COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2975, 12 January 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

; ;.' INVESTMENT SHAEBS. Testcrday'e quotations for investment dhares wcro as follow:— • Buyers. Sellers. I \ " £s.d. £s. d. National Bank ■:-.■■■• .n', 1 ! I Bank N.Z. <£J 6a. 6d) .10 18 « - Ohristchuwh Gas f (£s) - t « 6 Well. Gas (£10) - « 2 6 Well. Gas (pref.) 018 0 - S British Ineuranco ... 5 2 0 — N.Z. Befrigerating Co. _ (£10) -. ■••-•••• I' «fr ."7 „ .0. It. Banks - - I' l Customs'-du'tiey collected at the port ,ot Wellington yesterday amounted to swa 17s. 2d. .- v ■ ' . BANKING DEPOSITS. At the close of last year' tlio deposits of many banks wero swollen considerably owing to war conditions. Nevertheless a comparison of tho holdings ot some of tho world's greatest institutions, which has been compiled by tho London "Statist," assiets in the realisation of too -means -whereby the nations have been ' able to raise the enormous sums which have been made available for tho prosecution of the conflict. Bank of Bussia heads the list., mth £178800,000; the Bank of England is next in order with £161,K8,000 and then com* the London City and' Midland £147.751.C00; Lloyd's, £130,017,000; the Deutsche Bank, £127,200,000, and the Imperial Batik of Germany, £118,000,000. The Bank of Franco held £97.400,000. and the only American ■institution in possession of more than ■■£100,000,C00 under the heading indicated was tho National City Bank of New York, with £104,154,C00. Of the flrstseven of the world's biggest banlts-m point, of <ieposlts-fo.ur are British,'and on December 31 last their accumulated hold ingsi represented no less a sum than; £M 8,560,000 out of an aggregate of £972,660,000. LONDON MARKETS. • '(Bee. January 11, 7.40 p.m.) . ■ ' London. January 10. Wheat is firm, but inactive. ' Tallow.—At the sales 1092 casks were "offered, and 918 sold. Mutton, fme 575. 6d., medium 605.; beef, fine 665. 3d., meTurpentine, 535. 9d.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN WHEAT. New <Wk, January 10. 'The American visible supply of wheat is 66,483, p bushels.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SYDNEY PEODUCE KABKET. . (Dec. January 11, 11.30 P.m.) Sydney, January 11. Oats, Tasmanian. 2s. 9d. to 2s. lid.; Algerian, feeding, 2s. 6d. t<) 2s. 7d.; milling 2s. Bd. Barley, feeding, 35.; malt'Sl 3s. 3d. Maize. 3s. .M. to 3s. 9d. Potatoee, £5 to £7. Onions, new,, £10Press Association. : The demand for the famous Victor Cheese Vats still continues, and orders are being executed in rotation. Mr. Factory Manager, you should certainly get . details of the Victor eloping- bottom, / middle drainage Vat—th« Victor means bigger output and larger dividends. Write or call. A .T. PARTON, Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, Pembroke Street, Carterfcon.—Advt. ■