COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2827, 19 July 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

• IX VEST-KENT SHAKES. • 'p Prices of "investment ' stock's 'yesterday -were as follow:— " ' • 1 : :Buyers;\-' Sellers. ■ £ s.d. £ s.d. JBauk S.Z. (£6 13s. 'id;) ..': 16 14 ,6 16 18 0 , Christchurch Gas (£5) 7 7 6',, ' ■— : - "Kapier. Gas (£10) 15 10 . 0 •• — . ";W©ll. Gas (£10) 14 14 0 — ; . "S.-.British Insurance 4 18 6 — ; ■ (£1)4: 8 0 - —* ~ •Well.'lleat Export (£2 12s. 64.) : - ;.32 6 . Union Steam (ord.) 116 0 117 6 : Union Steam (pref.j 110—. Well. Woollen (0rd.),....... .617 0 . 6 0 0 Wai'pa Coal 0 18 3 — Westport Coal - 1 8 6 — , N.Z. Drug 2 6 ; - Customs .'dut.v; collected at. the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2828 3s. lCd... • ;• , - SOUTHERN MARKETS. ' By ' Telegraph—Press Association. ■ v '" \ Christchurch, July 18. •f, """-l'he'wheat'market'is still very firm, and . .there; has .been rather more business doing • the past few days. 'Although the : lots'are generally small tbere have been ..more offerings by growers. Tuscan is the . ..variety that,is chiefly on sale. Hunter's .asd; pearl, especially tho latter, being .scarce. 1 Sales of prime quality Tuscan

have been made at 4s. sd. and 4s. y. at country stations, and. as low as 4s. for fowl wheat. . Hunter's is worth 4s. 9d. t-o 4s. 10d., and pearl ss. at country stations. The oats and chaff markets are still unchanged, oats being scarce. The potato market is easier,,and owing to the difficulty of effecting sales merchants have reduced their limit of price, and purchases have been made at £6 at country stations. There have not been many potatoes offering lately, farmers being busy with farm work, and- inclined to "wait until uext month before celling, in the hope of obtaining £7. The difficulty of obtaining new orders . has, however, caused uncertainty, hence the reduction of price. THE METAL MARKETS. A Ustralian-Xe\v Zealand Cable Association. ' (Eec. July 18, 9.50 p.m.) London, July 17. • Copper—Spot, £88 55.; three month, £86 155.; electrolytic, £123. Lead.—Spot, £28 ss:; three months, £27. . Spelter.—Spot, £48; three months, £44. Tin.—Spot, £166 ,12s. 6d.; three months, £167 7s. 6d. . Silver—Bar' silver, 29 15-16 d. per ounce standard. ■ Dairymen throughout Tarauaki report that never "before has the late autumn am! winter been kinder to their herds, which consequently are . in splendid condition. Feed generally, is plentiful, and stores of hay and ensilage have only been partly used, the dairying season will commence this year qiiite a fortnight earlier than last, which also was an early season, and with the high prices prevailing the outlook was never so cheerful. " We note with interest that all the besi prizes for cheese .at the Palmerston Show and the best prices in "the London market were obtained by those makers who use Victor Vats. These famous vats embody a new principle of middls drainage —worth while investigating. A. J. Parton, Dairyman, Carterton.—Advt