COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9622, 30 March 1917, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers, •fc s d JS a d InvestmentNational Bank 5 2 0 Bk. N.Z. (J!3 Gs 8d) ... 11 7 0 15k. N.Z. (A 6 13s 1d)... 17 2 6 Union Bank 52 10 0 53 0 0 Loan and Merc, (ord.) 82 0 0 N.Z. and 11. Plate 1 18_ 9 Wn. Invest. T. and A. 0 11 0 Wn. Trust Loan 6 16 0 Wn. Dcp. and Mort.... 0 7 6 W’n. Gas (pref.) N.Z. Insurance 7 7 G 7 9 0 Union Steam (ord.) ... 2 4 6 Union Steam (pref.) 1 010 113 Huddart-Parker (ord.) *l6 3 Westport. Coal 1 7 0 1 7 6 Leyland-O’Brien 14 6 N.Z, Consol. Dental ... 1 2 9 Sharland and Co. (ord.) 17 0 •Cum div. QUOTATIONS ELSEWHERE. Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 29. Stock Exchange sale;— ■South British Insurance, A 5 13s 6d. Sale reported: Auckland Tramways, JSI Is 6d. DUNEDIN, March 29. Stock Exchange sale : Dominion Rubber, JBI 17s 9d. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. By Telegraph—Press Association —CopyTleU* Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, March 28. On the Stock Exchange to-day the following were the quotations for Australasian mining and other stocks, compared with the last previous quotations: Other Stocks—Middle Prices.

*Bx dividend. COMMERCIAL CABLES By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyHgh* Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON. March 28. AMERICAN WHEAT. Tho visible supplies of American wheat and flour east of the Hooky Mountains are estimated at the equivalent in wheat of 40,664,000 .bushels, compared with 48,893,000 bushels last week and 151,095,000 a year ago. • THE LONDON MARKET. The wheat market is nominal. Prices are firm. .An Australian parcel on passage to Liverpool sold at 82s per quarter.. - ARGENTINE export stopped. It is officially announced from. Buenos Ayres that the embargo on wheat exXiortation becomes effective on the 29th.. (Received , March 29, 10 p.m.) TALLQW SALES SUSPENDED. 3y the Government’s order no tallow sales are being held this week. Some tallow may be offered next week, but further auctions are unlikely. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY. March 29. Oats.—New Zealand buyers are taking considerable Tasmanian shipments. Algerian feeding is quoted at 2s 4d to 2s ' fid per bushel, and milling 2s &d to 2s 3d; maize, 3s per bushel; potatoes, -14 to .£6 per ton; onions. £5 IDs per ton. ADELAIDE, March 29Oats, Is lid to 2s per bushel. WOOL SALES. !ty Telegraph—Prese Association-^ CopyrigU* Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, March 28. Wool —There was a very shabby and miscellaneous selection. Prices were unchanged. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Laery and • Co., Ltd.. Allen street, re ; port wholesale prices as follow-howls wheat, prime 6s Bd'to 6s 9d bushel; fowls barley, 4s 8d per bushel; Cape barley, 4s 9d per bushel: Prussian blue peas, lis 6d per bushel; partridge peas, 8s 3d, per bushel: maize feed, 5s 3d to 5s 6d per bushel; crushed maize. 6s per. bushel; chaff, oatsheaf, £S 10s per ton; hay, clover, £5 5s per ton, .meadow £5 per ton: flour in sacks, £l6 5s per ton; oatmeal. 25’s £22 per ton; pollard, £7 15s ton; bran. £5 10s per ton; bacon (all best factory), , sides Is Ofd per lb, .rolls. Is lid per lb, hams Is Ud Per lh, shoulders Mid per lb, cheese (factors') medium lOd per lb, loaf lid. per lb: linseed meal, 100’s £ll 10s. 50’s £l2. 20's £l2 10s;. linseed nuts, 12s 6d per cwt; linseed ground cake, 12s 6u per cwt; whole linseed. 26s per cwt; onions, £8 10s per ton; potatoes, whiteskinned tabic, £7 to £7 10s; pig-meal, £G 10s per ton. All poultry in very good demand. Hens, 4s to 5s 6d per pair > cockerels, At to Ts per pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury), 7-s 6d per pair; Indian Runners, 5s per pair; turkeys, gobblers, Is 2d per lb, hens. Is per lb, live weight; eggs, fresh, 2s per dozen; butter, prime bulk. Is 4d per lb. WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue received at Wellington yesterday totalled £6476 15s Bd.

M s. d. £ s. d. 2h p.c. Imp. Consols 52 10 0 53 5 0 Bank of Australasia * 109 0 0 114 0 0 Bank of N.S. Wales 31 17 6 31 15 0 Bank of Victoria ... S 7 0 3 7 6 Union BankofAust. 49 17 6 49 17 6 Nat. .Bank of Aust. 4 19 0 4 19 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. 4 15 0 4 14 6 Bank N.Z. shares ... 10 10 0 10 10 0 B.N.Z. 4 p.c. stocks N.Z. Loan and M.A. 79 0 0 79 0 0 orcl. stocks N.Z. loan and M.A. ,81 15 0 81 15 0 first dobs. City of Melbourne 4 68 15 0 88 0 0 p.c. stock Melb. Harbour Trust 91 0 0 91- 0 0 4 p.c. debs Melb. Tram Trust 89 0 0 89 0 0 4i p.c. debs Melb. Bd. of Works 99 IS 0 99 15 0 4 p.c. debs 90 10 0 90 10 0