COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 885, 3 August 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

.•• -. SHAKES. A; sale -,pf'. Wellington Woollen shared,ai;:.£2;l2sr'6d. was the. only .transaction, recorded .yesterday.,: All shares remain firm,, with, more'buyers; than sellers. ''■'■"■ "' Buyers. Sellers. , Sales.- ',- ■■■ •■• JBs.d. £s. d. £s. d.. Bank-N:Z.-,...;;..v.;.. ..IIJOO' - Equitable Building' 9 10 0 " .'- - Metropolitan Bldff. 12 0 0 - - N.Z. .and, Biver . Plato .........: ■ - 2 2-6 - i Wellington' Invest. 011 0 ■-:— . —. Well'c'tn Deposit... 0;8.3;:0,9 0 - Feilding.Gas - 12 0 Wel'gVn Gas (£10) 1810 0 - — Wellington Gas- (£6 15 ) 13 7 6 - - "\ tion 1 In urance — 112 0 — "VZ Ins ranee 4 0 0 4 10 — Chn tchurch "Meat 13 2 6 — — Go r Met (£4) 10 5 0 - - Gear Meat (£1) 214 6 — — Meat Export.(£4) ... .■„—■ -510 0 — Ale.tE port(£2l2s 6d.) :.... — 310 0 — U on Ste in 115 0 - - W'gt'n Woollen (ord.) 36 0 - - W'ct'n Woollen (pre.) - 215 0 212 0 raupin Co 1 -10 9We tport Co 612 6 — — Don gh Hope and Tvine 13 6 — - Levl nd O Br en - 17 6 - N Z V per Mll 12 3 - - SI rl ndi pret 110 Tar-vn ki Petroleum 0 8 0 011 0 - lanngauiutu Totara 18 0 — - CUSTOMS. EEVENTJE. 'Customs-'revenue' , collected'.\at Wellington yesterday amounted to £5922 14s'. Bd. TRADE. IN ALLEN '.STEEE'r. : Tho Mokoia, from the Cook -Islands reicled Well gto on 11 » I t ith S.l o t 7000 case of fr tto tl port ind for-Lyttcltpn and Dunedin. The fruit waa landed »cce tco dit on u 1 real d 1 o lly bat T ctor pncci O Irdi 1 t 1200 cases oX apples and pears, mostly dps sort ir et es c mo" to 1 nd from Hob rt the Aloer \i due fiom S d cy tod ith mo ler e Lon rnoit-ut of m n lar inc pa i fru t lemo s orincei, pine pple id mnrm le or nge Ila d or ngo re 1 sed t a iction from £s to 9s according to qu Uty

Bananas, from the Cook Islands, from 9s. to 145., according to brand. Seville Oranges.—The prices for those advanced considerably last .week, and the demand continues good-Vcgetablos.-Oaulillow,ers are in. strong finmand, choicQ ranging from 10s. to 12s. pur sack; celery, small'-consignments are comins from Victoria, owing to supplies hern being scarce; these rango from 3s. to 4s. per dozen; cabbages are in good demand, choico at Bs. to 95.; prime at 6s. to 7s. 6d.; parsnips are selling freely at 6s. to Bs. per sack; Victorian onions range from £6 las. to £7 per ton; New ZealaJid-»ro\vn are practically off the market. : Prime table potatoes are in excellent request at £7 to £7 10s.; seed, up-to-date, £6 15s. to £7 55.. according to sample. . Eggs.-Owing to the milder.'weather now prevailing, supplies ore likely to increase and the price decline; present quotations arc—fresh, Is. 6d. oer dozen; preserved'. Is. 2d. . . .

