COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

... '•■ INVESTMENT SHARES. ; ■ . ; ' The quotations for investment snares yesterday were.-as follow:— 'v ":;': . Buyers.: v Sellers. T- ■ , £s. d. -'. £s. i. National 8anf'...... 5 4 0. .— Bank. n.s.vt. ;.'.;::. 39..0' 0 -: • Bank N.Z; (£3 '6s: : Bd.) ... 11 0 ; 0 ' - Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. ,4d.) ... 17 0 0 - ■Equitable Building'...; 915 0 ..:-.. - and Eiverr.Hate : 2 0:0: '. • —■'• ■Well. Invest. T.' and A.'-..'. ; —.:•.. 0 11 0 .Well. Dep. and-Mort. ....—"' ' '.'0 8 ; 6 Chrstchurch Gas,(£s) .... 7'7 0 .• '!■ —■■■ ■Well. Gas ■■ (£10). j.„..."...:....14 0 0 15CO Well. Sasi (prefO ■•...';..:.. 018 9 • — Gear Meat (J8J)".....?..;..'.;..-:4 4-0 ■': ' -' (Well. Moat s Ei.;(£2l7s.-6d.) ■. 17 0 - • 'N.Z. Shipping-(brd.)1,.';.... 20 0 0 '■'—.'

Union Steam (ord.)' 1 13 9 114 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 5 10 0 - Well. Woollen (Dref.) .... 3 10 0 - Waipa Coal — 018 6 Westport Ooal 19 6 110 0 N.Z. Drug 2 4 9 - Golden Bay Cement 116' 120 Sharland (ord.) 15 0 — Sharland (pref.) 15 0 - WHOLESALE PIMDDUOE PEICES. Mea?rs. Laery and Company, Limited, report wholesale- prices as follow:—Fowls'' wheat, prime ss. 6d., 'medium ss. <d.; fowls' barley. 4s. 6d.; Cape barley, 4s. 9d.; feed/peas, prime ss. 6d., good ss. 3d.; partridge poas, 6s. Bd.; maize, feed, s'. 6d.; oataisbcaf chaff, £6 55.; clover hay, £6 7s. 6d.; flour in sack, £13 13s. ex storeoatnioal, £19; bran, £5 10a. ; -pollard,. £8 55.; bacon, sides Is., rolls Is. Id., hams Is., shoulders lCd.; cheese, medium, Bid.; ■ lice pollard, £7 55.; onions, £5 10s.; potatoes,

| Customs duty collected at the port ot Wellington yesterday amounted to £4597 os. sd. _. SOUTHERN MARKETS. By-TelosraDh.-Pres? Association. .-,.. ~ ",' . Chrjstchurch, Slay 9. Although It as now the second week in May the monthly abstract. statistics published by the Government . Statistician Have not yet appeared,. therefore tlio result of the threshing returns for March aro. stall unknown. It is believed the returns show a little increase in the averago yieid per acre in the area threshed over thoaverage;in .January a nd February./ _lho wheat market is still\ very dull, mere is no speculative demand, and only a, lew millers- are making purchases' of lots, whioh come within tho limits ; of mP price ' anii suitable in quality. The oats- market is "also lifeless. A .few potatoes are offering, and tho market shows- ho firmer tone. Prospects ol _ trade with Australia are not encouraging. The price is still £4 to £4 ss. at country stations. Buyers with orders in hand give a higher figure, but others ore only offering £4. Barley purchased in Viotoria- by local maltsters is now coming to hand by weekly steamer.

i LONDON WOOI/ SALES. Messrs. Levin, and Co. have received ° ab i°. advice from their London agents that the following clips have been eold at the sales . now closed. The prices given below aro tho averago prices fo- the fleece portion of the wool-"Sales closed very firm. Merinos. 10-per cent.; medium and coarse crossbreds, about 5 per cent above opening- rates:-H. and CM. (GreVtown). 1* 6Jd. ; Tusoa.nhill'J. (Pahiqtua), le. 6 3-Sd.; Pukete (Jfcurterton), Is. ■ 5Jd. ♦L^Plm'Hv 18 - 6 ,. 3 ;5 d,i Tclloc < A,fr <=<iS>. \t -,3 d - ! or °B, (Alfredton), Is. 6 J-Bi-iU..N. (Ifasterton), Is. m.: Kariri (FoiJ?s'' M- - ." <L; ' Ma-tahiwi (Masterton), is m.; Hma (Ohariu), Is. SJd.; Moutero (Bulls). Is. 5Jd, j Weka (Peilding), is. 6M - J.H.T. over Onawe- (Masterton), Is. 6d' : P.H. over Huia (Bulls),.la. 4J<l. .''LONDON.!APPLE MAKKET.'.( , . By Teleirarh-Preaa Associatlon-Oopyrlgjit _ London, May 8 The apple. market. is dull. Prices' weak. Further .sales of.- Orsovo's Vlctoiiain '• 6hfDments,. 75.; t0'..105. ; Malwa's West' Aus-J tralian shipments, Bs. .to 10s. 6d. .-