COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

!.'.;■;) :'; SOASES.: ; y:;\ '•■ ■A sale of National Banlt shares'at. £6 35., cum rights, waa reported l yesterday. This is :.the highest, prico^.realised -'.for'. these shares £or some' time;? Wellington Deposit,sellers ,Bs.;' Ohristchurch' Gas,..buyers ;£9. 17s. -6d., -sellers .£lO 55.;-Wellington'Gas,' £10 paid, sellers £18.55.; £6 15s.- paid, sellers £14 55.; 'Wellington Woollen, sellers^,.4s.; Hikurangi- Coal, .buyers' £1 5b.; Wcstport■Stoclrton. Opal,"sellers . 7s. • ; 3d.;.■"■ "Eeylan'd,. O'Brien Timber,' buyers ;£l-3s.''3d:-, Ne\y ■Zealand. Drugs;"Eellers'£2 ,7s. 6d.; Sharland'Si preference, buyers : £l 05..6 d.; Wellington Opera . House;. sellers £7,175.: 6d. ,

. , ; BTOOK .EXCHANGE FEDERATION. .;. The ■ Wellington ■. Stock ; Exchange is -strongly 'desirous' of 'helping , to ■ 'effect';' a. federation of tho'.Stock Exchanges of: New Zealand. The-sharebroker is now and' presumably is an individual of -extreme probity, and.perhaps he is, but there . are certain practices, which, all brokers'.do not regard ( as ouita .tho, thing, and there is- no way ■of showing disapproval.: A feaerated. Stock Exchange, would put a stop , toiBUCh practices. ;'l'hcn, again, there 'is tho ttitterenco in the .'methods of changing brokerage. In Wellington' tho buyer and seller.;pay-half each of the, 21 per. cent, brokerage; in some,other places, the seller J pays the entire brokerage,; buyer paying stamp • duty' arid transfer fee. It is desirable in the interests, of : all concerned to assimilate the system of. ohaiging. and the general mode of conducting.business. :.\Ye'l-- : lington ,was represented by Messrs. Bate; i Learjfi and Irwin at tho conference: held I in: Wellington during, the week.'. ':■' : ;j

:■■ Customs revenue collected.at Wellington yesterday amounted to £1542, 4s. 2d. The , total for the week was £7465' 10.1. 4d., ; beer duty'amounting to £197 125., and surtax ■to.; £141-. Us. 1d.,.; ■:,. •■■.. ...■/;.■■

