COMMERCIAL ITEMS

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

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Saturday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:— Buyers. Sellcr9. „ . , _ -E t. d. i£s. d. National Bank 5 4 0 — N.Z. and Biver Plate ... 116 0 — Well. Trust and Loan... 510 0 — Auckland Gas (paid) ... — 17 9 Auckland Gas (eon.) 10 0' 10 9 National Insurance — 3 10 Union Steam (prcf.) ... 1 1J { — Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) .. 6 12 6 6 16 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 6 12 6 ( 6 15 0 Taupiri Coal 0 15 6 — Wcstport Coal — 19 3 Westport-Stockton — 0 8 6 Waipa Colliery 0 18 0 — Golden Bay Cement — 10 0 Colonial Sugar (Anst.) ... 2117 6 —

While the future of the leather market, is creating a feeling of disquiet oil account, of the steady advance in prices, it. is interesting to learn, says an exchange., that in Siberia cattle raising Is increasing rapidly each year. The Omsk Leather Company, recently startod, contemplates tanning 60,000 liidcs annually for sole and upper leather. The directors also propose to start a boot factory with an output of 70,000 pairs per annum. In the Bijsk region 20D.000 hides are turned out. per annum, and this if cxpeclcd to be shortly increased lo 300,000. ; Customs duty collected at tile port, of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1518 Bs. Id. LONDON MARKETS. Australian-New Zealand Coble Association. (Bee. October 7. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. October 5. A cargo of 16,000 boxes of New Zen land butter which has arrived at. Glasgow was practically all sold before arrival. It is understood the Government has purchased Australia's'butter output at. !51s. per cwt., f.0.b., and has also offered Bjd. per lb., f.0.b., for the output of cheese. It. is reported that Government, agents have purchased about 80 per cent, of Argentina's butter output at. a nricc equal to about 200s. per cwt. landed. Copra.—Spot. £45 ss. ner ton. Rubber.—Para. 3s. 4id. per lb.; plantation, 2s. Btd. per lb.; smoked, 2s. 6£d. per lb. Babbits.—Scarce. A strong demand at fixed prices. Frozen Meat..—Australian and New Zealand mutton, none offering; lamb. jO-d. per lb.; South American million and'lamb, llid. per lb.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.