COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

.»INYKSTMEKT .SHARES;;'/"'.- ■ " The following sales were .reported yester.day :—Equitable'Building, £9 55.; New, Zealand and .Elver Plate, £1 15s.;Wellingtonnow issue, £2 10s. premium. The quovtations '.Were National.' Bank, buyers £5 195.; Wellington Trust and Loan,, buyers '£7.J5./.fellera £7 fis.; 'Wellington Gas, £10 paitl.; sellers £18 ',55".;" £6 15s. paid, sellers £14;55.; new.-.issue', .buyers,t £2 .7s; 6d. prei prtiumj National-Insurance, buyers £1 7s. od.;; South.' British Insurance, buyers £2 ihs;;'Standard'lnsurance,'-Boilers £1 3s. 3d.; New .Zealand' Shipping, buyers £7;10s:;-Wel-lington .'Woollen, sellers £3. 4s.j .Hilrurangi .Coal,- buyers' £1; Westport-Stockton; sellers 75;.3d.; Leyland-Orßrien Timber, buyers £1 35.;-Manning 'and Co;,' buyers £3195.' 6d.; Sharland's, ordinary,'. sellers. 21s.'; prefer-., ence, buyers -20s. -6d.; Wellington Opera House,sellers. £7 : ; 17s. 6d„: 'v.:.

THE FiiOHEX JIKA.T MAItKET. : ° B? Tolegraph-Presg • • , London, January 16. ■ The. /Frozen .Meat - Trade 'Association's Sraithfield market- quotations for .'the?; undermentioned ;• classes of frozen ; meat;. are based on.actual sales ;of not. less than.one hundred. carcasses of-'mutton"or-lambV or twenty-five :Quarters, of beef of fair aver* age .quality.* \ The- quotations' are not for . selected lines, : but for. parcels fairly representative of ; tho bulk, of the shipments now :*on the market. The prices which follow arc on an : average., a farthing, per lb. more than.-the-'values ex ship; ..this difference representing an average cost in expenses, handling, -conveyance, ,and • Belling- tho ■ meat:— v v.- " :' V Jan.B. Jan. 16. . 'Mutton— ;, ; ' .d. • ;d. Canterbury, . light; • ; r — .; . ; .Oaritcrbiiry f modi'iiTTi ; Canterbury, .heavy . - »■ Southland . . A 4 ; - r North Island,i best ....'....J../ 3| ' •3X - ■ - ;North .Island, ordinary 33 ( 33 v,.i ;• Australian,-.1ight,:.:.;.;...:;:.;; ;35-16 '.••35-16. ~'. Australian, .heavy '2| 23 r ' > River Plate;' light ! 3i'' - .—3i : . .'v Eiver' Plate,\heavy ;;,.i.M..... 3§ .. -'; ;3i Lamb— •.; '.. ■[.' .'J. 1 -' - '".V . ; v ; i.Oaiterbury,-'light s. medium v 4* r'i Canterbury, -"heavy . : — ■; Southland y A ■' *:• 4- - ;.-North .Island; selected- \ NortU Island, ordinary .....;. -Australia,• best ...........v....... 3J . '31 Australian, fair ./ 3* '35 i • •Australian,, inferior, ;......v:3i ; 3i- : i • ;• Piyer. -33 j : ;■/ VNew. Zealand; 01 fores — ■ "• ; /23 * I ; ;.New ; .:Zealaiid,"ox hinds3B ' 1 ox .fores :- 2| ; 1 : Australian," ox- hinds 25 'V- ,3 - 1 X -River Plate, ox; fores iuj.;: 2 9-16:: \23 ; Biver Plate, ox:hinds-:........ .21S-16 ' 3 • ••*! p. market • is f quiet - and prices ••.are•unchanged.'.';'■ . : vv'.\,r/.•-;• v--.7/ ; .?.L ■ .'.The-/total" quantity of . wheat'and ' floiir afloat vfor the TjTpitcd 'Kingdom i 6 2 675.000 [quarters,.and-for tho Continent; 775,000. AtI lantio : shipments,- 188,000.:./quar.terB.; *-'i-.'The total shipments to Kuropo during-the amounted -to 1,010,000 '"quarters," ■ including- ! 10,000 from the' Argentine and : .Uruguay. l \ U-l'-'-- - Vj' h ; v V Vhides;'/y/ ; .Hides are neglected,"and;priccs'are'nbmi,nal. Quotations-Queensland heavy ox, 71d. ,per :> lb.; • lightj 74d.;. cow, : •,6|d.: •: Sydney heavy 0x,;7 M6d.; light.-62d.rcow.'6gd. No business ; in leather basils.- y. ' . GALVANISED lEON. ' :.Bestbrands,- • £13/=lss:; "-second ,brands, ; £13 • 10s.;tram .rails, ;£5,10s. K : v.; , ' • ' .V UNION BANK OE AUSTEALIA'. : London, January; 16. •: The report of tho- Union Bank : of Aus-' •tralia» v -BhowedV,deposits amounting: ;.to :£19,879,0C0, vcaßh -investments and ' balance .of. : remittances 1 £10,230,000, bills and other isecuritiea £13,872,000. .; ■: • ■ i'EOBEET/CA^ 1 •- . London, January .16. . : • Robert ,Campbell \and>;Bons,v-Australian 7 merchants a profit ..during, of bonus of.-fis.z-per snire is-'dc*; : :clared, and<the : sUm:of' : '£43,9ll'is l carried'forward.";:. vfA cablegram received;, last /Friday stated •that-tho company had v ;paid a dividend'of :10 '.per'; cent,).-; ?. r-;?,