ISuttor.-Primc lump is in rather short supply, and the price ranges from lOid. to 105 d. per Jb. , for first-class quality.' Hams and Bacon.-Thcre. is, a'fair business doing, without any < cmotable change in values. ".■'.■ •...-.. '. '..',. . Poultry is in.very good demand; ducks, 6s. to 75.; hens, 3s.'6d. .to 4.1.; coukirult. 4s. 6d. to 63., all at'ner pair. Turkey cobblers, 9d. to 10d. , : turkey hens,' 7d. -to fid.' por ]b. live weight: .. ■ Flour.-Quntations for Mew Zealand flour now range from £9 to £9 10s. f.o.b. south. At> these Quotations millers are scarcely paying expanses, and a rise is, therefore, expected. - : Bran and pollard- meet with fair inquiry, hran making. £4 ss. to £4'los. per ton, and pnllard £6 ss. to £6 10s. f.o.b. Wellington. " ■ ■ Fowls' Wheat—Good sales arc beini! made, and the consumption is largur tiian. at this time last ycur, . .--. ■"•Oats.-The market is .without chance. Even the low freight Quotation* have not stimulated shipments to Europe.

PALJIEHSTQN MAEKET: EEI'OET. Sir. Harry/.jPalmer, of Palmerston, reports good nntries of both pica <ind poultry at his mart - sale. Buyers were inclined, to be particular, wanting nothinc but, the best, but prices were on a par with those ruling last week. The demand for good poultry.is. keener than ever, and prices are at present higher than they have, been for months, the lowest price civen for mixed fowls beinß 4s. 3d. .The demand for all lines of prodnce (excepting pumpkinc) is good, and prices. aro well maintained. Quotations:—Pigs: Weaners, poor, Is. 6d. to. 6s. 6d.; weaners, good, 7s. 6d.,' Bs, 6d., 9s. Gd., 10s. 6d.; slips, Jls., 125.; small stores, ■ 12s. 9d, to 165.;. light porkers, 185.,,-195., 205.; heavy, 255!, 255. 6d., 265. 6d.; hens; 4s. 3d. to 7s. 6d. Cockerels, ss. to 75.; ducks, ss. to 6s. 6d., all at per pair. Turkeys were in short supply, and there is always a good demand for gobblers. Quotations (at each), IDs. to 14s.;.hens, 6s. 6d. to Bs. 6d.; pigeons. Is. 9d. to 25.; prime table potatoes ,14s. to 155.; 'pig, do., 3s. to 4s.:'carrots, 2s. 6d. to 35.; swedes, 2s. 6d. to 35.; mangolds, 2s. -to 2s. 6d.; 'seed potatoes, from £6 per" ton; cabbage, ;3s. to 45.; pumpkins, from 2s. to 25; 6d.; chaff, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ;oats, 10s. to 125.;. wheat, 165., 175., 18s.; bar!ey, : 125.; pig meal, lls., 9s. 6d.; pollard, 11s.-6d.; bacon, 6s. to 75.;. apples, Eome "Beauty, prime ■ russet, 10s. per case of average of 401b. Sales of furniture' havo been met with good demand, and business shows signs of improvement. . .

WHEAT AND FLOUK. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. London, August 1. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom totals 2,625,000 quarters; for the Continent, 985,000 Quarters; Atlantic shipments, G6.CCO. The total Quantity shipped to Europe during the week ra 1,005,000 quarters, including 165,000 quarters from tho Argentine, 320,000 from Eussia, 250.000 from India, iina 18,000 from Australasia. PACTOLUS G.D. CO. (By Telegraph.—Press Association,) Reofton, Aiisust 2The Pactolus G.D. Co. declared a dividend of Is. to-day, making a, total return of £4 15s. per share. ■ CANTERBURY GKAIN MAEKET. ■ IBy TeJcurapn.—l'.-cbb Association.: Cllrlstchurcb, August 2. There is a fair quantity of wheat offering, but it is' mostly sprouted, and is unsaleable at the prices asked. There is,. therefore, practically no business doing, and -the only demand is for prime unweathered i samples, and especially for pearl, .but very little of this quality is npw coming forward. There is some export business doing with, the "United Kingdom by direct steamers, the shipments consisting of grain purchased prior to the recent rise in prices. There is rather more inquiry for oats at the lower prices now ruling, but offerings are very scarce. A good quantity! but mostly' in small lots, is being shipped coastwise, and, from the Bluff, shipments aro being made to the United Kingdom. ChaE is rather firmer, as supplies aro getting short owing to the long spell o£ wet weather preventing cutting. The change to line weather is, however, expected to bring further supplies forward. The ruling price is 655. at country stations. Potatoes a-re. firm at £5 10s. at country stations, though the demand is not very active,. :