COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3161, 13 August 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT BHAREB. Saturday's quotations for invo6tment shares were as follow:— Buyers. Bellerg. «£ e. d. £ b. d. National Bank — 510 6 Bank N.Z. (old) - 1217 6 Union Bank 55 0 0 55 16 0 National Mortgage .• 3 18 0 — Well. Truat and Loau ... — 7 5 0 National 'Insurance 2 17 6 2 19 0 6.8. Insurance — 6 0 6 Meat Export (£3) — 6 5 0 Auckland Trams 1 1* 9 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... — 114 0 Union Steam (prcf.) 112 116 Wegtport Coal — 1 11 6 Wcstport-Stookton (pref.) — 012 3 Waipa OolUery 0 18 3 — Bonaghy Hope ISO — Golden Bay Cement — 1 1 o Customs .dutieß collected at the Port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1538 18e. Bd.

SOUTHERN MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, August 10. There is a little more inquiry for oats, though very few arc available locally. One of the reasous clven for the improvement in the tone of the market i$ the strike iu Australia, which will prevent any further shipments from .there at present. The demand from the North Island is not very activo, and at ruling prices' only a hand-to-mouth policy is evideutly being pursued there. The potato market is remaining very quiet, and although merchants are able to make some sales, supplies are not coming forward very freely at the prices offered. The price is nominally from £2 ss. to £2 10s., at country stations, but few growers are willing to sell at these figures. LONDON MARKETS. Australian-New Zealai.d Cable Association. (Rec. August 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 11. Hemp.—Quiet, firm. HJgli point fair, July-September, £92 per ton. Rubber.—Para. 3f. 2*d.; plantation, 2s. 63d.; smoked, 2e. sd. Copra.—Unchanged. Mutton.—Australian and New Zealand, 9sd. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co. (Messrs. Meli'sop. Eliott and. Co., Palmerston North, local • agents) report on the frozen meat market-, under date London, May 25, as follows:— Home-grown meat very dear and in very moderate supply. Arrangements have, been made for increasing the releases of Government-con-trolled lambs .and ewes, and this should do much to relieve the great, demand. Houth American sheep and lambs are in vepy small supply. Statos beef ip plentiful, but, although fetching about lid. per lb., is not in great request. ' Market Prices for Wreks Ending: May 25, May 27, May 18, ' ' 1917. ivlo. 19i7. Home-grown—. Beef, sides 131-M 10i-lli llj-loi Mutton, wethers 17-19 i 11J-14 16-20 Mutton, ewes 14J-16 91*105 14 -los Mutton, Dutoh ...... — — — Tegs 174-20 12H4*. 17-20 Lambs 18 *20 13 -15J 17J-20 Pork 13 -14 10i-U .12 -.13$ Veal, best 13J-15 *11 -W log-15 FrozenMutton, N.Z. and Aus. wethers 81 8B- Si 8s EJnes 8J • 3$ S. Amer. Tvethcrp;.. 10 10 - 9} 10 •Lamb. N.Z. and Aus. 10 9i JO S. American .......... 11 12 U Pork, UJ3.A 11; 8$ U Chilled— Argentine ox fores and hinds : 103-13* 85-102 115-131 MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. In tie mining market, on Saturday the following was the' only quotation recorded Buyers. Sellers. £ a. <1. £ s. (1. Murray Creek — 2 5 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. Bj Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, August 10. Sales—Auckland Gas, 275. 'd.'