;' WELLINGTON PEODUOE MAEKETS."'' _The New: Zealand Farmers' Co-operativo .pistrlbutinß Company, .Ltd., report as follows:—The.Hush,of:the season is now with us, .and low prices prevail ior. fruit, particularly plums, which are coming to hanS in .large.'quantities. Apricots.are in strong demand at high prices, as also are choico lines of.grapea and: strawberries. Potatoes are farmer.: .The egg market is . weak, with, heavy supplies. Butter o£ all kinds .IS Bbghtly firmer. "Poultry is in good demand, ..and ; good lines are' realising high values.-.Quotations:—Potatoes; Best Hutt, £7 10s.;,.medium,.'£0; others, £5 per ton. Cabbage:VChoice, 6s.;' ordinary,, 45.. per sad;. Green peas, 3d. to 4d: por peck. Oarrots: HUU.'IB.dOMU. Turnips: White 4d to 6d.,dor.en. Swedes; 3s. per Back. -Voffe,table marrows, 3s. per sack; good demand. ;Lottujo:",Ohoke, 13. 6d.; fair, Is. per case Spinach: Best, 2a. 6d. per case. French beans: Choice. Hutt, Id.; other"lots, »d. to 3d; per.lb. Cucumbers: Hothouse, Is. to 3a.- ; outside grown, 4s. to;Ss. per banana case. Broad - beans, Id.; per -lb.. Spring onions 1 10d. dozen.bundles. iadish, : 6d. to ad. dozen bundles. Tomatoes: Hutt, 4a.- to ss.- Nelson, : 3s.'(id.- to 4s. 3d. ; per half-caeo.' Hhubarb. Is. dozen bundles ;■ poor demand. Apples;: Cookern,-. large, 4s.' Cd.;' small; 4s. caM. Apples: Dessert, well coloured, 7s. 6d. ; others, ss. to 6s. per case. Apricots' Ohoico large, Bs.; medium, Cs.. ■•■. per half-case. Peaches: Choico dessert,: Wiggins, 5s . to ss. 6d.; medium, 45.;" others, 3s. to 4s. halfcase. Plums: Ohorry, 2.5.; Blue Diamonds, 35.; .Ogans.-ls.: 6d. ,to- 25,; Burbanks,- 25.; Victoria, 2a. 6d.; greengage, ss. to sa. 6d. • Satcuna, ,2s. 6d. to 35.; Wixcn, 2s. 6d. per ■half-ca*. ' Butter: Best separator printed iwrappcrs, Ed.> to 9d.; separator, bulk, 7>d. to Bd.; dairy pats, 7d.;to od. ;Cheese: Best factory mediums, old, 6d.; new, 53d. per lb • loaf, C3;l. per lb.'. Dressed-pork:.7o's to 90's, 3Jd.; 9ti's tolCC's, 3Jd.; baconcre, 3d.; choppers, heavy, 2d: Eggs,-.. W. Id., to Iβ. 2d. per dozen; good • demand. ■Bacon: Factory side 3, 6Jd.;' rajls, 7}d.; bans, 7d. per lb.- Honey: Demand is weak nov.' jam fruits available; Mi's, 4d. -per lb. Beeswax:'-Strong inquiry; consignments would realise high values. Fungus: Keen domand at sid. per lb. Walnuts: Scarce; early lots would realise high values. Tallow:. Tins,. Ms., to -225. per cwt. Wool, sheepskins'" nod hides:. Onions: Melbourne ■,- Globes, ■■:• :£8 10s. per ton. ■St'rawb.vries':.'.' ■Iβ. to , Is.- ' 2d.; medium, 7d. 'to. 9d.' per ..' 1b..-,. ■ Kaspberries, 6s. od. per bucket. Nectarines: Choice, sa. 6d.; medium, 45.; small, 3s. 6d. per half-case. Grapes: Be3t Hutt, la. to Is. 2(1.; Nelson, lCd. to- lid. per -lb;: Poultry: Cockerels, ss. 6d. to 6s. for good birds;.small, 3s. 6d. to <s.; table roosters, 4s.'6d.;'table hens, 45.; small, 3a. to 3s. 6d.;.ducks, 6s. 6d.; small,'4a.'6d., ss. W.per pair; turkey.gobblers, 9d. per lb.;-hens, :Bd., per lb.' live weight. Haize, 4s. 3d. xiev bus 5 -^'Wheat,

45.. lOd. per bushel. Barley (food), 3s; 3d. per bushel. Barley: Capo. 3s. 6d. per bushel. liorso beans, 4s. per bushel. Partridge peas, as. per bushel. Prussian blue peas, 6s. 6a.'. per. bushel. Barley meal, £5 per ton. Sharps. £5 to £5 10e. per ton. Bran, £4 to £4 10s. per'ton. Chaff: Prime oaten sheaf, £3 ss. to £3 15a. per ton. Hay: Prime, £3 15e. to £4 10s. per ton: Sucrosine, £0 10s. per ton. Straw: Wheaton, £2 ss. per ton. Straw:' Oat«n, £2 2a. 6d. per ton. Linseed oil cake: Genuine, £13 per ton. Oats:' Feed, 2s.'3d. to 2s. 6d. per bushel;, seed, gartons, duns, 2s. Bd. per bushel; Algerians, 2a. 4a. per bushel; crushed,. 2s. 7d. - per bushel. ■ -..- I" , THE ; GRAIN MARKET. •'..-.. , • (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, January 21. Tho break in the weather having interrupted harvesting and .threshing operations,, there.. lias- been very . little now Sf. rail V,,? l ? pearin ? during the.last few days, lwo 500-bushel lots of now wheat- at handy stations have been purchased'at 3s. 9d., but no sales of oats or barley of any moment aro reported:. For prime malting barley. 4a. is being offered, and for inferior the price is as low as 2s. 9d. <