COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3100, 2 June 1917, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT BHAB-ES. A sale- of National Bank eliares (it £5 10s. was reported yesterday. The .quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. £ B. d. £ 8. (1. Bank N. 7.. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 12 6 0 — llauk N.iS. (£6 13s. M.) .. 17 10 0 - N.Z. and Eiver Plato ... - 118 6 Well. Invest. T. aud A.... 0 11 6 — Wgtn. Trust Loan, Ltd.... 7 0 0 — Well. G.IS (£10) - J * ? 5 tUnion Steam (ord.) 2 17 6 3 10 fUnlon Stcain (pref.) 10 3 — Huddart-Parkcr (ord.) ... 1 8 6 18 9 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 617 6 — Kaianoi Woollen (pref.) 6 0 0 — Well. Woollen (ord.s 6 0 0 6 6 0 Waipa Coal - 019 0 West-port Coal 17 9 18 3 Westnort-fitockton (ord.) 0 7 6 — Wertport-Slocktou (pref.) 0 11 3 - Lcyland-O'Brieii 16 0 — ttf.Z. Paper Mills - 10 6 •fKx div. CUSTOMS IiEVENDE. The Hon. Arthur M. Myers (Minister oE Customs) states that the amount of Cuftoms revenue collected for the month of May was £276,948, <ind the excise beer duty £15,573. The figures for the month of May, 1916, were £300,327 ond £16,622 respectively. Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3465 Is. B<l. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE PRICES. By Tclegraph-PrcEs Association-Copyright. Melbourne, June 1. Barley. Chevalier, 4s. 3d. to Aβ. 4d.; Oape, 3s. to 3=. 2d. Oats, milling, 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d.; feed, 2s. Id. to 2s. 2d. I'otatoes, £3 to £4 fe. Onions, £4 10s. 1o £5. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODTJCE. Wheat.—None offering;. . Flour.-Scarce; nominally unchanged. Oats, Peae, and Beans.—Dull; unchanged. Sugar.—Standard granulated, 46b. 9d. The Food Commission having raised ell tho prices of butter, the- trade ia at a standstill. There are good supplies of nil descriptions, but buyers are holding oil", owing to the diminished consumption. There is also an impression that retail prices may be Hied below the present level. Danish is nominally about 2025.; choicest Australian, lE6s, to 1895.; New Zealand, 190s. to 1945. Cheese.— Bnsinerss is suspended till supplies aro released. THE METAL'' MARKETS. Copper.—Spot, £130 55.; three nionlhe, £129 10s.; electrolytic, £140. Lead-Spot, £30 10s.; three months, £29 10s. Spelter—Spot, £54; three months, £50. Tin.—Spot, £253 153.; three months, £250 15s. Bar silver, 38d. per orinco standard.