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I. INVESTMENT SBARES. Prices of investment stocks on Saturday were -as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ a. d. National Bank 5 0 0 — Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. ... 6 12 6 - tWell. Gas (£10) — 14 10 0 S. British Insurance .... 5 6 6 — • Standard Insurance ... 2 0 0 — Well Meat Export (£5) .. 6 5 0 - Huddarfc-Parker (ord.) ... 1 4 6 — Well. Woollen (ord.) ... - 6 2 6 Waipa Coal 0 18 0 — Lcyland-O'Brien 13 6 — Golden Bay Cement .... — 116 tEx div. Customs duties colleoted at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £317 18s. lid. METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, February 16. Copper.—On the spot, £140 55.; three months, £136 ss. Tin—On the spot. £199 12s. 6d.; three months, £198 12s. 6d. Lead.—Soft foreign, £30 10s. Spelter.—On the spot, £56 155.; three months, £52 15s. Silver—Unchanged. WOOL SALES. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, February 16. ' At the wool sales every lot of scoured crossbreds slipes were withdrawn by Government instructions. For the remainder of the catalogue speculators' wools realised fullest late rates. At Bradford, merinos were firm; -prices unchar.s.'id. Transactions in small crossbreds are .not quotable, as there was no business, owing to tho Government acquiring the offering.
LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. February 18, 5.5 p.m.) ! London, February 17. Hemp market firm. New Zealand, none offering. ' Copra.—December-February shipments, £44 per ton. Rubber—Para, 3s. 4Jd.; plantation and smoked, ss. 31d. Rabbits.—Derqand greatly decreased, owing to high prices and food restrictions. Now South Wales blues, 345. 6d. The importers are conferring with the Government respecting the sales.- It is believed that the surplus not required ■will be distributed to the trade like fronen meat. Frozen meat—Mutton, New Zealand, 9id.; Australian, 9Jd.; South American, IOJd. Lamb, New Zealand and Australian, IOJd.; South American, 12Jd.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3007, 19 February 1917, Page 8
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