COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 270, 9 August 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. •■Sales of Huddart-Parker ordinary sharei • at £2 16s. 3d., and Ward and Co? at a 4b 9d were mndo on 'Chon<rc on Saturday' nnd sales of Inscribed Stock, 1938. at'£94 ' 7s 6d., and War Bonds, 1930, 'at £95 2s. 6d were reported. The quotation!* r, rero . as follow:—

CUSTOMS REVENUE. Oustomß revenue collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £5825 Os. 3d; • LONDON TALLOW MAEKET. Messrs. Booth and Co., Christchurch, have received from their London houso a cablegram, dated August 4, that owing to the August Bank Holidays no tallow auction took place last week. Thoy further advise that the market i'b stronger, with values as follow:—Edible mutton, 685.; edible, beef, 705.; good mutton, 655.; good beef, 65b.; good colour, 625.; no colour, 56a. 6d.j gut, 525. LONDON MARKETS Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. August 8, 11.5 p,m ; ) ' , „ ' „ London August 7. Cotton—September shipment, 23.82 d. per lb. Jute—AugußtSepteraber shipment, £50 per ton.

.Hemp.-Quiet. May-July shipment, £54 per ton. . . .

Rubber.-Para. i 213 d. ner lb.; plantation, 22* d.; smoked, sheets, 21d. Copra-Strong and active. AueustrSeptember shipment. £53 per ton • Linseed 0i1.—£79 %. per ton. ' Turpentine,' 158s. per cwt.

Diiyerfl. Seller". . £ b. (1. £ f. d. "Inscribed Stock. 1938 ... — ' ■ 94 12 6 War Bonds, 1930 95 2 6 •_ Bank Australasia- — 94 0 0 ■ National Bank 612 9 615 0 Bank N.S.W. 34 7 6 , 3415 0 Bank New Zealand ...... 26 0 0 - n'ninn Bank .'...„ 13 10 0 « 12 6 fiolrisbroueli Mort — 2 7 0 Napier Gas. (pref.) — 9 17 6 National Insurance 3 12 6 314 J ".■VV Insurance . 112 0 113 0 ■ N.Z. -fofrigerating (10s.) 1*4 J 4 9 :Gear Meat ....'...... 2 2 6 -Meat Export (£3 12s. 6d.l, ... (cnm.) ........... 410 0 .Huddart-Parfcer.ford.) ..,"2.16 0 Z16 6 northern Steam 0 17 0 0 17 9

U.S.6. Oo 10 5 J. 1 " Hikurangi Coal' - «" ».. Westport-Stookton Coal... - » 9 0, Waipa Colliery - 016 3 Bartholomew Timber — loo Burns. Philp 118 6 - Howard Smith 2 6 3 - fiharland and Co 110 0 - , Ward and Co. 14 9 — Well. Opera IIouBe Opref.) 5 0 0 — Wilson Cement - 0 » "