COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 9, 5 October 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SEAHES. . Yesterday's . quotations for investment shares were as follow:— Bnyera . Sellers. , £s. d. £s. d, National Bank 5 4 0 — Bank N.Z. (old) ....; '-' 12 6 6 Bank N.Z. (new) ....:. - 17 10 0 N.Z. and River Plate ... 1 16 0 — Well. Trust and Loan ... 5 10 0 - Auckland Gas (paid) ... — 17 9 Auokland Gas (cont.) ... 1 0 0 110 Well. Gas (£10) - 1210 0 Union Steam (prof.) ... 1 1 3 Well. Woollen (ord.) 6 12 6 6 15 0 Taupiri Coal 0 15 6 - Westport Coal 18 6 19 6 Westport-Stockton — 0 8 9 Golden Bay Cement — 10 0 Ward and Co - 5 15 0 Colonial Sugar (Aust.) ... 22 17 6 - I Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2354 7s. 6d. FROZEN MEAT MAEKET. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co. (Messrs. Melisojj, Eliott and Co., Palmersfon North, local agents) report on the frozen meat market under date London June 29, a 6 follows:— Home-grown-Business is dull, but prices are maintained through the general shortage of frozen meat Buppllee. particularly New Zealand Lambs. It is confidently expected that an increase of another 30,000 lambs per week, released by the Government, would have an immediate effect on prices ■of other meat. Frozen mutton is almost unprocurable. Argentine sheen, as well as New Zealand, beins. completely off the market. Market Prices for Weeis Ending: Juiio 29, June 30, June 23, 1917. 1916. 1917. Home-grown— .., , •■ Beef, sides :.... 14-l«i 91-12 141-161 Mutton, wethers .... 16J-18 10i-13 15-18 - Mutton, ewes 131-151 9-10 11-14' Mutton, Dutch — - — Tegs 171-19 101-11 17-18 Lambs :. U-19J 1« -«i W-« PorS 13-14 103-Ut 12 -151 Veal : -111-131 12-Ml «•» FrozenMutton, N.Z. and • Aus. wethers 8S Si-81 Bj Ewes 81 81 81 S. Amer. wethers... 10 10 -94 10 Lamb. N.Z. and Aus. 10 91 JO 8. American 11 11-IJI JJ - Pork, TJ.S.A 11 81- 83 U Chilled— ~ Argentine ox, fores 91 8 n Argentine ox. hinds 12 9 144 AUSTRALIA'S PRODUOE. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. October 4, 10.55 p.m.) Sydney, October 4. Oats, Algerian foeding, 35., 3s. 3d.; milling, 3s. 6d.; Tasmanlan, 3s. 10d., 4s. Maize, 4s. 5d., 4s. 6d. Potatoes, Victorian. £5 10s. to £5 lis. Onions, £19. Adelaide, October 4. Oats,. 2s.' ,6d.