'May 2. ;;::.-. Tho. directors of the National Insurant =■... Co-.—cave declared an interim- dividend' of share-; f or : :tho -- half-year . ended