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Quotations on Stock Exchange. CHRISTCHURCH. Following are to-day’s quotations: £ s. d. £ s. d. j

Sales on ’Change—New Zealand Government SJ per cent Inscribed (1937}. £97 2s fid; Commercial Bank of Australia. 13s lid: King Solomon. Is 4Jd; Mahakipawa Goldfields. 4d. Number of Shares. £2OO X.Z. Govt. 5* p.c. Inscr.. 1937 ion Commercial Bank of Australia 300 King Solomon 300 Mahakipawa AUCKLAND BUSINESS. (Special to the •‘Star.”) AUCKLAND, March 11. Moderate business has been conducted on the Auckland Stock Exchange during the past twenty-four hours, with values generally, in favour of the buyers. Jv the banking section. New Zealand* wer. steady at 42s 6d. and other lines shower little change Government Stocks. nor cent were firmer, and changed hand? at the first call at £9S. Tax-frees. nr ’ "the other hand, continued weak wit! the best buyer at £92. Auckland Gas shares were availabK at 225. and "Wilson’s Cement at 2Ss. OTHER EXCHANGES. Per Tress Association. AUCKLAND, March 11. - Sales.— Farmers’ Trading. 5s 3d l Golden Dawn. 7s: Wathi, 16*: B _ an % J' , New Zealand, 42s 6d; Auckland Ga. 2ls lOJd: Government Loan, 5J per celt - I (1937), £9S; Sandford’s, 2s fid.

WHEAT AND FLOUR. United Press Assn.— By Electrl* Telegraph—Copyright. (Received March 11, 1 p.m.) LONDON, March It*. Wheat cargoes, in sympathy with hetter Winnipeg advices and the’reduction in the bank rate, are steady at late rates to an advance of 3d. Reports that the Italian quota had been increased by 10 per cent and that ihe German import duty had been reduced also acted as ” bullish ” factors. Parcels are in quiet demand, unchanged and occasionally 3d up South Australian, * n passage, changed hands at 27s 9d. Futures: — London—June 26s 2id, September 26s lid a quarter. Liverpool—March os 4d. May 5s 6id, July 5s BJd, October 5s lid a cental. The spot trade is slow. Australian, ex ship. 29s to 30s. Flour quiet. Australian, ex store, i 21s fid to 225. * ? BUTTER AND CHEESE. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. 1 (Received March 11, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 10. The butter market is quiet after art 1 active three days. i Quotations: | | Danish, 124 s a owt. 1 , Choice salted: New Zealand, Ills to , ! 112 s; Australian, 106 s to 107*. : Unsalted—New Zealand, 114 s to 118*; - Australian, 106 s to 112 s. | The cheese market is slow. New Zealand, white 625. coloured 635. - Australian, temporarily cleared. DAIRY PRODUCE. ' Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received ‘the following advice from Samuel Page and Son, dated March 10: Butter.—The market is firm, hut top quotations are nominal. Danish. 132 s to 1345; finest New Zealand, 109 s to 112 s; finest Australian unsalted, 108 s to 1 10s: salted, 106 s to 108 s; G.A.Q., 102 a ; to 104 s. | Cheese.—The market i* quiet, following an active demand. New* Zealand ‘ j white, 60s to 61s: coloured. 61s to 63s f | Canadian spot white, 68s to 745; '• ' coloured, 68* to 725.

vZ. GOVT. STOCK— 4ip.r. Tnscr., 3 93R 93 0 0 4J p.c. Inacr., 3 9:>!> 93 o 0 4J p.c. Bonds, 1939 9 3 0 0 5J p.c. Inacr., 19 41 95 0 0 5£ p.c. Jnscr., 1933 97 0 n 51 p.c. Bonds, 1933 9S 0 0 51 p.c. Inacr., 1936 9R o n 5J p.c. Inacr., 3937 97 o 0 97 10 0 51 p.c. Bonds, 1937 97 10 0 9R 7 6 BANKS— Australasia (cum div.) 910 Comm, of Aust. .. 03310 01311 Comm. of Aust. (pref.) 6 o n Comm, of Sydney 13 0 0 1 4 15 0 E., S. and A 3 IS 6 4 2 6 National of New Zealand 3 7 6 3 9 0 New South "Wales 24 1 7 6 23 7 6 New Zealand .... 2 2 1 2 2 7 New Zealand CD” Mort. shares) .. 13 0 17 0 Union of Aust. .. 615 0 617 0 INSURANCE— National oil 9 012 1 New Zealand .... 1 15 6 1 3 7 6 Queensland .... 220 South British . . 2 110 Standard 2 10 LOAN AND AGENCY — Christ c hurc h Building- Society 12 ]0 it Dalgety and Co. . . 7 1 o 7 7 0 Goldsbrough Mort 114 1 1 S N.Z. Guarantee Corporation 0 3 7*0 4 5 N.Z. Doan and Mercantile (ord.) 40 0 0 Permanent Investment 30 5 C United Building Society (cum div.) 0 1'. 0 0 16 0 FROZEN MEAT — N.Z. Refrigerating (£ 1 paid) .... 0 9 6 N.Z. Refrigerating (10s paid) .... 0 3 7 0 3 9 COAL— Westport 019 0 l o 9 West port-Stock ton (ord.) 0 0 4 0 0 19 Westport-Stock ton (pref.) 0 o 5 Kaitangata (£1 paid) 0 17 6 GAS— Christchurch (10s paid) 0 11 0

Timaru 0 IS 0 New Zealand 1 2 t 2 n Timaru (7s 6d pd.) MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco . 1 5 A fi Dunlop Perdriau Rubber 11 Electrolytic Zinc (pref., cum div.) i 1 [ ? n Henry Jones CoHerald and WeekMount Lyell ! ! ' 0 19 0 19 7 N.Z. U Farmers’ Co2 S 0 op. C 6 i p.c. Stk., 1940) 41 10 45 17 c div.l .... 0 10 Woolworths (N-.Z. ) 0 14 0 16 0 cum rts.) 1 4 " (rights) Y.'.T.*. 0 2 0 2 6 * Cornish Point .... Golden Dawn Golden Point .... n o n fi 0 " 7 „ 2 Kawarau o *i 2 r Mahakipawa < (pref.) Okarito 4 Waihi Grand Junction a „ i 5 0 9 Consolidated Gold- „ Kildare 0 1 2 0 2 2