COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3126, 3 July 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of Westport Ooal shares at 31s. 3d. was reported yesterday. .Tho.'quotations for investment shares wcro 'as follow:— -■ -

1 CUSTOMS RETURNS. OustouiH duties collected at tho porfc.of Wollinfftou yesterday amounted, to £2239. For tho month of Juno tho Customs duties reoeived at the Port of Wellington totalled £67,510 13s. 4d.-a decrease of over £<15,000 on the figures for Juno of last year, which were £113,563. 3d. The bcor duty reoeived last month is almost oxaotly. tho same aa for June, 1917, tho flcrurcs readingl9l7, £1495 lis. 4d., an<T 1916, £1495 15s. 6d. For the Quarter ended Juno, 1917, tho Customs duties received at Wellington amounte.d to £5r.i,215 14s. 6a., and the boor duty to £5304 2s. 6d., a-8 against £281,869 23. 6d.' antf £5379 19s. tospeatWely lor a similar period last year.

Bayers. flollors. £ s. <L. £ s'. 4National Bank — 510 6 tfiank N.Z. (£3 6s. 8d.) ... - 12 5 0 tRank N.Z. <£6 13s. 4U.)... 17 0 0 - • — N.Z. and Rivor Plate ... 116. 9 118 0 WclL Invest. T. and A.... 0 1110 0 12 3 Well. Dep. and ilort. 0 7 6 Gisborno Gas- —• 0 18 0 National Insurance 2 15 6 — ti.B. Insurance ? 6 16 — Well. Meat Export (£5) •' — .6 6 0 N.Z Shipping (pref.) ... 10 15 0 — Union Steam (ord — 3 0 0 Union vStcam' (pref.) ...... — 1 1 3 Uuddart-Parker (ord.) ... — 113 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 6 5 0 ~ Waipa, Goal 0 18 0 0 0.8-3 WeatportrStookton (prof;) 0 11 6 — Lerland-O'Brien 16 3 — Golden Bay Ccnient 110 . 1 1 9 tEx dir.