THE SHARE MARKET.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 8

THE SHARE MARKET.

Tho millet was fairlv active yesterday, v. tnd" several sales were -made. 1 Loan>aiuli'Mor-. • , Mintile sharear changed',hands at 55:,-and there; . ire steady'..'buyers at'.:4s.''9di New j. Zealand' . . and- River Plate: shares have claimed atten-, : ot National vMortgagi -. shares at j-.7a. •. 13d.,, . - Wellington Investment' at 126. 3d;,; and Wei-. V .' .lington-. Deposit,dt,lOs/.vßahk ,shares'are;un-. 'changed,';. h"^eStert!iy f s': !V 'qViot'atiohs:.'?''beidg.!-r i ,' lJank of New 'Zeiiliiml,- -buyers J59 12s. 6d.,- , ; .15s. irNational^'Bank," .'■iSS .'Ss;, j: 6(U, : i t .scllcrsi:^£s., , i os. : Gd'i'.ilnsuranceT; shares;are; ;,.•.^•fci(^todi'^an4f v ;ThiS,-is'. fire'^losses^'that'. the. companies;'have fha'd>, to; , meet recently. . Roughlv, since the- beginning .'Uo"ViE3so,o6o,';ftnd; l it'-ivill'i tako"--the''Com i panies. a long time to'-' recover-. from ..this.'.- ;New,-Zea- . •-•-• land .Insurance shfires :'changed hands at; £1,- . ' ■■ and. there were; sellers'Of -Nationals -at - JiSl Ss. t/.6&u• Gas ;shares -.are- unchanged.. There;were . bids of £18 <Ws. and 7s.' Gd. ; for vthe., f tivov issues of, .Wellington, Gas. . Meat shares ■ were ;neglected,;/.with' ■sellersv:Of;,-,):hird:x issue. /.^vMeat'.'Export'.ati.JßS^Ss.^^di^.-rT-here;,were; sellers;' ilso »of; Wellington • Woollen, ordinary at .£3 . '10s.-; -..Westport • Coal,- £7 '<155.. Gd.V Loyland-: '« O'Brien Titnber at JC2 55.-,Gd. - Tliere. were bids* . ( 3s. .Gdr.for Manawatu-Rails,.: 3ls. .Gd. for' ?!■ 'Union- Steamjr.and -9s. 3d. fori Kauri Timber.' '.There'-wero. sales of-the latter; at 9s. id.-,