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INVESTMENT SHARES. A salo of Wellington Investment Company's shares at. lis. 3d. was made onCha.ngo yesterday. Tho uuotn.tions were as follow:— lluycrs. Sellers. £ s. d. £8. d. Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Sd.) ... 11 16 (1 — Dank N. 7,. (£6 Us. 4d.) ... 17 7 6 - Union Bank 53 5 0 — Nfltiona.l Mortgage. /. — 3 16 6 N.Z. and R. Plato ...„. - 118 9 Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd.... 6 19 II 7 2 6 Well. Gas '•mm 14 0 0 14 2 6 N.Z. Shipping (prof.) — 10 15 0 Well. Woollen lord.) 6 2 6 - Wcstport Coal 17 0 18.0 *t.ey)a.nd-o'Bricn 14 6 — Ward and Co. ■ — 515 6 ! 'Ex div. Customs duties collect/*! at the port of Wellington yesterday nmounted to S.I'M 19s. 4d. .HIGH COMMISSIONER'S MARKET BKPOB.T. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received tho following . cablegram, dated London April 28, from tho High Commissioner for Now Zealand. (Note—Quotations, unless otherwise specified-, are average market, prices on spot):—
Meat.—There is a restricted demand for description of meat:- decrease in tho supply ( of Home-killed mutton and beef. Lower prices accepted for Argentina mutton and lamb owing to arrangement completed whereby after this week Argentino mutton and lamb will bo sold at lOd. and lid. per lb., no ' weight allowance. N.Z. mu'fon, per lb.', 85d.; ewo mutton, 81d.; Arsentius mutton, IOJd.; N.Z. lamb, 10d.; .Argentine lamb, lljd. and IZJd.; Argentino chilled beef, .hinds, 10} d.; fores, sid. Butter.—Tho following maximum prices fixed during tho next, two weeks:—Danish, New Zealand, and Irish creamery butter, raited and unsalted, 2185.; Dutch crcamcry and Australian, 2125. Butter market is quiet, but steady. Danish. 2045. to 2085.; N.Z., 2045. to 2C6s. for flatted; unfialted. 2035.- 6d. to 2075.-; Irish oreamcry, 1908. to 1935.; Australian, salted and unsalled, ISDs. to 1925.- . :
Cheese—Maximum prices Tcmain tinchanged, with tho exception of English Cheddar, 1605.; new season's make, 14fe. Market continues Arm owing to continued small supplies. .Canadian, whito and eeloured, 1625.; States flats, 160s. Hemp.—Tho market remains firm. Got-' ornment prices fixed: Manila, tmutilotod word here), any position,-fair, £85; medium, £80; coarse, £73; Now Zealand, on spot, good fair, £76 IPs.; fair, £74 10s. ■ mutilated word hero); good fair/' £76; fair, £74. Vhsat.—Jfarkot Arm owing to reduced eupplics. Quotations are nominal. Australian, 835.; Canadian,' 81s.; Argentine 90s. Oats.—Jlorket Arm at the advance. New Zealand, 555„ nominal.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3067, 1 May 1917, Page 8
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