COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2802, 21 June 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

iINVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of, N.Z; .Insurance shares at £0 6s. was reported yesterday. Tho quotationß were as under;—',Buyers. Sellers. £ s. <1. £ e. <1. National Bank 5 9 0 5 10 6 Union Bank — 5510 0 N.Z. and liiver P1at0.... 2 0 0 — Well. Trust, Loan.- Ltd. .. • - 7 10 N.Z. Insurance — 6 6 6 8. British Insurance --. 5 10 •Well. Meat lixport (new • issui-') ■ — 3 2 6 Union Steam (orrt.) ...... — 113 0 Union Kieain (pref.) 10 9 —- Well. Woollen lord.) — 6 10 Well. Woollen (pre!.) - 3 18 0 Taupiri Coal — . 014 0 Wcstport-Stoektou 0 6 0 0 6 6 Waipa Coal 0 18 3 — Lcyland-O'Brien 119 — Customs duty collected' at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4049 16s. 9d. SOUTHEEN MAEKETS. 13y Telegraph—Press Asvociilici. Christchurch, Juno 20. During tho paet few days there has been a fair amount of business in wheat passing between merchants and millci'S. but there is practically nothing offering by growers, who arc now holding firmly. The market is very firm, but no further advanco in price is reported. . Thero is an improved demand for oats, and purchases arc being made by farmers for. their.own use. As there is so littlo grain offering locally, orders arc being filled with Southland oalß. Cartons ere now worth up to.2s. Bd., and Duns ia. lOd. at country stations. Tho demand for potatoes has eased off, and merchants are finding it more difficult to effect sales. This is probably.duo to

the two large shipments that were recently made to Auckland. Thero is not, n. largo quantity offering, as the bulk of the unsold portion of- the orop is noSf in tho pits, and growers are not inclined to sell, the price genorally asked by them being £6 at country stations. DULL TIME FOR WHEAT. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, June 19. Tne . Tvhcat market, .undor . continued pressure to sell, opened dull, and showed a decline of from 3d. to Is. It suddenly revived in the afternoon, closing at Is. 3d. abovo the worst quotations. APPLES AND STRAWBERRIES. Rec. June 20, 5.5 p.m.) London, Juno 19. Apples are easier. vStrawberxiea aro scarce, but are likely to bo plentiful soon. Importers are clearing apples as quickly as possible, as a further 200,000 cases have still to arrive, Suffolks (Viotorlane), 6s. 6d. to Bs. 6d.; Taainanian Stumers, 10s. to Us. 6d.;. others, 7s. 6d. to -9s. METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Rec. June 20, 5.5 ]).m.) London, Juno 14. Copper, on spot, £109 10s. per ton; three ■months, £108; electrolytic, £139. Tin, on spot, £178 2s. 6d. per ton; three months, (£l7B 7s.- 6d. Lead, on spot, £31 7s. 6d. per ton; forward delivery,: £31. Spelter, on spot, £68 per. ton; forward delivery, £60. Silver.—Bar silver is auotod. at 30 15-16 d, per ounco standard. ■