COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 43, 15 November 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Saturday's quotations for investment (hares were as follow:— • Buyers. Sellers. £ b. d. £ a. d.

Inscribed Stock (1939 and 1938) y— 92 0 0 War Bonds (1939 and 1938) — 92 2 0 P. and O. Ins. Stock, 1929 - 94 0 0 National Bank — 6 7 6 Bank New Zealand 2412 6 25 0 0 - Union Bank 12 11 0 12 15 0 ' Well. Gaa (£10) - 10 1 0 ~. National Insurance J 7 0 — N.Z. Insurance 17 3 — ' South British Insurance — 815 0 N.Z. Eofrieeratine'lil) ... 2 3 0 2 5 0 ' N.Z. Eefrigeratlne (10s.) 119 - Huddart-Parkcr (ord.) .. — 2 9 6 Union Steam (pref.) 10 3 116 •„ tVcatport Coal 110 0 — Waipi Coal — 0 15 0 i Eclipse Petrol (£1) ........ — , 10 0 N.Z. Con. Dental 16 3 — N.Z. Drue - 3 6 0 Parenga Kauri Oils — 110 Walrarapa. Termers (£5) — 6 6 0

Well. Opera. Houso (ord.) — 40 0 CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revjuc collected at the noft of ■Wellington o* Saturdny amounted to £4013 6a. 6d, CREAK OP TARTAR BUBSTITTJTEB. It Is notified in the "Gazette" ..that' a previous regulation relating to cream of tartar substitutes naß been .revoked, nno the followlne:aubstit'nted:— (a) Cream-of-tartnr substitutes shall eontnln not more than ono nart per centum ■■" of sutohates. calculated as calcium sulnnate not more thnn ono one- ' hundredth of ..a grain or arsenic, calculat- . > cd as arßenloua oxide, to the pound, and not more than one-seventh of a Brain of load to the noun<t. (h) There shall he written In the nrm-clr-itl label attached to every package c.ontainine an acid or-an ncld salt, other than cream-of-tartar, used In baking the name of the acid or acid salt, and where two or more names are available the nama or names, most generally understood by the nubile Khali be used, and such name ' or names shall be conNpicunnely written In bold-faced sans-soHir ..iapltal types.''of not less than eighteen points face measurement. P. AND 0. STOCK. Anstralian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, November 11. , Peninsular and Oriental, deferred stock, buyers £445. sellers £470. |j!i.-n ;.■;■■■'.. EXCHANGE RATES; . ■r' 1 Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, November 11. Foreign exohange rates on London aro ■ f i ■ nuoted as follow :-Paris. 58.23 francs to £1: Stockholm. 17.98 kronor: Oliristinma, Zs.io kroner: Montreal. 3.82 dollars: New Yorg, 3.38 dollars; Calcutta/, 268. to rupee; YoKonam*, ilojd. to yen. ,

COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. lastralian-New Zealand Cablo Association. Londoni November 11. Wheat—Market aulet. Flour—ln steady demand. Oats—Quiet. La Platas, on spot, 490. 6d. to 60s. - Beans and Peas.—Dull; prices unchanged. Sugar—Unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rce. November 14, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 13. , Cotton—Liverpool Quotation for American middling upland cottjm, December delivery, 13.92 d. per lb. Kubber.—Fine hard Para, 17d. per lb.; plantation, first latex crepe, 13$ d.; smoked sheets, 122 d. , Oopra— Weak; November-January shipments, £2 10s. per ton. Jute—Dull; November-December shipments, £48 10s. per ton. Hemp-Quiet. October-December shipments, £54 per ton. Linßeed Oil.—£6l per ton. Turpentine.—llos. per cwt.