COMMERCIAL ITEMS,

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS,

: IJTVESTMENT SHARES. ; A ealo of Wellington "Woollen preference shares at 50s. was the only transaction recorded yesterday in investment shares. Bank of New Zealand, buyers £10 55., sellers £10 10s.; National Bank, buyers £6 »ls.; Equitable Building, buyers £9 55.; Metropolitan Building, buyers £12; Wellington Investment, buyers lis. 3d.; Wellington Trust and Loan, buyers £7 7s. 6d.; Wellington Deposit, buyers Bs. 3d.; National Mortgage, sellers £3 4s. 6d.; Feilding Gas, sellers £1 25.; Palmcrston North Gas, buyers £7 .155.-; Wellington Gas. £10 paid, buyers £18 10s.; £6 15s. paid, buyers' £13 12s. 6d.; South British Insurance, buyers £3 2s. 6d.; Gear Meat, £4 pr<d, buyers £10Is.; £1 paid, buyers £2 13s. 6a.,/Meat Export, £2 12a. paidjv buyef'Br^Siseilere:v£3' ss«; New Zealand Shipping, buyers £10 Is., sellers £10 155.; Wellington Woollen, preference, buyers £2 9s. 9d.; Lcyland-O'Brien Timber,- buyers £1 ss. 6d.; New Zealand Drug, buyers £2 10s.; Taranaki Petroleum, sellers £12;

- WOOD EXPORTS. According to the statistics-'compiled-by Dalgety and Go.,- Ltd., for the wool year ended June 30, the exports from Australasia reached the record. total of. 2,434,643 bales, valued at £43,128,496;.' as compared with 2,288,104 bales, valued at £25,950,912 in 1909, and 2,057,831 bales, valued at £26,768,952. The past year exhibits an. enormous gain over either 1909 or 1908, and tho best ofthe increase comes . from the enhancedvalue. It is interesting to note that production has shown a steady-expansion in rcceiit years, and "the, following figures showing the exports for the past ten years will be of interestsJune 30. Bales. . 1910 2,434,643 1909 2,288,104 1908 2,057,831 . 1907 2,090,188 1906 1,869,455 1905 .'1... 1,595.734 1904- 1,366,942 v • • > 1903i'....:.;;.......;....:..:... 1,440,722 1902 1,664,885 1901 1,609,713 During the past six-months,; that is, comparing 1910 with 1904, there is a gain of 1,067,701 bales. There is.not a, very great increase in the number of sheep, but the stock is of better class, and the clip for sheep is bigger.

NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS. The values of the principal products passed through the Customs last month, compared with the corresponding month of' last ■ year, show as under:— . • June, 1910. June, 1909. £ £ Butter - 9,063 15,638 Cheese 62,525 48,267 Beef 126,470 55,726 ' Mutton 154,357 71,753 Legs and pieces .... 8,834 11,309 Lamb 314,278 275,699 Wheat 14,381 . 85,572 Oats 1,532 89,558 Potatoes 312 294 Hemp 39,943 31,087 Rabbits 6,436 948 Tow ' 3,635 1,672 Kauri gum 38,845 47,667 Grain and pulse .... 13,147 4,357 Hops 1,325 353 Hides 29,996 25,946 Skins 84,066 73,696 Tallow 100,576 68,800 Timber 38,363 30,252 Wool 341,498 252,942 Gold .. 105,008 185,218

£1,494,617 £1,376,771 There is a gain of over £100,000, which may be regarded as satisfactory. For the three months ended June 30 the total was £5,274,833, as compared with £4,936,665, and for the twelve months ended Juno 30, the value was £20,440,837, as against £17,164,741 in the previous year.

CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revenue collected at Wellington yesterday amounted to £2014 4s. 9d. .

