COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 55, 28 November 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Testerda'y'B Stock Exchange quotations "'were:— "' . Buyors.. Sellers.' '"- , £ B. d. £ b. d. •Bank N.Z. (£3 6a. Bd.) .. 12 6 0 12 7 6. .. ;Union Bank 5415 0 55 15 0. ..National Mortgage 317 0 • — , Auokland Gas — 18 0 •Napier Gas — 14 0 0 'Well. Gas (£10) - 12 15 0 N.Z. Refrigerating (£10)1818 0 119 5 0 •Gear Meat 4 11 6 — i Waipa Coal , — 111 3 .Taupiri Coal 0 16 0 — ..Ward and Co — 610 0 D.1.0. (prcf.) .:....... - 10 3 .The following sale was reported:—Bank ..of New Zealand (£6 13s. 4d.), £17 10s. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4026 '14s. sd. - FROZEN MEAT MARKET. •Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co. (Messrs. llellsop, Eliott and Co., Palmerston North, local agents), report on the frozen meat ..market, under date London, July 27, 1917, as follows :— '. Inquiries are chiefly for ,New Zealand ' lamb, of which 75,000 were released this ' Tveefe and readily aosorbed, the fixed' price of lOd. being the great attraction, the ac- • tual value being 50 per cent, highar. No *. sheep in the trade. ~ Next week some Patagonian lambs, which , are now under Government control, are to bo released in addition to the New Zealand lambs, and it is hoped they will ease .. the. position somewhat. Market Prices for Weeks EndingJ«ly 27, July 28, July 20, _ " " ' WW. 1916. 1917. '■ Home-grown— ~ Beef, sides". 13J-161 10 421 121-141 ...... Mutton, wethers ... 14-17 101-124 • 14-151 ; Mutton, ewes 12-141 91-10 12M31 •Tegs 143-17 12-13 13M7 \ Lambs 161-18 121-13 >15 -18 5 0I t •• Mi 10-11 13-15 .Veal ; 13J-16 11-12 io -15 Frozen—i Mutton, N.Z. and : Aus... wethers :..... r . 8| 8g- 6i ® N.Z. k Aub. ewes 8J 8} 8* S. Amor, wethers 10 91-9 io" Lamb, N.Z. and Aus. /■■■ 10 •91 10 8. American „ > li ih.ioj u Pork. TJ.S.A \ - 8-83 ' - Chilled- \ .. Argentino ox beef, l°™ 118 7 10J ." E"" 1 *! •••••• 14} 9} 13} THE METAL MAIIKET. " Zealand Cable Association. (Itec. November 27, 8.55 p.m.) • . _ _ London, November 26. . Tm-Slpoi' £283 ' 2s. 6d. per ton; three months, £281.125. 6d.,. Bar Bilver-42id. per oz. standard. Other metals : unchanged. *