COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 257, 24 July 1920, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of Meat Export shares, 72i. 6d. paid, at £4 95., -was mado on 'Change yesterday, and a. sale of Bank of New Zealand shares, at £25 175.. was reported. Tho quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. £ n. A. £ s. d. Inscribed Stork. 1938 94 15 0 95 V 6 War Bonds, 1938 — 95 2 6 National Bank 612 6 . 615 0 Bank New Zealand 25 15 0 26 0 0 Goldsbroush Mort 2 8 6 Diver Plate — 12 6 N.Z. Insurance — 113 0 8.8. Insurance 9 18 0 10 0 0 N.Z. Refrieeratinp (£1) . - ?, 8 3 Dear Meat 2 10 — .Meat Export (£5) -• 615 0 Meat- Export (£3 12s. fid.) 4 8 9 4 9 6 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 2 13 6 — Well. Woollen (ord.) .... 10 10 U Westport Coal 1 '0 3 — Waipa Oalliery 014 9 017 0 Leyland-O'Brien Timber — 1 .15 0 Bartholomew Timber' ... 1 3 6 16 6 Ti.1.0. (pref.) 10 0 - Howard Smith — 2 6 0 Kirkcnldio and Stains (pref.) 10 3 . - pnronga Kauri Oils (7s. 6d.) 0 9 3 0 10 6 Ward and Co 14 0 — Wilson's Cement — 018 0 CUSTOMS REVENEB. Customs revenue collected at tho port of Wellington yesterday totalled £4434 Ib. 9d. LONDON ASSURANCE . CORPORATION. At the annual renoral court of tho liondon! Assurance Corporation, held in tho Royal Exchance. tendon, on April 28, a dividend of 24 per cent, and a bicentenary bonus of 5 ner cent, was declared. Atkr setting aside £50.000 to contingencies account, writhe £68.360 oil-premises account, and sottlncr aside £200,000 for income tax ftnd excess profits duty, the total assets now amount to £8,500,000. HIDE AND* TALLOW SALE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At our monthly sale hold on July 22, -we offered a good cataloirue to a fair bench of buyers, All sound hides sold at pricos equal to late rates, while inferior sorts wero hard to dispose of. Sound calf skins sold at Jd. to Id. better than last sale; tallow met ■with very dull competition. 'We Quoto: Or, heavy, 13d. to 13Jd.; ox, medium, 123 d. to 13d.; ox, light. lOJd. to 12Jd.; cow, heavy, 103 d. to llld.; medium, lOd. to 10? d.: lißbt, 9d, to 10d.; cut, slippy, and inferior, 3d. to 9Jd.; calfskins, sound, 14d. to 15d.; second tirade, 12d. to 14d.; cut, slippy and inferior, 6d. to-13d.; Ik/'bc hidcß, lis. to 20s. each; yearlinps and kip, 9d. to 13d.: tnlloV, in tins, .£33 ner ton; rabbit skins, 12d. to 19d. per lb.; horse hair, 12d. to lfid. per lb. LONDON METAL MARKET. Australian-Sew Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. July 23, 10.55 p.m.) London, July 22. Copper.—On spot, £91 2s. 6d. per ton;

three months, £93 7s. fid.; clectrolytio ingots, £107: wire bars, £112. Lead —On spot, £35 sb.' iior ton i tlireo months, £36. Spoiler—On spot, £41; IDs. per ton; throe months £43 sa. Tin-On spot, £263 15s. per ton; three months, £268 10s. Bar Silver.—ss)d. per ounco standard. MELBOURNE PRODUCE MARKET. By Tclofrraph-Prosa Association-Oopyrieht Melbourne, July 23. Barley, English, 7e. 9d. to Bs. per bushel: Cape, 7s. to 7s. 3d. Oats. Aleerinn. ss. sd. to Js. 6d. Potatoes, £12 to £13 per ton. Onions, £13 10s. to £14. PRICES OF HIDES FIEM. Melbourne, July 23. Hides are firm at late rates. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET.. The Quotations recorded in the mining market yesterday were as raider:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ a. d. Watht 115 0 1 14 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. By Telegraph—l'ress Association Auokland, July 23. Sales: Wilson's Oement, 17s.'iOd. to IBs.; Auckland Gas (paid), 26b. fid.; Northern Coal, 106. 4d„ 10s. 6d. Hale reported: Bank of New Zealand, £25 16s. , Sales reported: Now Zealand Refrigerating (cum div.), 48a. (two parcels). -