COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 12, 5 September 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Saios of Huddai'trParlicr ordinary sharcß (two parcels) at <Bb. Gd. worn made on 'Change yesterday, and sales of llanlt of New Zealand (£6 13s. Id.) at £19. and Meat Export (525, 6d.) at 665. 6d. were reported. The uuotations -were as follow— Jfuyi-rv hiilJern. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank ....• — 610 0 Bank N.Z. (J'-5 6s. fld.l ... 14 18 0 15 0 0 Bank N.Z/ (£6 13s. 4d.) ... - 19 2 6 National Insurance 4 4 0 — R'.Z. Insurance 112 6 Standard Insurance 3 0 0 — N.Z. Refrigerating — 4 11 0 Well. Export 3 6 0 Jluddart-l'arker (ord.) ... 2 8 3 2 8 8 U. 5.6. Co. (pref.) Ill) - Adelaide Steam 2 5 0 Howard Smith 114 9 — Westport Coal 18 0 — Lerland-O'Brien Timber... 17 9 — Golden Bay Cement 10 0 — N.Z. Paper 1 810 Wilson's Cement — 016 3 Inscribed Stock 96 0 0 — 5 p.c. i'.O. Bonds 98 5 0 — CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs rovenue collected at the fort of Wellington yesterday amounted to £51)C6 4s. 2d. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. (ltec. September 4, 10.15 p.m.), Sydney, September 4. Oats, Algerian, feeding, ss. 6d. and sb. Bd.; milling, ss. 9d.; 'I'asmanian, 6s. 3d. and 6b. 6d, Barley, Cape, ss. Maize, 7s. 6d. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £16; New Zealand, £15. Onions, £12 to £17. Adelaide, September 4. Oats, 03. 3d. METAL MARKETS. ( The latest quotations for the principal industrial metals, compared with those ruling at the end of June, 1914, show as under;— Juno August 30, 1914. 27,1919. £ a. d. £ s. d. CopperElectro 61 0 0 115 0 0 Standard, spot ... 56 12 0 98 15 0 Standard, i months 58 2 6 99 15 0 TinSpot 132 5 0 271 15 0 Forward 135 5 0 267 7 6 Lead 28 15 0 2415 0 Spelter, spot 21 15 0 38 10 0 Silver, standard 0 1 113 0 4 10} All the metals a,re still very high,- although not as high as they were a year ago, when standard copper was quoted at £122 6s. per ton for spot, tin £373 10s., and spelter £54. Tile producers of lead at Broken Hill have found considerable difflculty In disposing of their outputs since the armiotlco anc stocks are accumulating. In view of this it is very probable that there will bo a further decline in the value of the metal.