COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 209, 29 May 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Yesterday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:—

Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amountod • to £2614 ss. 4d. LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian-New Zealand Cabie Association. London, May 16 (delayed). At tl'o wool sales to-<]ay comwtitl"" «- keen for super combing wools and top prices were rcolised. For carbonising sorts the hifUHiic was slow. "Corunnri i callsed 47} d. to 44.1.1.: "Beeltana." 4Ud.to 41.1.; "Oakden Hill, 1, 47d. to 41d. The New Zealand "Otitua" brand brought 7dl. In 67<i. —Aub.-N.Zi Cable. Afleii. WOLFRAM CONTBACTS. London, May 16 (delayed). It nan been announced lliat the maducere of wolfram ore within the Bn-

tish Empire will bo compensated «"t <•' the public funds for the cancellation of their contracts with the Imperial Government pn the basis of their output during tlio past two yoai'B.—Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE RUPEE .AND PBIOE OP SILVER, London, May 16 (delayed). The Bilyor market is expected to remain hirfi, pricos ruling at somewhere about the present level, as the Indian Government have raised the value of the rupca to Is. Bd. The Indian Government can now purchase .silver without any loss at about 53|d. It' is also'likely that a port Continental demand will set in, as silver coinage there -was practically at a standstill during the war, and supplies for the trade have been very small.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assii. ■

■• ' Buyere. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. tt. National Bank 6 4 0 — Bank N.7,. (£3 6s. Ed.) ... - 13 19 0 Hank N.Z. (£6 13s. Id.) .. - 18 11 0 . Union flank M J7 < Metropolitan Buildinir ... 11 7 6 - National Mqrtgaffe 4 13 & - Well. DepoBit ;• - J 1g ° Napier Gas (£10 paid) ... -- 9 "2 J \\4. Gas (prof.) 0 7 3 «tt I S.B. Insurance 7 15 0 4 0 0 Standard Insurance 2 13 6 - N.Z. EefriKcratiiiB ■....:.- 2 16 6 2 17 3 Meat Export (£4) ...:..... -■ ? 5« Jfeat Bxnort, (£2 12b. 6d.) 212 0 - Auckland Trams • • 1 f * Hutldart-Parker lord.) ... 2 0 0 2 13 liinun Steam (pvef.) 1 1 3 P. and O. Def. Stock ... 408 0 0 - Westuort Coal (cum div:) 1 11 6 112 0 Crown Brewery .- jw o Golden Bay Cement - 019 3 Consolidated Dental 16 0 - N.55. Paper Mills (ex div.) .-, i 8 ° Rnoullap and Co 12 9 - Ward and Co. 5 0 0 Wflll. CordaKO 12 6 ' - Wilson Cement 0 15 6 - Wairarapa Farmers — ; 11 " Inscribed Stoclt (1938) ... - 97. 0 0 War Honda (1930) 9610 0 - 5 p.c. P.O. War Bonds ... - 98 5 0