COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 151, 22 March 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT' SHARES. Saturday's anotationa fcr investment nliares were aB follow Buycra. Sellem. £ b. d. X a. d.

CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revenue collected at the port of Wc'l'iigton on Saturday amounted to £2963 Is. 7cl I.OND.ON WOOL SALE. Me=?rs. Levin aM Co.. Ltd.. have received the fnllo'vine cablegram from London, dated March 16:—"As compared wit-K February closing sales th" present openins- sales show merinos and fine cronßbrcdn five per rent, dearer. medium crossbredß and coarse crossbred* uncha lined." The following is a cony -of ft cablegram from the Director of Raw Materials. .London, to the Department of Imperial Government Supplies, Wellington, dated March IS:—"Series J of sales commenced March )6 with firm tone. Merinos and fine crossbrede are f> per cent, dearer than at on'd of February auctions, but sedition Tctcai\l. im» ip'-,;liuri and coarse crossbred? in not altered, although tendency of market better. Prices for slines and scour*d cross■brcda are wactically unclumcd." The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., Ltd.. have received the followine cnblcsram from their London house. under date March 16:—"As compared with last snlo's closing rate. .pTires arc lower by about 5 pe.r cent, to 75 per cent, for fine crossbred and merino. No cliauiri! in other sorts." • DROP IN METAIi PRICES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London.. March 17. Gold is £5 10s. per ounce, nnd silver 6Md. The fall iB due to improved American <;*• change. The decline in tin and copper is Sue to heavy realisations. {Rec. March 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 13. The decline in tin is due to speculators scHinsr on lower Eastern prices The Government, stock of =pcltcr is 7299 tons, and that of lead 40,435 tonß. LONDON TALLOW SAI.ES NOT HELD. London, March J7 In Ihe absence of demand the tallow sales were not held. NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY 00. (Rec. March Jl, 5.5 p.m.) London. March 18 The report of the National Mortcase and Aleney Co. of New Zealand shown a. profit of £65.752. A final dividend has been declared of 18d„ and a bonus of 3s. The.sum placed to rn»wvo is £500, and that carried forward £30,752. IMPERIAL TOIIACCO CO. (Rec. March 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 17. The Imperial Tobacco Company in increasing: its capital t.o twelve million one pound _ shares, of whicb 5,600.ffn are to 'is immediately offered to shareholders at 40s.

Tnsnnbod Q . !J oc , Inscribed Stock (19o0) .... 95 0 0 . 95 7 6 War Loan (1930) - rt , 9512 6 Bank Amrfrniasia- ; National B"uk 6 13 6 li. lM k N.S.W — » 7 6 Bank Tf.Z. (-M fa. B'U ... 17 12 6 18 0 0 Bank XZ. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 21 5 0 - Union Bank 13 3 6 Abraham and Williams .596 -• Goldsbroutsh Korfc ~ 210 p "Metropolitan Permanent — 1410 u Well, In vestment 0 10 6 — Triut a,wl Jioan J ? ~~ TWO), Deposit 0 8 3 — Well. Gas (pref.) — • 5 ? n National Insurance .• — ' J .J J Now Zr»abn<l Insurance — 113 o OneenPland Inpnranoe ...36o. — X.Z. • RofrigoraMng Ms.) 19 6 - Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... •- 214 3 Hnddart-Parker fprof.) ... 1 0 9 - Union Stea*m (pre!.) — 115 Woptport-Stoukton ~ 0 J o Wn-lptt- fWltory .............. . *T „ 0 17 0 Leyland-O'Bricn Timber... 19 6 Crown Brewjr ) 1 16 0 •- Golden Bay Cement -- 16 0 N.Z. Drue 3 6 0 - • >".Z Paper Mills ...» 116 0 — Wilson's Coment i\ — . 0 16 6 TJclipsc Petrol (2.1s.) — 11ft 0 Eclipse Petrol (lOg.j — 18 0