COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2472, 27 May 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. In the investment, market yesterday a wile of Union Steam (ordinary) at 235. lid was transected. The quotations Trcr'e as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. •£ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 5 9 0 5 10 6 Bank K.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... - 11 10 0 Union Hank 57 0 0 — Equitable Building 9 10 0 — "Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. ... 7 9 0 — Christehurch Ons (£5) ... 7 17 6 — Well, fiae (prcf.) 10 0 _ N./O. Insurance 6 10 — South British Insurance — 415 0 Gear Meat (£ll 4 0 0 — Union Steam (prcf.) 10 8 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 4 10 0 Tfl-.ipiri Co.il 0 !4 6 — Coal 1 11 6 1 12 0 j..inning anil Co — 4 li 0 iV.Z. Drue - 2 7 0 Golden Bay Cement ...... 116 12 5

7 WRIGHT, STEPHENSON AND CO. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., held their ninth annual mectinf of shareholders at Dunedin on Monday la«t to consider the report of the) directors and in© accounts for the year ended March 31. Ihe profit for the year amounted t0£3J,319 6s. 4d. A dividend of 7 per cent, for the year was declared; £10,000 was added to - tho reserve fund, making it £50,000; and , the bnlance carried forward. Messrs. J. i A. Johnstone and P. 0. Gray were tc- , elected directors, and Messrs. Barr. Laery, t and Co. reappointed auditors for the en- , Biune year. t METAL MARKETS, a (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—-Copyright.) London, May 25. Copper, on 6pot, £76 to £76 5e.; three e months. £77 to i.77 S» i Tin, on 6pot, £164 to £164 10s.; thrco months, £163 15s. to £164 ss. Smelter, £75 to £71. 6 Silver—Bar silver is quoted at 23Jd. per \ ouuee standard. \ • STOCK AND SHADES. - „ . London, May 25. ine following were yesterday s closing • quotations:—Australian Mercantile deben* 1 tures, £69; Dalgoty's debentures, £84 10s.; . Dalffcty's shares, £6 3s. 9d.; Melbourne Gas dobenturcs, £97 12s. 6d. J duty collected in the port of r Wellington yeeterday amounted to £3309 . Bs. 3d. ' MINING NEWS ! WELLINGTON SHARE MAKKET. > The 6ales recorded in the mining mar- ; kot yesterday were:—Ross Goldficlds at 10d„ . and Talisman at 245. nnd 245. 3d. Tho quotations were as under:— Buyers SelUri. £ s. d. £ e. a. •Occidental 0 0 6 — Wftihi ...:. 118 9 119 6 Grand Junction 1 J 9 14 3 Waitangi 0 14 — STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph—Press. Association.) „ . Auckland, May 2S. Sale:-Talisman, 245. 3d. „ ■ Chrlstchurch, May 26. £57 Eis -—Union Bank of Australia, fm,' f . n Ounedln, May 26. or i Gales .were made on tho • Stock Exchange to-day :-Westport Coal, £1 lis. 6d.; Electric, 2s. 6d,; Waihi, £1 19s. 6d.; , lit. Ly©H, £1 6s - 4d ». £ 1 fc- 3d. (cum diriaena). i .T-Jii? f o, l,o J rin S sales were reported :-Mt. | Trams, £1 as. 3d. Auckland [ ROSS RECONSTRUCTED. „ secretary of the Ross Goldficlds Be- • tSr i has been advised that i fo!d r frZ6s6 B kcks k 1106 25 ° Z ' 15dwt " ° f ! lows" f?r n t e hfTay'YL^e ' shoot has' been ' ?« ii n Pay wash. Blocking °f i 2 « nd 3 south-west ■ drives and o. 4 northeast drive,