77" HIGH. COMMISSIONER'S '.CABLE. .' ■ i> $ Tho .'.Commerce; and/.Tourists /Division is. in receipt of tho following cablegram from' the High . .Commissioner,' * dated . London, .January:-16:—. ,/ - :. -.. - > Tho mutton market, is ; quiet buCsteady; there' l is',u.fair-local demand; .'and'.holders' are firm.:-The stock, of "New/ Zealandvmuttbn on hand,is moderate.- 'Canterbury mutton. averages, lid. per lb.;" North/Island '3Jd.;i "Australian :(in large - supply)/:3id„. Plate 3jd •Tho 'lamb , .market' is '.qnict. Australian lamb is in largo supply.; The average price of old season's New Zealand lamb .(other .than,,' Canterbury) is '32d. ~pbr' lb". .• Canto-, bury.hew season's averages 4d;. per,lb. . There.is a better,.demand for beef, but no ..-'change,in . prices. ; (La/st quotations—"i New Zealand hinds 3id. l ;per,lb.,- fores 2Jd.). ''/Tho butter market ~is;,firm;.with a 'good demand. 7 Thoaverage price of. Choicest New Zealand butter 'is 118 a. per cwt. '~ 7

,- The ,cheese, market is .firm; . there is; a: general . and - active. demand.,. Finest ' New Zealand / white cheese - averages- '575.-. per cwt., and coloured ~565;77" - • i.. ~ Tho hemp market ; is dnll; -buyers are cautious. Prices are as follow Zealand good.-fair, '.on 'spot," £27.:105. pcr ton ;■ fair, £26 155.; Manila, fair .'current,. £26 10b. ' January-March shipment:—Good'' fair," £27; fair, £26;. Manila, ■"£26 10s. .The'.output, of Manila for ,the week';wafl.--22,000- bales.' ■

• The cocksfoot.-'seed- marict is quiet, but "holdera .are firm at last quotations (New Zealand 171b:' seed ISs.).';y,

.'The wheat market is firm; (lapt quotations—Now Zealand, shortberry. 39s. 1 , . long•berry 395. 6d,).. •■: v. The oats market is firm, but tho-supply meets', tho demand. The price of New Zealand short oats (sparrowbills), on spot. ex granary,-is 19s. '3d. per: 3841b.;-NewZealana "Danish .oatsJ;'lß3.. per>32olb.'/ f v. '* r ,vThe bean market remains-firm.at 405.-6 d.' for New. Zealand f.a.q.V; old' crop. Vtl. '• : Tie pea,market is firm,'but.business'is dull on account of high'prices/. liew 'Zea l ,' land partridge^peas-are atper 5041b. ' The wool market .is 'firm with 1 more inquiry; the. market is.. acecte ; dby general improvement , in trade,; and - is . 'advancing pwing to'the strong, demand..- ' i Hops remain firm; there is a! general and active demand. . • • . . - Customs revenuo' collected at • Wellington yesterday amounted to £1498 17s. sd.