COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2804, 23 June 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES, Yesterday,'s quotations for investment share: were as under:— '.-'■ r . Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. . £ s. d. Bank K'.Z. (£5 135.1 d.).... —. 11 0 0 N.Z. Insurance — 6 6 6 S. British Insurance ...... — . 5 10 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ...140' ' vthiion Htsam (ord.) ...... 112 9 1 13 3 Union Steam (pref.) 1:09....— Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) .. — ■".. ;6 0 0 Well. Woollen lord.) ....:: — • '6 10 Hikurangi Coal ' O'lO 0 — Taupili Coal ..........' — 014 U Wcstport Coal ; — ' 18 6 Wcslport-StocUton 0 6 0 — Waipa Colliery T....,...'.... 018 /3 — Leylend-O'Brien ....;; 1 1 9 — ' WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale, prices as follow:—Fowls' wheat, prime ss. 3d., medium ss. 2d.j fowls' barley, 4s. 3d.; Cape barley, 4s. So.; 'partridge peas, 6s. 6d.; maize feed, 56. 3d.; oatensheaf chaff, £6 5e.; ■ oatonstraw chaff, £4 ss.;.clover hay, £6 55.; flour, £13 55.; oatmeal,- £17; bran, £6 55.; pollard, £9; bacon, sides Is. Id., hams Is. Id., shoulders 10d.; cheese, medium, ICd.; rice pollard, £6 155.; onions, Australian, £8; potatoes; £7 to £8 ss. Customs duly collected 1 at the port of .Wellington yesterday amounted to £3658 fe. £d. . ■ COMMONWEALTH fIONDS. By Telegraph-Press Associa'tion-Copyright London, ' June 21. Commonwealth 5J per cent. Bonds for 4 millions (1929-22), at par, convertible' into 6tocl; at holders' option, the final instalment at the end of August, with interest duo in February'and 'August, six months' interest being payable on Ist February, have bene underwritten. FALL IN COPPER. ' . '•'. London, Juno 21. A fall in copper is due to pressure to sell, but the actual transactions have been Bmall. ' ' APPLES. London, June 21. There was a, good demand for all hard apples at full rates on receipt of the information that there would be no fresh arrivals, till the third week n July, cxr.ept a- shrtment of 53,000. due at Lvcipoool on Saturday. WHEAT. (By Telegraph-Special Correspondent.) ■ . . (Itec. Juno 22, 9.20 p.m.) ~ ', , London, June 21. The wheat market is quiet and neglected. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) (Rec. -June '22, 9.40 p.m.) Sydney, June 22. Oats, Algerian, 2s. Bd.. 2s. 10d.; Tasmanian, white, 35., 3s. Id. Barley, feeding, 3s. 5d., 3s. 6d.; seeding, 3s. 7d., 3s. Bd. Maize, 4s. 6d. Potatoes, Tasuianiaus, £6, £7. Onions, £5. . • ■ • Adelaide, June 22. The price of wheat has been reduced to ss. lid. for export to New Zealand. Flour, £11, £11 ss. Bran, Is! Id., Is. ljd. Pollard, Is. l{d.. Is. 21d. Oats, 2s. Zs., 2s. 3d.