COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2825, 17 July 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Saturday's Quotations for investment shares were as under:— : Buyers. ' Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ohristchurch Meat .. 19 5 0 — Well. Meat Export (£2 12s. 6(1.) - 3 2 6 TJnion Steam (ord.) 1 14 6 1 15" 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1. 0 10 — Weatport Ooal 18 6 — N".Z. Drug 2 6 -9 — Golden Bay Cement- — 13 0 Sharland (ord.) 15 6. — , Shaila-nd prcf.) 15 6 — , UNION BANK KEPOET. Aust-ralian ; l\ew Zealand Cable Association. (Kec. July 16, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 15./ The, report of tho Union Bank of Australia. Ltd., shows deposits £24,055,785; cash investments and remittances, £11,103,735; bills, £19,065,373. LONDON' WOOL SALES. ■ (Rec. July 16, 5.5 p.m.)' London, July 15. At the wool sales a. good selection of crossbrede- were offered, and' there was brisker bidding at recent 1 rates.' Merinos fully maintained their values. To date, 34,075 ables have been catalogued, and 30.145' bales have been sold. For the fleece portions of the "Pungatana," clip the .top price was lSd. and the average. 17; d. LONDON MARKETS. (Ecc. July., 16,'5.5 p.m.) - London, July 15. Wheat. Cargoes are firmly held, and sparingly offered. ' The world's shipments promise to be on the small side. Ohicago July options, 110 3-Bc. to 109ic.; September oiptions, Uljc. to 110 c. Copra. 1 is quiet. July-August shipment, £31 per ton. t ' N.Z. Hemp—The market is inactive. July-September shipment. £43 per ton. Cotton.—July-August shipment, 7.89 d. per Kubber.—Hard fine T?ara,- 2s. lOd. per lb.plantation,'2s. 3?d.; smoked, 2s. 3£d Rabbits -are weaker, and Quotations are unchanged^ Frozen Jmtton—New Zealand, 9d. ; Australian, 83d.; South American, 9 3-Bd. Frozen Lamb—New Zealand, and. Australian, lOd.; South American, 102 d. DISCOUNT MARKET. ' Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Kec. July 15. 7 p.m.) . . • London, July 14. Tiho discount market is quiet, but unsettled. Bills at about 5J per 'cent, and short_ loans at 4J. ' ' LEAD STATISTIOS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, (Eec. July 15, 7 p.m.) London, Jn!v 14. Lead imports totalled 11,550 tons and tho exports 3160 tons.