WELLINGTON MARKET HEPOKT. The Kew Zealand Farmers' Co opu'atlvo Distributing Company furnish the following ' quotations:—Potatoes: Prime Up-to-dates, £7 to £7 10s. per ton; seed, specially selected, Canterbury TJp-to-datcs, £7 per tou. Onions,' £4 10a. per ton. Pickling onions, 7s. cwt. Garlic, 3d. per 11). Cabbage: Choice, ss. 6d. to 75.; ordinary, 3s. to 4s. 6d. per sack. Cauliflower: Choice, Ills, to 155.; others, 3s. to 7s. 6d. per sack. Carrots: Mutt, Bd. dozen. Turnips: White, Bd. dozen. Swedes, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per sack. Vegetable marrows, 2s. 6d. per sack. Pumpkins, 2s. 6d. to 4s. sack. Pie melons, 3s. per sack. Lettuce: Choice, 4s. 6d. to 6s. Cd.; fair; 2s. 6d. to 3s. per case. Spinach: Best, 3s. to 4s. 6d. per ease. Spring onions, Bd. dozen bundles. Apples: Cookers, largo, 4s. to 55.; small, 2s. to 3s. 6d. rase; dessert, well coloured, 7s. to 9s. 6d.; others, 4s. to ss. 6d. per case. Pears: Dessert, 10s. to 15s. 6a.'; cookers, large, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d.; small, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per case. Butter: Separator, 10d.; dairy, 9Jd. per lb. Cheese: Best factory mediums, 53d. to 6d. per lb.; loaf, 7d. per lb. Dressed pork: 70's to 90's, 4,-Jd.; 90's to 100's, 4Acl.; baconers, 4id.; choppers (heavy), 3d. Eggs: Fresh, is. 5d.; preserved, Is. per dozen. Bacon: Factory sides, 7d.; roll*, 7Jd ; hams, W<l. pel lb. Honey, 4d. to 4Jd. per lb. Beeswax, Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per lb. Fungus: Keen demand at 5Jd. per lb. Walnuts, sd. to 5Jd. per lb. Tallow: Tins,'22s. cwt. Poultry: Cockerels, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. for good birds; small, 3s. od.; table roosters, 4s. to 55.; table hens, is. 6d.; small, 2s. 6d.; ducks, large, ss. to 6s. 6d.; small, 3s. 6d. per pair; turkey gobblers, 9d. per lb.: hens. I'd. i-er )b. live weight. Maize, 3s. 6d. per bushel. Wheat, 3s. 9d.; special, 4s. per bushel. Fowl wheat: Seconds, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. per bushel. Barley: Feed, 3s. 6d. per bushel; Cape, 3s. 6d. per bushel. Horse beans, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d. bushel. Partridge peas, 4s. 3d. to ss. per bushel. Prussian blue peas, ss. 6d. per bushel. Barley meal, £5 10s. por ton. I'ollard, £6 15s. per ton. Bran, £4 10s. to £4 15s. per ton. Chaff: Oaten sheaf, £5 to £5-10s. per ton. flay: Prime, £3 15s. to £5 per ton.. Straw: Wlieatcn, £2 10s. per ton; oaten, £2 7s. 6d. per ton. Oals: Feed, 3s. 4d. to 2s. Bd. per bushel; seed, sparrowbills, ■ gartons, dun 6, 2s. 9d.; Algerians, 3s. 3d. per bushel; crushed, 2s. Bd. pel bushel.

' FKUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. The New Zealand Fruit and -Produce Company, Ltd., report as follows:—Business has boon brisk during the week and prices good. Potatoes still continue firm in price and have a tendency to'rise. Onions have advanced slightly, with; prospects of a further rise. Vegetables and fruit. arb about tho samo as last week, a good demand existing for both, Wheat has gone up. Oats and chaff are firm at last quotations.- Eggs are much firmer and a good demand : exists at quoted prices. Folio* • ing arc prices realised during weekending July B:—Potatoes, 6s. 3d. .to-7b. &d. ewt., onions, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d. cwt.; swedes, 2s. 6d. ewt.; turnips, 4s. 6d. to &S. 6d. sack; cauliflower, 9s. to 15s. 6d. sack; lettuce, 2s. to 3s. 6d. sack; spinach, 4s. to ss. sack; carrots, 4s. 6d. to 55...9 d. sack; parsnips, Bs. to lis. 6d. sack; beetroot, 3s. to 4s! 3d. saek; cabbage', ss. to 7s. sack; pumpkin, 3s.* to 4a. saek; marrow, 2s. to 3s. sack; kumeras, Bs. case; apples, cooking 3s.' 9d. to 6s. hack, dessert, 7b. 9d. to Bs. sack; passion fruit. 7s. to 7s. 6d. sack; oranges; Island, 6s. 6d., to Bs.; pears, cooking 9s. to 10s. case, des» sort 13s. to 15s. 6d. case; bananas, 15s/ to 18s. 6d. case; pines, 7s. 6d. to 9s. case; Hobart apples, 10s. to 12s. 6d. case; lemons, Messina lis. 6d. (150) case, Sydney ss. to 6s. case; mandarins, Bs. to 9s. 3d. case; Sevillea, 4s. to fis. case; eggs, fresh Is. sd. dozen, preserved Is. Id. dozen; chaff, £5 to £5 155.; oats, A grade gartons, 2s. Bd. bushels pollard, £6; ducks, 4s. 6d. to 6s. pair; bran, 6s. 3d. sack; wheat, 4s. to 4s. 3d. bushel; straw, 2s. to 2s. 3d. bale; -hens. 3s. to 3s. 6d. pair; peanuts, 235. per sack; rice, 6s. 6d. (561b.), mat. ' " ' By Telegraph—Press Association—OnDTrlithl London, July 7. Silver is quoted at 24 13-16 d. per ounce standard. GRAIN AND PEODTJCE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, July 8. Tho local wheat market has a rather tone, there being a littlo more inouiry for both milling and fowl wheat. Two • lines of prime unweathered wheat ;jve changed hands at 3s. 3d. m country stations, one of 1100 bushels of tuscaji and tho other of 2000 bushels of Hunters and Tuscan. . .. Tho oats -market is very quiet, and no business can. be done in the face of Southland quotation. Potatoes arc rather firmer, and no fur•'ier Purchases can be made under '£5 per ton. Oniuiij have also - advanced, and aro quoted at £2 10s. LONDON MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan* and Mercantile Agency. Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date July 6—Wheat: Large Australian: cargo sold at 325; 9d. net, c.i.f. Market quiet, but steady; American outlook uncertain. Tallow—We quote present spot vdlues for the following descriptious :-sGood mutton, 355. 6d.; good beef, 355.; mixed, 325. 6d. Market active.