COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16504, 4 August 1919, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. LONDON, July 31. Owing to smaller supplies the butter ration has been reduced to ounces. Wheat and flour arc dull. Oats, peas and beans are firm, quotaj tions being unchanged, their being a ' fair trade for Australian. [ Tallow.—Eor the present shipment, | mutton 48s, degree 105 s, c.i.f. London; | mixed, 43s Gd, degree ( Sugar, granulated, 57s 9d. I .Shares, —Wailii Junction 13s 3d to I 14s 3d, and P. and 0. £525. i Copper.—£lo2 2s 6d and £lO2 12s i Od. Lead. —£24 and £24 15s. Spelter,—£4l 10s and £4l 15s, T'm.—£27l ss'and £269 os. Silver. —-65 9-16 d. , Tho wool sales have closed. One hundred thousand three hundred and eleven, bales wore catalogued, and practically all sold. Merinos were irregular throughout. Best combings were keenly competed for, but the sale closed with prices slightly easier than last sale’s average, and faulty sorts declined ,5 per cent. Crossbreds declined from 5 to 74 per cent. Scoureds and slipes generally declined Id. All descriptions of lambs’ were well maintained. New Zealand “Mount View,” top 28, average 26id, “Kapitane” 60d. and 45d. The United States, Japan, and neutrals were permitted to purchase to a limited extent. Tho next auctions uro on tho lltli inst. The Bradford market is quiet. Business is demoralised owing to tho idleness of the machinery.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, THE SHAREMARKET. LONDON. July 30. Bank of Australasia, £l3_B; National Bank of Australasia, £12o; Bank of New Zealand, £BS 10s and £l3 10s; Now Zealand Loan ,£111; VTa-uii, 45s and 47s 6d. WHEAT SUPPLY. CHICAGO. July 31. Tho visible wheat supply is 16,619,000 bushels.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. QUOTATIONS. srECIAC TO IJEUAI.D. AUCKLAND, August 4. Messrs. Hendry and Hay (E. P. AVobstcr, local agent) report tho following Stock Exchange quotations and sales: — AVaihi, 45s 6d and 44s 9d ; Junction, 13s and 12s 10J ; Talisman, 7s Od and 7s Cd; National Bank, £0 Ss Cd (buyer); Bank of Now Zealand, £l4 7s (nl (buyer); National Insurance, £-1 0s (id (buyer); New Zealand Insurance, 31s and 30s; South British Insurance, £8 2s 6d and £8 Is; Taupiri Coal, ISs 9d (seller); Northern Steam, 16s 3d (buyer); Auckland Trams, 22s 6d and 22s 3d ; Auckland Trains, preference, 17s 9cl (buyer); AVilsom’s Cement, 16s 4d and 16s.