COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 38, 8 November 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. ; A sale of New Zealand Insurance shares at £11 4b.'was reported yesterday. The quotations were as follow:— ■ Buyers. Sellers. .-. . ■ £s. d. £s. d' .National Bank ->■ ■•6 11 6 N.Z.'and River Plate 119 0 - i'Wll. Trust and Ijoau ... 5 15 0 — OHristchurc.il Gas 5 15 0 - Well. Gas USUI) •; - 11 12 « N.Z. Refrigerating -. 2 6 0 Moat Export (58s. 6d.) ... 11l - 'Auckland'Trama (ord.) ... 0 M 0 - Huddart-Parker ipref.) ... 1 0 5 - P. and 0. def. Btock ...409 0 0' — Well. Woollen (pref.) 416 0. - •Waipa, Colliery 0 16 -i - Kauri Timber (Kb.) 110 « , - Leyland-O'Bricn .'.... 17 6 - N.Z. Drug ■ - .' 2W'O gharland and Oo 19 6, - Customs duties collected at the port "of Wellington yesterday Amounted to £3175 Bs' lOd. \ - >, t THE SUGAR AGREEMENT. A statement regarding tho supply of sugar was made in tho House of Representatives yesterday, by the Primc.'Mimster. Mr. Maseey said that in April Inst tho Government, on the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Trade, entered into an agreement with the Colonial Sugar-Refining Company for supply of sugar to N&w Zealand for one year, commencing; July 1,1918. Tho company undertook to supply all the requirements of tho New Zealand home consumption of sugar for the year ended June 30, 1919. at the wholcsalo price of £22 .10s. f.o.b. Auckland, for No. la, other trrades in correspondence, subject to the condition that nothing happens to prevent the manufacture of the sugar or its transport to the Auckland refinery. ■ At the date of the agreement the market (■notation* for Australia were New Sou l Wale« £29 Ss-; Victoria, £29 7s. 6d.; South Australia.- £29 15s. fel.j and West Australia, £31 The estimated financial result tci New Zealand as compared with New South Wales is as follows :-New /eiiland ». consumption if approximately 64.C00 tons ner annum, and New Zealand saves £6 15a. ner ton. a total saving of £432X00. As compared with Victoria, the saving is £440,000; with South. Australia, £465,600; and as .compared with West Australia, £544,000. /AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Roc. November 7, 8.10 p.m.) Melbourne, November 7. Oats, Algerian,' feeding 4s. 8d to 4s. ?d.. milling 4s. 10d., Tasmanian ss. Id.; maize, 6s 4d to 6s. 5d.; potatoes, Tasmanian, old, £12; ouious, £23 to £24, • Adelaide, November 6. ' Oats, 2s, Bd, to 2?. 104 •■ '