COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

i ' ''.-'''■ INVESTMENT SHARES. .',' ', . ,'■ A .sals of "Sharland's ordinary, at -225. was tho only transaction in investment shares recorded yesterday. The Quotations were unchanged. : . ' Buyers. Sellers. '; Sales.

'. Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday,, amounted to £3062 17s. 7d. ; ...'.... ;■ " '• ; .' ■TRADE IN ALLEN STREET.: ; • Fruit.—Supplies of bananas which came' to hand per Mokoiafrom the Cook Islands realised highly satisfactory rates. The fruit reached .the.market in excellent con-, dition, • and realised . from, ss. to . 15s. per. case. Tho Mokoia also.brought about 3COO cases'of California}! apples, transhipped ex ■Mariposa at Tahiti.. The apples arrived in first-class': condition, i Fairly heavy shipments of Tasmanian apples have come forward, but only moderate prices .'are being obtained for cooking varieties owinE to.tho plentiful supply and low price of rhubarb. The Moeraki from Sydney, due'to-day, is bringing a .small,- shipment of oranges/ pineapples,. mandarines, passion' fruit. 1 and lemons, and '• tho fruit will reach a-. bare market, Vegetables.—French beans, locally grown, are now coming on the market, and realise •. from. Bd.. to , 9d... Green .peas from Nelson,, yesterday; realised at-'auction* 6d. to 7d. per.'lb'.,which is equal to. 3s. 6i'. to 45.'..1 d.; per peck. \The market continues strong .for .cauliflowers, .' choice quality realising lis. to Ms.-' per. sack, other sorts Ba. to • 10s:-.6d; Table "carrots arein .ox-. ceedingly short 'supply, 1 and make from'7s. toY.lls. per.-sack. Parsnips are in strong demand, and realise from 9s. to 125.; cabbages are in heavy supply, consequently values have declined,-.'the . quotations being :3s. to. -76. per sack, according' tolquality and ; quantity,, offering on day of sale.-. About-2400 bags' of yictorian potatoes came to' : hand', per' iUlimaroa last week,' and the bulk'went'to retailers direct from the .'.wharf. _ Prices; continue to. advance in Australia;,-. '■..-■••".".- ; - : -, './'■.,..'■'.' ;.Onion3.—The.supplies are mainly .coming from Victoria,.and ; the market;price is l now £7 to £8 per ton, according to sample... :.Eggs.—The supply, of fresh eggs is heavier,! and' the price now'is Is. per dozen.'! ■Butter—Prime bulk rules at 10jd. por lb.' .Hams.and.Bacon.—There:i ß . no change in. values, and- a'fair: trado"is ,passing, in sides, rolls, .and. hams.;. '.' 1 ' ; - , ,-Poultry.—Live hens;:3s., 6d.'to 4s. 6d:'.per' pair: ducks;'ss,..'to''6s;'; turkey' gobblers, 9d. to:lod.' per "lb. "live: weight; turkey'-hens,' 7d. to Bd. per, lb;' : ..',''., .', '".'.. ;, Fungus is wanted" at' ssd.. per, lb.; '.' '. ... 'Walnuts—The.'.niarket. is extremely:bare; ;prime bright is how quolejl at 6d. to'6Jd.' , -In-'maize,'-oats', and' wheat the v usual turnover, is being done.:; .: Pollard has declined ss.per ton. .'■''■■, . .Flour.—A: drop' of-.105.• per, ton.,has to be recorded:. ■'■■" v.y'j".' ' ■"■•; . ■'• '••';".. " ..:.': .■.:■■■-,■'■ Oatmeal is' quoted at' £10. 10sL per ton, f.o.b. south.':,',:-;:..; -i'.-tff. :-.;;•'"'. ,•.•..'•"•':'■.'" :.■:.■■• '- Chaff .—Fairly heavy y sales:. are y.beihg made of ,'oatensheaf chaff,,and the/market is; active.; ;'," ■ ■■.".,.-.'■■'••. .::■'

WHEAT AND FLOUR. .By Telegraph—Presß Association-Copyright., London, October 10. Tho total quantity of wheat- afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,230,000 quarters, and. for the Continent 3,690,000. Atlantic shipments, 141,000 quarters; Pacific, 50,000. Tho total shipments to Europe amount to 1,865,000 quarters, including 64,000 quarters from , Argentina,. 820,000 from Russia,. 490,000 from the Danubian provinces, 140,000 from India, and 40,000 from Australasia. SILVER-'. Bar silver' is; quoted at 25.3-16 d. per ounce standard. THE METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. Oct. 11, 10.5 p.m.) London, October 11. Copper.—On spot, £56; 55.; thrco months, £57 17s. 6d. '•■-. Tin—On spot, £163 5b.;. . threo monthß, £157 ins. - Lead, £12 17s. 6d. ;..•■■ GRAIN. AND PRODUCE. ' . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christcliurch, October 12. Busiuess in the grain market is confined to the purchaso of odd lines of wheat for shipping purposes. The limit of price is chiefly 3s. at country, stations, and an occasional lot of better quality makes Js. 2d. for milling or shipping.; A • line each of Tuscan and hunters, totalling 2100 bushels, have been taken at the former figure, and good milling pearl and hunters at' 3s.' :2d. The, millers are. only-purchasing odd lots to keep up their stocks,; and. there is no. general thdir part. } . Oats are'inquired, for, but very few arq offering. ' •■•'-..', "..■■• Oatsheaf chaff is firmer, and 625. 6d. to 655. is offered for. bright samples, according to distance from port.. Tho offerings,of potatoes are very short, and the price has further: firmed, £7 12s. 6d. to £7 15s. now being the prices paid at country stations.. . ' Though .'.the demand •'for agricultural seeds has cased off. on aocount of the continued dry weather, there is a'good demand for-'ryegrass;" of which the market is. short.', A large 'transaction of a speculative nature. is. said to have lately taken .place in Southland.

£s.d.. £s.d. £s.d. National Bank .„... 515 0 516 : 6 • - Well. Trust and ■ - . Loan .......; ,. 710 0 — — Well. Gas (£6 15s) —. 14 0 0 —' N.Z. Insurance 4 0 6- — . South British ........ — 3 8 6 — . Standard Insurance;1 5 6 -: — Cliristclmrch Meat . 14 "■ 1 0 ■ ' —' ■ . — Taupiri Goal ......... — 10 6 —; Wcstport Coal 6 7 6 — '■—.' Leyland-O'Brien . ... 170 — • •■—.. Manning and Co. . — 4 3 6 — N.Z.. Drue ........:.' - 2 11 3 — Sharland's ord ...... — — 1 20 Tariugamutu Totara ■—'. 2 3 6.: .—.