SHARE MARKET.

Southland Times, Issue 3486, 23 August 1879, Page 2

SHARE MARKET.

Mr C. W. Brown reports the state of the share market for the week ending Friday, August, Bth, ,as .follows : — Bankof New Zealand, 1 £18 j 1 National, £3 2s '6d ; 'Colonial, 40s. Insurances : — National, 21s to 22s ; Union, 12s ; Standard, 13s r New Zealand, £2 155; South British,£2'llsf Colonial. 4sto'4s 3d; New Zealand Shipping Company, £3los ; Guthrie and Larnach's Wood ware Factor}', £3"; Scottish and New Zealand Investment Company, 16s ; National Mortgage Agency Company, 205." ' -- Invercargill, August 22, 1879. D. W. Bennett's report of the Grain, Land, and Money markets for the week ending August 2: — The produce markets are still very much (depressed, and all .kinds, of grain have, a slightly downward tendency. Hardly ' any exports have been made from this district during the \vee"k, and. should the Melbourne and Sydney markets remain unimproved, it is not likely any consignments will be forwarded from here for some considerable time. Local demand is exceedingly' small, and sales are most difficult to^make. Town and country properties are being inquired for. . Mone} is easy. ' During the week I have had placed in my hands for investment £2,000,' most of which I have lent out in various sums at 10 to 13 per cent. lam advised of a further sum of £5,000. which will ' be available in a few weeks from presentdate. Quotations for the week arc: — "Wheat, 4s to 4s 6d for firstrclass samples; inferior, 2s 8d to 3s 9d; "■■bats'. Ji . Is 9d to lslOd; good feed —milling, 2s'; : seed, 2s 2d to 2s Money, 10 per cent, for sums of £200 to ; £1000 ; 12 for short periods. .. Invercargill, August 22,' 1579. ' " '• '

(BY ELECTEIO TELE&EAPH). Wellington, August 22. 'j- Mr O.'Shea reports ••^-F.louivAde] aide, £13' 10s to ; ■.Canterbury, £10 10s to '£11; Oamaru, £11 to j£lli 10s: sharps, £5 10s; bran, lOd; oats, 2s 5d to 2s 9d; potatoes, £5 to £6; maize, 4s 9d; hams and bacon, 8d to 9d. , '/.:••= -\ /:;. :; .;;'-i ; i Dunedin, August 22. Wheat, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; fowls' feed, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; oats, 2s to 2s 3d;' barley, 5s to 5s 6d; feed, 3s to 3s 6d ; potatoes, £5 10s; kidney seed, £7 10s; hay (new), £4; chaff, £4 to £4 10s ; straw, £2 5s ; bran, £4 5s ; pollard, £5 10s; flour (large sacks), £11 ; small bags, £11 10s ; oatmeal, £13 ; pearl barley, £26; onions, 13s 6d; cheese, 8d; bacon, BAd; prime fat beef, 30s per 1001 b : fat mutton, 2|d per lb, •■-..■ ; . • OAMAEU, Angust 22. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d for good milling; \ flour, £11 to £11 10s ; other quotations un-( altered.