COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2927, 13 November 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Prices of investment stocks on Saturday were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. ✓ ' ■£ e. d. £ ». d. National Bank '5 0 0 — Union Bank 53 10 0 54 5 0 Equitable Building — 9 15 0 N.Z. and River I'late — 2 10 Well. Trust, Loan, !Ltd. .. — 619 0 Ohch. Gas (£5) 6 12 6 — Gisborne Gas — 018 3 Well. Gas (£10) - 15 0 0 Well. Gas (pref.) 0 18 6 — National Insurance ' 2 16 0 — South British Insurance 5 0 0 —' Gear Meat (£1) 4 10 0 — Well. Meat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) - 3 3 0 Well. Meat Export (£1 155.) - 2 10 Union Steam (pref.) 116 — .HnddartrParker (ord.) ... — 15 0 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ..6 0 0 — Well. Woollen (oixi.) 5 19 6 — WestporWStookton (ord.) 0 6 3 0 6 3 Leyland-O'Brien 13 1 — Ward, and Co 516.0 ' — Goldon Bay Cement — 10 0 Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £2429 2s. 3d. • MEAT FROM BRAZIL. In view of the immense consumption of meat, which is at present imposing such a strain upon the world's resources, the New York "Journal of Commerce" refers to the satisfactory development of the frozen meat trade in Brazil. Official statistics from Rio de Janeiro show that export ws inaugurated in November, 1914, with a trial shipment of 1415 kilos, sent from Santos to Eogland. During January, • 1915, 10,579 kilos were exported, and so rapid was the progress made that the exportation for the whale year totalled no fewer than 8 513,970 kilos (approximately 7600 tons), practically oil shipped Irom Santos. During the first four months of the current year Santos has shipped considerably more than, half the quantity esported duriim the previous twelve months, while Rio shiDments have nearly trebled' in value. LONDON WOOI/ SALES. Messrs. Murray, Uoberts and Co., Ltd., have received a cablegram from their London Iricuds, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray" and Co., under date November 10, as follows:—"Sales have closed at tho highest point. 8500 bales held over." LONDON MABKE'IVS. Australian-New Zealand Gable Association, (Eec. November 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 11. Wheat—Market very quiet. A pared of early November sold at 765. Frozen Meats.—Unchanged. Itabbits, in good demand; Now South Wales blues, ex store, about 25a. The market is expected to remain firm, as tho fire on the Westmoath did great damage, 15.000 orates being condemned. Homp— Steady, prices unchanged. Rubber.—Para, 3s. 5Jd. per lb.; plantation and smoked. 2s. 7Zd. Copra.—Octobcr-Docomber shipment, £37 15s. Quicksilver.—33ss. per bottle. WHEAT. Now York, November 10. Wheat.—Ohicago wheat options: December, highest 1955 cents; lowost, 1834 cents; May, highest, 1951 cents; lowcßt, 191 7-16 ccnts. LONDON QUOTATIONS. (Rec. November 12, 5.5 p.m.) > London, November 11. Union Steam Ship 00. of N.Z., 50s.