COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3091, 23 May 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday'* quotations for inrontment shaves were as follow:— i Buyers. Sellers. , T ~ ■ „ , .. •£ «. d. £s. d. National Bank -. 5 7 0 — Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. 8(1.) ... 12 5 0 _ I'Dion Bank 54 0 0 — . • Equitable Building S IS 0 — National Mortgage — 3 16 6 N.Z. and E. Plate — 1 18 6 Well. Invest. T. and A. ... 0 11 6 _ Woll. Gas (£10) _ 14 2 6 6. British. 5 15 0 — Union Steam (prcf.) — ■ 114 Huddart-Parkor (ord.) .18 6 19 0 ICain-poi. Woollen (ord.) ... 6 12 0 - Well.. Woollen (prcf.) ... S 17 6 - Woßtport Coal 1 ; 8 3 18 9 WestportrStockton Ipref.) 0,11. 3 - N.Z. Paper Mills - 110 Customs duties collected at. the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4649 14s. 4d. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and 00. (Messrs. Mellsop, liliott and Co.. Palnierston North, local agenta) report on the frozen mc:it market, under dato London, March 9, as follows:— Tho tj'ado continues to draw its main (supplies from the Home-grown article, but tho small Scotch Hill lambs, which, havo formed a substitute for the colonial lamb, are finishing up, thus tending to pnt more life into the frozen lamb trade. homo good sheep and lambs from the new- works of the Anslo-Sonth American Moat Co., at Zarata, have attracted muchi attention, and fetched ' high prices, tho sheep reaching UJd. per lb., but the New Zealand article, irrespective of the difference in price, is always preferred by tho buyers. Market Prices for Weeks Ending: Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 2 ■ ■ . d. d. d. d. d. d. Homegrown- 1917. 1916. 1917. Beef, sides 12 -131 8- 9 121-13} Mutton, -wethers .... 12HJS 91-10J 12 -13* Mutton, ewes ....:.... 11 -12 81- 9 11 -llf Mutton, Dutch - — — Tegs 123-15 10-1» 123-141 Lambs 141-15 111-13 14 -151 Pork 12J-14J- 101 121-14 Teal, best ;,. 121-131 91-13 121-14 Frozen— ' Mutton: N.Z. and Australian wethers • 8£ 7|- 7i 83 N.Z. and Australian ewes 8j 75-81 S. Amer. -wethers 111-11} 82-8} 11 -103 Lamb: N.Z. and Aus 10 8f 8} 10 S. American 12J — 12*42} Pork 103 8 "10J Chilled: ■ Argentine 01, fores , and hinds 101-111 — None > . ' THE METAL MARKETS. ' ■ Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ORcc. May 22, 5.20 p.m.) London, May 21. Tin.-Spot, £251 16s. .per ton; three -months, £250 16s: Bar .Silver.—3Bd. per ounce standard. Other metals, unchanged.