COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 789, 12 April 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Sales' of National Insurance at £1 Bs. lid. and Now Zealand Paper Mills at £1 Zs. 4d. wbro . reported yesterday. Wellington Trust and Loan, buyers .£7 2s. 6d.; Napier Gas, £10 paid, seller? £23 10s.; Wellington Gas, £6 15s. paid, sellers £13 12s. 6d.; Wellington Meat Export, £2 12s. 6d. paid, sellers £2 15s. 6(i.; Union Steam, buyers £1 Us. 9d.; Wellington .Woollen, ordinary, buyers £3 25.; preference, buyers £2 da.. sellers £2 10s.; Wcstport Coal, buyers £6 45., sellers £6 65.; Leyland-O'Brjen Timber, buyers £1 4s. 6a\. sellers .€1 ss. 3d.; Now Zealand Paper Mills.- buyers £1 25.; Sharland's preference, buyers £1 25.; Taranaki Petroleum, sellers 9s. 3d.; Ward and Co., sellers £5; Whit-combe and Tombs, buyers £4 19s. . "PBOZEN MEAT. By Teleeraph—Press Assoeiation-Copvrletat' London, April 9. The Frozen Meat Trade., Association's Kmithfiold market Quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat aro based on actual sales of not less than one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, and twenty-flvb quarters of beef of fair average quality- The quotations arc not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now .on the market. Tho prices. which follow aro on an average a farthing per lb. more than the valuo ei ship, this difference representing on average cost in eipeiiEcs, handling, conveyance, and selling tho meat .— ; . • April 2. April 9. Mutton— d. d. Canterbury,' light 48 41 Canterbury, medium 41 4 7-16 Canterbury, heary — — Southland — — North Island, best 4i 4 5-1 C North Island, ordinary ... 48 43-16 Australian, light 3i 3J{ Australian, heavy :..... 33 33 Eiver Plate, light 45 41-16 Kiver Plats, heavy 4 . 4 Lamb— . . • Canterbury, light 55 57-16 Canterbury, medium — — Canterbury,. heavy — — Southland — — North Island, eolectcd sj| 5} North Island, ordinary ... 5j 5J Australian, best 5 5 Australian, fair 43 45 Australian, inferior 41 43 Eiver Plate' 43 4J Beef- '. New Zealand, ox fares .... 3} 33 i New &ajand, ox hinds ... 4J 45 Australian, ox fores 33 33 -.- Australian, o.t hinds, 4J i 45 > Eiver Plate, ox fores- 3j 3a Eiver Plate, ox hinds 43 4J BABBITS. •Trices for rabbits-are unchanged. Tho quality of colonials is ■ excellent, and trado good, owing to tho cold weather and tho dearness of meat. ; -,", . .KAURI. ■Kauri in stock, 354 cases. LONDON MARKETS: EEPOET OF HIGH COMinSSIONEIi. 'The Commerce Division of tho Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram -from the Ilish Commissioner, London, dated April 9, 1910:— Mutton.—The market is weaker, and tendency downwards. On account of r prices shipments are beinc made from tho. Continent. ■ The avcra-co nrico of Canterbury mutton is'43d. per lb,. North Island mutton 4>d- ' . ■ '

Lamb.—The market is auiet, but there is, a-good demand for nil descriptions. The' average price of Canterbury lamb is 53d. per lb., other New Zealand 5Jd. Beef.—The market is dull. Supplies of American chilled beef are large. The averago price'of New Zealand hindquarters is I 4ja..'. foretjuarters 3«d. The Australian chilled forequarters, ex 8.8. Marathon, realised J}d. per lb. (Hinds reported previous week-as sold at about 33d.) Butter.—The market is firm, with a hardening tendency. The: average ,price for the week for choicest Now Zealand butter is 1235. per cwt. " ■ .; ■'.Cheese.—Tho market is steady,; but demand only moderate. The average Drice of New Zealand finest white cheese is 625. per cwt., coloured GO3. 6d. Cheeso tranBhipned from.a.s. Kaipara. is makine Is. per cwt. less.' Hemp.—The market is dull for New Zealand. Prices on sDot:-Good fair, £U 10s. per ton; fair, £23 10s.; nominal April-Juno shipment, good fair. £24: fair, £23; The stock of'Kew Zealand hemp on hand- is 208 tons. Tho week's output at Manila was 32,000 bales. Cocksfoot Seed.—The ~ market is auiet. owing to a poor;demand. New Zealand bright, clean 171b. 6Ced, on spot, 71s: per cwt. .;'.'•■ Kauri Gum.—The market is firm. Stock, oh hand,' 354 tons, The following are leading prices:—Ordinary to fair thrce-auar-, tor scraped, £8 10s. , nor cwt.; fair halfscraped, £5 55.; bush, fair to good, nalo arid amber, scraped, £8 lOfc; brown- nickinEs, common to uood, 455.: brown, fair, half to three-quarter sqraped, 925. Cd. . The 'Customs Tevenue collected yesterday amounted to £1694 os. 3d. 1